“President-elect Biden has promised to consult with tribes, which I think will help immensely with some of the environmental issues that he wants to address.”
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Deb Haaland
Debra Anne Haaland is an American politician who served as the 54th United States secretary of the interior from 2021 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, she served as the U.S. representative for New Mexico's 1st congressional district from 2019 to 2021 and was chair of the New Mexico Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017. Haaland, a Native American, is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo…
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business · American politician (born 1960) · politician · businessperson · business executive · civil servant · also Deb Haaland, Debra Anne Haaland, Debra Anne "Deb" Haaland, Debra Haaland, Haaland
Born 2 December 1960 · Q54860790
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2026· 14 entries
“Climate change is the challenge of our lifetime, and it”
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“undo some of the damage that this Trump administration has done to our environment.”
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KOB 4: Republicans raise questions over Deb Haaland absence in Epstein report
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Science Friday: Deb Haaland is a politician, and proud of it
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High Country News: Deb Haaland’s vision for New Mexico comes from tradition
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Yahoo: Deb Haaland Criticizes Trump Administration’s Effort to Roll Back Chaco Canyon Protections
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NPR: Deb Haaland on 'A Voice Like Mine' and her candidacy for governor of New Mexico
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Public attention spiked: 3,237 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5.1× the usual 633, with 0 article edits.
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U.S. News & World Report: Decades in the Making, Deb Haaland's Political Rise Spurs Both Inspiration and Scrutiny
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Public attention spiked: 13,868 Wikipedia readers in one day, 21.9× the usual 633, with 6 article edits. Coverage that week: “Decades in the Making, Deb Haaland's Political Rise Spurs Both Inspiration and Scrutiny” (U.S. News & World Report).
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Haaland won the Democratic Primary for governor
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Albuquerque Journal: Deb Haaland's unlikely rise to political prominence: 'I never gave up on myself'
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Campaign: 2026 New Mexico gubernatorial election.
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2025· 2 entries
Haaland announced that she would run for governor of New Mexico in the 2026 election, seeking to succeed term-limited governor Michelle Lujan Grisham
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Haaland was inducted into the Texas Trail of Fame
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2022· 1 entry
While hiking in Shenandoah National Park
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2021· 14 entries
Haaland married her longtime partner, Skip Sayre, in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico
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The Guardian: ‘The earth holds so much power’: Deb Haaland visits sacred site Trump shrank
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The Guardian: 'A bold agenda': hopes rise for US climate change reversal as Deb Haaland sworn in
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The Guardian: 'She's representing all of us': the story behind Deb Haaland's swearing-in dress
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The Guardian: Making history in style: Deb Haaland wears Indigenous dress at swearing-in
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Wearing a combination of traditional Laguna Pueblo regalia and a colorful ribbon skirt, custom-made for her by Agnes Woodward
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The Guardian: Deb Haaland confirmed as first Indigenous US cabinet secretary
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Haaland was confirmed by the Senate by a 51–40 vote, with four Republicans (Susan Collins, Lisa Murkowski, Dan Sullivan, Lindsey Graham) voting to confirm
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The Guardian: Republicans used oil industry-backed study to criticize Deb Haaland
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The Guardian: How Deb Haaland's confirmation bid became a 'proxy fight' over fossil fuels
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The Guardian: Deb Haaland faces hostile Republican questioning in confirmation hearing
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Career landmark: United States Secretary of the Interior (2021–2025).
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“s goal is to investigate long-standing abuse in the now defunct residential boarding schools that housed Native American children under the 1819 Civilization Fund Act. Haaland attended a series of Road to Healing events to bring together survivors and their stories. Haaland”
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Career landmark: United States representative (2021–2021).
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2020· 3 entries
Published video “2020: A year in review”.
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Incoming President Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Haaland as Secretary of the Interior
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Then-president-elect Joe Biden announced that he would nominate Haaland to serve as Secretary of the Interior
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2019· 3 entries
During a debate on voting rights and campaign finance, Haaland became the first Native American woman to preside over the US House of Representatives
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Career landmark: United States representative (2019–2021).
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“blatant hate, disrespect, and intolerance”
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2018· 9 entries
Published video “Mejor Futuro”.
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Published video “Brighter Future”.
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Published video “Our Climb”.
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Published video “Change”.
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Published video “Single Mom”.
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Published video “Deb Haaland for Congress - Ready”.
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Published video “Deb Haaland for Congress”.
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Published video “Volunteer for Deb”.
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Published video “Planned Parenthood Endorsement”.
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2006· 1 entry
Studied at University of New Mexico School of Law, Juris Doctor (2006).
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2000· 2 entries
“Seventy years ago, Native Americans right here in New Mexico couldn’t vote. Can you believe that? Growing up in my mother’s Pueblo household and as a 35th-generation New Mexican, I never imagined a world where I would be represented by someone who looks like me. Tonight, New Mexico, you are sending one of the very first Native American women to Congress!”
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Before earning her Juris Doctor in Indian law from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 2006, but narrowly failed the bar exam later that year
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1994· 1 entry
Studied at University of New Mexico, Bachelor of Arts (1988–1994).
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1978· 1 entry
Studied at Highland High School (1978).
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1960· 1 entry
Born 1960-12-02.
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