Haaland on public lands drilling: Taxpayers deserve 'a return on their investment'

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland: The integration of the Native American elite with the Democratic Party

On March 15, the US Senate voted 51-40 to confirm Democratic Representative Deb Haaland as the Interior Department’s secretary under the Biden administration, making her the first Native American to hold any cabinet position.

Interior Department Set to Spend $1.6 Billion on Upkeep of Public Lands

New funds from last year’s conservation law will mainly target national parks and Native American schools.

Haaland on public lands drilling: Taxpayers deserve 'a return on their investment'

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland  announces new missing and murdered indigenous unit at Interior

Human rights defenders on Friday applauded the announcement by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland that the Bureau of Indian Affairs will establish a unit tasked with investigating missing and murdered Indigenous people. "Violence against Indigenous peoples is a crisis that has been underfunded for decades. Far too often, murders and missing persons cases in Indian country go unsolved and unaddressed, leaving families and communities devastated…

Haaland on public lands drilling: Taxpayers deserve 'a return on their investment'

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland said Friday that taxpayers deverve “a return on their investment” when asked what changes or different approaches are needed for the country’s oil and gas program. 

New interior secretary to review boundaries for Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments

Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante national monuments were reduced by more than 2 million total acres in 2017 under then-President Donald Trump, but now Interior Secretary Deb Haaland will visit Utah to review these boundaries, reports the Salt Lake Tribune.