The confirmation hearing for New Mexico Congresswoman and Interior Secretary nominee Deb Haaland now has a date and Republicans are already rolling out the attacks to try to stop her.
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Congresswoman Haaland Responds to Tasering of Native man
On Monday, The Paper. was the first news outlet to report on an incident involving a Native American man who was Tased by a National Park Service ranger at a national monument outside Albuquerque. VIDEO: Park Ranger Tases Native Man Visiting Sacred Site at Petroglyph National Monument Congresswoman Deb Haaland, who made history as one […]
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COMMENTARY: Haaland Named Interior Secretary
The year 2020 is quickly becoming the best and the worst story I will ever tell my grandchildren. The plot twists have been unusual, the dialogue riveting, and the sheer amount of historical firsts unparalleled. So the news Thursday that President-elect Joe Biden had named New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland as his pick to head […]
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AP sources: Biden to Pick Rep. Haaland as Interior Secretary
By ELLEN KNICKMEYER Associated PressPresident-elect Joe Biden plans to nominate New Mexico Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, according to two people familiar with the decision, a historic pick that would make her the first Native American to lead the powerful federal agency that has wielded influence over the nation’s tribes for generations.Tribal leaders and […]
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Speaker Pelosi Changes Her Mind. Path Now Clear For Biden To Pick Haaland at Interior.
One day after warning the president-elect not to take any more Democrats from the House of Representatives, Speaker Nancy Pelosi changed her mind and announced that she supports New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland leaving the House to serve in a cabinet post, if Biden is so inclined. New Mexicans have given Biden fits over his […]
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NEWS: Biden ready to pick Haaland, Pelosi says no.
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Reuters Source: Biden Pick of Haaland for Interior “Imminent”
The Reuters News Service is reporting that New Mexico Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-NM01) has emerged as President-elect Biden’s pick to lead the sprawling Department of Interior, with at least one source saying the decision had been made and an announcement was “imminent.” New Mexicans have been heavily-favored to lead the department responsible for overseeing public […]
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Election Hangover
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here we are, another four years of Donald Trump. Some things have changed but others are the same. He apparently still has it out for journalists and the “enemies within.” (Whatever that means) But now we all have the pleasure of saying the majority of Americans picked a convicted felon to run the […]
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Unclear Future for Native Burial Space
*Editor’s Note: The following story is part of a yearslong series chronicling the legacy of New Mexico’s Indian boarding schools. Reporter Jonathan Sims is a former appointed leader of the Acoma Pueblo and is himself a product of the Indian boarding school system, as were generations of his own family. There haven’t been many changes […]
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Questions for a Congresswoman
Democratic U.S Rep. Melanie Stansbury was elected to Congress in 2021, after U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland stepped down to take her current cabinet position. Stansbury handily beat out former Republican state Senator Mark Moores in the 2021 election, then Republican Michelle Garcia Holmes in 2022 by about 10 percentage points. In November, Stansbury will […]