In the final days before she departs, Deb Haaland has found time to reflect on her journey from the back roads of New Mexico to a sprawling

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is serving out her final days in office. President Joe Biden made history by appointing her as the first Native American in a cabinet position. “The first couple days I got here,

Haaland brought with her many other Indigenous people who served as her senior advisors, communications specialists, and across the Interior’s various offices — including the first Indigenous person to lead the National Park Service.

In her farewell address, Secretary Deb Haaland reflected on her transformative tenure at the U.S. Department of the Interior. She celebrated the progress made in environmental stewardship, tribal engagement,

It was the summer of 2023 and Interior Secretary Deb Haaland was hiking the Bright Angel Trail, the most popular path at Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona. Later that day she would join President Joe Biden as he signed a proclamation establishing the Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni – Ancestral Footprints of the Grand Canyon National Monument that would bring nearly one million acres under federal protection.