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Tag: U.S. Department of the Interior
Native Americans
Indigenous Scholars Celebrate Rep. Deb Haaland’s Nomination for Secretary of the Interior
Indigenous scholars are celebrating President-elect Joe Biden’s nomination of U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland for secretary of the interior. A Democratic Congresswoman from New Mexico, Haaland would be the first Native American in the position.
December 30, 2020
News Roundup
Joe Biden Nominates Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico to be United States Secretary of the Interior, NPR reported. As a member of the Laguna Pueblo in New Mexico, Haaland would become the first Native American to have a cabinet secretary role amid a Senate confirmation. Biden’s transition team described her as a […]
December 18, 2020
Opinion
Trump’s Art of the Deal: Merge Education and Labor Departments?
The White House publicly released a report called “Delivering Government Solutions in the 21st Century” on Thursday, June 21. First among the 32 organizational reform priorities proposed by President Donald Trump is merging the departments of education and labor into a single entity: the Department of Education and the Workforce.
July 14, 2018
Native Americans
University Fined for Violating Indian Remains Law
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A university in West Virginia has been fined $4,999 for failing to complete inventories of American Indian remains and artifacts in its possession. The U.S. Department of the Interior notified Marshall University President Jerome Gilbert of the fine in a letter this week. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter, […]
May 6, 2018
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