Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland opens the White House Tribal Nations Summit on December 9, 2024.

Haaland is a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna. She is the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities in Indian Country.

Haaland is also the first Native person to serve in a presidential cabinet. She was nominated to her post by President Joe Biden.

The White House Tribal Nations Summit took place at the main Interior building in Washington, D.C.