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AUDIO: Senate Committee on the Judiciary takes up nominees (November 20, 2023)
The Senate Committee on the Judiciary takes up three nominations, including that of Sara Hill, at a hearing on November 15, 2023. 
Chuck Hoskin: Cherokee Nation proud of historic judicial nominee (October 30, 2023)
Sara Hill’s nomination is exciting for Cherokee Nation and all of Indian Country, and not only because it is a historic milestone. 
Sara E. Hill, the former attorney general of the Cherokee Nation, is making history as a nominee to the federal bench.
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs is getting back to work after what the legislative panel’s bipartisan leadership said was an extremely productive session.
Markwayne Mullin becomes first Native U.S. Senator in nearly two decades (November 8, 2022)
Markwayne Mullin has made history as the first tribal citizen to win election to the U.S. Senate in nearly two decades. 
The Cherokee Nation, Chickasaw Nation, Choctaw Nation, Muscogee Nation and Seminole Nation signed treaties that include provisions addressing formerly enslaved persons in their territories.
As the first Americans continue to feel the disproportionate impacts of the coronavirus pandemic, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is seeking to bring more resources to urban Indian communities.
The U.S. Senate is slowly but surely moving to confirm Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) as Secretary of the Interior.
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) is on her way to making history yet again, this time as the first Native person in a presidential cabinet.
Recap: #DebForInterior confirmation hearing (Day 2) (February 26, 2021)
Rep. Deb Haaland (D-New Mexico) endured a second day of questions as her historic confirmation hearing to be Secretary of the Interior finally came to a close. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs schedules first hearing (February 18, 2021)
The Senate Committee on Indian Affairs will hold its first hearing of the 117th Congress on February 24, 2021. 
Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets under new leadership (February 10, 2021)
Indian Country will be seeing major change on Capitol Hill as the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs meets for the first time. 
Chuck Hoskin: Deb Haaland for Secretary of the Interior (January 26, 2021)
Deb Haaland is someone who knows what it is like to struggle and who always looks out for ways to help people, no matter their tribal affiliation, party, politics, or beliefs.
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