<\/p>\r\nBy a vote of 11-9 on March 4, 2021<\/a>, the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee<\/a> approved Haaland’s nomination to serve as Secretary of the Interior in President Joe Biden’s administration.\r\n <\/p>\r\n\u201cIt is long past time to give a Native American woman a seat at the Cabinet table,\u201d said Sen. Joe Manchin<\/a> (D-West Virginia), the chairman of the committee.\r\n <\/p>\r\nThe committee’s roll call fell largely along party lines. All 10 Democrats on the legislative panel voted in favor of Haaland, who is a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna<\/a>, an Indian nation with homelands in New Mexico.\r\n <\/p>\r\nSen. Lisa Murkowski<\/a> (R-Alaska) crossed party lines to support the nomination. She said Native people in Alaska are \u201cenormously proud to have a Native American nominated to this position.\u201d\r\n <\/p>\r\nHaaland’s nomination can now be considered by the full U.S. Senate<\/a>. Republican lawmakers — some from states with significant Indian Country populations — have said they will try to stall the floor vote.\r\n <\/p>\r\nIf confirmed, Haaland would be the first Native person to lead the Department of the Interior<\/a>, the federal agency with the most trust and treaty responsibilities to tribes and their citizens. The Bureau of Indian Affairs<\/a>, the Bureau of Indian Education<\/a> and the recently-established Bureau of Trust Funds Administration<\/a>, which is taking over most of the duties previously assigned to the Office of the Special Trustee for American Indians<\/a>, are part of Interior.\r\n![\"debhaaland\"](\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/24\/debhaaland.jpeg\")
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