Posts Tagged ‘Deb Haaland’
Changing Derogatory Place Names
December 3, 2021 – U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is moving to remove the word ‘Squaw’ from all federal lands, citing the derogatory connotations it carries for Native Americans. Our panel discusses the timing of the decision, and the influence of Sec. Haaland’s Native voice in Washington, D.C.. Host: Gene Grant Line Opinion…
Read MoreReckoning with the Past: Native Boarding Schools
July 30, 2021 – This week on New Mexico in Focus, extended coverage of the federal government’s effort to document the truth about Native boarding schools. Interior secretary and former New Mexico congresswoman Deb Haaland announced the investigation this summer, on the heels of gruesome discoveries of mass graves at Canadian boarding school sites. Correspondent Antonia…
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