[Native Art History] Native Art Bring Peace of Mind to the Department of Interior

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Joyce Nevaquaya Harris is Comanche. Deb Haaland is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna. Joyce Nevaquaya Harris is an artist. Deb Haaland is a lawyer.

Joyce Nevaquaya Harris is an accomplished artist. Deb Haaland is the United States Secretary of the Interior.

Two successful Native American women.

Deb Haaland made history in March 2021 when she was confirmed as the Secretary of the Interior. She is the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary.

The significance of Ms. Haaland’s confirmation cannot be overstated. A Native American woman is now in charge of the governmental agency once responsible for removing Native Americans from their homes and forcing their children to attend boarding schools designed to “assimilate” them into European – American society. A Native American woman is now in charge of the governmental agency that had to pay $3.4 billion in 2009 to settle a lawsuit alleging that the agency had mismanaged the Indian Trust accounts it had a duty to safeguard.

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