As secretary of the interior, Deb Haaland focused on issues affecting Native American communities, public lands, and climate change. She established the Missing and Murdered Unit to investigate unsolved violence against Indigenous people and organized listening sessions for survivors and descendants of American Indian boarding schools. Haaland also directed the removal of derogatory language against Native American women from federal place names, strengthened protections for public lands and endangered habitats, and supported efforts to connect unelectrified Tribal homes to clean energy sources.
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