Interior Department Secretary Deb Haaland (Laguna Pueblo) addresses the Democratic National Convention crowd on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Photo by Andi Murphy / Native America Calling)
CHICAGO — Deb Haaland brought Indigeneity front and center at the Democratic National Convention on its final night in a speech that presented an argument for environmental protections.
“Gu’wha’tzi,” Haaland said in the Keres language spoken by tribes in New Mexico, including Laguna Pueblo where she is from…