Deb Haaland on the Future of Native Leadership
We talk with Haaland about her reflections on the eve of America's 250th as a civil servant, and why she still defends the Democratic Party. Her new memoir is "A Voice Like Mine."
June 12, 2026
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Deb Haaland on the Future of Native Leadership
Summary
Former Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland won the New Mexico Democratic gubernatorial primary this month, and if she wins this November, she would become the first female Native American governor in U.S. history. Haaland was already the first Native American cabinet secretary, which she describes in her new memoir as a uniquely profound experience: “Unlike any previous interior secretary, I had inherited trauma caused by the very institution I led. But I had also inherited the courage, perseverance, and love of community that had been passed down to me since my Pueblo ancestors’ first footsteps on the desert earth.” We’ll talk with Haaland about her reflections on the eve of America’s 250th as a civil servant, and why she still defends the Democratic Party. Her new memoir is “A Voice Like Mine.”
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Deb Haaland, former United States Secretary of the Interior under President Biden; Democratic nominee for governor, New Mexico; author of the new memoir, "A Voice Like Mine"
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