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Timothy Egan: After five centuries, a Native American with real power

Deb Haaland is ready to knock down some of the last barriers of time and terrain in this country.

(Celeste Sloman | The New York Times) Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., sits for a portrait in Washington on Jan. 7, 2019. As President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for interior secretary, Haaland is poised to make a rare positive mark in the history of how a nation of immigrants treated the country’s original inhabitants. She would be the first Native American cabinet secretary — a distinction that has prompted celebration throughout Indian Country.

(Celeste Sloman | The New York Times) Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., sits for a portrait in Washington on Jan. 7, 2019. As President-elect Joe Biden’s choice for interior secretary, Haaland is poised to make a rare positive mark in the history of how a nation of immigrants treated the country’s original inhabitants. She would be the first Native American cabinet secretary — a distinction that has prompted celebration throughout Indian Country.

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By Timothy Egan | The New York Times