Chairman Frazier praises confirmation of Haaland as Interior Secretary

Deb Haaland
Deb Haaland

South Dakota’s two U.S. senators voted against the nomination of Debra Haaland as Interior Secretary, but her confirmation by a 51-40 Senate vote on Monday, March 15, drew praise from Harold Frazier, chairman of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe (CRST).

Haaland, a Democratic Congresswoman from New Mexico and a member of the Laguna Pueblo Tribe, will be the first Native American to serve in the cabinet…