Claudia Lawrence: Haaland has an uncomfortable seat at the table

Within minutes of the announcement that President-elect Joe Biden had nominated Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico as interior secretary, Native social media was celebrating. People in our community who have met Haaland began posting photos of her at Native events throughout Indian Country; one of my friends wrote, “Our auntie has done it!”The jubilation is warranted, because Haaland, a citizen of Laguna Pueblo, one of the country’s 574 federally recognized tribes, would be the fir