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I/We are here with and for you @RepDebHaaland!!! #DemocracyNow Pro-Fossil Fuel Senators Grill Deb Haaland as She Bids to Become First Indigenous Cabinet Secretary 1,100 views•Feb 24, 2021 Democracy Now! Indigenous communities across the United States are closely following the Senate confirmation hearings of Congressmember Deb Haaland, President Joe Biden's pick to lead the Interior Department, who would become the first Native American to serve as a cabinet secretary if she is confirmed. Haaland is a tribal citizen of the Laguna Pueblo, and the prospect of an Indigenous person leading the federal department with broad oversight of Native American affairs has galvanized support for her in Indian Country. Several Republican senators have grilled Haaland over her past comments opposing fracking, the Keystone XL oil pipeline and other fossil fuel projects, attempting to paint her as a "radical." Journalist Julian Brave NoiseCat says there is a deep irony in Repu

Native American OU students name new lounge after ballerina group from Oklahoma Katie Hallum, news reporter Feb 10, 2021 2 min to read Copeland Hall on Sept. 23, 2019. Allyssa Arens/The Daily OU’s Native American student population has unofficially named the American Indian Student Association's new lounge in Copeland Hall the “Five Moons Lounge” in honor of a group of Native American ballerinas from Oklahoma. The lounge unofficially opened in the 2020 fall semester between the end of September and the beginning of October and accepted name submissions from members of AISA until the new name was selected on Feb. 4. "I would like the name to honor the five Native Oklahoman Indigenous ballerinas who gained prominence in the 1940s,” an anonymous AISA member wrote in their name suggestion submission. “It is an interesting time of Oklahoma history that should be better emphasized — some of the most prestigious and accomplished ballerinas of the 20th century all were born i