February 9, 2021 • 10 mins
In the first installment of this new series highlighting the work women are doing around the world, Anney and Samantha spotlight Representative Deb Haaland, the first Native American woman to be nominated for a cabinet position in American history.
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to steph
ib never told your production of I R Radio. Okay,
before we start anything, we're gonna go ahead and time
stamp with this so everybody is aware. Today is in
(00:25):
January twenty one, So now we have that in place,
forever on record, right, Yes, I'm pretty sure it is
forever on record as long as podcast exists and people
exist to listen to them. Also, at means if you're
listening to this when it comes out, it is a Tuesday,
it is a Tuesday, not right as we recorded, but
(00:47):
as you listen to it, as you listen to because today,
for us, it is a Thursday. More what is this day?
So we are excited to do a new weekly segment
for you. This is why we're time stamping at because
we know things changed very quickly and we wanted to
do something that was a little more current and up
(01:07):
to date and hopefully we will be able to keep
up with all the good things that are happening. And
don't worry though it's a short, sweet and themed We
are going to call this seatement women around the world
or women we should know, and it's going to be international. Well, yes,
(01:28):
it's also very lit, but there you go. So for
these segments, we're going everywhere and anywhere to talk about
women or gender not conforming people who are making history
as we watch as it happens. And since so many
things seems to be happening right now, we didn't want
to do a little more celebrating a bit with the
(01:48):
new changes happening in the United States and our current administration,
and specifically we wanted to talk about Biden's appointed nominee,
Representative dev Holland, who, by the way, how as yet
to be confirmed by the Senate, but we wanted to
celebrate what the significance is. Yes, because we did talk
about her briefly and around up of women in politics,
(02:12):
yeah yeah, yeah, but now that things are changing and
continue to change very rapidly, yes, we wanted to spotlight
her for this first in our segment Women around the World,
um So, Representative deb Holland is the first Native American
woman to be nominated to a cabinet position in the
history of this country, this country being the United States.
For US, she has already become a first for the nation,
(02:37):
as she is one of the first of two Native
American women to be elected to the House. She was
elected in to Congress to serve as one of the
representatives of New Mexico. Right so. Holland is part of
the Pueblo of Laguna tribe in New Mexico and is
the daughter of two veterans. Her mother was part of
the Navy while her father served in the Marines for
thirty years, and according to our site debt for Congress
(02:59):
dot com, which is still there, is a thirty five
generation New Mexican. She is no stranger to working for
the betterment and protection of the environment. Between her using
her voice to protest at Standing Rock to fight against
the Dakota Access pipelines, to her working in Congress to
create and sponsored bills like the Green New Deal Protecting
Chaco Canyon, which looked at the impacts of drilling on
(03:21):
the air, land, water, and Health, and Clean Economy Act QUOTE,
which set up a process to reach a goal of
one Clean Economy by twenty fifty, which would meet key
principles on environmental justice, job creation, economic development, and public health,
to her being Vice chair of the House Committee on
Natural Resources and serving on the subcommittees for Indigenous Peoples
(03:43):
of the United States and National parks, forests, and public
lands right and her continued work to bring resources and
justice for Indigenous communities. She created the Not Invisible Act
and Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act, which
helped to provide resources as well as bringing awareness of
issues within the Indigenous community and bring the conversation of
(04:04):
the missing and murdered Indigenous women to the Congress floors
to say the last she's benified, or to make sure
Indigenous communities are getting access to federal funds and assistance
as it relates to crisis such as a current pandemic.
And we've talked about how hard it's hit the Native
American communities and how little focus have been placed within
these communities by the past administration. So what would it
(04:28):
mean for her to become the first Native American woman
to be the Secretary of the Interior. As one former
secretary stated, she would have the voice and understanding of
the needs of the Native Indigenous lands which have been
attacked and dismissed by the government from the beginning of
United States history. The continued concern at this time is
undoing some of the abuses and liberties the last administration
(04:51):
imposed in not only destroying native lands, but taking money
and ignoring the health of the Indigenous communities that actually
still lived there. And as Elizabeth Cronk Warner, dean of
the University of Utah's College of Law and member of
the Associate Marie Chippewa tribe stated in The New York Times,
Native Americans quote would go from being classified as a
(05:12):
group of people that the federal government was trying to
destroy to having a president say I see you and
value to the point that I will raise you to
the highest level of decision making in the country, which
is a really significant quote. And of course, the path
for correcting the damage already caused by previous administrations will
be a very long and hard one. As stated by
(05:33):
Nick Tilson, the CEO of an indigenous led activist group,
an Indian collective, stated, quote, the history of that interior
was created as a place to extract resources from public
lands and Indigenous people. And as we see and continue
to see the abuses repeatedly at the cost of the
communities and at the cost of the environment, And as expected,
(05:55):
there are those who are opposing her confirmation, saying she
would dismantle all the current projects which would increase job
losses and unemployment. Representative Peter Strauber of Minnesota, who sits
on the Subcommittee on Indigenous People, has been campaigning to
get President Biden to remove Holland's nomination and then continuing forward. Yeah,
(06:16):
and to say the least, many tries were really unhappy
with Rev. Stobbers take all five of the tribes under
his congressional district. Has made it known that not only
do they find his opposition offensive but an obvious instance
of him quote appeasing big industries as a detriment of
the tribal interests. His records show that he often will
side with companies over communities, such as Twin Medals mining company,
(06:40):
which seeks to mind two and thirty four thousand acres
section of the Superior National Forest, which a lot of
environmental groups have alleged that Stopper interfered with these review
processing and allowing them to have access. And just so
you know, Representative Holland was a co sponsor in trying
to ban this specific mining. Strawberry has also been chastis
by the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes, which is made
(07:02):
up of thirty five tribal nations in the region. They
called his opposition and campaign against Holland as quote offensive, hostile,
and irresponsible, and Chair air and Payment stated Strawbery quote
had subordinated the interest of Indian tribes to the interests
of those you represent in your letter without any consultation
with the tribes. And he continued by saying, quote, we
(07:23):
are unaccustomed to any member of Congress serving in such
a public role and leading an attack that diametrically opposes
the wishes of nearly all the Indian country. This is
unprecedented representive. Holland has been given full support by the
majority of the tribes within the country. As a Cherokee
National Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Junior states, quote dev Holland
is a uniquely qualified to sort of a Secretary of
(07:44):
the Interior. As a graduate of the University of New
Mexico Law School and a former tribal administrator a congresswoman,
Holland has firsthand knowledge of tribal governance. She is a trailblazer.
The nomination of an American Indian to incabinet level position
is groundbreaking and it is long overdue. As a champion
of tribal sovereignty, Holland is an excellent choice to lead
the Department of the Interior and from Muskogee Creek Nation
(08:07):
Principal Chief David Hill quote, Native voices should always be
involved in discussions that impact Native communities. We not only
support the confirmation of Congresswoman Holland as Secretary of the Interior,
but we also asked that her selection to a cabinet
level position the only the beginnings of more Native representation
in the federal government at all levels. And we hope
(08:28):
by the time this is released she has been confirmed,
but as of now, as of this date, there is
no confirmation date set. And yeah, we're definitely hoping to
see some good changes to come there. Of course, is
some concern of the House losing a Democratic seat with
(08:48):
her becoming Secretary of Interior, but it doesn't outshine the
impact of her being the first Native American cabinet position,
and I think that needs to be stated repeatedly how
important and how significant that is with our history that
she does take on that administration. I think it will
have huge impact for our country to see that type
of representative finally being lifted into that position. We can't
(09:11):
overstate how abysial and honestly astonishing that it has taken
this freaking long for even this to happen, for even
this to be a conversation. And of course I am
really just discussed personal note that anyone is trying to
oppose it, Like, I can't believe that's even a discussion.
After all of this, after what we have talked about,
(09:32):
after the fact that we know that the injustices within
the Native community, the indigenous communities, like that we would
even have a debate. Why is this up for debate?
I know I'm upset, but so there you go. And yes,
we'll be examining many more women around the world every
Tuesday of the week, some maybe even fictional. Let us
(09:55):
know if you know someone we need to bring attention to,
or even if you want us to dig deeper, because
you know, we want to know what we love talking
about women making history and so yeah, give us names.
Let us know, name names, yes, and you can send
those names to our email Stuff Media mom Stuff at
iHeart media dot com. You can also find us on
(10:18):
Instagram at stuff I've Ever Told You are on Twitter
at mom Stuff Podcast. Thanks as always to your super
producer Christina. Yes we love you, Christina, and thanks to
you for listening stuff I never told. User protection of
iHeart Radio. For more podcast from my heart Radio, visit
the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen
to your favorite shows.
Hey, this is Annie and Samantha and welcome to steph
ib never told your production of I R Radio. Okay,
before we start anything, we're gonna go ahead and time
stamp with this so everybody is aware. Today is in
(00:25):
January twenty one, So now we have that in place,
forever on record, right, Yes, I'm pretty sure it is
forever on record as long as podcast exists and people
exist to listen to them. Also, at means if you're
listening to this when it comes out, it is a Tuesday,
it is a Tuesday, not right as we recorded, but
(00:47):
as you listen to it, as you listen to because today,
for us, it is a Thursday. More what is this day?
So we are excited to do a new weekly segment
for you. This is why we're time stamping at because
we know things changed very quickly and we wanted to
do something that was a little more current and up
(01:07):
to date and hopefully we will be able to keep
up with all the good things that are happening. And
don't worry though it's a short, sweet and themed We
are going to call this seatement women around the world
or women we should know, and it's going to be international. Well, yes,
(01:28):
it's also very lit, but there you go. So for
these segments, we're going everywhere and anywhere to talk about
women or gender not conforming people who are making history
as we watch as it happens. And since so many
things seems to be happening right now, we didn't want
to do a little more celebrating a bit with the
(01:48):
new changes happening in the United States and our current administration,
and specifically we wanted to talk about Biden's appointed nominee,
Representative dev Holland, who, by the way, how as yet
to be confirmed by the Senate, but we wanted to
celebrate what the significance is. Yes, because we did talk
about her briefly and around up of women in politics,
(02:12):
yeah yeah, yeah, but now that things are changing and
continue to change very rapidly, yes, we wanted to spotlight
her for this first in our segment Women around the World,
um So, Representative deb Holland is the first Native American
woman to be nominated to a cabinet position in the
history of this country, this country being the United States.
For US, she has already become a first for the nation,
(02:37):
as she is one of the first of two Native
American women to be elected to the House. She was
elected in to Congress to serve as one of the
representatives of New Mexico. Right so. Holland is part of
the Pueblo of Laguna tribe in New Mexico and is
the daughter of two veterans. Her mother was part of
the Navy while her father served in the Marines for
thirty years, and according to our site debt for Congress
(02:59):
dot com, which is still there, is a thirty five
generation New Mexican. She is no stranger to working for
the betterment and protection of the environment. Between her using
her voice to protest at Standing Rock to fight against
the Dakota Access pipelines, to her working in Congress to
create and sponsored bills like the Green New Deal Protecting
Chaco Canyon, which looked at the impacts of drilling on
(03:21):
the air, land, water, and Health, and Clean Economy Act QUOTE,
which set up a process to reach a goal of
one Clean Economy by twenty fifty, which would meet key
principles on environmental justice, job creation, economic development, and public health,
to her being Vice chair of the House Committee on
Natural Resources and serving on the subcommittees for Indigenous Peoples
(03:43):
of the United States and National parks, forests, and public
lands right and her continued work to bring resources and
justice for Indigenous communities. She created the Not Invisible Act
and Justice for Native Survivors of Sexual Violence Act, which
helped to provide resources as well as bringing awareness of
issues within the Indigenous community and bring the conversation of
(04:04):
the missing and murdered Indigenous women to the Congress floors
to say the last she's benified, or to make sure
Indigenous communities are getting access to federal funds and assistance
as it relates to crisis such as a current pandemic.
And we've talked about how hard it's hit the Native
American communities and how little focus have been placed within
these communities by the past administration. So what would it
(04:28):
mean for her to become the first Native American woman
to be the Secretary of the Interior. As one former
secretary stated, she would have the voice and understanding of
the needs of the Native Indigenous lands which have been
attacked and dismissed by the government from the beginning of
United States history. The continued concern at this time is
undoing some of the abuses and liberties the last administration
(04:51):
imposed in not only destroying native lands, but taking money
and ignoring the health of the Indigenous communities that actually
still lived there. And as Elizabeth Cronk Warner, dean of
the University of Utah's College of Law and member of
the Associate Marie Chippewa tribe stated in The New York Times,
Native Americans quote would go from being classified as a
(05:12):
group of people that the federal government was trying to
destroy to having a president say I see you and
value to the point that I will raise you to
the highest level of decision making in the country, which
is a really significant quote. And of course, the path
for correcting the damage already caused by previous administrations will
be a very long and hard one. As stated by
(05:33):
Nick Tilson, the CEO of an indigenous led activist group,
an Indian collective, stated, quote, the history of that interior
was created as a place to extract resources from public
lands and Indigenous people. And as we see and continue
to see the abuses repeatedly at the cost of the
communities and at the cost of the environment, And as expected,
(05:55):
there are those who are opposing her confirmation, saying she
would dismantle all the current projects which would increase job
losses and unemployment. Representative Peter Strauber of Minnesota, who sits
on the Subcommittee on Indigenous People, has been campaigning to
get President Biden to remove Holland's nomination and then continuing forward. Yeah,
(06:16):
and to say the least, many tries were really unhappy
with Rev. Stobbers take all five of the tribes under
his congressional district. Has made it known that not only
do they find his opposition offensive but an obvious instance
of him quote appeasing big industries as a detriment of
the tribal interests. His records show that he often will
side with companies over communities, such as Twin Medals mining company,
(06:40):
which seeks to mind two and thirty four thousand acres
section of the Superior National Forest, which a lot of
environmental groups have alleged that Stopper interfered with these review
processing and allowing them to have access. And just so
you know, Representative Holland was a co sponsor in trying
to ban this specific mining. Strawberry has also been chastis
by the Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes, which is made
(07:02):
up of thirty five tribal nations in the region. They
called his opposition and campaign against Holland as quote offensive, hostile,
and irresponsible, and Chair air and Payment stated Strawbery quote
had subordinated the interest of Indian tribes to the interests
of those you represent in your letter without any consultation
with the tribes. And he continued by saying, quote, we
(07:23):
are unaccustomed to any member of Congress serving in such
a public role and leading an attack that diametrically opposes
the wishes of nearly all the Indian country. This is
unprecedented representive. Holland has been given full support by the
majority of the tribes within the country. As a Cherokee
National Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Junior states, quote dev Holland
is a uniquely qualified to sort of a Secretary of
(07:44):
the Interior. As a graduate of the University of New
Mexico Law School and a former tribal administrator a congresswoman,
Holland has firsthand knowledge of tribal governance. She is a trailblazer.
The nomination of an American Indian to incabinet level position
is groundbreaking and it is long overdue. As a champion
of tribal sovereignty, Holland is an excellent choice to lead
the Department of the Interior and from Muskogee Creek Nation
(08:07):
Principal Chief David Hill quote, Native voices should always be
involved in discussions that impact Native communities. We not only
support the confirmation of Congresswoman Holland as Secretary of the Interior,
but we also asked that her selection to a cabinet
level position the only the beginnings of more Native representation
in the federal government at all levels. And we hope
(08:28):
by the time this is released she has been confirmed,
but as of now, as of this date, there is
no confirmation date set. And yeah, we're definitely hoping to
see some good changes to come there. Of course, is
some concern of the House losing a Democratic seat with
(08:48):
her becoming Secretary of Interior, but it doesn't outshine the
impact of her being the first Native American cabinet position,
and I think that needs to be stated repeatedly how
important and how significant that is with our history that
she does take on that administration. I think it will
have huge impact for our country to see that type
of representative finally being lifted into that position. We can't
(09:11):
overstate how abysial and honestly astonishing that it has taken
this freaking long for even this to happen, for even
this to be a conversation. And of course I am
really just discussed personal note that anyone is trying to
oppose it, Like, I can't believe that's even a discussion.
After all of this, after what we have talked about,
(09:32):
after the fact that we know that the injustices within
the Native community, the indigenous communities, like that we would
even have a debate. Why is this up for debate?
I know I'm upset, but so there you go. And yes,
we'll be examining many more women around the world every
Tuesday of the week, some maybe even fictional. Let us
(09:55):
know if you know someone we need to bring attention to,
or even if you want us to dig deeper, because
you know, we want to know what we love talking
about women making history and so yeah, give us names.
Let us know, name names, yes, and you can send
those names to our email Stuff Media mom Stuff at
iHeart media dot com. You can also find us on
(10:18):
Instagram at stuff I've Ever Told You are on Twitter
at mom Stuff Podcast. Thanks as always to your super
producer Christina. Yes we love you, Christina, and thanks to
you for listening stuff I never told. User protection of
iHeart Radio. For more podcast from my heart Radio, visit
the iHeart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen
to your favorite shows.
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