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Biden and Tribal Leaders Celebrate Four Years of Accomplishments on Behalf of Native Americans

At White House Tribal Nations Summit, the president and the first Native American cabinet secretary touted their successes for tribes while Indigenous leaders vowed to keep fighting for their peoples.

By Noel Lyn Smith

Indigenous federal employees perform a traditional dance before President Joe Biden's visit to the White House Tribal Nations Summit on Dec. 9 in Washington, D.C. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

28 Million Acres of Alaska Public Lands Protected from Oil Drilling Following Trump-Era Reversal

By Kiley Price

After a Quiet Start, Climate Gets More Attention as the DNC Wraps Up

By Kiley Price

From left: Amelia Flores, Colorado River Indian Tribes chairwoman, Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland and Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs approve the tribe’s authority to lease, exchange or store its portion of Colorado River water. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

Historic Agreement with the Federal Government and Arizona Gives Colorado River Indian Tribes Control Over Use of Their Water off Tribal Land

By Noel Lyn Smith

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland (third from left) shakes hands with James Wynne from the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers after the ribbon cutting for the Ten West Link on April 25. Credit: Noel Lyn Smith/Inside Climate News

Officials Celebrate a New Power Line to Charge Up the Energy Transition in the Southwest

By Noel Lyn Smith

Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland testifies during the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee hearing on the "President's Budget Request for the U.S. Department of the Interior for Fiscal Year 2024," in Dirksen Building on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Credit: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images

A Guardian of Federal Lands, Lambasted by Left and Right

By Grant Schwab

Police officers escort a protester out of the Department of Interior building after a sit-in held by climate activists on Oct. 14, 2021 in Washington, DC. Credit: Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images

Indigenous Climate Activists Arrested After ‘Occupying’ US Department of Interior

By Phil McKenna, Video by Aman Azhar

Sandstone formations are shown here in the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument on May 10, 2017 outside Boulder, Utah. Credit: George Frey/Getty Images

Restoring Utah National Monument Boundaries Highlights a New Tactic in the Biden Administration’s Climate Strategy

By Judy Fahys

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland tours near ancient dwellings along the Butler Wash trail during a visit to Bears Ears National Monument Thursday, April 8, 2021, near Blanding, Utah. Credit: AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, Pool

The First Native American Cabinet Secretary Visits the Land of Her Ancestors and Sees Firsthand the Obstacles to Compromise

By Judy Fahys

When an Oil Company Profits From a Pipeline Running Beneath Tribal Land Without Consent, What’s Fair Compensation?

By Judy Fahys

U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

What’s On Interior’s To-Do List? A Full Plate of Public Lands Issues—and Trump Rollbacks—for Deb Haaland

By Judy Fahys

U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland (D-NM), at the U.S. Capitol in January 2019.

Biden Put Climate at the Heart of His Campaign. Now He’s Delivered Groundbreaking Nominees

By James Bruggers, David Hasemyer, Judy Fahys, Marianne Lavelle

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