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Haaland speaks at DNC about tribal history, encourages ‘sacred’ right of voting
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U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland was the second New Mexican woman to have a prominent spot at the Democratic National Convention this week, and delivered a short speech from the Indian Pueblo Cultural Center in Albuquerque. Haaland spoke about her background—as not only a Native American woman, but one of the first two Native American women elected to Congress. She weaved in some history of her people. She is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo, and of Native Americans in general. “My people survived centuries of slavery, genocide and brutal assimilation policies,” Haaland said.