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On the recordMay 14, 2019
During the 5 months I have been in office I have met with over 300 Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and 90 percent of the time the issue they raise the most is the lack of tribal consultation prior to the Department of the Interior's reorganization, which caught many tribes by surprise.
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Deb Haaland
Democratic · New Mexico

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Haaland discusses the lack of tribal consultation in Interior's reorganization.

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