Former North Dakota Republican Gov. Doug Burgum is now officially Interior Secretary, with help from Arizona’s U.S. senators and a couple of its tribes.
Democrat Sens. Ruben Gallego and Mark Kelly sided with the Senate Republican majority to confirm Burgum as the 55th secretary of the Interior. In overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion, the U.S. Senate approved him in a 79-18 vote on Thursday.
Seventeen Democrats plus Bernie Sanders opposed the nominee, while 25 other Democrats backed President Donald Trump’s pick to run the federal agency responsible for managing the nation’s natural and cultural resources.
About 180 federally recognized tribes from across Indian Country endorsed him for the job, including the Navajo Nation and San Carlos Apache Tribe.
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After finally being sworn in following a historic seven-week delay, Arizona Congresswoman Adelita Grijalva is using her first legislative act to fulfill a campaign promise she made to tribes in Arizona and across Indian Country. -
This newer holiday tradition began with the White Mountain Apache in 2023, followed by the San Carlos Apache last year. Now the state Capitol tree will come from the “People of the Tall Pines” — or Hualapai. -
It’s not every day you get to see an eagle — let alone two — alive and up close. But it’s something visitors of Liberty Wildlife did recently while blessing these animals during the nonprofit’s third annual Native American wildlife celebration. -
Last week, more than a dozen tribes across the U.S. commented on a new proposal by the Trump administration to let developers obtain preliminary permits for hydropower projects on reservations in spite of tribal opposition. -
The official designation comes at a pivotal time when sustained drought threatens this precious natural resource — CRIT considers “a living entity” — running parallel to the nearly 300,000-acre reservation along the California border.
