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A federal investigation commissioned by U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland discovers that sixty-five federal American Indian boarding school sites have unmarked or marked gravesites, and confirms that "at least" 973 Native American children died at boarding schools, primarily from abuse and illness.
2024-07-30

U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland suspends all oil and gas drilling leases in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, pending further review of their environmental impacts. U.S. President Joe Biden previously on January 20 issued an executive order freezing oil and gas exploration activities at the Refuge for similar reasons.
2021-06-1

The United States Senate votes 51–40 to confirm U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland as Secretary of the Interior, thereby making her the first Native American to head the department and the first to be confirmed to a Cabinet post. Haaland is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo.
2021-03-15

Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt tests positive for COVID-19, while Secretary of State Mike Pompeo enters quarantine after a possible exposure to the virus.
2020-12-16

U.S. President Donald Trump tweets that Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke will quit his post at the end of the year.
2018-12-15

Voters in Montana pick between Republican Greg Gianforte and Democrat Rob Quist in the special congressional election to replace Ryan Zinke, who is now President Trump's Secretary of the Interior.
2017-05-25

President-elect Trump announces Representative Ryan Zinke of Montana is his choice to be United States Secretary of the Interior.
2016-12-13

Sally Jewell is confirmed as the new United States Secretary of the Interior.
2013-04-10

U.S. President Barack Obama nominates CEO of REI Sally Jewell to be the next Secretary of the Interior.
2013-02-6

United States Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approves Cape Wind, the nation's first off-shore wind farm.
2010-04-28