Indian Country gripped by Haaland hearing for top US post

This photo provided by Mia Boccella shows Aleta "Tweety" Suazo handing out baked goods at a reception held for New Mexico Democratic Congresswoman Deb Haaland on Jan. 3, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Suazo will be among Native Americans closely watching a confirmation hearing for Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (AP Photo via Mia Boccella)

This photo provided by Brandi Liberty shows Liberty holding a photo of her grandmother as a child at Liberty's home in New Orleans on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Liberty is among Native Americans who will be closely watching the confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. (Brandi Liberty via AP)

This Feb. 21, 2021, photo shows a billboard in Billings, Montana, displays support for New Mexico U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior. Native Americans will be watching her confirmation hearing closely on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to lead the agency that has broad oversight over tribal affairs and energy development. (AP Photo/Matt Brown)

This photo provided by Debbie Nez-Manuel shows her husband, Royce Manuel, left and Nez-Manuel at their home at the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Community northeast of Phoenix on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. The couple will be among Native Americans who will be closely watching the confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021. (Debbie Nez-Manuel via AP)

This photo provided by Jordynn Paz shows Zachariah Rides At The Door at the University of Montana campus in Missoula, Mont., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Rides At The Door will be among Native Americans who will be closely watching the confirmation hearing for Deb Haaland, a New Mexico congresswoman who has been nominated to lead the U.S. Department of the Interior, on Tuesday, Feb. 23. (Jordynn Paz via AP)

This photo provided by Leah Salgado shows the image of New Mexico U.S. Rep. Deb Haaland projected on the side of the U.S. Department of the Interior building in Washington, D.C., on Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. Native Americans will be closely watching a confirmation hearing Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021, for Haaland, who has been nominated to lead the Interior Department. If confirmed, she would be the first Native American to lead the agency that has broad oversight of tribal affairs and energy development. (Leah Salgado via AP)

FILE - In this Dec. 20, 2020, file photo the Biden administration's nominee for Secretary of Interior, Rep. Deb Haaland, D-N.M., speaks at The Queen Theater in Wilmington Del. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)