Indigenous Women Praise Haaland as ‘Empowering’ Pick for Interior Secretary
In VTDigger, written by Amanda Gokee
Published Dec. 22, 2020
“I think it was a very wise choice and also a very empowering choice to have representatives from the Native community,” said Carol McGranaghan, now in her third term as chair of Vermont’s Commission for Native American Affairs.
McGranaghan said representation at the federal level can have ripple effects extending to the work she’s doing now with legislators in Vermont. “Maybe a few more people in the Legislature will be a little more receptive to first of all recognizing that there are Native Americans in Vermont,” she said