US Interior Secretary Commends Australia’s Efforts to Reconcile ‘Tragic History’ of Indigenous Abuse

Congresswoman Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) speaks during the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources hearing on her nomination to be Interior Secretary in Washington on Feb. 23, 2021. Jim Watson-Pool/Getty Images

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland has met with Australia’s Indigenous Affairs Minister Linda Burney to discuss the road to reconciliation for Australia’s Aboriginal communities.

Haaland, a Native American woman from the southwest United States, visited Parliament House in Canberra at the end of a weeklong trip to Australia.