FILE - Interior Secretary Deb Haaland testifies on President Joe Biden's budget request for 2024 at the Capitol in Washington, May 2, 2023. Republican members of the U.S. House Committee on Natural Resources are raising concerns about ties between Haaland and an Indigenous group from her home state that advocates for halting oil and gas production on public lands. The members on Monday, June 5, sent a letter to Haaland requesting documents related to her interactions with Pueblo Action Alliance as well as her daughter, Somah, who has worked with the group and has rallied against fossil fuel development. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland is in Sonoma County. On Sunday, Haaland visited the Graton Resort and Casino in Rohnert Park, for a discussion with survivors of federal Indian boarding schools and their descendants. Haaland has been having similar discussions during a cross-country tour called “the road to healing.” Indian boarding schools were supported and paid for by the Department of Interior until the 1970s. Sunday’s discussion was hosted by the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, which owns the resort and casino.