Deb Haaland will be sworn in wearing her traditional Pueblo clothing. She is here with her family, including her mother. Swearing in ceremony starts at 12pm Eastern. #NativeCongress #SheReady @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/VLQAEey4fr
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Supporters are gathered in Deb Haalands office to watch the historic inauguration ceremony for the 116th Congress. Haaland is one of two Native women being sworn in today. #NativeCongress @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/3P0YxYqWK0
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Pueblo women are cheering on Deb Haaland as the historic inauguration ceremony for the 116th Congress is underway. Haaland, from New Mexico, is one of two Native women being sworn in today. The other is Sharice Davids from Kansas. #NativeCongress @Deb4CongressNM @sharicedavids pic.twitter.com/pAPjZFL0Ws
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Pueblo women watch as Sharice Davids of Kansas cast her first vote in the 116th Congress. Davids, a citizen of the Ho Chunk Nation, voted for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House of Representatives. Davids & Pelosi are in the new Democratic majority in the House. #NativeCongress pic.twitter.com/801O6nZsyA
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Cheers as Deb Haaland of New Mexico cast her first vote in the 116th Congress. Haaland, a citizen of the Pueblo of Laguna, voted for Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House. @Deb4CongressNM @RepDebHaaland pic.twitter.com/NRz9CNjM9V
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews Maltais of the Aquinnah Wampanoag Tribe is among those celebrating the inauguration of Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland to the 116th Congress @rephaaland @sharicedavids @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/jNHMJwQ66o
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Cecilia Fire Thunder, former president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is among those celebrating the inauguration of Sharice Davids and Deb Haaland to the 116th Congress @rephaaland @sharicedavids @Deb4CongressNM #NativeCongress pic.twitter.com/0UPpWDAU7b
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
A panorama inside Rep. Deb Haaland’s Office in the Longworth House Building. Later this evening tribal citizens are attending a reception in honor of Haaland and Rep. Sharice Davids. #NativeCongress @rephaaland @repdavids @Deb4CongressNM @sharicedavids pic.twitter.com/z0gri6QwTV
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Chair Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick and Vice Chair Zach Pahmahmie of Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation @PBPNation are among the many tribal dignitaries and citizens in DC to celebrate Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids. #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @repdavids @Deb4CongressNM @sharicedavids pic.twitter.com/qxMDr6l8YX
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Indian Country is out in force to honor Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico. They are the first two Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @rephaaland @repdavids @sharicedavids @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/jLkFbyKwpL
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Posting of the colors by Native veterans and the Ho-Chunk Nation drum in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, first two Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @rephaaland @repdavids @sharicedavids @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/VsP5vUMsvH
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
MC Chance Rush asks for moment of silence for missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls as Indian Country honors Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, first Native women in Congress #NativeCongress #mmiw #mmiwg @repdebhaaland @repdavids pic.twitter.com/j0ODJgckQ0
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Joy Harjo of Muscogee Creek Nation recites an opening poem in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, first Native women in Congress #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @repdavids pic.twitter.com/HUUqOXmzsZ
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Rep. Markwayne Mullin (Cherokee) is offering message of bipartisanship. He’s a Republican but he is honoring Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas and Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico, first Native women in Congress #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @repdavids @Deb4CongressNM @sharicedavids pic.twitter.com/aCthbkeZdB
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 3, 2019
Actor and activist Mark Ruffalo is bringing a bit of celebrity to the reception in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland, first Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @RepDavids @sharicedavids @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/KXcJYpHIKb
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Ho-Chunk Nation Drum with special guest Mark Ruffalo perform at reception in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland, the first Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @MarkRuffalo @RepDebHaaland @RepDavids pic.twitter.com/KImPjcekQ5
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
The Ho-Chunk Nation Drum, with special guest Mark Ruffalo, performs at reception in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland, the first Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @RepDavids @Deb4CongressNM @sharicedavids pic.twitter.com/JHbXkBZWDo
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Rep. Raul Ruiz of California spoke in Nahua, an Indigenous language from Mexico and Central America, at reception in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland, the first Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @RepDavids pic.twitter.com/9UCETKHupv
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Rep. Gwen Moore of Wisconsin offered some words in the Ho-Chunk language at reception in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland, the first Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @RepDavids pic.twitter.com/OITHX5sBN7
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
“We ran over and voted and then we came back” Rep. Sharice Davids from Kansas is back at Washington DC reception in her honor @repdavids @sharicedavids pic.twitter.com/4HrUJNDQF0
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Rep. Sharice Davids honors her mother with a star quilt. “I wouldn’t be here without the support of a strong Ho-Chunk woman,” Davids said of her mother at Washington DC reception in her honor. #NativeCongress @sharicedavids @RepDavids pic.twitter.com/jrOSxnRKfB
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Rep. Deb Haaland of New Mexico is back too after voting in the 116th Congress! “We don’t have time to rest,” Haaland said at Washington DC reception in her honor @repdebhaaland @Deb4CongressNM #NativeCongress pic.twitter.com/As4V4QPRDT
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Ho-Chunk Nation drum performs honor song for Rep Sharice Davids and Rep Deb Haaland and other Native women leaders at reception in Washington DC #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @repdavids pic.twitter.com/0xSIITFgZq
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Native veterans retire the colors as Ho-Chunk Nation Drum performs a final song at Washington DC reception in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @repdavids pic.twitter.com/a2q2UY9COB
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
Commemorative coin in honor of Rep. Sharice Davids and Rep. Deb Haaland, the first two Native women in Congress. #NativeCongress @repdebhaaland @repdavids @sharicedavids @Deb4CongressNM pic.twitter.com/1ENLqeQiU9
— indianz.com (@indianz) January 4, 2019
