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Mary Toya, mother of Secretary Deb Haaland, passes on
Monday, October 18, 2021
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Mary E. Toya, the mother of Secretary Deb Haaland, passed away last week, the Department of the Interior announced.
Toya was from the Pueblo of Laguna and the Pueblo of Jemez, tribal nations based in New Mexico. She was a veteran of the U.S. Navy who worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs for 25 years.
“The Department of the Interior mourns with Secretary Deb Haaland as she and her family grieve the loss of her mother,” the agency said in a statement on Saturday.
“We celebrate Mary Toya’s long life and are grateful for her 25 years of service to Native students as a member of the Interior team within Indian Affairs,” the statement continued. “Mary spoke Keres, raised her children in a Pueblo household, and passed traditional wisdom down to her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Her legacy will live on in Secretary Haaland, all of her relatives, and the countless Native people she inspired.
“We ask that media respect the privacy of the family,” the department said.
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