and we'll be back shortly with a conversation with secretary of the interior deb haaland.ke a moment to hear from your local pbs station. ♪ ndent nonprofit newsroom, kicks off its annual weeklong summit starting today. newshour is its streaming partner. our own lisa desjardins interviewed the secretary of interior deb haaland as part of 19th represents event. here's a sneak peak of some of that conversation. >> this country has had 580 cabinet agency heads. you are the first one, of all of those people to be native american, and the president of your tribe, when you were confirmed called it a defining moment not just for indigenous people in this country, but indigenous people across the world. can you talk about what you think this means for real change and then also what is it like to , be you both have blessings of being in a historic moment and if there are other moments, -- moments that that is a burden? >> well, of course, i feel there is always a weight that is on your shoulders when you're carrying essentially the hopes and dreams of hundreds of years of, you know,

earlier this month, our own lisa interviewed secretary of interior deb haaland about the significancerole, which aired as part of today's summit launch. here's a sneak peak of some of that conversation >> desjardins: this country has had 580 cabinet agency heads. you are the first one, of all of those people to be native american, and the president of your tribe, when you were confirmed called ia defining moment not just for indigenous people in this country, but indigenous people across the world. can you talk about what you think this means for real change, and then also what is it like to be you both have blessings of being in a historic moment and if there are other moments, that's a burden. >> well of course i feel that there's always a weight that is on your shoulders when you're carrying essentially the hopes and dreams of hundreds of years of, you know, a community's hopes that hopes and dreams. and, and so there it is somewhat of way but i'll tell you, i have, i mean i stand on the shoulders of so many native americans who have come before me leaders in, in so many respects,

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at the federal level, launched by the nation's first native american secretary of the interior, deb haaland. >> this is a crisis that's been happening in our country since colonization, and it's never gotten the attention, the funding, the care that it's needed. >> reporter: for this family, that attention can't come soon enough do you think you would have had more support from authorities if you were not a native family >> to tell you the truth, yes it seems like they're just like, oh, just another native death. >> reporter: what are you hoping for >> i'm hoping to find her. one way or another in the end, justice. because she's our baby. >> reporter: justice for so many families like theirs. morgan radford, nbc news, black feet indian reservation. >>> we'll take a short break. up next, jumping at life and inspiring america at 100 >>> here at home, inspiration tonight from a veteran we have come to know well and who just celebrated a birthday milestone in high style >> reporter: for tom rice, the feeling before parachuting 7,500 feet above the earth is a familiar one, and one h welcomed aga

that consul is chaired by secretary deb haaland. they answered by forming a committee on international relations with direct engagement with the u.s. state apartment as a matter of foreign policy. this administration is very responsive. we have an open door and are able to have multilateral conversations with the united states government, as it should be. host: 56 million acres of american is a rations and areas according to ncai and the villages control 44 million acres. it makes the indian country the fourth-largest state in the united states. for those areas within state, how much state control doesn't have -- how much state control do they have over state land? guest: when it comes to regulatory powers, we have shared responsibility with various states and it is agreed by which a state controls and indian country. there is a foundation of several laws that govern the extent. in some instances, the court has recognized powers of state government in their regulatory powers within indian country, but over time we have worked to ens

. >> what is so inspiration that is deb haaland new secretary of the interior.ulled herself off food stamps, single mom, first native american in a presidential cabinet i asked how did she did it she said, i just worked harder than everyone else incredible i was in awe of this woman. >> thank you you can see "dateline's" full report at 10:00 eastern, 9:00 central tomorrow right here on nbc. >> going to do a lot of good. >>> take a turn just ahead to the summer's big trend when it comes to fashion the exercise dress melissa garcia knows where to find the top styles that people are raving about we'll have it for you, but i'm morgan, and there's more to me than hiv. more love, more adventure, more community. but with my hiv treatment, there's not more medicines in my pill. i talked to my doctor and switched to fewer medicines with dovato. dovato is for some adults who are starting hiv-1 treatment or replacing their current hiv-1 regimen. with just 2 medicines in 1 pill, dovato is as effective as a 3-drug regimen... to help you reach and stay undetectable. research