Sen. Markwayne Mullin is a member of which Native American tribe?
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin is set to be the next DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem. He would be the first Native American to lead that federal agency.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican, is set to be the next Department of Homeland Security secretary, replacing Kristi Noem, who was fired by President Donald Trump on March 5.
If confirmed, Mullin — a citizen of the Cherokee Nation — would make history as the first Native American to lead DHS, marking a rare moment of Indigenous representation at the Cabinet level and placing a tribal citizen at the helm of one of the federal government's most powerful agencies.
Trump announced the decision in a post on Truth Social, praising Mullin as “A MAGA Warrior.”
Mullin would follow in the footsteps of Deb Haaland, who became the first Native American to serve as a U.S. Cabinet secretary when she was confirmed on March 15, 2021, to lead the Department of the Interior under President Joe Biden. A member of the Pueblo of Laguna, she is a 35th-generation New Mexican.
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