It’s Indigenous Peoples’ Day, so I want to take a moment to honor some of the fierce Indigenous women who made me who I am.
From my great-grandmother, mother and many before them, I’ve been blessed to come from generations of resilient and fierce Pueblo women.
My mother, Mary Toya, was born and raised in a boxcar, where the Laguna people created a community far from their home. She proudly served in the U.S. Navy, raised four kids as a military wife, and devoted 25 years to Indian education at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
Standing on the shoulders of the Indigenous women who came before me, I found the courage to fight for something bigger than myself and become the leader I am today.
I became one of the first Native American women elected to Congress, and later made history as the first Native American Cabinet Secretary. Those moments were bigger than me. They showed our young people that they can see themselves in places they had never seen themselves before.
And I carried the lessons of the women who raised me into every one of those roles. They taught me that you show up for your community. You take care of your people. And when something isn’t right, you fight to make it better.
That is what I did in Congress. It is what I did as Secretary. And it is what I will continue to do for the people of New Mexico as Governor.
My Pueblo roots taught me to care for our land, our communities, and our people. My roots here run 35 generations deep, and I carry those generations with me every day.
But here’s what I’m reminded of this Indigenous Peoples’ Day: History doesn’t just happen. We have to fight and make it together.
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Be fierce,
Deb
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