Deb Haaland is an enrolled member of the Laguna Pueblo tribe, which has lived on the land that is now New Mexico since the 1200s. Deb identifies as a 35th-generation New Mexican, but her mother, Mary Toya, is a native American woman, and her father, Major J. D. “Dutch” Haaland, is a Norwegian American.
Deb’s parents both served in the military. Her mother served in the United States Navy, and her father was a Marine Corps officer who received the Silver Star for his actions in Vietnam. When he died in 2005, he was given a full military burial at Arlington National Cemetery.
Meanwhile, little is known about Deb’s siblings, who include three sisters and a brother.
