Haaland, who is a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, is a 35th generation New Mexican. Haalands maternal grandparents were taken away from their families when they were both 8 years old and forced to stay in boarding schools for years as part of government assimilation policies, Haaland recently shared in a Washington Post opinion article. Haalands father was a Norwegian American in the Marines, while her mother was a Native American in the Navy who also worked as a civil servant at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The son of Puerto Rican transplants, Cardona grew up in public housing in Meriden, Connecticut, a city between New Haven and Hartford. Haaland also started and ran her own business, called Pueblo Salsa.
Haaland alone has 5 different people in her family.
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Haaland alone has 5 different people in her family .
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