“The Indigenous Peoples March is a national platform to raise the issues that negatively impact our communities the most — voter suppression, the border wall, the missing and murdered, human trafficking and lack of resources — just to name a few,” Haaland said in a statement before the march. “For too long Native communities have been left out of the national/global conversation, and our men, women and children suffer because of it. As one of the first Native American women in Congress, I see it as my responsibility to educate my colleagues about the federal government’s trust responsibility and provide a voice to advocate for those who have historically not had a seat at the table to make a long-awaited change.”