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Peggy Flanagan (Ojibwe: Gizhiiwewidamookwe; [a][1][2] born September 22, 1979) is an American politician, community organizer, and Native American activist serving as the 50th lieutenant governor of Minnesota since 2019.
Aug 28, 2024 · Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, who is enrolled in the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, could become the first female Native American governor if Harris-Walz win in 2024. She shares her journey, challenges and vision for Native American political power and representation.
Aug 23, 2024 · Democratic Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Nation and, as a longtime political organizer, helped train Walz to run for office almost two decades ago. In the years...
Aug 13, 2024 · Peggy Flanagan, an Ojibwe from Minnesota, is the lieutenant governor and a potential successor to Tim Walz, who is running for vice president. She is a champion of Indigenous rights, culture, and representation, and could make history as the first female Native governor in the US.
Sep 23, 2024 · Indigenous headlines for Monday, September 23, 2024. Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Nation, is the nation's highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office. Flanagan shown here speaking before a march for missing and murdered Indigenous women in Minneapolis in February 2020. (Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer)
Aug 6, 2024 · Under the succession plan laid out in Minnesota’s Constitution, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, 44, would become the state’s first female governor, as well as the first Native American person to ...
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Peggy Flanagan is a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe and the country’s highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office. She works with Governor Tim Walz to advance equity, housing, and child care for Minnesotans, and co-chairs the Young Women’s Initiative.
