Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan's rise to power has been watched closely by Indigenous peoples in her state and across the country.
Minnesota Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan delivers a speech after being sworn in for her second term during her inauguration in St. Paul, Minnesota last year. Flanagan has been the nation's highest-ranking Native American statewide official since she was elected as lieutenant governor in 2018. and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz , are elected this fall, not only would a woman of color lead the country for the first time, but a Native woman also would govern a state for the first time in U.
Thirty-six state women lawmakers nationwide who identify as Native American were elected to office in 2023, a record, according to the Center for American Women and Politics at Rutgers University. “It allowed us to be able to speak on our own behalf on the floor, and to really be in a place where, frankly, decisions had to be made with us at the table in a way that had just never happened,” she said.
Louise Matson, executive director of the Division of Indian Work, a nonprofit that supports Native Americans living in urban areas, attributes those gains to Flanagan’s influence.Flanagan was raised in Minneapolis, an urban hub for Indigenous activism including the American Indian Movement, and those who know her well say she has always focused on creating better outcomes for Native people, particularly children.
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