{"id":947,"date":"2024-08-24T22:08:38","date_gmt":"2024-08-25T03:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/?p=947"},"modified":"2024-09-03T09:18:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T14:18:51","slug":"video-peggy-flanagan-at-democratic-national-convention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/NativeVote\/2024\/08\/24\/video-peggy-flanagan-at-democratic-national-convention\/","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Peggy Flanagan at Democratic National Convention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Peggy Flanagan<\/a>, a citizen of the White Earth Nation<\/a>, addresses the Democratic National Convention<\/a> on August 19, 2024.<\/p>

Flanagan, who serves as Lt. Governor of Minnesota<\/a>, shared a personal story at the event in Chicago, Illinois. Her brother, Ron Golden, was the second person in Tennessee to die from COVID-19<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>

Flanagan, who is the highest-ranking Native woman in executive office in the United States, served as co-chair of the convention, which took place from August 19-22. The event was held in the United Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Peggy Flanagan, a citizen of the White Earth Nation, addresses the Democratic National Convention on August 19, 2024.<\/p>\n

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