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Native America Calling: Democratic vice presidential pick puts new spotlight on Minnesota
Friday, August 9, 2024
Democratic vice presidential pick puts new spotlight on Minnesota
The Land of 10,000 Lakes, Paul Bunyan, and Tater Tot hotdish is also home to 11 federally recognized tribes.
A citizen of one of those tribes, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Ojibwe/D-Minnesota) is already the highest ranking female Native elected executive in the country. Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minnesota) as her running mate, Lt. Gov. Flanagan is one presidential election victory away from becoming the first Native female governor.
Join Native America Calling to hear from current and former political leaders from Minnesota and the Upper Midwest about any contributions or detriments the state’s Native elected leaders bring to the national stage.
Guests on Native America Calling
Judith Le Blanc (Caddo), executive director of the Native Organizers Alliance
OJ Semans Sr. (Rosebud Sioux Tribe), co-executive director of Four Directions Native Vote
Winona LaDuke (White Earth Nation), activist, co-curator of Giiwedinong Treaty Rights and Culture Museum, and 2000 vice president running mate with Ralph Nader of the Green Party
Robert Lilligren (White Earth Ojibwe), Minneapolis Metropolitan Council member for District 6 and president and CEO of Native American Community Development Institute
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