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Native America Calling: Democratic vice presidential pick puts new spotlight on Minnesota
Friday, August 9, 2024
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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.

Native Vote: Battleground states to watch in 2024 presidential election
Native Vote: Battleground states to watch in 2024 presidential election

Well before Kamala Harris brought her Midwest running mate on board, Native Democrats highlighted Minnesota as a state to watch in the 2024 presidential campaign.
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Peggy Flanagan on Tim Walz: ‘He has the grit and the grace to keep our country moving forward’
Peggy Flanagan on Tim Walz: ‘He has the grit and the grace to keep our country moving forward’

“I’ve been friends with Tim Walz for almost 20 years,” said Peggy Flanagan, the highest-ranking Native woman in state executive office.
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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

Kamala Harris Campaign: Tim Walz in Philadelphia

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