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Minnesota Lt. Gov Peggy Flanagan


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Peggy Flanagan is a mom, an enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, and Wolf Clan. She is the 50th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota, the first Native American ever elected to serve in this role, and currently the highest ranking Native woman elected to executive office in the country.

She is a former State Representative, School Board Member, and non-profit executive, and through all these roles remained a strong advocate for those who have been historically underserved and underrepresented, including children, Indigenous people, communities of color, and working families. In partnership with Governor Walz, she established the Office of Missing and Murdered Indigenous People, which is the first in the Nation. They also successfully passed into state law a mandate for all state agencies to honor a government-to-government relationship with the 11 sovereign tribal nations within the borders of Minnesota, including the requirement for consultation when making decisions which have an impact on the tribal nations.


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Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LtGovFlanagan


Twitter: https://twitter.com/peggyflanagan


Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peggyflanagan/


Websites: https://mn.gov/governor/

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