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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-MN) is already the highest ranking female Native elected executive in the country. Now that Vice President Kamala Harris has chosen Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) as her running mate, Lt. Gov. Flanagan is one presidential election victory away from becoming the first Native female governor. We’ll 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
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 Ojibwe), activist, writer and 1996 and 2000 Green Party vice presidential candidate
Robert Lilligren (White Earth Ojibwe), Minneapolis Metropolitan Council member for District 6 and president and CEO of Native American Community Development Institute
Break 1 Music: Ojibwe Honor Song (song) Darren Thompson (artist)
Break 2 Music: Believer (song) Deerlady (artist)
