Peggy Flanagan showcasing her earrings while smiling to the camera
Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan is currently the highest-ranking Native woman elected to an executive office.
  • Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan could become the first Native American woman governor in the US.
  • Flanagan, a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe, would also be Minnesota's first female governor.
  • Flanagan established the nation's first Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives Office.

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan could make history for Native American women in the US.