Ogimaa Kwe, Lieutenant Governor

Written by Jessica Engelking
Illustrated by Tashia Hart

Peggy Flanagan is the Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota. This is the second highest office in the state. She is the first Native woman to hold such a high elected statewide office in the United States. Her whole life she knew that the school system doesn’t tell American Indian stories in a true way. Peggy is working hard to change how Native peoples’ stories are told and to make life better for all Minnesotans.

The Minnesota Native American Lives Series includes biographies of Charles Albert Bender, Ella Cara Deloria, and Peggy Flanagan.

ISBN: :9781634893664
Format: Paperback, 60 pages, 6.1" x 8.3"
Wise Ink Creative Publishing (2020)

About the Author

Jessica Engelking is the daughter of an enrolled member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe. She grew up in Warroad, Minnesota with her parents and younger sister. After High School, she attended the University of Minnesota, Morris, making use of their American Indian Tuition Waiver. She graduated with a B.A. in Philosophy and went on to study Philosophy at the graduate level. She received her M.A. in Philosophy from the University of Iowa. Jessica liked Iowa City so much that she stayed there a few years after she was done with school. She moved back to Minnesota and lived for a short time in Ely, Minnesota. Jessica loved living so close to the Boundary Waters. She then moved in with her sister and niece, so that she could help out, as Aunties do. She is currently residing in Minnetonka, MN and isolating in Elkader, IA, with her boyfriend, David, and dog, Walden. She is working from home as Social Media Manager for the Great Plains Action Society, a Native non-profit. Jessica enjoys running with her dog, spending time on the water, reading, and she’s trying to get better at beading.

About the Illustrator

Tashia Hart grew up in the wilds of Minnesota. She loves animals, writing, drawing, plants, and cooking. She is the author of Gidjie and the Wolves (Intermediaries, volume 1) and Girl Unreserved (Broken Wings and Things, volume 1). Her forthcoming wild rice cookbook, in partnership with the Minnesota Historical Society Press, is set to be released in the fall of 2021. She writes essays and recipes about wild foods for various organizations and tribal programs, and is an avid beader with thirty years of experience. She believes Indigenous people should control how their stories and likenesses are portrayed, and so has recently started the independent publishing company (Not) Too Far Removed Press. The mission of the press is to uplift fellow Indigenous authors and artists of the Midwest region. Tashia is Red Lake Anishinaabe. www.tashiahart.com

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