In historic firsts, Deb Haaland and Peggy Flanagan win elected office — Indigenous women with ties to child welfare issues past and present

In a series of historic firsts, voters on Tuesday elected Peggy Flanagan of White Earth Nation as the first Indigenous woman in the U.S. Senate and Deb Haaland of Laguna Pueblo as the country’s first Indigenous female governor. Both Democrats vow to improve the lives of children and families in their respective states of Minnesota and New Mexico.

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