Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (White Earth Nation) formed the state’s first People of Color and Indigenous Caucus.
  • @NotMyOldRedditName
    8•5 months ago

    We’ve had one, and it wasn’t until late 2023.

    And while it’s great to beat the US to it, you make it sound like we’ve done better than we have.

      • @NotMyOldRedditName
        4•5 months ago

        Umm I don’t know, but it was a huge thing when it happened last year and the media was collectively calling it Canada’s first?

        https://apnews.com/article/first-nations-premier-manitoba-election-canada-1e1f9c20522b650b6bc729ad64b55514

        I looked through their wiki though and I don’t see any reason that’d disqualify them?

        Edit: oh further down in that link

        John Norquay was the first Indigenous person to serve as premier in Manitoba, in 1878. Norquay was Métis, which are people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry.

        While other Métis people in Manitoba have served in elected office, the province’s history with First Nations people holding elected office only goes back a few decades. It wasn’t until the 1950s and ’60s that First Nations people were allowed to vote without conditions in provincial and federal elections in Canada.

        So I guess it’s that they were mixed? I don’t know what that’d disqualify though?

        • SatansMaggotyCumFart
          1•4 months ago

          Even Canada’s had Indigenous premiers and they haven’t had a great track record with Indigenous people.

          John Norquay was the first Indigenous person to serve as premier in Manitoba, in 1878.

          We’re saying the same thing.