Two Native American women, Sharice Davids, Ho Chunk, and Debra Haaland, Laguna Pueblo, were sworn into the new Congress. They will join current Representatives Markwayne Mullin, Cherokee, and Tom Cole, Chickasaw, in that office. There are now four members from tribal nations in the Congress.

And this week Peggy Flanagan, White Earth Nation, takes office as Lt. Governor of Minnesota. This is the highest ranking Native woman.