Hope Flanagan, Community Outreach and Culture Teacher

Hope Flanagan (Seneca) is from the turtle clan.  She is an elder who teaches about plants and wild plant gathering.  She is also a Storyteller in the Native Community. She has taught and worked in the Twin Cities Native Community since the late 70’s.  Most recently, Hope taught in an Ojibwe Immersion classroom for ten years, and prior to that as a Storyteller for Minneapolis Public Schools in drug and alcohol prevention for six years. She has worked at DWH since 2009 and transitioned to a year round position in 2018.