Maude Kegg

Background

She was born as Maude Ellen Mitchell during the Manoominike-giizis (or "Ricing Moon"), which occurs in August, in 1904 in Crow Wing County, Minnesota, to Charles Mitchell, a member of the non-Removable Mille Lacs Indians of the Adik-doodem, and his wife, Nancy Pine.

Career

Maude chose her own birthdate as August 26 since the exact date of her birth was not known. She died in January 1996, aged 91.

Achievements

• Minnesota Governor Rudy Perpich honored Maude by declaring August 26, 1986, as "Maude Kegg Day" for the State of Minnesota. In 1990, she was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts in recognition of her work.

Membership

She was a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, located in east-central Minnesota.