Maude Kegg was an Ojibwa writer, folk artist, and cultural interpreter.
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.
Membership
She was a member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, located in east-central Minnesota.