LaDonna Harris

LaDonna Harris

Birthday: 1931-02-26

Place of Birth: Temple, Oklahoma, USA

Biography: LaDonna Vita Tabbytite Harris is a Comanche Native American social activist and politician from Oklahoma. She is the founder and president of Americans for Indian Opportunity. Harris was a vice presidential candidate for the Citizens Party in the 1980 United States presidential election alongside Barry Commoner. She was the first Native American woman to run for vice president. In 2018, she became one of the inductees in the first induction ceremony held by the National Native American Hall of Fame.

Movies

Accomplished Women
Accomplished Women

This film features six prominent women successful in a variety of fields: Katharine Graham, presiden...

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LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native polit...

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Year of the Woman
Year of the Woman

Utitlising humour, fantasy, animation, poetry and theatrics, Hochman and her crew challenge the male...

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A Good Day to Die
A Good Day to Die

Interviews and archival footage profile the life of Dennis Banks, American Indian Movement leader wh...

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