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born 1931

LaDonna Vita Tabbytite Harris (born February 15, 1931 in Temple, Oklahoma) is a social activist and politician of the Comanche nation. She is the founder and president of Americans for Indian Opportunity.

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Indians have been the victims of fine rhetoric, followed by inaction or worse, for two centuries. Swift action is what is needed.

Contemporary American Indian Leaders by Marion E. Gridley (1972)

tribal ideas of progress may be radically different from Euro-American ideas. For example, the Northern Cheyenne count as "progress" their ability to maintain environmental quality, rather than the development of their coal resources.

Statement (1988)

At the moment there is a veritable renaissance going on in tribal America as we come to terms with who we are as tribal people in contemporary society. We are bringing tradition along with us into the future rather than "going back to tradition" and maintaining ourselves like rigid museum pieces.

Statement (1988)

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