LaDonna Harris Papers and Americans for Indian Opportunity Records 1953-2010 1970-2000

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LaDonna Harris Papers and Americans for Indian Opportunity Records 1953-2010 1970-2000

The collection consists of documents from LaDonna Harris' life as an activist and from AIO's four decades of operation as a non-profit organization involved in advocacy and development projects related to the needs and rights of Native Americans.

140 boxes (139.2 cu. ft.), plus 1 oversize folder

eng,

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SNAC Resource ID: 6404640

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Harris, LaDonna

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Comanche health reformer, women's rights worker; executive director, Americans for Indian Opportunity. From the description of Papers, ca. 1974-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70953421 LaDonna Vita Tabbytite Harris, born February 15, 1931, in Cotton County, Oklahoma, is a Comanche national and social activist who has advocated for the empowerment of Native Americans. In 1970, she founded Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), and has served as its president for th...

Americans for Indian Opportunity

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LaDonna Harris in AIO DC office, circa 1973 (Box 5, Folder 14) LaDonna Vita Tabbytite Harris, born February 15, 1931, in Cotton County, Oklahoma, is a Comanche national and social activist who has advocated for the empowerment of Native Americans. In 1970, she founded Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), and has served as its president for the past four decades. In the 1950s, Harris helped organize the campaign to desegregate Lawton, Oklahoma....

Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Wilder

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Harris, Fred R., 1930-....

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U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1964-1973); b. Fred Roy Harris in Walters, Okla.; graduate of University of Oklahoma;lawyer and resident of Lawton, Okla.; served in state senate and as governor (1962); active in the U.S. Democratic Party; currently lives in New Mexico where is professor of political science at University of New Mexico. From the description of Papers, 1945-1968. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70971117 U.S. Senator from Oklahoma (1964-1973); b. Fred Roy Harris in ...

Oklahomans for Indian Opportunity

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