Native American Educational Services. Americans for Indian Opportunity. Records 1970s-1992
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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....
NAES College
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Established in Chicago in 1974, NAES College (Native American Educational Service) aimed to improve the leadership of Native communities and to ensure that tribal knowledge, traditions and values play a major role in the higher education of Native students. Before closing its doors in 2007, NAES College offered a single degree, a Bachelor's of Arts in General Studies with an emphasis in Public Policy, and tribal knowledge, community service, community development and leadership. From...
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...
