LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
Release date: 2014-03-29
Votes: 1
Genres: Documentary
A documentary film about Comanche activist LaDonna Harris, who led an extensive life of Native political and social activism, and is now passing on her traditional cultural and leadership values to a new generation of emerging Indigenous leaders.
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MacCVL
An excellent documentary of the life of a Comanche Indian as the wife of a US Senator.
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