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Board Chair LaDonna Harris devotes her life to
building coalitions, organizations, and working
relationships that create change. An NAPT board
member since 1994, Harris is a consistent and
ardent advocate on behalf of Tribal America and
she is active in the movements for civil rights,
the environment, women’s issues, and world peace.
She is a founding member of Common Cause and the
National Urban Coalition and is an ardent spokesperson
against poverty and social injustice.
The guiding force behind the establishment
of IndianNet, the first national Indian-owned
and -operated telecommunications network, LaDonna
Harris has long recognized the significance of
the Information Age and the impact computer technology
can have on tribal communities. Now a service
of NAPT, IndianNet incorporates tribal values
with modern technology and is dedicated to establishing
and deveg affordable public access to electronic
information and communication services folopinr
Native Americans.
Harris also directs a very successful
national Indian leadership training initiative,
The American Indian Ambassadors Program: Medicine
Pathways for the Future. Based on her work with
tribal governments and using traditional tribal
values and perspectives as a foundation, this
program is designed to empower a new generation
of Native American leaders to meet the challenges
of the new century. This project is a fitting
legacy to Harris’s devotion to strengthening tribal
governments and gives Tribal America a new cadre
of leaders blessed by her spirit. |
LADONNA HARRIS
Listen to past Native America Calling shows featuring
LaDonna Harris
1/19/98: Civil Rights (Listen)
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