LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
★ 1 · 2014 · 63m · 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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