She recently formed the Lisa Tiger Fitness Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building healthy American Indian communities through traditional cultural practices. She is the recipient of the National Organization for Women s 1994 Woman of Courage Award and the Award of Distinction for Personal Courage and Community Leadership from the American Foundation for AIDS Research. Other Native American Heritage Month events at Ohio State include a talk and a movie screening. Thomas, a graduate administrative associate in the Office of Minority Affairs who is of Cherokee descent, will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Ohio Union Board Room. The American Indian Council, a student organization, initiated and helped sponsor Tiger s visit.
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