LaDonna Harris
Subtitle: a Commanche life
By: by LaDonna Harris ; edited by H. Henrietta Stockel
Contributors: Stockel, H. Henrietta, 1938-
Series: American Indian lives
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 147
Subjects: Harris, LaDonna; Comanche Indians -- Biography; Indians of North America -- Government relations -- 1934-; Oklahoma -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "This book is the story of a Comanche woman who has become one of the most influential, inspired, and determined Native Americans in politics. LaDonna Harris was born on a Comanche allotment in southern Oklahoma in the 1930s. From her earliest years, she was immersed in a world of resistance, reform, and political action. As the wife of Senator Fred R. Harris, LaDonna was actively involved in political advising, campaigning, and networking.".

"Not content to remain in the background, LaDonna became a well-known political figure in her own right, serving on the National Indian Opportunities Council as President Lyndon B. Johnson's appointee and working beside such political figures as Hubert Humphrey, Robert Kennedy, and Sargent Shriver. In 1980 she became the vice-presidential nominee for the environmentalist Citizen's Party. Her story provides a valuable American Indian insider's view of modern national political scenes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index