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Movies, Ladonna Harris Jan 1992

Movies, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains AIO and LaDonna Harris’ correspondence related to the promotion of the film ‘The Pow-Wow Highway’. Some newspaper clippings about the misrepresentation and romanticized depiction of Native American cultures in movies such as Dances with wolves, Thunderheart, and Pocahontas are included in this file.


American Indian Business, Author Unknown Jan 1992

American Indian Business, Author Unknown

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains copies of a bi-monthly report on small business owners by the National Economic Development Association (NEDA) stressing the economic support for minority and Native American businesses in New Mexico, a copy of the Proposal to support Metallurgical Coke from Native American Owned Coal, a copy of Minority Business Today issue 1-March 1982, a copy of the newsletter of the Development Agency, a report by the Native American employment coalition, a copy of the printed guide: Indian Country USA travel planner, letters and advertisements related to Native American Business Services, and News on Native American businesses.


Ada Deer, Ladonna Harris Jan 1992

Ada Deer, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains La Donna Harris and AIO’s correspondence concerning Ada Deer’s campaign for congress and newspaper clippings on Bert DeLeeuw’s murder, Ada Deer’s campaign, fund raiser and her campaign rivals.


Native American Religious Freedom Project, Ladonna Harris Jan 1992

Native American Religious Freedom Project, Ladonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains correspondence between Americans for Indian Opportunity and funding organizations regarding the Native American Religious Freedom Project.


This Is What We Want To Share: Core Cultural Values, Ladonna Harris, Jacqueline Wasilewski Jan 1992

This Is What We Want To Share: Core Cultural Values, Ladonna Harris, Jacqueline Wasilewski

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a draft of AIO’s Contemporary Tribal Governance Series publication on Native American values. This draft entitled ‘This is what we want to share: Core Cultural Values’ by la Donna Harris in collaboration with Jacqueline Wasilewski is dated August, 1992. This manuscript addressed to tribal leader aims to provide the occasion for collective reflection, assist native peoples in differentiating themselves out of their collective mess, enable Native Americans to realize that in the dynamic world in which they live, even when they fix their present mess, it will not stay fixed, and enable native Americans out of their five …


Assessing Expectations For The Government To Government Relationship, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio) Jan 1992

Assessing Expectations For The Government To Government Relationship, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains copies of the Assessing expectations for government to government relationship: Results of a national survey conducted by Americans for Indian Opportunity. Attached to this survey results are copies of USDA senior executive Service candidate development program: Individual Program of Study-Proposal for Action by David Mackenzie, a draft of a Statement of policy: Policy on American Indians and Alaska Natives by the Office of the Secretary of the Department of Agriculture, and an abbreviated individual study plan proposal for action by Christine Pytel from the USDA-Forest Service


Repatriation: Culture Recaptured, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio) Jan 1992

Repatriation: Culture Recaptured, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of AIO’s Repatriation project proposal submitted to the Pew Charitable Trusts in 1992. Repatriation: Culture recaptured is a two-pronged multi-year national education program to be undertaken in a true public-private partnership, forming alliances with several Federal agencies, national professional societies, museums, universities, and Native Americans. The goal of this partnership program will be to produce a comprehensive knowledge base concerning the unique cultures of native peoples. This information can be used to maintain and strengthen living traditions within native communities. Furthermore, these programs will engage the academic and museum communities in establishing a dialog with members …


The Comanche Code Talkers Of World War Ii, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio) Jan 1992

The Comanche Code Talkers Of World War Ii, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains abstracts, correspondence between American for Indian Opportunity and the Secretary of Defense, newspaper clippings, and pictures of celebrations honoring the Comanche Code Talkers of World War II.


Tribal Economic Flows, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio) Jan 1992

Tribal Economic Flows, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This file contains correspondence and communications between AIO and federal funding agencies, as well as state government, tribal leaders, and the University of New Mexico researchers to support the study and development of a model for tracking and analyzing tribal economic contributions to local, state, and regional economies. Copies of a grant proposal to The Ford Foundation with appendices and papers on culturally-sensitive aspects of AIO’s Tribal Issue Management Process by AIO, and The Wisdom of the people: A sharing and nurturing of Tribal Spirit by LaDonna Harris are included.


Tribal Economic Flows: The Contributions Of Tribal Economies To Local, State, And Regional Economies, Ladonna Harris, Unm Barc Jan 1992

Tribal Economic Flows: The Contributions Of Tribal Economies To Local, State, And Regional Economies, Ladonna Harris, Unm Barc

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of a grant entitled ‘Towards an understanding of rural economies: The contributions of tribal economies to local, state, and regional economies’, a proposal submitted to the Economic Development Administration United States Department of Commerce by the Business Assistance and Resource Center at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Correspondence and communications with funding agencies and collaborators are included.


National Indian Information Center: Concept Paper, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio) Jan 1992

National Indian Information Center: Concept Paper, Americans For Indian Opportunity (Aio)

LaDonna Harris Native American Collection

This is a copy of a concept paper to pilot a Non-profit Census Information Center together with American Indians, Eskimo, and Aleuts as the lead agency of a three-member consortium of Washington-based American non-profit organizations. Attached to this paper are communications and briefing papers.