June 30, 2014

Exclusive Offer for
Tribal Colleges & Universities:

Fred Harris, LaDonna Harris, and Wakeah Tabbytite in grandstands

at a parade. Photo courtesy of LaDonna Harris.

To Our Educational Partners,

Today, we're excited to offer you our newest release, LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 which is being offered solely to Tribal Colleges & Universities through Vision Maker Media.

As one of America's most trailblazing women, LaDonna Harris reshaped Indian Country in America and abroad through countless social and historic achievements. Her work most definitely did not go unnoticed in Washington, D.C.--President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed her to educate the executive and legislative branches of government on the unique role of American Indian tribes within the nation, as well as their relationship with the federal government.

Held in highest regard by her colleagues in Indian Country for these achievements, LaDonna is now passing her knowledge to a new generation of emerging indigenous leaders.

We invite you to share this story with your students--to foster the next generation of Native leaders and storytellers. Every day, Vision Maker Media works to support Native stories that empower and educate our Native youth and young adults. Coast-to-coast, we share our programming in classrooms with our free, online educational resources, including lesson plans and viewer discussion guides.

As always, we'd love to hear from you and we hope you enjoy this film!

Pilamaye,

Shirley K. Sneve (Rosebud Sioux)
Executive Director, Vision Maker Media

Just Released on DVD:
LaDonna Harris: Indian 101

LADONNA HARRIS: INDIAN 101 from Comanche filmmaker Julianna Brannum, chronicles the life of Comanche activist and national civil rights leader LaDonna Harris and the role that she has played in Native and mainstream America history since the 1960s.

In this new verite-style documentary, Brannum, the great niece of Harris, celebrates her life and the personal struggles that led her to become a voice for Native people and her contemporary work to strengthen and rebuild indigenous communities and train emerging Native leaders around the world.

Harris's activism began in Oklahoma, fighting segregation and assisting grassroots Native and women's groups. In Washington D.C., LaDonna introduced landmark programs and legislation returning territory to tribes, improving education and healthcare for Native Americans, ending job discrimination against women, and targeting other pressing issues of the time.

For over three decades, "Indian 101," her course for legislators, combatted ignorance about America's most marginalized population. Using interviews, archival footage and photographs, this film justly celebrates one of the most important women leaders in Native American and U.S. history.

U.S., 2014, 63 minutes, Color, DVD

DVD with Public Performance Rights: $350.00

To place an order, please email shopvisionmaker@unl.edu or call 1-877-868-2250. PayPal payments accepted.