LaDonna Harris: Indian 101
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The screening of this profile of LaDonna Harris will be followed by an interactive discussion, including:
- Ron Solimon, Director, Center for Lifelong Education (CLE), Institute of American Indian Arts (IAIA)
- LaDonna Harris, President, Americans for Indian Opportunity
- Julianna Brannum, Director/Producer, Naru Mui Films
- Andrea Hanley, Membership and Program Coordinator, Museum of Contemporary Native Arts (MoCNA) at IAIA
- Dr. Robin Minthorn, Asst. Prof. Educ. Leadership/Native American Studies, UNM
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Bridge the Gap to Pine Ridge Refed November 3 on PBS
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Twenty-five-year-old Brooklynite Chris Bashinelli of The Sopranos fame brings a new meaning to the term cultural exchange in Bridge the Gap to Pine Ridge. In two eventful weeks, Chris gets a taste of what it means to be a modern-day Oglala Lakota Indian on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota--a part of the United States that at times, is either in the media for its poverty statistics or is completely forgotten.
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Sovereign Bodies Blog "Using Traditional Foods to Heal from Within" by Sheena Roetman (Lakota/Creek)
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When most people talk about eating disorder recovery, they often talk about isolated treatments -- getting an individual's weight up or down to a pre-determined "healthy" standard (often by any means necessary), using psychotherapy to pinpoint and "fix" whatever triggered the disorder in the first place, often prescribing medications to regulate hormones, moods and other functions.
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Video Profile of Charon Asetoyer Part of the Sovereign Bodies Series
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Charon Asetoyer (Comanche) is currently the Executive Director and Founder of the Native American Community Board and the Native American Women's Health Education Resource Center on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. She has been the leading pathfinder for the community's improved health and well-being, providing health information, referral services and a resource center on education, reproductive justice, violence against women, economic development, land and water rights.
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