ACTIVITY 1: UNDERSTANDING THE DEFENDER

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Have your students read and analyze a primary source and then answer the following questions:

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1. Identify three compelling aspects of LaDonna Harris’s and Marisa Carr’s  life.

2. What about Harris and Carr, the person, stood out to you?

3. Who were some of the people who influenced Harris and Carr?

4. How did their journey from childhood to a leader in advancing indigenous rights and culture  inspire his community and the movement?

5. What was the primary cause they were seeking to address?

6. What were some of the specific issues?

7. What was their desired outcomes?

8. What tactics did they use to seek resolution??

9. What was the political context in which they were working?  Social context?

10. How does LaDonna Harris and Marisa Carr’s work intersect with the work of RFK?