In the past, Harris served on the boards of the Girl Scouts of the USA, Independent Sector, Council on Foundations, National Organization for Women, National Urban League, Save the Children, National Committee Against Discrimination in Housing, and Overseas Development Corporation.
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After reading interviews of the filming of the 2012 movie Lone Ranger, and that Johnny Depp's reprisal of the role of 'Tonto' will be as a Comanche, Ms. Harris thought it would be fun to adopt Depp into the Comanche Tribe.
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She married her high school sweetheart, who was the future Oklahoma Senator Fred R. Harris,.
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This was due to his background – his former wife LaDonna Harris is of Native American Comanche ancestry, and had been deeply involved in Native American activism in her own right.