May 1992
Suzan Shown Harjo, Cheyenne and Creek, is the President and Director of The Morning Star Foundation, a non-profit organization for Native American cultural rights advocacy; a Founding Member of the Board of Directors for Native Children's Survival, devoted to the healing of Mother Earth and her children; and Co-Chair of the Howard Simons Foundation for Indian Journalists. Since 1974, she has developed and implemented more than 300 successful legislative and appropriations efforts, and served in the Carter administration as special assistant to the Office of the Secretary of the Interior.
