Social Reformer. She received recognition as a Native American Dakota and Lakota, who was a historian, genealogist, and a matriarch of various conservation stances, protecting the interest of the Native Americans. LaDonna or "Tamaka Waste Win Good Earth Woman" was the daughter and oldest child of Valerie Lovejoy and Frank Brave Bull. From her paternal line, Ladonna was Iháŋkthuŋwaŋ (Yankton Dakota Oyate), Pabaska (Cuthead), and Sisseton Dakota, and from her maternal line, she was Hunkpapa Lakota, Blackfoot Lakota, and Oglala Lakota. She was descended from Chief Rain In The Face, of Greasy Grass/Little Big Horn fame, and Nape Hote Win (Mary Big Moccasin), who survived the Whitestone Massacre of 1863. She was an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, and proudly served for a time as Tribal Historic Preservation Officer for the Tribe. She was a graduate of the University of North Dakota, having earned a degree in history. She later became Tourism Coordinator for the Standing Rock Tribe, and was a key player in the establishment of the Standing Rock Tribal Historic Preservation Office. Her love of the land and her Nation's history was instrumental in establishing the Standing Rock Scenic Byway. The Dakota Access Pipeline protesters established their first permanent resistance camp, the Sacred Stone Camp, which was founded on her land near Cannon Ball, North Dakota, where the Cannonball River and the Missouri River meet. She and the Tribal Historic Preservation Office were instrumental in helping to identify threatened Indigenous burial grounds and archeological sites in the path of DAPL. She was recognized as a leader and a tireless champion of Indigenous peoples, and she fought the fossil fuel industry and the United States government fearlessly to protect her homeland. She was awarded, among other accolades, the 2019 William Sloane Coffin Jr. Peacemaker Award for her many efforts, and appeared on a number of major television networks worldwide. She presented at summits, conferences, universities, and even at the United Nations as part of her legendary quest to stop the Dakota Access pipeline. She died from the complications of a brain tumor.