Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate of the U.S., is a member of the Mvskoke Nation and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). She is only the second poet to be appointed a third term as U.S. Poet Laureate. Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, she left home to attend high school at the innovative Institute of American Indian Arts, which was then a Bureau of Indian Affairs school. Harjo began writing poetry as a member of the University of New Mexico’s Native student organization, the Kiva Club, in response to Native empowerment movements. She went on to earn her MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and teach English, Creative Writing, and American Indian Studies at University of California-Los Angeles, University of New Mexico, University of Arizona, Arizona State, University of Illinois, University of Colorado, University of Hawai’i, Institute of American Indian Arts, and University of Tennessee, while performing music and poetry nationally and internationally.
Words from a Bear
as SelfA visual journey into the mind and soul of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Navarro Scott Momaday,...
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Love and Fury
as HerselfFilmmaker Sterlin Harjo follows Native artists for a year as they navigate their careers in the...
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Games of the North
as NarratorFor thousands of years, traditional Inuit sports have been vital for survival within the...
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Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
as Interviewee (Self)Examining the movement that is ending the use of Native American names, logos, and mascots in...
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Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
as Narrative PoetryJaune Quick-To-See-Smith, Shoshone French Cree painter, discusses her abstract paintings, which...
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Cara Romero: Following the Light
as HerselfCara Romero's contemporary fine art photography captures Indigenous and non-Indigenous cultural...
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