performer and writer Joy Harjo with the National Humanities Medal at a ceremony Monday. The first Native American and first ...

In Congress and the courts, she has advocated for reforms from the restoration of Native American religious ... After an opening poem by U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo, the symposium will bring ...

Born in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Joy Harjo is an award-winning poet, writer, performer and saxophone player of the Mvskoke/Creek Nation. As the first Native American to be named U.S. Poet Laureate, she ...