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Joy Har­jo, Robin Wall Kim­mer­er, Robert Mar­tin and Rosi­ta Worl Receive Nation­al Human­i­ties Medals — read more here

In her inter­view with EL PAÍS, the writer — the first Native Amer­i­can to be hon­ored as Unit­ed States Poet Lau­re­ate — reflects on the place of Indige­nous peo­ples and poet­ry in soci­ety. She also sounds the alarm: ​‘Act­ing without…

Cel­e­brat­ing the life of musi­cian Jesse Ed Davis­Gui­tarist Jesse Ed Davis (Kiowa) was an in-demand ses­sion play­er start­ing in the mid 60s, appear­ing on dozens of record­ings with artists such as Taj Mahal, John­ny Cash, Eric Clap­ton and…

“Cre­ation The­o­ry” pub­lished in the Nov 11, 2024 print edi­tion of The New York­er. Read it here.

Four Native Amer­i­cans just received the nation’s high­est hon­or rec­og­niz­ing work and ded­i­ca­tion to enrich­ing the com­mu­ni­ty. Pres­i­dent Joe Biden award­ed the 2022 – 2023 Nation­al Human­i­ties Medals to Musco­gee poet Joy Har­jo, long-time Chero­kee edu­ca­tor Dr. Robert…

Mvskoke poet hon­ored among 39 recip­i­ents, includ­ing three fel­low Native Amer­i­can human­i­tar­i­ans — Read more

The first time Joy Har­jo saw her moth­er sing in pub­lic it was in grade school. She was exquis­ite, Har­jo recalls, ​“in satin, frills, and per­fume.” At first, she was ​“ten­ta­tive, ner­vous,” but soon she came into her own, her…

Rosi­ta Worl, Robin Wall Kim­mer­er, Robert Mar­tin and Joy Har­jo were rec­og­nized with Nation­al Human­i­ties Medals at the White House on Oct. 21 — Read more

Pres­i­dent Joe Biden pre­sent­ed trail­blaz­ing Tul­san and Native Amer­i­can poet, per­former and writer Joy Har­jo with the Nation­al Human­i­ties Medal at a cer­e­mo­ny Mon­day. Read more

Poet Joy Har­jo, nov­el­ist Vale­ria Luisel­li, Bouie, and for­mer Con­gress­man Adam Kinzinger were invit­ed to Gra­ham Chapel on Oct. 10 to dis­cuss real­is­tic hope in a chang­ing polit­i­cal land­scape. Stu­dents, fac­ul­ty, and com­mu­ni­ty mem­bers flood­ed the main seat­ing area as…