Media: Interviews, Reviews, Articles

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…

The Uni­ver­si­ty Lec­ture Com­mit­tee and Lati­no Native Amer­i­can Alum­ni Alliance host­ed a pan­el on Sept. 29 in the IMU Main Lounge to host dec­o­rat­ed Writ­ers’ Work­shop Alum­ni speak­ers. Read more

Life Sto­ries, a non­prof­it media orga­ni­za­tion that pro­duces films about peo­ple whose lives inspire mean­ing­ful change, announced it will release Sea­son Two of THE THREAD, its flag­ship doc­u­men­tary inter­view series on YouTube on Octo­ber 7. Watch Joy Har­jo on Oct 14! 

“Per­haps the World Ends Here” is one of the 13 poems by liv­ing poets to teach in Eng­lish Class right now” Read more

For­mer Unit­ed States Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo is a Hick­o­ry Ground descen­dant and one of a hand­ful of Musco­gee cit­i­zens who have vis­it­ed the Auburn Uni­ver­si­ty archae­ol­o­gy depart­ment collection.