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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. 

Next up at DCA is U.S. Poet Lau­re­ate Joy Har­jo, who will per­form with her band on Oct. 4, 7 pm. The group will also present a stu­dent matinée.

Backed by news arti­cles and his­tor­i­cal sources, Stack­er com­piled a list of 19 influ­en­tial Indige­nous Amer­i­cans you might not know about. Read on to find out about these Indige­nous heroes and rev­o­lu­tion­ar­ies from across North…

Rainy Dawn Ortiz’s col­lec­tion, SUR­VIVAL INSTINCTS, is no. 1 in Okla­homa Best­sellers for the week of July 14! 

Harjo’s writ­ing drafts, cor­re­spon­dence, scripts and teach­ing mate­ri­als will sig­nif­i­cant­ly enhance the University’s schol­ar­ly resources from Native and Indige­nous writ­ers and per­form­ers. Read more