Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo

Person

Joy Harjo

Writer 1951-05-09 Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States

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 resp...

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FILMOGRAPHY

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Anthem

Anthem

2023 · Self

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

Vow of Silence: The Assassination of Annie Mae

2024 · Self - 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting

2021 · Self - Interviewee

Love and Fury

Love and Fury

2020 · Herself

Pepper's Pow Wow

Pepper's Pow Wow

1996 · Self

Words from a Bear

Words from a Bear

2019 · Self

Games of the North

Games of the North

2011 · Narrator

Highway 99: A Double Album

Highway 99: A Double Album

2025 · Self

Medicine Woman

Medicine Woman

2016 · Self - Narrator (voice)

Cara Romero: Following the Light

Cara Romero: Following the Light

2022 · Herself

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith

Jaune Quick-To-See Smith

1982 · Narrative Poetry

The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest

1994 · Self - Narrator (voice)