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Joy Harjo Celebration

Joy Harjo celebration will take place west of the Mound on the MCN Complex

by Morgan Taylor
August 25, 2022
in Arts and Culture, Home Feature
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Joy Harjo Celebration

Joy Harjo held her Poet Laureate of the U.S. for three terms (2019-222. (Shawn Miller)

OKMULGEE, Oklahoma – The Muscogee (Creek) Nation wants to celebrate Joy Harjo’s tenure as a three term 23rd U.S. Poet Laureate by a celebratory gathering just west of the Mound Building on the evening of August 26.

Harjo’s final term ended in April with a celebration from the Library of Congress that showcased her best work and even included a dance party.

According to Program Manager with the MCN Cultural Center and Archives ShaVon Agee, the MCN wanted to host a celebration for Harjo that somewhat replicated the celebration from the Library of Congress that was held on April 29.

Attendees may have the chance to meet Harjo but according to Agee, there is no plan for her to perform or sign autographs. The department is leaving the decision at her discretion.

The event will include a silent auction that will benefit the Joy Harjo Scholarship, dancing with music from DJ Werewolf, 20 arts and crafts vendors, and hor d’oeuvers made by Rez-Served that will include traditional and cultural recipes.

Michael Taylor will play saxophone for an opening performance starting at 7 p.m.

Harjo is the second Poet Laureate in history to be offered a third term which was appointed by Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden.

Born on the Muscogee Reservation in Tvlse (Tulsa), Harjo is an enrolled tribal member and belongs to Oce Vpofv (Hickory Ground). The award winning author has a long list of works that includes kids books, poetry, plays, screenplays, publishing, and many more roles of a writer and artist.

Harjo’s awards for poet­ry include the Ruth Lily Prize for Life­time Achieve­ment from the Poet­ry Foun­da­tion, the Acad­e­my of Amer­i­can Poets Wal­lace Stevens Award, the New Mex­i­co Governor’s Award for Excel­lence in the Arts, a PEN USA Lit­er­ary Award, Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund Writ­ers’ Award, the Poets & Writ­ers Jack­son Poet­ry Prize, a Ras­mu­son US Artist Fel­low­ship, two NEA fel­low­ships, and a Guggen­heim Fel­low­ship.

The Library Congress has turned her signature project as the Poet Laureate in an audio collection; the anthol­o­gy When the Light of the World was Sub­dued, Our Songs Came Through — A Nor­ton Anthol­o­gy of Native Nations Poet­ry and the edi­tor of Liv­ing Nations, Liv­ing Words: An Anthol­o­gy of First Peo­ples Poet­ry, the accompanying anthol­o­gy to her signature project.

She has produced seven award-winning albums with her talented hand and also performs with the saxophone and flute touring across the world with her band and solo.

Har­jo is a chan­cel­lor of the Acad­e­my of Amer­i­can Poets, holds a Tul­sa Artist Fel­low­ship, directs For Girls Becom­ing, an arts men­tor­ship pro­gram for young Mvskoke women, and is a found­ing board mem­ber and Chair of the Native Arts and Cul­tures Foun­da­tion. She has recent­ly been induct­ed into the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Arts and Let­ters, the Amer­i­can Philo­soph­i­cal Soci­ety, the Nation­al Native Amer­i­can Hall of Fame, and the Nation­al Woman’s Hall of Fame.

Currently, Harjo lives in her hometown of Tulsa where she is the Artist-in-Residence of the Bob Dylan Center.

 

 

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Morgan Taylor

Morgan Taylor

Morgan is the Multimedia Producer for Mvskoke Media. Being deeply rooted in the Muscogee Nation, Morgan aims to tell stories of the people and for the people. Her areas of interest are Health, Education, Welfare, and Entertainment happening across the Mvskoke Reservation. Contact Morgan for media inquiries at 918-732-7644.

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