Joy Harjo
Writing
Born: 1951-05-09 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Biography
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, th
🎬 Movies (12)
Highway 99: A Double Album
2025
Self
Anthem
2023
Self
Cara Romero: Following the Light
2022
Herself
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
2021
Self - Interviewee
Love and Fury
2020
Herself
Words from a Bear
2019
Self
Medicine Woman
2016
Self - Narrator (voice)
Games of the North
2011
Narrator
A Thousand Roads
2005
Screenplay
Pepper's Pow Wow
1996
Self
The Native Americans: The Tribal People of the Northwest
1994
Self - Narrator (voice)
Jaune Quick-To-See Smith
1982
Narrative Poetry
