She has performed internationally, from the Arctic Circle in Norway, to Madras, India, to the Ford Theater in Los Angeles. The first, Letter from the End of the 20th Century, was honored by the First Americans in the Arts for Outstanding Musical Achievement, and Pulse magazine called it, “the best dub poetry album recorded in North America.” Her other titles include Native Joy for Real, and the newly released Winding through the Milky Way.
Harjo is also an award-winning children’s author and a poet/saxophonist who has produced several music CDs. “It’s a great honor to have such a well-known poet and artist share her voice and experiences with us during National American Indian Heritage Month.”
“This is such a unique opportunity for SUNY Fredonia,” said Heather Critoph, a graduate assistant within the university’s Center for Multicultural Affairs. Harjo has also received such honors as the 1997 New Mexico Governor’s Award for Excellence in the Arts, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers Circle of the Americas, and the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America. The Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers and Storytellers named Harjo the 2003-2004 Writer of the Year for her collection titled, Poetry for How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001. She has published seven books of acclaimed poetry, including She Had Some Horses, In Mad Love and War, and The Woman Who Fell From the Sky. The presentation is a part of the university’s recognition and support of National American Indian Heritage month, and is free and open to students, faculty and the general public.īlending Native American stories, urban narratives told from the female perspective and a voiced access to a living oral tradition, Harjo has become known as the international poetic voice of the American Indian. NovemPoet, musician, author and artist Joy Harjo, a member of the Muscogee/Creek Nation, will share some of her world-famous poetry with the SUNY Fredonia campus at 7 p.m.
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