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The Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery honored Mvskoke (Creek) poet, performer and writer Joy Harjo on Saturday as one of its 2025 Portrait of a Nation Award recipients, recognizing her transformative contributions to American culture and letters.

Joy Harjo, the 23rd poet laureate of the United States, will be awarded Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication's 2024 Lumine Lifetime Achievement Award,

The Poetry Society of America is pleased to announce that Joy Harjo is the 2024 recipient of the Frost Medal for distinguished lifetime achievement in poetry. Named for Robert Frost, and first given in 1930, the Frost Medal is one...

From Her Acceptance Speech for the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at The National Book Critics Circle Awards

Joy Harjo has been named the winner of Yale’s 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry. The Bollingen Prize, established by Paul Mellon in 1949, is awarded biennially by Yale University Library through Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript...

Former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo has won an honorary award for lifetime achievement.

This year’s recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award will be former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo. Recognizing her three terms in the prestigious national post and as “a leading voice for Native American communities on and off...

Native-led organizations and Native American artists are receiving a well-deserved increase in public attention, recognition, and support. Joy Harjo was honored at the National Arts Awards with the 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award. Read more

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo continues to earn praise for her work in the position. On October 26th at its annual convention, the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries., and Museums (ATALM) presented one of its Guardians of Culture and...

Harjo was awarded the lifetime achievement award at the National Art Awards, which took place at Guastavino’s in New York City. Shortly before, Vogue took a moment to chat with Harjo about what inspires her work...