An American Sunrise with special guest author and Poet Laureate Joy Harjo - Indian Pueblo Cultural Center

The Pueblo Book Club hosted by Jon Ghahate with special guest author Joy Harjo.

An authentic account of NM’s Pueblo peoples and their culture is a principle aspiration in their taking ownership in the telling of their history. This is also true of other indigenous communities of the United States. ‘An American Sunrise Poems’, by Joy Harjo, Muskogee/Creek poet/musician and the 23rd Poet Laureate of the US, is a poetic narrative of her Muskogee people, who were forcibly removed from their aboriginal homelands in the 1680s. This poetic narrative exemplifies of how the Muskogee peoples keep relevant their culture, core values, social constructs, and inter-connectedness with their world.

*This is a recording of the Pueblo Book Club held online on November 24th, 2020.