Joy Harjo Keynote Speaker
The Office of Indigenous Affairs, the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe host renowned poet, author and musician Joy Harjo of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to deliver the Women's History Month keynote speech Tuesday, March 12 in Plachta Auditorium. Harjo served as the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States from 2019-2022. She has written ten poetry books and won Yale's 2023 Bollingen Prize for American Poetry. Harjo read several of her poems at the event, including "How to Write a Poem in a Time of War", "Without" and "I Am a Prayer". The event concluded with a Q and A session and a book signing.
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