Suzan Shown Harjo
Age: 79 | From: El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1945-06-02 06:15:13
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Female
Place of birth: El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
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Movie Involvements: 1
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Most Famous Work
Biography
Suzan Shown Harjo (born June 2, 1945) (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is an advocate for Native American rights. She is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate who has helped Native peoples recover more than one million acres (4,000 km²) of tribal lands. After co-producing the first American Indian news show in the nation for WBAI radio while living in New York City, and producing other shows and theater, in 1974 she moved to Washington, D.C., to work on national policy issues. She served as Congressional liaison for Indian affairs in the President Jimmy Carter administration and later as president of the National Council of American Indians.
Most Famous Work
Imagining the Indian: The Fight Against Native American Mascoting
(2021) Interviewee (Self)Acting
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