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Living Nations, Living Words Project from the 23rd Poet Laureate and the Library of Congress

From Joy Harjo, 23rd Poet Laureate:

For my signature project as the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, I conceived the idea of mapping the U.S. with Native Nations poets and poems. I want this map to counter damaging false assumptions—that indigenous peoples of our country are often invisible or are not seen as human.