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Poet Laureate Joy Harjo Reading: For Those Who Would Govern

November 24, 2020
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November 27, 2020 – National Poet Laureate Joy Harjo discusses and reads her poem “For Those Who Would Govern” at an event in the fall of 2019 at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Harjo is the nation’s first-ever native American Poet Laureate. And just this month, she was appointed by the Library of Congress…

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Tribal Leaders Battle COVID and Honoring Native American Heritage

November 24, 2020
A collection of produce including tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, and more.

This week on New Mexico in Focus… honoring Native American Heritage month with a celebration of native resilience and innovation. Correspondent Antonia Gonzales interviews tribal leaders and the Secretary of Indian Affairs about the surge of COVID-19 cases across New Mexico. The pandemic has hit Indigenous communities especially hard, and more recently the situation has…

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