An American Sunrise
Joy Harjo, 2019
“Until the passage of the Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978, it was illegal for Native citizens to practice our cultures. This included the making and sharing of songs and stories. Songs and stories in one culture are poetry and prose in another. They are intrinsic to cultural sovereignty. To write or create as a Native person was essentially illegal.”
― Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
― Joy Harjo, An American Sunrise
Overarching Thematic Focus for This Reading
Displacement and Suppression Into Reclamation and Expression
Displacement and Suppression Into Reclamation and Expression
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