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A Promise Kept The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo


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Friday, September 20, 2019, 9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN, WASHINGTON, DC


Influential policy advocate, writer, curator and a 2014 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) will be recognized for a lifetime of achievement. As an NMAI Founding Trustee, Harjo’s legacy of activism and artistic accomplishment has long inspired American Indian peoples and influenced U.S. policies about Native sovereignty and culture.


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