Tag Archives: Joy Harjo

Joy Harjo and Indigenous Peoples’ Day

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2026

Joy Harjo’s “Remember,” a poem that captures the spirit of Indigenous Peoples’ Day.

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Don’t Worry, the Heart Knows the Way

By Robin Bates | Published: October 12, 2024

In “For Calling the Spirit Back from Wandering the Earth in Its Feet,” Joy Harjo gives us advice in how to find ourselves again.

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A Map to the Next World

By Robin Bates | Published: July 20, 2019

Spiritual Sunday The latest news on climate change continues to be horrific as we battle through the hottest summer on record. The heat wave is hitting countries all over the world, with France at one point posting temperatures of 114 degrees. In other words, we are witnessing human impact on the earth as never before. […]

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At This Table, We Give Thanks

By Robin Bates | Published: November 22, 2018

Joy Harjo takes us to her kitchen table in a poem that, while giving thanks, complicates Thanksgiving by facing up to the bad as well as the good.

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