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Native America Calling: The Native National Humanities Medalists
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
The Native National Humanities Medalists
Four Native Americans just received the nation’s highest honor recognizing work and dedication to enriching the community.
President Joe Biden awarded the 2022-2023 National Humanities Medals to Muscogee poet Joy Harjo, long-time Cherokee educator Dr. Robert Martin, Potawatomi author and scientist Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, and Tlingit cultural advocate Dr. Rosita Worl.
The awards, in conjunction with the National Endowment for the Humanities, honors individuals and organizations that deepen “the nation’s understanding of the humanities and broadened our citizens’ engagement with history, literature, languages, philosophy, and other humanities subjects.”
Native America Calling was the first Native organization to receive a National Humanities Medal in 2021.
Guests on Native America Calling
Dr. Rosita Worl (Tlingit), anthropologist, cultural leader, president of the Sealaska Heritage Institute in Alaska and a 2023 National Humanities Medalist
Joy Harjo (Muscogee), poet, musician and 2022 National Humanities Medalist
Dr. Robert Martin (Cherokee), president of the Institute of American Indian Arts in New Mexico and a 2022 National Humanities Medalist
Shelly C. Lowe (Diné), chair of the National Endowment for the Humanities
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