Top 3 Quotes & Sayings by Suzan Shown Harjo

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American poet Suzan Shown Harjo.
Last updated on September 17, 2024.
Suzan Shown Harjo

Suzan Shown Harjo is an advocate for Native American rights. She is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate who has helped Native peoples recover more than one million acres (4,000 km²) of tribal lands. After co-producing the first American Indian news show in the nation for WBAI radio while living in New York City, and producing other shows and theater, in 1974 she moved to Washington, D.C., to work on national policy issues. She served as Congressional liaison for Indian affairs in the President Jimmy Carter administration and later as president of the National Council of American Indians.

The schools I went to as a kid made me wary. It was clear to me that everything was a lie except math. — © Suzan Shown Harjo
The schools I went to as a kid made me wary. It was clear to me that everything was a lie except math.
For most Native Americans, there's no more offensive name in English. That non-Native folks think they get to measure or decide what offends us is adding insult to injury.
Societies who do not care for their young people and old people are decadent, decaying societies.
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