Joy Harjo

You know, it still happens, and I don't really understand it, except that it's made me realize that we're in it deep, and there's so many layers to consciousness. Yeah. Thank you for that.

You know, it still happens, and I don't really understand it, except that it's made me realize that we're in it deep, and there's so many layers to consciousness. Yeah. Thank you for that.

You know, it still happens, and I don't really understand it, except that it's made me realize that we're in it deep, and there's so many layers to consciousness. Yeah. Thank you for that.

Oh, this is only, this is just the first round.

Oh, this is only, this is just the first round.

Oh, this is only, this is just the first round.

I'm going to go in the middle again.

I'm going to go in the middle again.

I'm going to go in the middle again.

There have been some major crossroads. My mother took me, I was about 15 or 16, when she took me to the Bureau of Indian Affairs office and told them that I was going to go to Chilocco Indian School, which was a decent Indian school up near the border of Oklahoma and Kansas. And actually, my husband went there, and I would have met him earlier.

There have been some major crossroads. My mother took me, I was about 15 or 16, when she took me to the Bureau of Indian Affairs office and told them that I was going to go to Chilocco Indian School, which was a decent Indian school up near the border of Oklahoma and Kansas. And actually, my husband went there, and I would have met him earlier.

There have been some major crossroads. My mother took me, I was about 15 or 16, when she took me to the Bureau of Indian Affairs office and told them that I was going to go to Chilocco Indian School, which was a decent Indian school up near the border of Oklahoma and Kansas. And actually, my husband went there, and I would have met him earlier.

But as we were going out, this was a major crossroads. As we were going out the door, the agent said, we have a new school. It's out in Santa Fe called the Institute of American Indian Arts. And it was then mostly a high school, and it was for the arts. So I applied with art, with drawings, and got in. Wow.

But as we were going out, this was a major crossroads. As we were going out the door, the agent said, we have a new school. It's out in Santa Fe called the Institute of American Indian Arts. And it was then mostly a high school, and it was for the arts. So I applied with art, with drawings, and got in. Wow.

But as we were going out, this was a major crossroads. As we were going out the door, the agent said, we have a new school. It's out in Santa Fe called the Institute of American Indian Arts. And it was then mostly a high school, and it was for the arts. So I applied with art, with drawings, and got in. Wow.

And so it was either that, if I had not gone there, if I had stayed there, it would have come to no good.

And so it was either that, if I had not gone there, if I had stayed there, it would have come to no good.

And so it was either that, if I had not gone there, if I had stayed there, it would have come to no good.

Oh, it was, I had really kind of, I had lost any regard for myself because of what I had gone through at that point. I just felt almost worthless. I think part of it was I watched what happened with my father, Muskogee Creek Man, in the world. You know, being native in Oklahoma and the whole deep history there. There was a heartache there, I think, a deep heartache.

Oh, it was, I had really kind of, I had lost any regard for myself because of what I had gone through at that point. I just felt almost worthless. I think part of it was I watched what happened with my father, Muskogee Creek Man, in the world. You know, being native in Oklahoma and the whole deep history there. There was a heartache there, I think, a deep heartache.