Suzan Shown Harjo: Indigenous Rights and the Importance of Art

Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) has worked for decades to shape a national Native American policy agenda that addresses issues at the core of Indigenous identity: sacred places protection and repatriation, religious freedom, treaty and inherent sovereign rights, mascot eradication, and language revitalization. 

Join together in the Museum’s theater as Harjo speaks virtually from Washington, D.C. A longtime enthusiast and supporter of artist Judith Lowry’s work, including curating an exhibition featuring Lowry titled American Icons Through Indigenous Eyes at the District of Columbia Arts Center, Harjo will highlight the importance of culture bearers and visual artists to the furtherance of issues surrounding women’s rights and Native sovereignty. 

*Please note, this program is a hybrid program. Guests may attend virtually or in-person in the Museum’s theater. Harjo will appear virtually from Washington, D.C. An email will be sent to those registered as virtual attendees with virtual attendance information prior to the lecture. 

Free for Tribal Communities. 

Photo by Yatika Starr Fields