What the First Native American U.S. Poet Laureate Means to Indigenous People Listen Download Embed Share Share this on Facebook (Opens in a new window) Share this on Twitter (Opens in a new window) Share this via Email In this June 6, 2019 photo, Joy Harjo, of the United States, poses inside the Library of Congress, in Washington. ( Shawn Miller/Library of Congress ) Produced by Beenish Ahmed Hosted by Tanzina Vega Produced by GBH, PRX and WNYC Studios