—Kevin Chen I believe that Harjo’s poems are classified as a “great works” text. From the two poetic works of hers, “Everybody Has a Heartache: A Blues” and “An American Sunrise, we realize a lot of Joy Harjo’s background. These two works of writing represented the American culture, specifically the Native-American culture that she takes […]
Joy Harjo
Native Americans’ experience in the lands of the Americas
—Anonymous “An American Sunrise” is a short poem from Joy Harjo which talks about the Native Americans’ experience in the lands of the Americas. This short poem talks about how there was some injustice against the Indians as according to the “Indian” Problem. The “Indian” Problem was the problem that American colonists had created because […]
