{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo on opening a 'doorway of hope' for indigenous artists","publication_date":"September 19, 2019","summary":"Joy Harjo, the new poet laureate of the United States, is the first Native American to achieve that honor. Jeffrey Brown recently sat down with Harjo, a member of Oklahoma's Muscogee Creek Nation, in Tulsa to discuss how arts shaped her upbringing, her perspective on contemporary \"forces of hatred\" and why her accomplishment represents a \"doorway of hope\" for other indigenous people.","author_name":"By Jeffrey Brown, Kira Wakeam","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2019\/09\/051a995b17ca59cc40a566f0a234e495-NativeVoice-1024x711.jpeg","thumbnail_height":711,"thumbnail_width":1024}