A Promise Kept: 17 – Closing Remarks and Honor Song
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2019-09-25T19:59:42.000Z
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National Museum of the American Indian
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A Promise Kept: 17 – Closing Remarks and Honor Song
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Influential policy advocate, writer, curator, and 2014 recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is recognized for a lifetime of achievement in this symposium, “A Promise Kept: The Inspiring Life and Works of Suzan Shown Harjo.” A founding trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian, Harjo’s legacy of activism and artistic accomplishment continues to inspire Native Nations and people and influence U.S. policies about Native sovereignty and cultures. In this segment, National Museum of the American Indian Director Kevin Gover (Pawnee) provides closing remarks and Delbert Miller (Skokomish) sings an honor song for Suzan Shown Harjo. The symposium was webcast and recorded in the National Museum of the American Indian Rasmuson Theater on September 20, 2019.
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8 min 59 sec
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