[Extended] Joy Harjo with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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An American Sunrise Um
i had taken a job at university of tennessee, knoxville, and wonderful people. And i took it for a number of reasons, but one it was down in our home lands. My grandfather, manae, who fought andrew jackson against the illegal move was a went to knoxville every now and then to steal horses with his warrior friends. Of course, i say they didn't really steal horses. S were still muscoge creek lands. We came here looking for our people, looking for the stories,. For this place that ar our origin stories have their roots here. Our peoples roots are here. The book got started because we were preparing to leave to
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