Her signature project to date as U.S. Poet Laureate is called "Living Nations, Living Words: A Map of First Peoples Poetry" . " For my signature project as the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry, I conceived the idea of mapping the U.S. with Native Nations poets and poems , " she writes in the project's introduction. "I want this map to counter damaging false assumptions—that indigenous peoples of our country are often invisible or are not seen as human. You will not find us fairly represented, if at all, in the cultural storytelling of America, and nearly nonexistent in the American book of poetry." In 2021  she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Personal life Harjo is a mother of two, her sonPhil Dayn and daughter Rainy Dawn. Rainy Dawn is the daughter of poet Simon Ortiz (Acoma Pueblo ) .
Her signature project to date as U.S. Poet Laureate is called "Living Nations, Living Words: A Map of First Peoples Poetry" , which focuses on " mapping the U.S. with Native Nations poets and poems " . In 2021 , she was elected to the American Philosophical Society. Personal life In 1969 at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Harjo met fellow student Phil Wilmon, with whom she had a son, Phil Dayn (b. 1969). Their relationship ended by 1971. In 1972, she met poet Simon Ortiz of the Acoma Pueblo tribe, with whom she had a daughter, Rainy Dawn (b. 1973). She raised both her children as a single mother .
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