As the President of the Morning Star Institute, a Native
American rights organization based in Washington, D.C., Ms. Harjo,
a well-known Cheyenne and Muscogee poet, writer, and policy
advocate, was named by President Jimmy Carter as a congressional
laison for Indian Affairs, and she subsequently served as the
Executive Director of the National Congress of American
Indians. Today, she is the curator of the Smithsonian's
exhibit in progress, Indian Treaties: Great Nations in their
Own Words.