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Suzan Shown Harjo (born June 2, 1945)〔Liz Sonneborn, ''A to Z of American Indian Women'', p.87〕 (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is an advocate for American Indian rights. She is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate, who has helped Native peoples recover more than one million acres (4,000 km²) of tribal lands.〔 After co-producing the first Indian news show in the nation for WBAI radio while living in New York City, and producing other shows and theater,〔 in 1974 she moved to Washington, DC, to work on national policy issues. She served as Congressional liaison for Indian affairs in the President Jimmy Carter administration and later as president of the National Council of American Indians. Harjo is President of the Morning Star Institute, a national Native American rights organization. Since the 1960s, she has worked on getting sports teams to drop names that promote negative stereotypes of Native Americans. In June 2014, the Patent and Trademark Office revoked the Washington Redskins trademark; the owner said he would appeal. By 2013 two-thirds of teams with American Indian mascots had changed them due to these public campaigns.〔(Ken Belson, "Redskins’ Name Change Remains Activist’s Unfinished Business" ), ''New York Times'', October 9, 2013, accessed June 19, 2014〕 On November 24, 2014, Harjo received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States' highest civilian honor.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=President Obama Announces the Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipients )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Obama awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to 18 )〕 ==Early years== She was born as Suzan Shown on June 2, 1945〔Sonneborn, p.87〕 in El Reno, Oklahoma.〔(Suzan Shown Harjo, 1945–. ) ''The Internet Public Library: Native American Authors Project.'' (retrieved May 26, 2009)〕 Her mother was Cheyenne and her father Muscogee, and they lived on his allotment near Beggs.〔Harjo, Suzan Shown. ("Grace of Water, Focus of Rock" ), ''Talking Stick: Native Arts Quarterly'' Issue 12.4, Oct–Dec 2009 (retrieved January 14, 2009)〕 One of her maternal great-grandfathers was Chief Bull Bear (Cheyenne). Between the ages of 12 and 16 she lived with her family in Naples, Italy, where her father was stationed while in the US Army. Upon her return to the States, she moved to New York City, where she worked in radio and the theater.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Suzan Shown Harjo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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