Harjo is a surname, derived from the Muscogee word ''Hadcho'' meaning "Crazy" or "So Brave as to Seem crazy".Chitto Harjo.
''Chronicles of Oklahoma.'' Volume 13, Number 2, Page 139. June 1935 (retrieved 2 July 2009) Notable people with the name include: * Albert Harjo (1937-2019), Muscogee artist *

Benjamin Harjo, Jr. Benjamin Harjo Jr. (Absentee Shawnee/Seminole, September 14, 1945 – May 20, 2023) was a Native American painter and printmaker based in Oklahoma.Lester, 220-1 Background Benjamin Harjo, Jr. was an enrolled citizen of the Absentee Shawnee Tri ...

(born 1945), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole painter and printmaker * Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake, 1846-1911), Muscogee warrior and activist *

Joy Harjo Joy Harjo ( ; born May 9, 1951) is an American poet, musician, playwright, and author. She served as the 23rd United States Poet Laureate, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetr ...

(born 1951), Muscogee/Cherokee poet, musician, author, and U.S. Poet Laureate * Osvald Harjo (born 1910), Norwegian resistance member * Sterlin Harjo (born 1979), Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker and comedian *

Suzan Shown Harjo Suzan Shown Harjo (born June 2, 1945) (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is an advocate for Native American rights. She is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate who has helped Native peoples recover more than one million acres (4, ...

(born 1945), Muscogee/Cheyenne activist and policymaker

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