Abstract:
This study examines how Joy Harjo asserts her Native American identity as an exceptional Native American poet. She considers her peoples' cause her own sacred mission and noble responsibility. The objective of the current research is to provide a new perspective of the conflict experienced by Harjo due to her mixed-blood origin. This study attempts to shed light on how Harjo's various poem collections portray her peoples' traditions, customs and beliefs. With a heart full of pain, she pictures the atrocities of the White invaders against First Nations. These enthusiastic, sincerely-rooted insights are represented, using many innovative devices and techniques in Harjo's literary works of art, with the aim of preserving the original Native American identity in the hearts and minds of the new generations. She advocates her peoples' cause with courage and enthusiasm. Nevertheless, the fact remains that Harjo was born and raised in the United States and is an American citizen. This created a painful conflict within her soul. She is one of the rare Native-American writers since she conveys a message of peace, a call for forgiveness, and an earnest plea for harmony and fraternal coexistence.