Harjo is a surname, derived from the

Muscogee The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Here they waged war again ...

war title ''Hadcho'' or ''Hadjo'', meaning "so brave as to seem crazy", "brave beyond discretion", "foolhardy", or "fearless person". Notable people with the name include: * Albert Harjo (1937–2019), Muscogee artist *

Benjamin Harjo, Jr. Benjamin Harjo Jr. (born September 14, 1945 – May 20, 2023) was a Native Americans in the United States, Native American painter and printmaker based in Oklahoma.Lester, 220-1 Background Benjamin Harjo Jr. was an enrolled citizen of the Absen ...

(born 1945), Absentee Shawnee/Seminole painter and printmaker *

Chitto Harjo Chitto Harjo (also known as Crazy Snake, Wilson Jones, Bill Jones, Bill Snake, and Bill Harjo; c. 1846 – April 5, 1912) was a leader and orator among the traditionalists in the Muscogee Creek Nation in Indian Territory at the turn of the 20 ...

(Crazy Snake, 1846–1911), Muscogee warrior and activist * Edmond Harjo (1917–2014), American Seminole Code Talker during World War II *

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 from 2019 to 2022, the first Native American to hold that honor. She was also only the second Poet Laureat ...

(born 1951), Muscogee/Cherokee poet, musician, author, and U.S. Poet Laureate * Osvald Harjo (1910–1993), Norwegian resistance member *

Sharron Ahtone Harjo Marcelle Sharron Ahtone Harjo (born 1945) is a Kiowa painter from Oklahoma. Her Kiowa name, Sain-Tah-Oodie, translates to "Killed With a Blunted Arrow." In the 1960s and 1970s, she and sister Virginia Stroud were instrumental in the revival of ...

(born 1945), Kiowa painter *

Sterlin Harjo Sterlin Harjo (born November 14, 1979)Sam Lewin, , ''Native Times News'', reprinted in ''Canku Ota'', May 24, 2004 (article gives his age as 24 in 2004). is a Native Americans in the United States, Native American filmmaker from Oklahoma. He is ...

(born 1979), Seminole/Muscogee filmmaker and comedian *

Suzan Shown Harjo Suzan Shown Harjo (born June 2, 1945) (Cheyenne and Hodulgee Muscogee) is an American 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 ...

(born 1945), Muscogee/Cheyenne activist and policymaker

As middle name

* Lois Harjo Ball (1906–1982), was a Muscogee painter *

William Harjo LoneFight William Harjo LoneFight (born 1966), is president and CEO of American Native Services, a consulting firm in Bismarck, North Dakota. An alumnus of Dartmouth College, Oklahoma City University, and Stanford University, LoneFight has served on the b ...

(born 1966), is president and CEO of American Native Services

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{{surname, Harjo Surnames of Native American origin

As middle name

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