Wed. 8:47 a.m.: Joy Harjo is first Native American named US poet laureate

… poet laureate, becoming the first Native American to hold that position. (Shawn … (AP) — Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S …… poet laureate, becoming the first Native American to hold that position. (Shawn … (AP) — Joy Harjo, the first Native American to be named U.S …