Harjo

Harjo is a surname, derived from the Muscogee Creek word Hadcho meaning "Crazy" or "So Brave as to Seem Crazy," and may refer to:

  • Albert Harjo (born 1937), Muscogee Creek artist
  • Benjamin Harjo, Jr. (born 1945), Absentee Shawnee-Seminole painter and printmaker
  • Chitto Harjo (Crazy Snake, 1846-1911), Muscogee Creek warrior
  • Joy Harjo (born 1951), Muscogee-Cherokee poet, musician, and author
  • Suzan Shown Harjo (born 1945), well-known Muscogee-Cheyenne activist


This page or section lists people with the surname Harjo. If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name(s) to the link.

Harjo may also refer to:

  • Harjo, Oklahoma, United States
  • William Harjo LoneFight (born 1966), President and CEO of American Native Services
  • Alternative spelling of Harju, a Finno–Norwegian surname

Famous quotes containing the word harjo:

    She thinks of the 4 a.m. lonelinesses that have folded
    her up like death, discordant, without logical and
    beautiful conclusion. Her teeth break off at the edges.
    She would speak.
    —Joy Harjo (b. 1951)