WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: (L-R) Indigenous education administrator Dr. Robert Martin (Cherokee Nation), writer and historian Jon Meacham and academic administrator Ruth Simmons join fellow recipients of the 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medals and National Medals of Arts during a celebration in the East Room of the White House on October 21, 2024 in Washington, DC. The awards honor musicians, poets, play writers, filmmakers, actors, artists, educators, historians and others who contribute to the humanities in the United States. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)