WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 21: (L-R) Author and scholar Robin Wall Kimmerer (Potawatomi Nation), Mellon Foundation President Elizabeth Alexander, Filmmaker Dawn Porter and playwright and screenwriter Aaron Sorkin 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)