Poem

Ní throidfead feasta choíche

Title	Ní throidfead feasta choíche
Author	Mícheál Ó hUanacháin

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Aibítir Mheiriceá	1982	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #2073

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Aibítir Mheiriceá
Date of Publication	1982
Publisher	An Clóchomhar Teoranta (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	28-29

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Environment HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) Genocide
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Part Of Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem discusses the decimation of the Native American peoples as a result of the white settlers that arrived from Europe. The poem accounts for various colonial acts that led to the devastation of Native culture: the killing of buffalo, the taxation and sale of their land, the reservations, and the taxation of natural resources such as water. The poem also opens with a quote from tribal leader Chief Joseph, who said, while surrendering in Montana, 1877: 'Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever."'

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