Amhrán Chrazyhorse

Publication Instance Details #464

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Genocide
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	(Normally chanted, rapped, jammed and danced with rattles, drums, didj, candles, oils and spirit.)
Notes	This poem is centred around 'Crazyhorse', a Lakota war hero and leader who took up arms against the United States government in the 19th Century, in order to preserve the traditional Lakota way of life. Crazyhorse was also a spiritual man who received visions and trances - which is what may be referenced here. The speaker of the poem appears to repeatedly answer the question, 'who is Crazyhorse?' in the poem, answering with a spiritual response, i.e. 'ask the moon' or 'ask the shadow'. This highlights the connection of the Native American peoples with nature and spiritual practices. This publication also contains an additional paratext, explaining how the poem should be read, and an additional line at the end of the poem, 'Hoka Hey', reported to be Crazyhorse's war cry at the Battle of Little Big Horn, when the Native Americans defeated General Custer.