Crazyhorse ag Damhsa

Publication Instance Details #467

Publication Overview

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

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	Since the time of his youth, Crazyhorse had known that the world men lived in was only a shadow of the real world. To get to the real world, he had to dream, and when he was in the real world everything seemed to float or dance... No photograph of Crazyhorse has ever been authenticated. Dee Brown.
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, as Crazyhorse performs some kind of spiritual dance in the wake of a conflict or battle. Dead bodies of children and blood-filled lakes are mentioned, while Crazyhorse dances with nature and the elements. The failure to ever photograph Crazyhorse is also mentioned in the poem, in the penultimate verse, which echoes the paratext from Dee Brown.