Crazyhorse is an píopa

Publication Instance Details #468

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	For us Indians there is just the pipe, the earth we sit on and the open sky. The spirit is everywhere... That pipe is not just a thing; it is alive. Lame Deer-Sioux Wicasa Wakan
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. The speaker of this poem appears to be Crazyhorse himself, who describes the sacred rituals of pipe-smoking undertaken by Native Americans. Crazyhorse here hints at the wars and strife since the white man came to America, nothing that there is a 'conairt', 'pack of dogs' behind him. The paratext gives context to the importance of the spiritual pipe ceremony for the Native Americans.