Dán Chrazyhorse

Publication Instance Details #473

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) Death Penalty/Unlawful Detention/Incarceration 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	(Eanáir 1998)
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. In this poem, the spirit of Crazyhorse appears to haunt the present day; he appears to wander about the earth, sympathising with the lost and wandering characters that he sees: suicidal people, alcoholics, prisoners, children who are child soldiers and sex workers.