Indiach ag Taibhreamh ar an Abhainn

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Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Gender-based violence Genocide Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) HR & Environment
Languages	Irish
Original Language	English
Original Poem	An Indian Dreams of the River
Original Author	Philip Casey
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	This poem reflects on the brutality of the Spanish conquest of Guatemala. Many of the indigenous people oppressed and slaughtered by the conquistadores were of Mayan descent. The indigenous people were routed by the Spanish colonists and had little resistance to the diseases of Europe. This speaker of this poem is an indigenous woman whose life has been altered by the conquistadores. Her husband has been murdered, she herself was raped, and her river was poisoned by the leather of the conquistadores' jackboots.