Inipi

Publication Instance Details #672

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	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)
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned Other
Languages	Irish
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	Nuair a caillfear an Fear Rua deireanach is nuair a bheidh cuimhne mo threibhe ina miotas i measc na bhFear Geal beidh mairbh dhofheicthe mo threibhe fós ar snámh fán an chósta seo, is nuair a bheidh sliocht bhur sleachta ina n-aonar sa ghort, sa tsiopa, ar an mbealach mór, nó istigh i lár na fáschoille, ní ina n-aonar a bheid. Nuair a thitfidh tost na hoíche ar bhur gcathracha is bhur sráidbhailte is nuair is dóigh libh iad a bheith tréigthe beidh siad ag preabadh leis na sluaite 'thug gean tráth, is a thugann gean fós, don tír mhaorga seo. Ní bheidh an Fear Geal ina aonar go deo. Tugadh sé cothrom is ómós dom mhuintirse, mar nach bhfuil na mairbh gan chumhacht. 'Marbh' ab ea a dúirt me? Níl aon bhás ann, ach malairt domhain.
Notes	This poem is based on the speaker's own experience of a spiritual experience in Ireland with Carl Big Heart, who regularly tours around Ireland and Europe promoting Native American spiritual unification and purification ceremonies. The survival of these traditions is contrasted with the decimation of the Native American culture by the white man, which is referenced in the long paratext at the beginning of the poem. This quote, from Chief Seattle, claims that the Native peoples will never fully disappear and that they will always be with the 'white man', although the white man has led to their destruction.