Letter To Crazy Horse

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Crazy Horse, you fallen icon,

The fervant and determined days

Of the Oglala warrior

Are but a distant memory

Diabetes, unemployment,

And rampant alcoholism

Are unfortunate pandemics

Among the indigenous

In American media,

Tribespeople are barely present

Each a generic face that fades

Quietly into the background.

Then again, any awareness

Of Modern Indian affairs

Has become a stereotype

Hell, in this point in history

The "Indian" is a bad joke

It seems as though your victory

At Little Bighorn was in vain

Columbus must be overjoyed           

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