Henry Real Bird

Henry Real Bird (born July 24, 1948), a member of the Crow Nation,[1] is a poet.

Real Bird grew up ranching on the Crow Reservation in Montana, and competed as a saddle bronc rider in college. "Writing is harder," he said. "But one fed the other."[2] Real Bird was appointed as Montana's Poet Laureate in 2009.[3] He still lives in and draws inspiration from the land of the Little and Big Horn Valleys.[4] Horses picture large in Real Bird’s creative work[5] and are the thread of his Rivers of Horse CD. In the summer of 2010, as Montana’s Poet Laureate, Real Bird traveled by horseback 415 miles to distribute books of poetry.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Cheyfitz, Eric (2006). The Columbia guide to American Indian literatures of the United States since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 267. ISBN 978-0-231-11764-7.
  2. ↑ Gazette, BRETT FRENCH Billings. "Poet Laureate Real Bird works horses and words". missoulian.com. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
  3. ↑ "Governor Announces Henry Real Bird as Montana's Poet Laureate - Humanities Roundtable". Archived from the original on 2014-11-13. Retrieved 2012-05-05.
  4. ↑ Thomas, David Hurst (1999). Exploring ancient native America: an archaeological guide. Routledge. p. 229. ISBN 978-0-415-92359-0.
  5. ↑ Elkins, Andrew (2002). Another place: an ecocritical study of selected western American poets. TCU Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-87565-259-7.
  6. ↑ "Across Montana On Horseback, Poet Hands Out Poetry". NPR. July 30, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2011.


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