Henry Real Bird

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Henry Real Bird


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in Crow Nation
July 24, 1948

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

Real Bird was raised by his grandparents ranching on the Crow Reservation in Montana, and entered first grade speaking only the Crow Indian Language, which as his primary language gives form to his poetry. He competed as a saddle bronc rider during college,[2] where in 1969, he dislocated his hip after being thrown and dragged by his foot. The injury began his, "transition out of the physical world of bronc riding into the spiritual world of writing," he said. During this time, he read works from Longfellow, Tennyson, Thoreau, and Edgar Allan Poe, which inspired much of his writing .[3] Real Bird remained o
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Horse Tracks: Poems

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Wolf Teeth: Poems

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Far Out, A Rodeo Horse

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I am a rock: A Crow story (...

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