Henry Real Bird

Henry Real Bird, a native Crow Indian,[1] grew up ranching on the battlegrounds of the Little Big Horn on the Crow Reservation in Montana. A former rodeo cowboy, now Montana's Poet Laureate, Henry still lives in and draws inspiration from the land of the Little and Big Horn Valleys.[2] Horses picture large in Henry’s creative work[3] and are the thread of his Rivers of Horse CD. In the summer of 2010, as Montana’s Poet Laureate, Henry traveled by horseback 415 miles to distribute books of poetry.[4]

References

  1. ^ Cheyfitz, Eric (2006). The Columbia guide to American Indian literatures of the United States since 1945. Columbia University Press. p. 267. ISBN 9780231117647. 
  2. ^ Thomas, David Hurst (1999). Exploring ancient native America: an archaeological guide. Routledge. p. 229. ISBN 9780415923590. 
  3. ^ Elkins, Andrew (2002). Another place: an ecocritical study of selected western American poets. TCU Press. p. 77. ISBN 9780875652597. 
  4. ^ "Across Montana On Horseback, Poet Hands Out Poetry". NPR. July 30, 2010. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128877656. Retrieved March 3, 2011.