9/5/1877
age 35

in the hills where the hoop
of the world
bends to the four directions
WakanTanka has shown me
the path men walk is shadow.

i was a boy when i saw it, 
that long hairs and gray beards
and myself
must enter the dream to be real.

so i dreamed and i dreamed
and i endured.

i am the final war chief.
never defeated in battle.
Lakotah, remember my name.

now on this wall my bones
and my heart
are warm in the hands of my father.
WakanTanka has shown me the shadows
will break
near the creek called Wounded Knee.

remember my name, Lakotah.
I am the final war chief.
father, my heart,
never defeated in battle, 
father, my bones,
never defeated in battle,
leave them at Wounded Knee
and remember our name. Lakotah,
i am released from the shadow.
my horse dreams and dances under me
as i enter the actual world.