A cikin Ruhun Mad Horse

In the Spirit of Crazy Horse wani littafi ne na Peter Matthiessen wanda ke ba da labarin "labarin Leonard Peltier da yakin FBI akan Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka. " An fara buga shi a 1983. An yanke wa Leonard Peltier hukuncin kisan kai a shekara ta 1977 kuma an yanke masa hukuncin rai da rai a kurkuku saboda kisan gillar jami'an FBI guda biyu a shekara ta 1975, bayan shari'ar da marubucin da wasu da yawa suka yi zargin ta dogara ne akan shaidar da aka ƙirƙira, zamba da kuma mummunar hali na gwamnati.

## Bayani game da shi
Littafin ya nuna lokacin tashin hankali na siyasa a yankin Pine Ridge na Indiya na Lakota a wannan lokacin, gami da 1973 'Wounded Knee Incident' da kuma "Reign of Terror" mai zuwa kuma ya bayyana 1975 'Pine Ridge Shoot-out' ko 'Oglala Firefight' da kuma gwaje-gwaje da suka biyo baya da sakamakonsu. An katse rarraba littafin kusan kusan shekaru goma yayin da aka warware kalubalen shari'a a kansa.

## Karɓar baƙi
Littafin ya sami karbuwa sosai. Masana da yawa sun yaba da gaskiyar Matthiessen da daidaito,  kuma goyon bayan marubucin ga Leonard Peltier, AIM, da Mutanen Lakota sun amince da su kuma sun yaba da su.

A ƙarshe an buga littafin a cikin takarda a cikin 1992 bayan kotuna daban-daban sun yi watsi da karar da ake zargi da tsegumi kuma an tabbatar da yanke shawara a kan roko. Shari'o'in da hukunce-hukuncen da suka biyo baya sun zama masu mahimmanci kuma ana yawan ambaton su a fannonin "dokar kafofin watsa Labari" da "'yancin magana. "Bayan tallace-tallace da karar ta haifar, littafin ya zama mafi kyawun sayarwa.

Karɓar ba ta da kyau a duk duniya. A cikin bita ga New York Times Book Review, farfesa a fannin shari'a Alan Dershowitz ya rubuta cewa Matthiessen "ba wai kawai ya kasa shawo kan ba, ba tare da saninsa ba ya ba da hujja mai karfi ga laifin Mista Peltier. Da yake kiran clichés na masu tsattsauran ra'ayi na hagu, Mista Matthiessen yana ɗaukar kusan kowane da'awar makirci na motsi, komai yadda ba shi da tushe ko ba daidai ba. Kowane hadarin mota, kowane rashin bayyanawa da ba, kowane kama da ba da ba a cikin shafin yanar gizo na ya dace da shi da mujallar da shi da alaƙaitaccen yaudara. Anderson ya rubuta: "A ɗauke shi gaba ɗaya, abin da Matthiessen ya gina babban cibiyar sadarwa ce ta karkashin kasa ta masu makirci - ba kawai jami'an FBI ba, masu gabatar da kara, da alƙalai ba, amma a bayyane yake masu binciken gundumar, masu rubutun rubutu, masu binciken wuta, da kuma 'yan tawayen Kanada - duk suna aiki tare da kide-kide don lalata wani mataki na fararen kamfanoni na Amurka. ”

## Shari'a
Bayan an buga littafin, masu shigar da kara biyu sun shigar da kara a kan Viking Press. Bill Janklow, tsohon gwamnan Jamhuriyar Republican na Dakota ta Kudu, ya shigar da karar dala miliyan 24 a Dakota ta Kudu. Ya kuma kai karar masu sayar da littattafai uku a Dakota ta Kudu waɗanda suka sayar da kwafin littafin. An kalli wannan shari'ar ne saboda bangarorin da suka shafi sayar da littattafai.

Shari'ar Janklow ta dogara ne akan sakin layi daya a cikin littafin wanda ke da maganganun shugaban AIM Dennis Banks yana magana ne game da zargin fyade da Jancita Eagle Deer, matashi Brulé Lakota ya yi wa Janklow a kan Rosebud Indian Reservation. Banks ya kuma lura da kama Janklow saboda tuki da maye da tsirara a Crow Creek Reservation a Dakota ta Kudu a 1973. 

Viking Press ta shigar da kara a kan Janklow a Kudancin Gundumar New York, wanda a wani bangare ya yi zargin cewa Janklow ya tsoma baki da haƙƙin tsarin mulki na kamfanin don bugawa da rarraba littafin.  Kotun da'ira ta Dakota ta Kudu ta yanke hukuncin cewa littafin ba mai cin zarafi ba ne kuma ta dakatar da karar Janklow a shekarar 1984. Bayan da Janklow ya daukaka kara game da hukuncin, Kotun Koli ta Jihar Dakota ta Kudu ta sake dawo da karar a shekarar 1985.

David Price, wakilin FBI wanda ya kasance a cikin abin da ya faru na Wounded Knee, ya gabatar da karar da aka yi daidai da Viking: daya a kotun jihar Dakota ta Kudu (Price v. Viking Press, Inc., Civ. No. 84-448) da kuma irin wannan karar (Price vs. Viking Press. Inc., 625 F. Supp. 641) a kotun tarayya, neman dala miliyan 25 a Kotun Gundumar Amurka don Gundumar Dakota ta Kudu. An tura karar zuwa kotun tarayya a Minnesota.

Lauyoyin da ke wakiltar Matthiessen da Viking Press a cikin karar tarayya a Minnesota an lura da lauyan Kwaskwarimar Farko Martin Garbus na Frankfurt, Garbus, Klein & Selz, Birnin New York, tare da Barbara F.L. Penn, St. Paul, Minnesota.

A cikin shari'ar Minnesota, Alkalin Kotun Gundumar Tarayya Diana E. Murphy ya watsar da karar Price. Hukuncin da ta yanke na shafi 33 ya lura, "Viking ta fahimci cewa kamfanonin wallafe-wallafen da ke da alhakin suna da wasu ayyuka ga jama'a don yin aiki mai wahala amma mai mahimmanci. " An yi watsi da shari'ar Janklow a Dakota ta Kudu. A lokuta biyu an yi la'akari da cewa marubucin da mai bugawa an kare su ta hanyar 'yancin magana na Kwaskwarimar Farko ga Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Amurka. An lura cewa littafin Matthiessen a bayyane yake yana da ra'ayi.

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