"Moving Camp Too Far"

In the poem, "Moving Camp Too Far", the speaker appears to be melancholy. She is not able to live the life that her ancestors once did. Her ancestors were once proud to be free and live off the land. There was plenty of buffalo and eagles. Northsun writes, "i can see an eagle/almost extinct/on slurpee plastic cups" (lines 12-14). The times have changed for her generation. She is not able to go back and do the things that generations did before her. She can do them in another form. This is supported by the quote, "i can eat buffalo meat/at the tourist burger stand"(17-18). The speaker is trying to do all she can to keep her heritage alive. "i can/& unfrotunately/i do"(21-23). She feels it is unfortunate that she has to do it in this way.