Monday, March 31, 2008
"Moving Camp Too Far"
After discussing "Moving Camp Too Far" in class I realized that this Native American is telling of her heritage and all the things they did as part of their culture and all the things she can still do and the things she can't do. She says she "i can't speak of many moons moving camp travois I can't tell of the last great battle counting coup or taking scalps" ( 1-7), but she says "i can see and eagle almost extinct on slurpee plastic cups i can travel to powwows in campers & winnebagos" (12-16), but at the same time none of this stuff is truly the same as the olden days when her ancestors were around to experience it all. At the same time she tries to be positive and talk about the things that she can do to keep her heritage alive. "i can dance to indian music rock-n-roll hey-a-hey-o i can & unfortunately i do" (19-23). This shows that just because things aren't exactly how it was in the old days and some traditions fade there is still some traditions people can do to keep their heritage alive no matter what.
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I agree that she is not able to do the things that her ancestors did at the time of their demise. I also see that Native Americans are the only people that are scrutinized with a direct comparison to a certain time in their past. Society doesn't compare the way of living in other modern groups to the primitive means of their distant ancestors. They also see themselves in that way because of their isolation from other societies. Brandon
I agree that she can do some of the things her ancestors once did but there are a lot more things that she can't do because of our culture today. Native Americans have gotten almost everything taken away from them since early times. They are isolated from everyone because they live on reservations and because people today judge them because of their ancestors and they traditions they have.
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