The government has built homes on the rez and u destroy them and the government tries to help the native Americans but they have come to believe they are "owed" a living. Time to stop whining get over it and do something about it. Move, get an education, find a job, pay your bills, prove who you really are and then maybe you will EARN some respect. Why do you think you deserve a hand out? And yes I am part Sioux and no one helps me out but myself......
nice to make your acquaintance. I am a full blood sioux that was in these peoples same predictament. one day i said i have had enough. And, went out off the rez and did something for myself. and so can they. You read books, and study about the native american? that is good. but, you haven't lived it until you have lived it. I don't hate my rez, just the politics that hinders my peoples progress on the rez. Formal Education is what will get you out and off the rez.. It did for me..hoka
Great comment!!!!! I support that, and agree that the real solution for the people is to hold their tribal leaders fully acountable.Millions of dollars go to that Rez evry year, and then right across the border to White Clay just unr 8 million in annual revenue to those liquor stores every year., and 90% of the customers come from the Rez!
@MrWhalen80 Yes indeed. The tribal council and chairman or president need to be held accountable for the funds that are (given). to the tribes. This money is for fiscal year operations. however, alot of other monies are not accounted for. like pine ridge. this could be stopped but the powers that be will not make it end, because like third world countries..oppressive governments keep their people down by keeping them poor. pine ridge gets more money than my reservation does.
yeah, it would take alot of fight, and for many good Native people to come togather to educate themselves and then they havea better chance to overcome the opression. Not only this Rez but all of them who face similar circumstances. The reality is that these changes may take many years to happen, but if they really want it, who knows what can happen
Pine Ridge is definately a super poor place. I don't understand why anyone would want to stay where there is no opportunity. I have read the statistics on Pine Ridge and it's not a good place to live.
If the government isn't going to help, that means the natives need to make changes themselves. If the Amish can live self-sufficient, the natives can too (if and when it comes down to that.)
@theBCdream Yeah but the Amish weren't murdered in the millions for their land now were they? The government OWES all Natives for what we have done to them in the past. They should not have to live like that because of what WE, the AMERICAN people have done to the Natives.
@JessieHellaNasty - Very true! The only problem is that the Elite will never apologize and give back anything. The best thing they can do for themselves is to flip off the gov and try to build their lives up again on their own. Just saying because that's what I believe I would do. Cheers
I agree, the native people today do not hold the same exact view of life as they did 100 yrs plus ago. Most people really do not realize this!! The modern day Native has access, just as most do in America, to may resources to make a better living.They enjoy nice cars,big screan TV's, plumbing, heating, electric, fast food, vacations, soda,pizza, birthday celebrations, cable tv,as most modern day Americans.They too listen to justin beber!!
why is it so hard for the pine ridge people to get off the reservation and go out into the world and take advantage of the opportunities that everyone else has? And, why hasn't the ogalala tribal government done anything for their people? If, there is no educational opportunities or employment opportunities there then why stay?
why is it so hard for the pine ridge people to get off the reservation and go out into the world and take advantage of the opportunities that everyone else has? And, why hasn't the ogalala tribal government done anything for their people? If, there is no educational opportunities or employment opportunities there then why stay?
Your comment may sound rude to those who are oblivious to the facts, but you hit the nail on the head with that comment. There are many successful Native Ranchers there, Superintendants, small businesses owners, Electricians, plumbers ect.. and then you have the other 80% who, choose to recieve recieve, recieve, and give very very little return. Those Successful Natives are out there busting their humps, and the rest(most) are waiting for more handouts.
@JourneyRocks81 Because they're poor? How do you expect them to move some where else with no money? Many people do travel off of the rez to get jobs but end up coming back because it's home to them. Once out side of the rez they are discriminated against and it is just as hard as on the rez. Atleast on the rez they are surrounded by family and their culture, which most try to embrace and keep from disapearing.
@JessieHellaNasty yeah well that is spoken just like your typical excuse. "at least"; that quote really gets me lol. I didnt have no money, no car, and nobody to depend on off the rez, but , i made it with determination and will. I did not want to become another statistic on my rez. no job there, no nothing. And to be with your family? well, that is one of the stigma's right there. Family will always be there, but that will not bring any jobs to the rez. btw, are you native on a rez????
@JourneyRocks81 No, I'm not. I'm a white girl but have done a lot of studying on Natives and have many friends who live on rezs. I'm not using it as an excuse. It's easy to give up hope when life is hard. Out of almost all of the stuff I have read and learned, almost everyone returns to the rez because its their home. They don't know why they go back, but the feel the need to. Have you given up your native culture? Most of the people who live give up their culture. Do you care if it disaprears?
3rd world countries in the U.S.A we need to start to helping are people frist then helping other countries its sad how the frist americans have to live in there own countrie the people what has been here for hundreds of years
Strange how our government goes and bails out these jerks that took out mortgages for five hundred grand when they only make thirty thousand a year! These folks who were here before our European or even African ancestors have to live in poverty. Where is their support?
@CODBlackOps192 It is that bad, wake up. I am sure because you have what you need provided for you that you think this is isolated...its not. Wake up and grow up and turn off your XBOX and see real life.
@callmeishmel i am from rapid so i had not seen pine ridge first hand untill recently I visited there. It is truly devisated area, I agree, but the problem is that indians (or whatever they prefer to be called) squander there money given to them by the state on drugs and alcohol instead of using it wisely or saving it for future use. They do not truly work for there money but merly stand there with hand out waiting for there monthly paycheck.
@CODBlackOps192 You are woefully mistaken. If you lived in such dire conditions, something would give. I am American Indian. I am not an addict, alcoholic or squander what I have been given however I had a wonderful life, they have not for decades. Making blanket statement like that is likening all people on welfare as lazy, its not a truthful statement. Lets not forget when Indians were first put on reservations they were given alcohol and small pox riddled blankets
@callmeishmel Alright, not all indians squander what they have been given, but why should they be given money at all. It was not themselves being forced to live on a res. They are allowed to live elsewhere. So, for the most part, the people living in trailers and not having much to live off of are squandering the money handed to them by the gov.
@callmeishmel Alright, not all indians squander what they have been given, but why should they be given money at all. It was not themselves being forced to live on a res. They are allowed to live elsewhere. So, for the most part, the people living in trailers and not having much to live off of are squandering the money handed to them by the gov.
@CODBlackOps192 You really are an idiot. Do your research, look up the oil Indians of Oklahoma. The possession of the oil was taken to "protect" the Indians and our government has kept the profits ever since. There are many, many other tribes who can tell you the same story. The Trail of Tears was about evicting the lawful (by America's laws as well) owners (Cherokee) of land settlers coveted. They live on reservations to keep tribal lands and continue passing on native ways. Its sacred ground.
@callmeishmel Are you Serios? When were we ever talking about oklahoma indians. This video is about pine ridge indians in south dakota. You cant deny that most indians have a drinking/drug problem. Just look at statistics, most indians live off wellfare and blow it on booz. BTW its not like indians are required to live on the res. And dont pull that scared ground shit, its everyones land for god sakes. Its not like indians are banned from the area.
@CODBlackOps192 You really are an idiot. Go back to playing Black-Ops or GOW and poppin your pimples. I tire of you boy. Grow up and educate yourself.
@CODBlackOps192 Its everybodys land. Wow...thats brilliant. So i guess next summer I park mt]y /mr Turtle pool and BBQ in your driveway and crack open a few cold ones while i wave at your neighbors. i like your logic. workd fer me.
These people need to relearn self sustenance or it becomes a never ending reliance on goverment handouts passing on to the next generation. Unfortunately sometimes it takes extreme hardship to come to that conclusion - gotta survive or succumb to what ails you. Hopefully we see a different story in the coming years.
@sniffinu07 looks like you GET IT. Yes they do need to be self sustainable. Wouldn't mind though if the government helped them out and support them. But they can't be Heavily reliant on it. They have to be able to sustain themselves and generate a small economy.
@sniffinu07 How do you think they have survived this long...are you people really all this stupid and ignorant or is it just bring your pimple faced teenager to YouTube week? Yeah extreme hardship... as long as its not you.
All the donations are nice and I'm sure in some cases do help, but I've seen first hand that as soon as you give things to the residents alot of the stuff is sold off and alcohol or drugs is bought. The solution to the problem here is to build-up Pine Ridge from the inside by giving only the ppl who are clean job training, and accademic aid. Give successfull ppl a reason to stay hire and invest localy. Build a large de-toxing camp for inmates to get clean in or be exiled from the land.
They can just leave, I did. Adapt or die, they're not invalids. The economy is not going to come to them, they have to go after it. It doesn't take 'magic', it take moving, moving on.
"15-30 miles from the nearest town, to poor to own a car, a lack of public transportation"
@olmecbones Yeah I've seen your page and you are full of manure. You sit in a comfy house with everything you get provided by someone else and you think it's that easy. Grow up. There has been a policy of genocide against our native people and it will continue until we take the blinders off and stop making ignorant blanketed statements and assumptions like I see in these comments.
respectfully: is this poverty or just being lazy? . you don't have to be rich to clean your yard. i live below the poverty level too. but i can keep up my 10 x 16 foot shed that i live in clean. i think maybe depression or living off of the state can bring individuals down to where they cannot be productive. why is every home ,yard, etc. crappy looking.. i've seen POORER people live better than this. i am not trying to be a smartass either.
@buildmyownharley we grew up very poor on and off of our reservation but my mother always stressed that just because we were poor doesn't mean that we have to live in filth..she said that it was hard for alot of our people because depression gets a hold of you like a sickness, that we lost everything and that some of us could not cope and that we let what little we had go, she said we should set an example and take pride in what little we have.
@buildmyownharley Her yard and home is a bit messy but I think we need to look past the clutter and try to see the actual problem, the government gave us the worst land in the harshest conditions,land that they themselves didn't want,on most reservations there is little in the way of jobs and the cost of living and food is higher..it is a vicious circle that breeds more poverty more depression and more loss...
@buildmyownharley conditions that we are responsible for in our own country we as Natives are still looked down on and discriminated against and maybe she should have cleaned her home before the filming but as I have said this is not the point of the video.....
AMERICA I WANT YOU TO GET SOME BREAD LET IT GET MOULDY: then sleep next to it every night put the mouldy bread on a plate and then you will have some idea how we are living..breath it,smell it...tell me if you enjoy it...THAT IS OUR REZ LIFE
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
@TheDudeRulez09 HEY EVERY ONE LOOK FOR DUDERULES09,SUPPORT THIS MAN IN HIS EFFORTS,HE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD HOMES THIS JULY..ITS PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. PEDAMAHYELLOW DUDERULES
@TheDudeRulez09 wonderful I would love to see some examples of these "reclaimed" homes :) keep up your good work....give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry.
@lovekillsslowly420 we are working very hard to get someone to film this effort to show others a type of blueprint that works not just on the reservation but anywhere!!
@TheDudeRulez09 a suggestion,why not find the youthes on the reservation that have a passion for filmography (a possible career path)and let them film and edit a video for you...it would be one more good thing to come from this, a already wonderful thing that you are doing...you are a inspiration
@butterflykisses6963 the fact is the government cant even control there own economy,there to busy destroying and dominating, it is time that we help ourselves theduderulez has the rite idea. These conditions are nothing new and don't think for a min that the government is unaware.
I agree, but how do we make a change im going to school for indigenous studies, im hoping i can get a job in Government that will enable me to provide help. But im only 18 I wanna make a difference now! For those who are Native American, what do you suggest?
Cherokee/Choctaw here. I was just wondering why can't anyone get a job like I have? Why live under such conditions? I hate to see anyone suffer, but Quit waiting on someone else to pay for your needs and do something for yourself !! I don't mind paying TAXES, but sometimes you have to actually work to have basic needs. Come on people, It's not that hard if you love your family. If you can't afford to drive in order to get out of there, WALK !! We did it before. No harm intended here. God bless
@spareaxe are you kidding? the government took everything from us including our self sufficiency and it has been a never ending cycle,a slow moving plan that I am sure in the next hundred years will have finally reached it's intended goal..
@spareaxe I never said anything about leaning on the government,most reservations are dirt poor with no sort of income people live in poverty and because of the lack of jobs and the unusually high price of food and basic necessities on reservations how are they supposed to better themselves ,we as a nation would be sending boxes of money to help if we were in Africa but the sad thing is we refuse to do anything and this is our own country,spend some of that government handout money .........
@spareaxe to help these people help themselves,you seem to be blind to the whole picture...yes those people can go get jobs like the rest of us but some reservations are 15-30 miles from the nearest town,how can they get jobs if there to poor to own a car or there is a lack of public transportation,it is not a black and white issue and it deserves the same attention that inner city's get...there our own little impoverished country's rite here at home
@lovekillsslowly420 Nice explanations but they're not excuses to want more gov't money. You just can't keep asking them to throw money for more gov't programs. It's your tribal gov't that is set up to fail for you, try bypassing them and write your states representative to take action. Obviously, your own tribal gov't has failed you every generation. Try getting something going on your own, can't hurt!
@spareaxe all Im saying is you want these people to literally magic themselves better the poverty has already run to deep ,let me ask why you have such a problems with government money going to reservations so that native people can have livable housing? You seem to have no problem with bailing out banks who's executives use the government money to give them selves big bonuses while they all jet set around on OUR tax money...or spending trillions on dropping bombs
@lovekillsslowly420 There's nothing magical about trying to address these problems with your states representatives and not the Tribal government. How do get from housing to bank bailouts? If you need help just ask.
@spareaxe so are you against them getting the help they need or are you exasperated at guiding them to the help they need? I have to say that you are sending mixed signals....
@lovekillsslowly420 I wouldn't call that kind of help a need. More like just sit back and let the gov't send you just enough to get by and then let them keep you in a state of poverty. Don't change that would give you opportunity to be truly independent! You seem to want to perpetuate the problems not help solve them. You have a brain ....use it once in awhile.
@spareaxe yeahhh even though I have been saying the exact opposite the entire time I'll just agree with you to end this ignorant conversation, because there is just no conveying this in a way that you CAN understand...and just so you know my tribe is the richest in the country,this is not MY problem,but it is one that I understand and will continue fighting for ,maybe one day you will actually find yourself on one of these reservations or have a personal experience...
@lovekillsslowly420 what he's talking about though is them beling able ot generate their own jobs on their reservation creating a central economy. The amish are able to do this.
So sad that many American Indians are having such tough times.
Though it seems some of them need to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps to a certain extent. If they just learned to fix basic things around their homes and trailers or where ever they live their homes wouldn't look so dismal.
Even if you are poor with a little work and creativity you can improve your lot in life.
My cars, my motorbike, my house trailer, my washing machine, all of them are over 20 years old. And they all run. And they need to run another 20 years. When they break, I fix them; if they need cleaning, I clean them; if they need derusting and repainting, I strip the rust off them wtih a brush drill bit and repaint them. My yard is immaculate. I don't have a job, and haven't for the longest time, with no plans to get one. When you produce your own wealth, and you keep it 100%.
@cobrachoppergirl $16 last month was YOUR share that YOU PAID! The rest was paid by tax paying citizens. You can afford a computer and internet service "a want." While tax payers feed you "a necessity!" WTF! Thank you for your contribution to socity
@cobrachoppergirl $16 last month was YOUR share that YOU PAID! The rest was paid by tax paying citizens. You have a computer and internet service "a want." While tax payers feed you "a necessity!" WTF! Thank you for your contribution to society!
You have to think like a squirrel; build a nest for the winter. All winter long I've been at a toasty 70F just from heating blankets left on all the time in my little bunker. Also, pile insulation around your hot water heater, as much as you can for passive insulation to save. My entire heating cost plus electricity last month was $16. In my tent fort of blankets, I stay toasty warm all night 60-70 degrees, while its 40,30, 20 below outside. Become a fixer, fix, repair, restore.
The way to survive in a trailer without heat, do like I do, in your warmest room, build a canopy bed, but expend it, so its a tent within a room, that has a bed and a desk and your home computer in it. Drape the walls with heating blankets, and then pile blankets over that so you have a tent of blankets. Its 72 in here now, but 20 degrees outside, and my entire electric+heating bill is less than $20/month, my only expense Let the rest of the trailer freeze. Food stamps covers my food.
My brothers do not help each other as do the Amish and Jewish people, They want to live in poverty, I could see and feel the dispair and hopelessness when i visited Pineridege. Natives seemed lost and passively accepting of their fate in life yet EVERY HUMAN on EARTH is fighting the battle of life, God the Creator gave every human two hands to act and do whats needed to feed onesself and ones family and ones community. It could be alot worse just take a trip to a third world country.
are natives considered us citizens? yes they are! they have all the same opportunities as the rest of us. the only reason this continues to happen because they chose to. look at the shit storm the afro amer. have fought their way thru. that is what makes usa so great you have the chance or chose to live what ever path you want to follow. i have no pity for pine ridge people or any body else that arent willing to help themselves first without expecting something for nothing.
@MrBlizacane I think you need a wider education about this issue. That means historical, cultural, political all the way to the present day. It's easy to make bold statements about other people from a position of comfort and ignorance. If you really want to know the truth you have to learn & accept it...if you don't, then your opinion is meaningless.
@SPLOD41 i guess the 30 years that ive lived around the native people and the things ive seen are without merit. the media has nothing to do with it. the next time i have to remove some worthless bum off my front lawn, sleeping under my trees i'll keep that in mind. thanks for opening my eyes to how ignorant i am. . i dont need ANYBODY to tell me anything about their history, or culture when im reminded about it every day. thanks for trying to help
@SPLOD41 either ur native and trying to defend your people or you really have no clue what goes on in the rez which every it is you have no point. im not basing it on a few people im basing it on the majority of the spirit lake nation the people that ive grown up around. try being a white guy on the rez that will give you a whole new understanding of racism. i dont care what rez it is. its alot scarier for a white guy there then any native person off the rez.
do they have a casino nearby? if not maybe they should look into building one. ive lived near the spirit lake nation in north dakota, a sioux indian rez most of my live . and have spent alot of time around natives. 15 20 years ago i seen alot of the same stuff here. they put up a casino and bam they're gettn rich a nickel at a time!
@MrBlizacane So you expect them to just make casinos materialize. They obviously don't have money to afford adequate housing, how the fuck do you suggest they go about funding a casino?
@LightningBoltz maybe the native people as a whole should work together instead of waiting for "white america" "the people they despise so much" to give them more hand outs.
there are native owned casinos all over the country, making billions! yes billions with a "B" of dollars every year! spread the wealth and help each other out. dont blame "white america" then ask for help! after 500 years should evolution be doing its part by now and helping these people live in a civilized manner
@MrBlizacane Of course, it all makes perfect sense. Come to a country, murder a population of somewhere between 50-90 million down to a little under 1 million, move them to barren lands incapable of sustaining natural life, then go "Hey bum, get a job". Your logic makes perfect sense. Some of the casino owners have been helping, but many of them are just as greedy as white business owners.
And as far as your 500 years number goes... We didn't stop the eradication and relocation of the Native Americans until the 20th century. Maybe you shouldn't just pull random numbers out of your ass to support your side.
@LightningBoltz youre right maybe the whites should give the whole country back to the natives then we can all have the chance to live in a 3rd world country. ive lived in a town that borders a rez for almost 30 years. i rode the same bus they used to ship natives off the rez to the public school where i went. worked, partied, hired hung out with, spent my fair share of time on the rez. ive seen the way alot of them live. try and help them out and they break and burn shit down.
@LightningBoltz if their not willing to help themselves how long do the whites need to hold their hand. millions of europeans came here with nothing more than the clothes on their back. within 150 years they turned this country into the most powerful civilization in history. people have been "invading" other countries for 1000's of years. its called natural selection. those who can, defend themselves. those who cant are at the mercy of their "invaders." fair or not, i dont know , thats life
@MrBlizacane Wow, you're such a moron. The europeans would have died without the natives. You take one thing and twist it around to suit your comment. Never did I say we give the country back, that is obviously out of the question. Regardless, reasoning with you is like reasoning with a rock. There is no point in this conversation going any further.
@LightningBoltz So you're saying they had no survival skills, no way to sustain themselves in the new world. If there were no natives here, they would have packed their shit up went back to europe and said "nope nothing over there" That's got to be one of the biggest misconceptions ever stated.
@MrBlizacane Your ignorance rears its ugly head once again. Yes, had the Natives not helped them they would not have survived. The colonists were people who lived in and were dependent on society before coming to America. . They couldn't even farm for christ's sake. They wouldn't have packed up and left, they would have died. You know way too little about history to be in a historical debate with me. You have made false assertions as well as just pulling random (untrue) things out of your ass.
@LightningBoltz Are you serious! Farming in Europe dates back to 4000 to 5000 b.c. Im pretty sure thats enough time for them to hone their agricultural skill to sustain life. Oh by the way, who brought the wheel to the new world, to be used for purposes other than toys and trinkets.
@MrBlizacane No shit, sherlock. That doesn't mean the colonists could farm. They were dependent on civilization before coming to the new world. Just because farming existed doesn't mean everybody knew how to do it. I doubt you're capable of going out and living off the land. These people were the same way. Domesticated by society. I'm done with this conversation, you have no concept of reality. Have the last word, I know that's all you want anyways.
@SPLOD41 I never said the europeans invented the wheel. If you can read and understand english I said they brought it to the new world. What you and so many other people forget is that the Native Americans are NOT native to America, they came here from Asia. "The land does not belong to the people, the people belong to the land."
@MrBlizacane what do you think about the situation on these reservations?
and can you describe me the situation on reservations of today? Im from germany and want to learn something about their living conditions. But i dont understand the video :( can you help me ?
@MrBlizacane I take it all back..instead of attempting reason with you, it's obvious ur knowledge is limited to ur exposure to biased media & ur own bigotry. You certainly have a lot to say with nothing to offer but ignorant & worthless comment. No doubt this will give u something to rant about too...so knock urself out!
@LightningBoltz maybe the native people as a whole should work together instead of waiting for "white america" "the people they despise so much" to give them more hand outs.
there are native owned casinos all over the country, making billions! yes billions with a "B" of dollars every year! spread the wealth and help each other out. dont blame "white america" then ask for help! after 500 years should evolution be doing its part by now and helping these people live in a civilized manner ?
@MrBlizacane Is that the same evolutionary process that transforms a monkey into a dumbass nigger (to paraphrase urself) I say again..ur prejudice is based on ur encounter with a few individuals NOT an entire nation. My point is u do not know ur own true history. If u did u would understand the reason behind the poverty & despair..genocide..forced assimilation..neglect etc. Walk a mile...if ur racist pride can stand it.
@MrBlizacane maybe the native people as a whole should be willing to help other natives when the see a fellow tribe suffering. instead of only looking after themselves and waiting for white america " the people they despise so much" to give them more hand outs.
after 500 years you would think evolution would catch up! look what the afro americans have done for themselves in america
this breaks my heart to see and from the look of things, life on any reservation hasn't changed much from what how a friend of mine described them when she wrote me letters telling me about conditions there after seeing for herself back in the late 1970's
Lets change this in our lifetime! There is no reason for this! Time has come to make a change! Can we stand back and watch videos and say we care but not do a thing about it? You all have a voice if you vote and if you are watching this and are concerned and are commenting, YOU HAVE A VOICE! USE IT!
If I won the lottery I would buy new mobile homes for evry family. Me I lost everything. I live in a camping trailer. America is so blind not to see this. They worry about poverty outside the world. But not here. Makes me sick to see this. I would love to help. Im a truckdriver. I would help a native american. If they would let me.
@camaro02girl Your comment 'They worry about poverty outside the world (US). But not here. Makes me sick to see this.'
I totally agree. I see so many marginalized minorities AND people who are really poor trying SO HARD to get a hand up-There is much classism, descrimination, and racism within the states. SERIOUS. I am TOTALLY blown away how many people still REFUSE to see TRUTH in what is happening right in our own country to so many people who are TRULY NOT deserving of such bad treatment.
@froggggg5 Everyone deserve to live equaly. No matter who they are. I wish I change the world. Im one person. I wish money never existed. Money is so evil it hurts.
@LightningBoltz Money is the madness of this planet. Without it you die. Money determine weather you live or die. Thats the reality of money. Who ever controls the money controls the people. Your life is not worth any money. Free is the true freedom on this planet. Everyone is equal. There should be no rich or poor.
we did take the native americans land away from them many years ago. i think they deserve our help because of all the things our ancestors did to them.
I dnt think anyone appreciates these rude comments. U people who are not of Native decent think u know it all but you knw nothing. Sure maybe u did come to America as poor as us and with nothing. But i guarantee, if you & i were competing for a job, id be the 1 left unemployeed because of my ancestry & my past. So dnt tell me we need to stop depending on the govornment, ive lived on a tribal reservation my entire life, & the govornment has done nothing! with no intentions too! no offence, sorry
@colvillewoman11 : YES to all your comments. I wanted to add that every time Natives on the different rezs have tried to move forward with sovereign rights and self-empowerment, the BIA and other government entities typically suppress and hinder Native peoples efforts. This has happened time and time again.
I am 1/4 mississippi choctaw indian ....and i gotta say it breaks my heart to see my fellow natives live in such poverty... Especially since native americans are some of the most kind and helpful people you will ever meet. We are so rich in our culture and in our spirits so it really really sucks that we cant be rich in anything regarding finance. My heart goes out to the lakota tribe.. I sympathize with your struggle & pray for your redemption...
So lame..- deal with the present situation- a poor third world country citizen is doing well in America- came with nothing and took advantage of the opportunities in the US- while the natives are still crying over spill milk.. Get a life and stop boozing..
@USPMONTANA Google and watch Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's genocide (which was patterned after the US's similar Indian boarding school system). The First Peoples aren't crying over anything and they deserve better than what they are getting.
The Venus Project is needed now. A resource based economy not one based on money. I live near a reservation. The Senecas. I see old mobile homes there. I thought no one lived in them but now I wonder.
The solution is to move to a city where there is an economy to work, earn, save and eventually advance to a higher class. Immigrants come to the US from all over the world to work because the economies of their homelands are weak or non-existant. Pine-Ridge is on American soil, with American citizens. I understand the compilcated history between whites and natives, with the natives being tragically short-sided. But come on! live in the present! and solve an active ongoing problem.
The reservation is pitiful. It is full of lazy humans and self entitlement. Natives live like homeless people in filthy trailers. Get educated!! Get a job!! Be somebody!!
@Dubaiborn Are you fucking stupid? WHAT JOBS ARE THERE TO BE HAD ON THE RESERVATION? HMM . . tell me! You seem to be so smart about this subject!
Did you not fucking hear what he said? THERE IS NO ECONOMY there! There's gangs, alcohol, ect. . because there is NOTHING ELSE! You can tell you've never been to a fucking Indian reservation. Contrary to negative media, they DO try. Its kinda hard to do it ALONE though. Your ignorance as well as many others' is whats truely pitiful! LEARN UP!
@Dubaiborn Do you realize the reservations are the poorest places in the country? There are limited opportunities for them. The schools on the reservations are horrible, from my knowledge. The government does owe them, for I don't know, maybe the fact they went against just about every god damn treaty they ever made
The reservation is pitiful. It is full of lazy humans and self entitlement. Natives live like homeless people in filthy trailers. Get educated!! Get a job!! Be somebody!!
If the Lakota of Pine Ridge are getting or have gotten a stimulus package Ill bet the local community wont see it. It will go straight into the pockets of those so called Tribal govt pockets the corrupt asshloes and as usual the people will get fuck all. They are just a bunch of thieving stand over militant assholes, always have and always will be under that fucken crooked bitch Theresa Two Bulls.
Get rid of the scum and her goons then some genuine people in, and the whole rez will be stop on.
To anyone who is interested and who will be reading this post. I am a 5th year Landscape Architecture student at Philadelphia University and have heard of the living conditions in which these people are living in on the reservation and would like to do my thesis project on the reservation. I am particularly interested in providing recreational facilities on the reservation and would love to talk with anyone and try and get more information. My e-mail address is brady1522@philau.edu.
hpw amd why do peoplem just expect shit for 100 percent free.>???nothing is free.really isnt.poeple get too content with government programs..thats just my opinion and i really dont know too much about anything.just a logical thought
immasterkush, alcoholism was pushed on those people many many years ago, and alcoholism is a disease that cannot be fixed overnight. And DVDluvr123, you do realize the US still owes many tribes for land purchases don't you? If the US gov't would just pay what is owed many problems would be solved. And back to you immasterkush,,comparing natives to african americans is insane.
@ImMasterKush Keyboard Warrior! LOL. Big talk, I dare you to say that shit on the Rez itself in front of all those "fags"~by the way, u ignorant peice of shit, dont use the term fags as a derogitory term. Theres nothing wrong w/ being a homosexual~if youre using that term youre clearly uncertain about your OWN orientation. But, back to the Natives, theyre clearly far better than you~ Because despite living in THOSE conditions they're still alive aren't they? Survival of the fittest bitch!
i live in government housing, why don't they build townhouses there then hire local people to do matinence on the property and the government could pay them
DVD, it is because despite being sovereign peoples, our peoples have been raped, robbed, left for dead. A person who is experiencing death, would NEED some kin
The government has built homes on the rez and u destroy them and the government tries to help the native Americans but they have come to believe they are "owed" a living. Time to stop whining get over it and do something about it. Move, get an education, find a job, pay your bills, prove who you really are and then maybe you will EARN some respect. Why do you think you deserve a hand out? And yes I am part Sioux and no one helps me out but myself......
lori6908 6 days ago
to think all this was theirs guess that's how the government diminishes the indigenous population ......
713outlaw1 1 month ago
hey brad pitt how about helping these folks with echo friendly houseing???
lilliteningpea 2 months ago
nice to make your acquaintance. I am a full blood sioux that was in these peoples same predictament. one day i said i have had enough. And, went out off the rez and did something for myself. and so can they. You read books, and study about the native american? that is good. but, you haven't lived it until you have lived it. I don't hate my rez, just the politics that hinders my peoples progress on the rez. Formal Education is what will get you out and off the rez.. It did for me..hoka
JourneyRocks81 2 months ago 2
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Great comment!!!!! I support that, and agree that the real solution for the people is to hold their tribal leaders fully acountable.Millions of dollars go to that Rez evry year, and then right across the border to White Clay just unr 8 million in annual revenue to those liquor stores every year., and 90% of the customers come from the Rez!
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
@MrWhalen80 Yes indeed. The tribal council and chairman or president need to be held accountable for the funds that are (given). to the tribes. This money is for fiscal year operations. however, alot of other monies are not accounted for. like pine ridge. this could be stopped but the powers that be will not make it end, because like third world countries..oppressive governments keep their people down by keeping them poor. pine ridge gets more money than my reservation does.
JourneyRocks81 2 months ago
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yeah, it would take alot of fight, and for many good Native people to come togather to educate themselves and then they havea better chance to overcome the opression. Not only this Rez but all of them who face similar circumstances. The reality is that these changes may take many years to happen, but if they really want it, who knows what can happen
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
I hope they got the money? or what was left the change?
zoretta1 3 months ago
Pine Ridge is definately a super poor place. I don't understand why anyone would want to stay where there is no opportunity. I have read the statistics on Pine Ridge and it's not a good place to live.
yardtechbrando 3 months ago
If the government isn't going to help, that means the natives need to make changes themselves. If the Amish can live self-sufficient, the natives can too (if and when it comes down to that.)
theBCdream 4 months ago
@theBCdream Yeah but the Amish weren't murdered in the millions for their land now were they? The government OWES all Natives for what we have done to them in the past. They should not have to live like that because of what WE, the AMERICAN people have done to the Natives.
JessieHellaNasty 2 months ago
@JessieHellaNasty - Very true! The only problem is that the Elite will never apologize and give back anything. The best thing they can do for themselves is to flip off the gov and try to build their lives up again on their own. Just saying because that's what I believe I would do. Cheers
theBCdream 2 months ago 2
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I agree, the native people today do not hold the same exact view of life as they did 100 yrs plus ago. Most people really do not realize this!! The modern day Native has access, just as most do in America, to may resources to make a better living.They enjoy nice cars,big screan TV's, plumbing, heating, electric, fast food, vacations, soda,pizza, birthday celebrations, cable tv,as most modern day Americans.They too listen to justin beber!!
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
Obama is to blame, he promised them hope.
LadynGreen87 4 months ago
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why is it so hard for the pine ridge people to get off the reservation and go out into the world and take advantage of the opportunities that everyone else has? And, why hasn't the ogalala tribal government done anything for their people? If, there is no educational opportunities or employment opportunities there then why stay?
JourneyRocks81 4 months ago
why is it so hard for the pine ridge people to get off the reservation and go out into the world and take advantage of the opportunities that everyone else has? And, why hasn't the ogalala tribal government done anything for their people? If, there is no educational opportunities or employment opportunities there then why stay?
JourneyRocks81 4 months ago
@JourneyRocks81 they can its called being lazy they rather live off the goverment and bitch
mwr0585 3 months ago
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Your comment may sound rude to those who are oblivious to the facts, but you hit the nail on the head with that comment. There are many successful Native Ranchers there, Superintendants, small businesses owners, Electricians, plumbers ect.. and then you have the other 80% who, choose to recieve recieve, recieve, and give very very little return. Those Successful Natives are out there busting their humps, and the rest(most) are waiting for more handouts.
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
@JourneyRocks81 Because they're poor? How do you expect them to move some where else with no money? Many people do travel off of the rez to get jobs but end up coming back because it's home to them. Once out side of the rez they are discriminated against and it is just as hard as on the rez. Atleast on the rez they are surrounded by family and their culture, which most try to embrace and keep from disapearing.
JessieHellaNasty 2 months ago
@JessieHellaNasty yeah well that is spoken just like your typical excuse. "at least"; that quote really gets me lol. I didnt have no money, no car, and nobody to depend on off the rez, but , i made it with determination and will. I did not want to become another statistic on my rez. no job there, no nothing. And to be with your family? well, that is one of the stigma's right there. Family will always be there, but that will not bring any jobs to the rez. btw, are you native on a rez????
JourneyRocks81 2 months ago
@JourneyRocks81 No, I'm not. I'm a white girl but have done a lot of studying on Natives and have many friends who live on rezs. I'm not using it as an excuse. It's easy to give up hope when life is hard. Out of almost all of the stuff I have read and learned, almost everyone returns to the rez because its their home. They don't know why they go back, but the feel the need to. Have you given up your native culture? Most of the people who live give up their culture. Do you care if it disaprears?
JessieHellaNasty 2 months ago
Damn our elitist government. Damn them to hell.
NewUser21111 4 months ago
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MagicalOillusions 4 months ago
and this pisses me off more than even that the first nations are treated this way.
MagicalOillusions 4 months ago
forget the stimulus money
anyone waiting on that greedy government to care might as well be doomed.
MagicalOillusions 4 months ago
ALL OF OUR OWN PPL EVEN THE YOUNG GENERATIONS NEED TO STEP UP AND HELP
moneymoney1801 5 months ago
3rd world countries in the U.S.A we need to start to helping are people frist then helping other countries its sad how the frist americans have to live in there own countrie the people what has been here for hundreds of years
OAKLANDCHICANOS14 5 months ago
lol all dope rite on we made our own baseball field 2 uhh ha..rit next 2 my gramas house....
hopichick13 5 months ago
Strange how our government goes and bails out these jerks that took out mortgages for five hundred grand when they only make thirty thousand a year! These folks who were here before our European or even African ancestors have to live in poverty. Where is their support?
sleepingbagpiper 6 months ago
ok stfu people i live there and its not that bad
CODBlackOps192 6 months ago
@CODBlackOps192 It is that bad, wake up. I am sure because you have what you need provided for you that you think this is isolated...its not. Wake up and grow up and turn off your XBOX and see real life.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
@callmeishmel i am from rapid so i had not seen pine ridge first hand untill recently I visited there. It is truly devisated area, I agree, but the problem is that indians (or whatever they prefer to be called) squander there money given to them by the state on drugs and alcohol instead of using it wisely or saving it for future use. They do not truly work for there money but merly stand there with hand out waiting for there monthly paycheck.
CODBlackOps192 4 months ago
@CODBlackOps192 You are woefully mistaken. If you lived in such dire conditions, something would give. I am American Indian. I am not an addict, alcoholic or squander what I have been given however I had a wonderful life, they have not for decades. Making blanket statement like that is likening all people on welfare as lazy, its not a truthful statement. Lets not forget when Indians were first put on reservations they were given alcohol and small pox riddled blankets
callmeishmel 4 months ago
@callmeishmel Alright, not all indians squander what they have been given, but why should they be given money at all. It was not themselves being forced to live on a res. They are allowed to live elsewhere. So, for the most part, the people living in trailers and not having much to live off of are squandering the money handed to them by the gov.
CODBlackOps192 4 months ago
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@callmeishmel Alright, not all indians squander what they have been given, but why should they be given money at all. It was not themselves being forced to live on a res. They are allowed to live elsewhere. So, for the most part, the people living in trailers and not having much to live off of are squandering the money handed to them by the gov.
CODBlackOps192 4 months ago
@CODBlackOps192 You really are an idiot. Do your research, look up the oil Indians of Oklahoma. The possession of the oil was taken to "protect" the Indians and our government has kept the profits ever since. There are many, many other tribes who can tell you the same story. The Trail of Tears was about evicting the lawful (by America's laws as well) owners (Cherokee) of land settlers coveted. They live on reservations to keep tribal lands and continue passing on native ways. Its sacred ground.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
@callmeishmel Are you Serios? When were we ever talking about oklahoma indians. This video is about pine ridge indians in south dakota. You cant deny that most indians have a drinking/drug problem. Just look at statistics, most indians live off wellfare and blow it on booz. BTW its not like indians are required to live on the res. And dont pull that scared ground shit, its everyones land for god sakes. Its not like indians are banned from the area.
CODBlackOps192 4 months ago
@CODBlackOps192 You really are an idiot. Go back to playing Black-Ops or GOW and poppin your pimples. I tire of you boy. Grow up and educate yourself.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
@CODBlackOps192 Its everybodys land. Wow...thats brilliant. So i guess next summer I park mt]y /mr Turtle pool and BBQ in your driveway and crack open a few cold ones while i wave at your neighbors. i like your logic. workd fer me.
chefshitpiece 3 months ago
they dont need stimulus they need freedom
ajgolfer1 7 months ago
@ajgolfer1 You are an idiot. Do your research.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
These people need to relearn self sustenance or it becomes a never ending reliance on goverment handouts passing on to the next generation. Unfortunately sometimes it takes extreme hardship to come to that conclusion - gotta survive or succumb to what ails you. Hopefully we see a different story in the coming years.
sniffinu07 7 months ago
@sniffinu07 looks like you GET IT. Yes they do need to be self sustainable. Wouldn't mind though if the government helped them out and support them. But they can't be Heavily reliant on it. They have to be able to sustain themselves and generate a small economy.
tehatemachine 5 months ago
@sniffinu07 How do you think they have survived this long...are you people really all this stupid and ignorant or is it just bring your pimple faced teenager to YouTube week? Yeah extreme hardship... as long as its not you.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
All the donations are nice and I'm sure in some cases do help, but I've seen first hand that as soon as you give things to the residents alot of the stuff is sold off and alcohol or drugs is bought. The solution to the problem here is to build-up Pine Ridge from the inside by giving only the ppl who are clean job training, and accademic aid. Give successfull ppl a reason to stay hire and invest localy. Build a large de-toxing camp for inmates to get clean in or be exiled from the land.
ginko27 8 months ago
They can just leave, I did. Adapt or die, they're not invalids. The economy is not going to come to them, they have to go after it. It doesn't take 'magic', it take moving, moving on.
"15-30 miles from the nearest town, to poor to own a car, a lack of public transportation"
No excuse, not in this country.
olmecbones 8 months ago
@olmecbones Yeah I've seen your page and you are full of manure. You sit in a comfy house with everything you get provided by someone else and you think it's that easy. Grow up. There has been a policy of genocide against our native people and it will continue until we take the blinders off and stop making ignorant blanketed statements and assumptions like I see in these comments.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
@callmeishmel "...with everything you get provided by someone else" <<< ? What makes you think that everything I have was 'provided' to me?
You accuse me of making assumptions and here you are making assumptions about me? Lol!
You don't know me.
olmecbones 4 months ago
@olmecbones Its not assumptions...its the overwhelming arrogant and ignorant remarks that prove it.
callmeishmel 4 months ago
@callmeishmel My overwhelming, arrogant remarks 'prove' that everything that I have has been provided to me by someone else?
How so?
olmecbones 4 months ago
@Autumn6563 I agree fully the governments priority's are all screwed up
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
did you get the help you were needing?
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
respectfully: is this poverty or just being lazy? . you don't have to be rich to clean your yard. i live below the poverty level too. but i can keep up my 10 x 16 foot shed that i live in clean. i think maybe depression or living off of the state can bring individuals down to where they cannot be productive. why is every home ,yard, etc. crappy looking.. i've seen POORER people live better than this. i am not trying to be a smartass either.
buildmyownharley 9 months ago
@buildmyownharley its called LAZY....
firecatguy 9 months ago
@buildmyownharley we grew up very poor on and off of our reservation but my mother always stressed that just because we were poor doesn't mean that we have to live in filth..she said that it was hard for alot of our people because depression gets a hold of you like a sickness, that we lost everything and that some of us could not cope and that we let what little we had go, she said we should set an example and take pride in what little we have.
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@buildmyownharley Her yard and home is a bit messy but I think we need to look past the clutter and try to see the actual problem, the government gave us the worst land in the harshest conditions,land that they themselves didn't want,on most reservations there is little in the way of jobs and the cost of living and food is higher..it is a vicious circle that breeds more poverty more depression and more loss...
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@buildmyownharley conditions that we are responsible for in our own country we as Natives are still looked down on and discriminated against and maybe she should have cleaned her home before the filming but as I have said this is not the point of the video.....
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
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AMERICA I WANT YOU TO GET SOME BREAD LET IT GET MOULDY: then sleep next to it every night put the mouldy bread on a plate and then you will have some idea how we are living..breath it,smell it...tell me if you enjoy it...THAT IS OUR REZ LIFE
7thunderstone 10 months ago
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
TheDudeRulez09 10 months ago
@TheDudeRulez09 HEY EVERY ONE LOOK FOR DUDERULES09,SUPPORT THIS MAN IN HIS EFFORTS,HE NEEDS VOLUNTEERS TO BUILD HOMES THIS JULY..ITS PEOPLE LIKE HIM THAT MAKE THE WORLD A BETTER PLACE. PEDAMAHYELLOW DUDERULES
7thunderstone 9 months ago
@7thunderstone Thank you brother!! love and honor for those before us will ensure love and honor for those after!!
TheDudeRulez09 9 months ago
@TheDudeRulez09 wonderful I would love to see some examples of these "reclaimed" homes :) keep up your good work....give a man a fish and he will eat for the day, teach a man to fish and he will never go hungry.
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@lovekillsslowly420 we are working very hard to get someone to film this effort to show others a type of blueprint that works not just on the reservation but anywhere!!
TheDudeRulez09 8 months ago
@TheDudeRulez09 a suggestion,why not find the youthes on the reservation that have a passion for filmography (a possible career path)and let them film and edit a video for you...it would be one more good thing to come from this, a already wonderful thing that you are doing...you are a inspiration
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@lovekillsslowly420 Yes we do have some resident filmographers there but none have expressed interest in what we are doing as of yet!!
TheDudeRulez09 8 months ago
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TheDudeRulez09 10 months ago
it doesn't even have to be like this. What the hec is Obama going to do...just like the last one nothing!!
butterflykisses6963 10 months ago
@butterflykisses6963 the fact is the government cant even control there own economy,there to busy destroying and dominating, it is time that we help ourselves theduderulez has the rite idea. These conditions are nothing new and don't think for a min that the government is unaware.
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
Big mistake to deal with congress at all.
befranklintoo 10 months ago
And its never going to change .
imN0Ttheone 11 months ago
About 95 million Native Americans were killed.
thedogrukonus 11 months ago
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kumralgirl 11 months ago
3:47 Cool kid with a Kevin Nash t-shirt. :)
Seriously though I drove through the Navajo reservation and it broke my heart to see such poverty in America.
papillonaquatique 11 months ago 2
I agree, but how do we make a change im going to school for indigenous studies, im hoping i can get a job in Government that will enable me to provide help. But im only 18 I wanna make a difference now! For those who are Native American, what do you suggest?
lululemo 11 months ago
Cherokee/Choctaw here. I was just wondering why can't anyone get a job like I have? Why live under such conditions? I hate to see anyone suffer, but Quit waiting on someone else to pay for your needs and do something for yourself !! I don't mind paying TAXES, but sometimes you have to actually work to have basic needs. Come on people, It's not that hard if you love your family. If you can't afford to drive in order to get out of there, WALK !! We did it before. No harm intended here. God bless
cevetts3 11 months ago
Why are they so fat? Start cleaning up your fucking house and yard....that's a start! Don't rely on a gov't to make your life for you.
spareaxe 1 year ago
@spareaxe are you kidding? the government took everything from us including our self sufficiency and it has been a never ending cycle,a slow moving plan that I am sure in the next hundred years will have finally reached it's intended goal..
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@lovekillsslowly420 Try believing in yourself and not the gov't, figure it out..shit!!!
spareaxe 8 months ago
@spareaxe I never said anything about leaning on the government,most reservations are dirt poor with no sort of income people live in poverty and because of the lack of jobs and the unusually high price of food and basic necessities on reservations how are they supposed to better themselves ,we as a nation would be sending boxes of money to help if we were in Africa but the sad thing is we refuse to do anything and this is our own country,spend some of that government handout money .........
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@spareaxe to help these people help themselves,you seem to be blind to the whole picture...yes those people can go get jobs like the rest of us but some reservations are 15-30 miles from the nearest town,how can they get jobs if there to poor to own a car or there is a lack of public transportation,it is not a black and white issue and it deserves the same attention that inner city's get...there our own little impoverished country's rite here at home
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@lovekillsslowly420 Nice explanations but they're not excuses to want more gov't money. You just can't keep asking them to throw money for more gov't programs. It's your tribal gov't that is set up to fail for you, try bypassing them and write your states representative to take action. Obviously, your own tribal gov't has failed you every generation. Try getting something going on your own, can't hurt!
spareaxe 8 months ago
@spareaxe all Im saying is you want these people to literally magic themselves better the poverty has already run to deep ,let me ask why you have such a problems with government money going to reservations so that native people can have livable housing? You seem to have no problem with bailing out banks who's executives use the government money to give them selves big bonuses while they all jet set around on OUR tax money...or spending trillions on dropping bombs
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago 2
@lovekillsslowly420 There's nothing magical about trying to address these problems with your states representatives and not the Tribal government. How do get from housing to bank bailouts? If you need help just ask.
spareaxe 8 months ago
@spareaxe so are you against them getting the help they need or are you exasperated at guiding them to the help they need? I have to say that you are sending mixed signals....
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@lovekillsslowly420 I wouldn't call that kind of help a need. More like just sit back and let the gov't send you just enough to get by and then let them keep you in a state of poverty. Don't change that would give you opportunity to be truly independent! You seem to want to perpetuate the problems not help solve them. You have a brain ....use it once in awhile.
spareaxe 8 months ago
@spareaxe yeahhh even though I have been saying the exact opposite the entire time I'll just agree with you to end this ignorant conversation, because there is just no conveying this in a way that you CAN understand...and just so you know my tribe is the richest in the country,this is not MY problem,but it is one that I understand and will continue fighting for ,maybe one day you will actually find yourself on one of these reservations or have a personal experience...
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@lovekillsslowly420 what he's talking about though is them beling able ot generate their own jobs on their reservation creating a central economy. The amish are able to do this.
tehatemachine 5 months ago
@spareaxe try reading all of my post
lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
Housing is a human right for 2011!
SuperMindwar 1 year ago
So sad that many American Indians are having such tough times.
Though it seems some of them need to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps to a certain extent. If they just learned to fix basic things around their homes and trailers or where ever they live their homes wouldn't look so dismal.
Even if you are poor with a little work and creativity you can improve your lot in life.
Satchel334 1 year ago
My cars, my motorbike, my house trailer, my washing machine, all of them are over 20 years old. And they all run. And they need to run another 20 years. When they break, I fix them; if they need cleaning, I clean them; if they need derusting and repainting, I strip the rust off them wtih a brush drill bit and repaint them. My yard is immaculate. I don't have a job, and haven't for the longest time, with no plans to get one. When you produce your own wealth, and you keep it 100%.
cobrachoppergirl 1 year ago
@cobrachoppergirl $16 last month was YOUR share that YOU PAID! The rest was paid by tax paying citizens. You can afford a computer and internet service "a want." While tax payers feed you "a necessity!" WTF! Thank you for your contribution to socity
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
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lovekillsslowly420 8 months ago
@cobrachoppergirl $16 last month was YOUR share that YOU PAID! The rest was paid by tax paying citizens. You have a computer and internet service "a want." While tax payers feed you "a necessity!" WTF! Thank you for your contribution to society!
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
You have to think like a squirrel; build a nest for the winter. All winter long I've been at a toasty 70F just from heating blankets left on all the time in my little bunker. Also, pile insulation around your hot water heater, as much as you can for passive insulation to save. My entire heating cost plus electricity last month was $16. In my tent fort of blankets, I stay toasty warm all night 60-70 degrees, while its 40,30, 20 below outside. Become a fixer, fix, repair, restore.
cobrachoppergirl 1 year ago
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MrBlizacane 1 year ago
The way to survive in a trailer without heat, do like I do, in your warmest room, build a canopy bed, but expend it, so its a tent within a room, that has a bed and a desk and your home computer in it. Drape the walls with heating blankets, and then pile blankets over that so you have a tent of blankets. Its 72 in here now, but 20 degrees outside, and my entire electric+heating bill is less than $20/month, my only expense Let the rest of the trailer freeze. Food stamps covers my food.
cobrachoppergirl 1 year ago
My brothers do not help each other as do the Amish and Jewish people, They want to live in poverty, I could see and feel the dispair and hopelessness when i visited Pineridege. Natives seemed lost and passively accepting of their fate in life yet EVERY HUMAN on EARTH is fighting the battle of life, God the Creator gave every human two hands to act and do whats needed to feed onesself and ones family and ones community. It could be alot worse just take a trip to a third world country.
beone011 1 year ago
@beone011 point well made! thank you
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
this clip should be titled "what america would look like if the natives got "their" land back"
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
are natives considered us citizens? yes they are! they have all the same opportunities as the rest of us. the only reason this continues to happen because they chose to. look at the shit storm the afro amer. have fought their way thru. that is what makes usa so great you have the chance or chose to live what ever path you want to follow. i have no pity for pine ridge people or any body else that arent willing to help themselves first without expecting something for nothing.
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane I think you need a wider education about this issue. That means historical, cultural, political all the way to the present day. It's easy to make bold statements about other people from a position of comfort and ignorance. If you really want to know the truth you have to learn & accept it...if you don't, then your opinion is meaningless.
SPLOD41 1 year ago
@SPLOD41 i guess the 30 years that ive lived around the native people and the things ive seen are without merit. the media has nothing to do with it. the next time i have to remove some worthless bum off my front lawn, sleeping under my trees i'll keep that in mind. thanks for opening my eyes to how ignorant i am. . i dont need ANYBODY to tell me anything about their history, or culture when im reminded about it every day. thanks for trying to help
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane You can't label an entire nation based on your encounters with a few individuals.
SPLOD41 1 year ago
@SPLOD41 either ur native and trying to defend your people or you really have no clue what goes on in the rez which every it is you have no point. im not basing it on a few people im basing it on the majority of the spirit lake nation the people that ive grown up around. try being a white guy on the rez that will give you a whole new understanding of racism. i dont care what rez it is. its alot scarier for a white guy there then any native person off the rez.
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
do they have a casino nearby? if not maybe they should look into building one. ive lived near the spirit lake nation in north dakota, a sioux indian rez most of my live . and have spent alot of time around natives. 15 20 years ago i seen alot of the same stuff here. they put up a casino and bam they're gettn rich a nickel at a time!
get it together! native pride?
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane So you expect them to just make casinos materialize. They obviously don't have money to afford adequate housing, how the fuck do you suggest they go about funding a casino?
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
@LightningBoltz maybe the native people as a whole should work together instead of waiting for "white america" "the people they despise so much" to give them more hand outs.
there are native owned casinos all over the country, making billions! yes billions with a "B" of dollars every year! spread the wealth and help each other out. dont blame "white america" then ask for help! after 500 years should evolution be doing its part by now and helping these people live in a civilized manner
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane Of course, it all makes perfect sense. Come to a country, murder a population of somewhere between 50-90 million down to a little under 1 million, move them to barren lands incapable of sustaining natural life, then go "Hey bum, get a job". Your logic makes perfect sense. Some of the casino owners have been helping, but many of them are just as greedy as white business owners.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
And as far as your 500 years number goes... We didn't stop the eradication and relocation of the Native Americans until the 20th century. Maybe you shouldn't just pull random numbers out of your ass to support your side.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
@LightningBoltz youre right maybe the whites should give the whole country back to the natives then we can all have the chance to live in a 3rd world country. ive lived in a town that borders a rez for almost 30 years. i rode the same bus they used to ship natives off the rez to the public school where i went. worked, partied, hired hung out with, spent my fair share of time on the rez. ive seen the way alot of them live. try and help them out and they break and burn shit down.
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@LightningBoltz if their not willing to help themselves how long do the whites need to hold their hand. millions of europeans came here with nothing more than the clothes on their back. within 150 years they turned this country into the most powerful civilization in history. people have been "invading" other countries for 1000's of years. its called natural selection. those who can, defend themselves. those who cant are at the mercy of their "invaders." fair or not, i dont know , thats life
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane Wow, you're such a moron. The europeans would have died without the natives. You take one thing and twist it around to suit your comment. Never did I say we give the country back, that is obviously out of the question. Regardless, reasoning with you is like reasoning with a rock. There is no point in this conversation going any further.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
@LightningBoltz So you're saying they had no survival skills, no way to sustain themselves in the new world. If there were no natives here, they would have packed their shit up went back to europe and said "nope nothing over there" That's got to be one of the biggest misconceptions ever stated.
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane Your ignorance rears its ugly head once again. Yes, had the Natives not helped them they would not have survived. The colonists were people who lived in and were dependent on society before coming to America. . They couldn't even farm for christ's sake. They wouldn't have packed up and left, they would have died. You know way too little about history to be in a historical debate with me. You have made false assertions as well as just pulling random (untrue) things out of your ass.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
@LightningBoltz Are you serious! Farming in Europe dates back to 4000 to 5000 b.c. Im pretty sure thats enough time for them to hone their agricultural skill to sustain life. Oh by the way, who brought the wheel to the new world, to be used for purposes other than toys and trinkets.
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane No shit, sherlock. That doesn't mean the colonists could farm. They were dependent on civilization before coming to the new world. Just because farming existed doesn't mean everybody knew how to do it. I doubt you're capable of going out and living off the land. These people were the same way. Domesticated by society. I'm done with this conversation, you have no concept of reality. Have the last word, I know that's all you want anyways.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane Matey...I think you'll find Europeans had sod all to do with the invention of the wheel.... GONG!!! Thank you for playing!
SPLOD41 1 year ago
@SPLOD41 I never said the europeans invented the wheel. If you can read and understand english I said they brought it to the new world. What you and so many other people forget is that the Native Americans are NOT native to America, they came here from Asia. "The land does not belong to the people, the people belong to the land."
MrBlizacane 11 months ago
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@MrBlizacane what do you think about the situation on these reservations?
and can you describe me the situation on reservations of today? Im from germany and want to learn something about their living conditions. But i dont understand the video :( can you help me ?
kumralgirl 11 months ago
@LightningBoltz Eloquently put.. !!
SPLOD41 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane I take it all back..instead of attempting reason with you, it's obvious ur knowledge is limited to ur exposure to biased media & ur own bigotry. You certainly have a lot to say with nothing to offer but ignorant & worthless comment. No doubt this will give u something to rant about too...so knock urself out!
SPLOD41 1 year ago
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@LightningBoltz maybe the native people as a whole should work together instead of waiting for "white america" "the people they despise so much" to give them more hand outs.
there are native owned casinos all over the country, making billions! yes billions with a "B" of dollars every year! spread the wealth and help each other out. dont blame "white america" then ask for help! after 500 years should evolution be doing its part by now and helping these people live in a civilized manner ?
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
@MrBlizacane Is that the same evolutionary process that transforms a monkey into a dumbass nigger (to paraphrase urself) I say again..ur prejudice is based on ur encounter with a few individuals NOT an entire nation. My point is u do not know ur own true history. If u did u would understand the reason behind the poverty & despair..genocide..forced assimilation..neglect etc. Walk a mile...if ur racist pride can stand it.
SPLOD41 1 year ago
@SPLOD41 Well said
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
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MrBlizacane 1 year ago
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@MrBlizacane maybe the native people as a whole should be willing to help other natives when the see a fellow tribe suffering. instead of only looking after themselves and waiting for white america " the people they despise so much" to give them more hand outs.
after 500 years you would think evolution would catch up! look what the afro americans have done for themselves in america
MrBlizacane 1 year ago
this breaks my heart to see and from the look of things, life on any reservation hasn't changed much from what how a friend of mine described them when she wrote me letters telling me about conditions there after seeing for herself back in the late 1970's
anjilyn2 1 year ago
Lets change this in our lifetime! There is no reason for this! Time has come to make a change! Can we stand back and watch videos and say we care but not do a thing about it? You all have a voice if you vote and if you are watching this and are concerned and are commenting, YOU HAVE A VOICE! USE IT!
IamMohawk 1 year ago 7
Americans should be ashamed of themselves. No justice in America!
freedomfighterone 1 year ago
If I won the lottery I would buy new mobile homes for evry family. Me I lost everything. I live in a camping trailer. America is so blind not to see this. They worry about poverty outside the world. But not here. Makes me sick to see this. I would love to help. Im a truckdriver. I would help a native american. If they would let me.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
@camaro02girl Your comment 'They worry about poverty outside the world (US). But not here. Makes me sick to see this.'
I totally agree. I see so many marginalized minorities AND people who are really poor trying SO HARD to get a hand up-There is much classism, descrimination, and racism within the states. SERIOUS. I am TOTALLY blown away how many people still REFUSE to see TRUTH in what is happening right in our own country to so many people who are TRULY NOT deserving of such bad treatment.
froggggg5 1 year ago
@froggggg5 Everyone deserve to live equaly. No matter who they are. I wish I change the world. Im one person. I wish money never existed. Money is so evil it hurts.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
@camaro02girl It's not the money that is evil, it is how it is manipulated for power and control that is evil.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
@LightningBoltz Money is the madness of this planet. Without it you die. Money determine weather you live or die. Thats the reality of money. Who ever controls the money controls the people. Your life is not worth any money. Free is the true freedom on this planet. Everyone is equal. There should be no rich or poor.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
@camaro02girl You're preaching to the choir.
LightningBoltz 1 year ago
is it ok to visit the reservation.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
we did take the native americans land away from them many years ago. i think they deserve our help because of all the things our ancestors did to them.
RedneckJuliet1 1 year ago
I dnt think anyone appreciates these rude comments. U people who are not of Native decent think u know it all but you knw nothing. Sure maybe u did come to America as poor as us and with nothing. But i guarantee, if you & i were competing for a job, id be the 1 left unemployeed because of my ancestry & my past. So dnt tell me we need to stop depending on the govornment, ive lived on a tribal reservation my entire life, & the govornment has done nothing! with no intentions too! no offence, sorry
colvillewoman11 1 year ago
@colvillewoman11 : YES to all your comments. I wanted to add that every time Natives on the different rezs have tried to move forward with sovereign rights and self-empowerment, the BIA and other government entities typically suppress and hinder Native peoples efforts. This has happened time and time again.
Lochee1000 1 year ago
native cribs
666analfucker666 1 year ago
Jerome High Horse is my father in law. He is one of my heroes in life.
rexxed 1 year ago
I am 1/4 mississippi choctaw indian ....and i gotta say it breaks my heart to see my fellow natives live in such poverty... Especially since native americans are some of the most kind and helpful people you will ever meet. We are so rich in our culture and in our spirits so it really really sucks that we cant be rich in anything regarding finance. My heart goes out to the lakota tribe.. I sympathize with your struggle & pray for your redemption...
KnowledgeIsPower891 1 year ago 10
I've always admired the Native Americans, it's truely heartbreaking to see them live in such poor conditions.
mysticindian 1 year ago
So lame..- deal with the present situation- a poor third world country citizen is doing well in America- came with nothing and took advantage of the opportunities in the US- while the natives are still crying over spill milk.. Get a life and stop boozing..
USPMONTANA 1 year ago
@USPMONTANA Google and watch Unrepentant: Kevin Annett and Canada's genocide (which was patterned after the US's similar Indian boarding school system). The First Peoples aren't crying over anything and they deserve better than what they are getting.
MsBonSaint 1 year ago
The Venus Project is needed now. A resource based economy not one based on money. I live near a reservation. The Senecas. I see old mobile homes there. I thought no one lived in them but now I wonder.
TheVenusProject at Dot (com)
SpiritLadyArtist 1 year ago
The solution is to move to a city where there is an economy to work, earn, save and eventually advance to a higher class. Immigrants come to the US from all over the world to work because the economies of their homelands are weak or non-existant. Pine-Ridge is on American soil, with American citizens. I understand the compilcated history between whites and natives, with the natives being tragically short-sided. But come on! live in the present! and solve an active ongoing problem.
Latinfox95 1 year ago
i dont mind your comment. we are brothers and sisters. in my there is only 1 race...the human race.
Tw1L1ghtF4LL 1 year ago
damn..did u see that new car in tha back'round
idkjackmo 1 year ago
This land once belonged to my father
and to his fater before him too
now I'm on a reservation,
living in a state of degradation, what's a soul suppose to do?
hmngbrd 1 year ago
I remember when i bought my own house for the 1st time .
I remember when i bought my own house for the 2nd time
I made improvements to each and sold them for a profit.
You will notice that all my sentences begin with I me Myself.
All of the wishes i heard in the video was when are THEY going to help me.....
Silentwoody 1 year ago
The reservation is pitiful. It is full of lazy humans and self entitlement. Natives live like homeless people in filthy trailers. Get educated!! Get a job!! Be somebody!!
Dubaiborn 1 year ago
@Dubaiborn Are you fucking stupid? WHAT JOBS ARE THERE TO BE HAD ON THE RESERVATION? HMM . . tell me! You seem to be so smart about this subject!
Did you not fucking hear what he said? THERE IS NO ECONOMY there! There's gangs, alcohol, ect. . because there is NOTHING ELSE! You can tell you've never been to a fucking Indian reservation. Contrary to negative media, they DO try. Its kinda hard to do it ALONE though. Your ignorance as well as many others' is whats truely pitiful! LEARN UP!
krayzieygluv 1 year ago
@Dubaiborn Do you realize the reservations are the poorest places in the country? There are limited opportunities for them. The schools on the reservations are horrible, from my knowledge. The government does owe them, for I don't know, maybe the fact they went against just about every god damn treaty they ever made
Ecko1447 1 year ago
@Dubaiborn A little harsh lol, but yea they really need to stop depending on the US government to "save" them.
aench 1 year ago
The reservation is pitiful. It is full of lazy humans and self entitlement. Natives live like homeless people in filthy trailers. Get educated!! Get a job!! Be somebody!!
Dubaiborn 1 year ago
@Dubaiborn because it is that easy, right?
SiiSTALUV 1 year ago
If the Lakota of Pine Ridge are getting or have gotten a stimulus package Ill bet the local community wont see it. It will go straight into the pockets of those so called Tribal govt pockets the corrupt asshloes and as usual the people will get fuck all. They are just a bunch of thieving stand over militant assholes, always have and always will be under that fucken crooked bitch Theresa Two Bulls.
Get rid of the scum and her goons then some genuine people in, and the whole rez will be stop on.
176709 1 year ago
To anyone who is interested and who will be reading this post. I am a 5th year Landscape Architecture student at Philadelphia University and have heard of the living conditions in which these people are living in on the reservation and would like to do my thesis project on the reservation. I am particularly interested in providing recreational facilities on the reservation and would love to talk with anyone and try and get more information. My e-mail address is brady1522@philau.edu.
PhillyULA 1 year ago
@PhillyULA Why don't you just contact the Oglala Sioux Tribal headquarters & try to speak with someone there? They'd be of much more help I'm sure~
Perhaps contact info could be found on the Oglala Sioux Tribe website.
krayzieygluv 1 year ago
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kumralgirl 11 months ago
hpw amd why do peoplem just expect shit for 100 percent free.>???nothing is free.really isnt.poeple get too content with government programs..thats just my opinion and i really dont know too much about anything.just a logical thought
plentiner 1 year ago
Straw bale construction would be the most insulated and economical. Probably could grow the straw on the res and the cob covering is made from earth.
malloy83687 1 year ago
immasterkush, alcoholism was pushed on those people many many years ago, and alcoholism is a disease that cannot be fixed overnight. And DVDluvr123, you do realize the US still owes many tribes for land purchases don't you? If the US gov't would just pay what is owed many problems would be solved. And back to you immasterkush,,comparing natives to african americans is insane.
SickOfTheLies1 1 year ago
congrats on making it to gangland & continuing on being low life natives fags. Native are worse than niggers now.
ImMasterKush 1 year ago
@ImMasterKush You should try living out on those God Forsaken Rez's & try to support yourself.
Dunitlucky 1 year ago
@ImMasterKush Keyboard Warrior! LOL. Big talk, I dare you to say that shit on the Rez itself in front of all those "fags"~by the way, u ignorant peice of shit, dont use the term fags as a derogitory term. Theres nothing wrong w/ being a homosexual~if youre using that term youre clearly uncertain about your OWN orientation. But, back to the Natives, theyre clearly far better than you~ Because despite living in THOSE conditions they're still alive aren't they? Survival of the fittest bitch!
krayzieygluv 1 year ago
i live in government housing, why don't they build townhouses there then hire local people to do matinence on the property and the government could pay them
jcisL69 1 year ago
They claim to be a sovereign nation. So why should they get money from the U.S. stimulus plan!?
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
DVD, it is because despite being sovereign peoples, our peoples have been raped, robbed, left for dead. A person who is experiencing death, would NEED some kin