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  • oh man i love you guys. your people inspire me. i learn so much from you. i live in an area where is no peace, there is only hate and violence where i live, i hate it here. i would rather live out in the middle of nowhere and live life to the fullest.

  • some people crack me up! It doesn't matter who you are or what you look like. You should seek out people who make you feel good about yourself no matter who you are! I am a mutt! Try that on for size.? I am not ashamed.I think my mix shows love is of all colors.... I am Irish, cuban,blackfoot,english,cherok­ee,italian and german. :) love it all...

  • I am white and I am American and I dont believe color makes you good or bad it comes from the heart and mind! I feel so sorry for what my race did and I have been watching man named horse and I saw how they treated Indians here in Brigham city,Utah and closed the school. I understand-I saw it in the 70's even

  • 1. Invade America.

    2. Steal ALL the land.

    3. Kill ALL its inhabitants (i.e. Native Americans).

    4. Call *yourself* Americans.

    5. Preach to the British about killing some of the Irish and stealing

    some? of their land.

    6. Continue to occupy Native American land.

  • right on,let the Spirit move the kids. dont' fence them in with the boundaries of our likes or dislikes, let them be free.

  • BOYCOTT TUCSON AZ THEY KILLED MY DOG SUKI ON 1/5/2011

  • Well spirit comes alot in your form , Being a spiritulist in England we admire and respect your love of the oness of all things , we are teaching it here x Also were do go to the reservation souix for training ,,,,  Pass on message and know you are right with your teachings

  • I just can't get into rap. And it's not because it's a Black thing. It's just too...I don't know. Lakota kids, sing YOUR people's style and have people want to sing like you. I'll listen to Lakota music all day long before I'll listen to rap. Lakota music makes you want to sing, dance, or be with someone you like/love. I've never heard people say that about rap. Be PROUD of who you are!

  • You don't have to fell ashamed. I can feel very bad and ashamed that I have blue eyes and white skin color becouse of what white people done to your people! Although I always find your people and nation adorable. I cry every time I see films or historical stories about how your nation were treated! I'm a teacher from Latvia and I tell to our children about your great nation and how I would be proud to call myself - american native!!! You have so much to be proud of!!!!

  • Just put it in a song; put it into music. That will make the hearts soar and give reason for being. Works everytime... Just do it! Good job, young peoples!

  • Thank you to our children, what will we have them carry into the future? Grandfather, may they be blessed with a mind that is strong and bound to the heart. We have a cultural memory, may we finda way to forgiveness, allow us to have a memory while knowing we are not merely survivors, we are alive. It saddens me to think of the many who died that I might be here today. Today, I will honor their memory and be happy I am alive.

  • This video shocks me. I am "white", and growing up I always enjoyed native culture, I even got my parents to buy me an "authentic" drum from a New Mexico reservation which I would bang on all the time and try to sing "war songs". My point is that I sort of grew up revering the native tradition and what it seemed to stood for to me, and this video saddens me deeply.

  • welcomes to the 21st century yo,neo-natives baby! I gots a fat buffalo up in this tepee REAL ya boy silent moose rockin this here pow wow

  • i'm not pure native. my bloodline has been thinned. The future is coming weather we want it or not. The blending of peoples is inevitable. In the end we all influence each other. The important thing is to not lose ourselves in the process. We should use our own music our own words and our own values. Rap is form of music. If it's good music or bad is up to the performer. Unfortunately there's not much good rap music. May the youths of the REAL Americas help to change that!

  • AYE!!!!! thank you for posting this, where can I find those boys' music around 3mins? my people are from Pine Ridge, but I'm urban, still holding on to my akicita roots!!! much love & respect kolas!!

  • now indians are singing niggers music they not niggers or black they native american not niggers

  • Good morning. Good luck from birds my friends.

  • Please tell the reservation young people that we DO want to hear what they have to say!

    But we want to hear THEIR words......THEIR music........

    (not an imitation of African American Rap....)

    Tell them not to be afraid to TRY................we are ready for Native American Music!!

    :)

  • @hrsngarnd

    Please also tell them they should use their words rather than White's Rock as well. Funny how us NA's try to pin the awful stuff on the Blacks only. Ridiculous. No, there's nothing to be ashamed of but we don't elevate ourselves by denegrating another.

  • Turtle Winds Firewalker

    cherokee medizinmann indianer

    this is a great film

    may the creator bless you

    cherokee

  • I love them too :O)  If only I had the money to help.

  • untamed buffalo is the place to go if you want to support a doc that would open peoples eyes

  • Ich liebe die indianischen Völker und habe große Achtung und Respekt vor ihren Werten, ihrer Kultur, ihrer Sprache, Kleidung, Nahrung usw

    Es tut einfach nur weh, zu sehen und zu hören, daß die Weißen ihnen alles genommen haben und ich glaube, sie wissen gar nicht, was sie alles zerstört haben..

  • Ok,i dont care for rap at all,but my son does and so does alot of younger crowds,this is positive rap,so its good rap,but gangster rap is crap to me,and i do love the more traditional better,much better,it speaks to my heart,faster and iam Native and black,but i guess whatever works is good as long as its heard in a positive way.

  • Your children should be PROUD they are the descendants of wonderful people, with a culture that is envious. The only way to rebuild is have more children and slowly build up the power with more native Americans. Yes change is inevitable but you must take back what was yours in the first place. If the African Americans can do it, so can your children. Let the whole world know with more music and tour, tour, tour and educate the world of what you offer.

  • The dollar is doomed America is about to fall, your time has come. Only the old ways will save you.

  • Yatahey Kola, Do what ever your heart tells you to do to save the people, rebuild the community, and to continue the ceremonies. the old ones served the community before them selves. as long as you fallow the good road you'll be ok.

    Ho mitakuyeoasin

  • Thank  you for your work, thank you for the vid! People are catching on mostly because of those like you! Please continue to share truth! May the Great Spirit bless you!

  • what the hell is wrong with you Supra sovereign u sound like a true racist asshole,typical white racist

  • @SupraSovereign There is nothing wrong to cherish heritage! I love Native American culture, sorry that we don't know more about it. I am also very sorry that these people are having a hard finding their way in the reservation!

    I find the young man recording a rap song, well, disturbing! Native American music is so beautiful, its a shame that he is trying to be something what he is not. But again, he is young, and can express himself the way he wants it....

  • All good but....

    You should lose the African beat and remember the songs of your fathers. Mother earth will remind you.

  • and who the hell are you?

  • @HuhaMaza - White Buffalo

  • @HuhaMaza - White Buffalo

  • blacks and natives find themselves walking a similar path. blacks have given us the gift of rap and it is no longer just a black cultural thing, it resonates with the world and is found everywhere, just like rock and roll and classical. Make it your own, create, add your soul into it and your culture. make beauty.

  • ya'll natives need to quit acting so black!

  • you need to quit acting so white

  • 4:16......film making!! go for it big time! not just personal stories, but the whole history of whatever clan they come from as far back as you can go. this requires a ton of research and endless reading of many books.

  • 3:10..........buffalo herds should be enormous like before! one buffalo can feed a family and 30 relatives for month!! the old diet was healthy!! supplemented with berries, fish, etc. the ultimate health food! for free!!

  • enjoyed the rap & would like to buy the cd. rap music has lifted many children out of poverty to independence. keep going with it. & remember the ancestors.

    the ways of the ancient Indian are the ways of the Great Spirit.

    one day these ways will return to the earth, as the coming season. that which honors the sacred things of God goes on forever.

  • the Indian and Afri-american peoples have a connected history in this country that goes back to before Columbus. read 'They Came Before Columbus" by Ivan Van Sertima.

    it is Good to see the coming together of Indian youth inspired by & inspiring peoples of color.

    red & black have been together a long time & there are many cross over peoples( both bloods). Mitakuye Oyasin

    i am one them.

  • Wopila Kola, know that you are loved and supported in prayer, thoughts and actions. Forgive my race for our past transgressions as I was born white, just how it is for me. To see children rapping about courage and so that the people may live gives me hope, joy and strenth.Peace Jim

  • warriors,survivors, beautiful people, be proud

  • Lakota doing ghetto rap?...So sad....

  • I can't believe I heard in this video their are Native Americans ashamed of being native american shyt am African American and you know how many people I've been around that (CLAIM) to be part Native. Their like the most popluar race specailly the Lakota people. The direct Descendents of men like Crazy Horse and Sitting bull I loved to share their Warrior Blood line.

    And I just need state the rapping going on at 3:08 is tight. I would destory that dude in a freestyle battle tho lol.

    Peace

  • I don't care for rap music myself. But it is the music of the younger generation. If these kids can get their message out by using it then so be it. I don't know the answer but we must never give up, never ever give up. We can not go back to the old ways. We must remember what happened and move forward and do what is right for all people.

  • The buffalo are coming back..this is good.

  • Native Americans are a beautiful people. I wish you would drop the rap and modernize your old music.....be who you are, not an imitation of some other ethnicity. Be proud of your heritage. :)

  • Who are you to tell an Indian person who he is? Indians have been told too long who they are by people who do not understand. There is a balance that must be met -- our culture must not be lost but we also can adapt, in fact we must adapt. All cultures have something to teach. Say thank you for these kids being reached and hope that the Great Spirit works within them.

  • First of all I didn't mean any offense by my comment at all. Rap music is from a different culture all together, is that who you are? Of course all cultures have something to offer and everyone adapts to their surroundings or perishes. I am glad that kids are being reached with music, my son is a muscian and music brings out the best in everyone. My suggestion was to modernize the Native American music that is so beautiful and if that gives offense then so be it.

  • You HAVE to be kidding!

    WE HAVE SO MUCH TO BE PROUD OF!

    WE ARE SURVIVORS!

    WHAT'S WRONG WITH BEING NATIVE AMERICAN?

    This would be a lousy world if we were all alike!

    RAPPING LAKOTA? And what is wrong with Traditonal Lakota songs?

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  • @joeocho88 Traditional Lakota songs are great - but for me, I believe in these kids doing whatever inspires them... whatever keeps them positive and moving forward. If they can express how they're feeling in rap songs, more power to them. That doesn't mean they will abandon the old Lakota songs, just that they are expanding how they communicate to other Lakota and to the world. Keep pushing forward, young people. Don't let anything stop you. That's the heart of a warrior.

  • yeeeaahhhh.. flipping rapping.. that's original.. thanks afro's, if nothing else you've infected everyone with your language, style, and even freakin rap.. thats great.. nothing is original apart from them.. blah.. don't rap.. no one respects it..

  • The young Natives be proud of who you are. This is your land. Be proud and stand tall. The other's are the strangers. You are the natives.

  • did he just said Robert Jensen on 1:54?

  • great work, very uplifting to see

  • ~!~Sweet..... Loved the rap :) Keep up the good work. N8v Pride always and for eva!!

  • I just watched the whole video,please remain strong for us who want and appreciate our cultures.We are beautiful,dark skin,dark hair beautiful very talented,spiritual not poor in knowledge and gain strength from unity..Native Pride

  • PEACE AND BLESSINGS TO MY PRECIOUS PEOPLE.Iam Native and black

  • i am african american and want to say how much i enjoyed the video. i read russell means' book "where white men fear to tread" and enjoyed it tremendously. i'm buying another copy as a gift. someday i'd like to get a stone or soil from wounded knee. hope someone in the area can send me one.

  • Kids learn by watching their parents. Parents need to try to do their best to create a loving atmosphere--and make the kids feel impt. Parents need to organize things for the kids to do. I am white, but when young, was very poor, but we never had 'nothing' to do because my mom organized things that didn't take much money. Like READ...read to your kids, have them read, paint or color--do anything creative you can think of. And let them know an education is EXPECTED, not 'suggested'.

  • when a native is 30,000 year old ,show that this is very sacred,to the world ,bring that,that this culter is ancient more than chinese,,we are the first always and tell the great storys ,my freinds love this ,white love this to tell

  • thks 4 bring me your voices across the distance

  • i am sunkmanitutanka in my past i was also known as WABLI. our people were a proud people before whites came. now with all the destrustion of our beautiful land our people live in ghetto homes and feel ashamed to be sioux. we should be proud again. the whites are not role models. they are just another group of people. they are great at war but they have no great warriors. so be proud my people.

  • Yes I think you have got the right idea, get your voice out there! Check my favorites for more inspiration...(Went to the other side of the globe by youtube, ended up in Tibet, then Mongolia, planning now to cross Bering's... I have to find what is out there...That is how I found you also, best luck with all your projects!)

  • 56 suicides? I work for a Chinese Medicine research company. There are some good herbal medicines for depression and diabetes. If anyone is interested let me know. I could connect a community with wholesale companies in China to get raw herbs, then teach people how to prepare them.

  • hey id like to know a lil more of what you got . send me an email ok thankz.

  • I think native people are very important to the world and have a message to give to the new world.  Your purpose maybe is to share.

  • RUSSELL MEANS: FREEDOM.

  • HEY Robert and crew whats up with the video you took of us here in California in the SUMMER of 2005? REMEMBER?

    DON'T FORGET US OUT HERE YOU SAID YOU WOULD HELP US OUT TOO....YOU know who this is...Until we meet again

  • waka gan lei ohan tokne.

    wopila kichi tama hecha na glaga.

  • what are some things on your groups equipment 'wish list'? your relations here in texas would be proud to help all we can & advocate for you beautiful spirits. we do care very much. our hearts on rez.

  • Young people are precious,if only the people of the world could help the Oglala and other Indians that are poor,would like to contact the rez any one help,Osceola Birdman Waters.

  • Elston,James,Joette,Terry,Curl­ey...

  • Where are my good friends , the Cliffords? E-mail me if you know...thanks

  • Have you dug....Wall drug? haha

  • Good video...

    Would you happen to live on or near the reservation? Trying to find someone to snap of few pictures for me (willing to pay for time).

  • very cool.thanks for updating.i can kind of relate to the lakota because my people kind of went through what the lakota had gone through.

  • I have a respectful question... can a person not leave the reservation and move into "something to do?" I am not sure of the laws today....

  • Cankpe okpi unkiksuyapi. We remember Wounded Knee.

    Greetings from Germany to the proud Lakota-nation

    who is still fighting for their survive.

    I am just a stupid wasicu and my English is very poor, but if somebody knows may be a Lakota who wants to have a penfriendship, I please to tell me.

    Wopila tanka and toksa.

    AMERICA = INDIANLAND

  • Gealbhan...who taught you Lakota? John Wind

  • Awesome Video, Keep up the great job with helping and get our children out there reaching thier goals in life...

    Diana Shining Star*

  • Great video and talent

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