Life on the Reservation (pt2)

[MonsieurMercredi]

If Native Americans, in this video, seems to be gangster, it's probably because they've hung around Latinos (e.g., Mexicans) or African-Americans that acts that way. Remember, Native Americans are not that prevalent in urban cities. We've all claimed traits that comes from other groups:

1. We speak English (from the Whites)

2. American diets consists of Native American foods

3. Blacks have been helped by Natives--Haitians freed themselves with Native support

No one is 100% what they use to be

[MonsieurMercredi]

Being dark-skinned doesn't make them Blacks, and they were never classified as Black.

My great grandmother was a very dark-skinned (almost coal Black) woman from the Crow Nation, and she married my White great grandfather, who met her while he was in the army. He brought her back to the South, and he married her against his father's wishes. They had my grandmother, who was born around 1902--she married a Black man, son of former slaves, because there were no Native Americans left in the South

[The1CryingGirl]

I love this, but I wish they didnt all try to act like gangsters..

[littlecrowviii]

My Reservation Shakopee Mdewakanton Dakotah Community, and were richest in casino gaming in the country but were the Poorest in culture and that's what matters THE MOST ! it's something my nation needs to make a change, and together we can make a difference. I'm 15 with a dream of being Chairman.

[smsorour]

very touching video about the culture and sorrow from young people on the rez

[WindowsAndMacintosh]

I never realized how black Native Americans think they are...

[blueiguy1]

@WindowsAndMacintosh Actually many native American tribes were classified as "negro" as you can see in the video a lot of natives were pitch black, they just had straight hair

[scottdog87]

wow brings back alot of memories I remember a time i use to bike all over the rez skiidoo all over fishing hunting and visiting I miss it all. im proud of our native people cause we have come far and theres no turning back.

[TheSuburbanBase]

I don't like the smoking pipe part, although I've heard that smoking pipe is something that is supossed to be done once in awhile so I guess its not that bad. The drinking part is sad, and I hope that the youth (like the people in this video) can change things. I believe the people in this video can. The rest of reservation life seems cool. The lake is beautiful and I would have loved to run those woods as a kid. I would probably love it now. Cool video!

[wbworkout]

I was so happy to find your Documentary. It was very uplifting. All the young people in the vid are older now and I hope still following the Red road and have a good life as I see here. Study and keep your traditions and always respect your Elders. Many blessings to you and your family.

[Left4D3V]

Im visiting my family in nc in august im sooo exicited!!! Im going to put the videos on my channel hopefully you guys will watch them. Lol this video made me happy :D

[shadowjerky69]

We are all family and i love my family.

[77nathon]

@geraldlee33 im Ka'-wa-ska and i agree with you.

[Xolotl98]

@geraldlee33 pff, ok mr redneck lmaoo

[hross233]

The alcohol problem. The cycle of pain involved is an added burden. Alchohol for Inupiats, Athabascans, are any indian seems to be like an addiction that once begun is as tough as meth. Few overcome but imagine if none drank. It is time for indians to rise.

[hross233]

I worked closely w/Inupiat. the biggest obstacle is the sexual molestation of parent trying to raise a child, the child receives the past cycle pain of the parent and gives up too easily. Until the women stand up to the sexual rape, the blame game they place upon the women and say NO! I will not tolerate any more, and stand together against rape, being beaten, forced to have sex by men, pressured, they will remain in the pain. this is only one problem.

[AnalieSkywind]

@hross233 I'm not fully aware of the situation of which you speak. Could you please enlighten me?

[jjason23296]

Where do you people work at? Is there any industry on the reservation?

[Princesscolex]

light blue thunderbird! That's a rockin name

[youngtrini69]

great video!

[alswisher86]

Pala rez cali natives is were its at boy!!!!

[chichilopez]

Thank you so much for creating and sharing this. Loved it!! Beautiful.

[timguz55]

Respect , respect and again respect to Indians from Serbia

[datnativejustin]

i use to have my hair like that girls but ne way NATIVE PRIDE

[HillbillyProduction1]

my great great grandma was a full blood cherokee from kentucky

[ACSH0yeah]

Hey...I Kno Them Guys I Go To School Wif Them:)

[giglyboyo]

is it part of there culture to dress like gangsters?

[giglyboyo]

a typical indian were i live...

watch?v=q0wFzm39HVI

[AfterSunset]

watching this video reminds me of whenever i'd visit family. i am okanagan, spokane, enrolled colville. I grew up being an urban indian. was hard growing up in the city and being mixed, not knowing who i really belonged to. I grew up going to pow wows and learning through friends and loved ones what my native traditions were. I always found solace in urban exploring and running in the woods. participating in the longest walk 3..can't wait to visit reservations along the way.

[TheDavidMalachi]

he was named weniboozhoo? really??

[ByronW365]

I like the message of this video , what they don't talk about is the gangs and the majority of the kids are involved as young as 6yrs old , there has always been a few gangs but since the native mob got big in prison it has hit the reservation and they don't care about anything if you are not with them you are against them . Its a sad thing to see our youth in these gangs who don't offer anything but jail time , We have to keep close to your kids cuz its easy to lose your child to gangs&drugs .

[FAWNYBT]

Boozhoo, I come from Bena, I'm currently in college at the University of Wisconsin Madison majoring in Life Science Communications, with a focus on visual communications and documentary film. I love this film you guys keep up the great work and don't worry what some of these comments say. As you said yourself it's because they don't know and most of them can't, they are walking around this world blind. We need to keep making these kinds of film so people can see. Sending my love out to you kids

[Tripo1iSamson]

Kid smoking at 5?

[augustine1407]

@Tripo1iSamson its just the pipe tho. it aint every day, all the time like smoking a cigarette. its only at ceremonys or praying .thats about the same age i started at like 5 or 6.

[AfterSunset]

@Tripo1iSamson smoking the pipe in the context used in the video is more of a ceremonious thing. you don't do it like cigarettes. you smoke tobacco in ceremonies to pray to the spirits. I did it at this kids age and I only did one drag. Pure tobacco is different then the chemicals used in cigarettes. I hope I cleared up any confusion haha

[TRautjoki]

Love your work

[ruthyeire04]

I'm very touched by this video, you are all great characters and have with you a presence that is straight from the heart. I am sorry that your people have to live in poor conditions, but I am happy that you appreciate the way of the earth, the river and the summer.... the grass and the animals. your culture and tradition are powerful, continue to show the world how proud you are to be a Native American. :) well done on a wonderful documentary and video.

[DahMusicChannel2]

that kid is rodger and rodney they go to my school!!!!!!!

[DahMusicChannel2]

that kid is rodger and rodney they go to my school!!!!!!!

[KindDerKanalisation]

traditional here means to reject electricity, "white clothes" and so on. I don't think these youngsters are like that.

[smearedclear]

native pride.. from canada ehhh... in a reserve too.. ours is huge.. but still shitty lol one luv.

[ging9520]

@smearedclear ..oppsss sorri hit the wrong button :( much luv x

[spiritsoulhippie]

Native Pride for life. It's more than blood, it's a way of life <3 Keep strong!

[86yukon]

Nice video I have alot of respect for Indians u guys seem like u have alot of fun that was funny when that lil kid jumped that ramp. What do u eat around their is their any restraunts is their a mall around their. I would love to live like that to tell u the truth the only problem I would have with your lifestyle is having suck a big family is great but like u said when they pass on it would be very hard on me but yeah great video

[pretty24ish]

iam mixed blood to african american, cherokee, blackfoot. my dad lived on the rez from infant until he was 16:) i would love to live on the rez, thanks for sharing this. 

[gatorbatt]

fuck, we did a number on these people. dude, i served in Iraq with a native american from california. he was a terrific friend and very smart, he survived the worst part of the war but went home to his rez, some say he killed himself, others say he got into meth, i miss him.

[changuirus5000]

are these people native americans or cholos..... with all due respect....

[hawaiiankillahulua]

eh im hawaiian and i feel the frustrations..hawaiians havnt yet gotten what you indians have but in do time we will..

[gatorbatt]

@hawaiiankillahulua what? we (Americans) did indeed take your island. But now look, it is kill haole day for anyone with white skin in Maui, Oahu, and even Kauai. forget what our forefathers did, we just want to share waves and culture. come surf here anytime, come stay in my house, anyone is welcome to surf. good vibes

[hawaiiankillahulua]

@gatorbatt hu? i was saying we havnt gotten native american privalges..stuff like that...iraq hu? me too...where?

[hawaiiankillahulua]

@gatorbatt its not the haole we hate...its the attitude and the fast paced life styly that we hate..thATS IT..color isnt a thing in my eyes..respect respect respect...this isnt miami...it aint the big easy it aint the san dieago...its hawaii..thats it..its my home..and im willing to share..just respect the land and the locals..

[nushka01]

you need to stay in woods.

[eveningstar1982]

I like the words: They say we're lost, but it's them that hasn't found us, and that's true. I'm white and european, but I will always defend the native american people. They've been through enough, and sadly they've been forgotten by the American people. I really wish americans would open up their eyes and see the truth. And just so you know, there are white people who care. I'm one of them, and I'm trying to find more. :)

[Williams7894]

If it wasnt for us natives, white people wouldnt be here right now..

Better show some respect..

We Gave You White People Our Respect But Ya'll Threw It Back Into Our Faces

Its almost time for war in our cultures because you can just see our native culture is getting fustrated about this racist shit..

ATTENTION: To the white people grow the fuck up and stop the racist shit. because US NATIVES AINT GONNA GO NO WHERE.. YA'LL ARE JUST TRYNA GET INTO THE HOSPITALS OR IN THE COFFINS MAN..

[eveningstar1982]

@Williams7894 I can understand your rage, and I think it's scandalous that there's still racism toward the native american people in the US. I can't believe it's still going on, and it's about time things are changes. As I said earlier, you've been through enough and you deserve better. You are an extremely talented and creative nation and I wish americans would see that - instead of judging you. I love the native american people and it hurts whenever I read racistic comments.

[zyruemusic]

WHAT!!! The little homie started smokin pipe at 5 yrs old? LMAO!!!! This is a GREAT DOCUMENTARY of life on the RES!!! I LOVE NATIVE PEOPLE and YAH BLESS Y'ALL 30 STARS is my rating!!! PEACE!!! NIGGY'S MILK

[akumie]

why dont all speak local language instead of english?

tells nothing about the bad sides

Ill rate the video maybe 6/10

[ocky88]

@akumie: Perhaps, genius, because they were planning to post this on YouTube and actually intended for you and I to understand what they were saying. Just a thought.

[akumie]

well i dont like 1 sided videos thats all...If all speak the local language and use little english in school and goverment then i would care more but yes natives are lazy

history is history but how hard is it to make more fun stuff for children but no english aloud so people who learn native language get more fun choices to do?

I will say more

[TheDavidMalachi]

@ocky88 or it's cause the kids don't know it any more. Just a thought.

[yaqui1991]

these fools dress like cholos

[eveningstar1982]

@yaqui1991 these fools?? Who are you to judge? They are only trying to fit into a white world, and that's not good either. And who was it who introduced the alcohol and drugs to the natives. . . Americans! Greetings from a european.

[yaqui1991]

@eveningstar1982 fool don't get pissed

im not out to offend anyone maybe people don't use the same word where your from in the southland it just means people, friends, person just like the word homie, and it was euro-americans that brought that shit here these guys here are the real americans

i know about the trials of living under the white man shit the whole family is almost under poverty, almost all the cousins are pregnant and a couple be free basin nut we have to take some self descretion

[tgltyty]

I love this Documentary. Where can I get it? It is so good to see both sides of what life is really like in one of our Native American reservations. Its not overly Negative nor overly positive. ( from the 2 parts I have seen so far. )

[ridenrezer]

WOW this video is AMAZING loved it and yeah Film School is where you should be or real!!!

[wood0433]

miigwech

[00kawn00]

Gichi-miigwech Anishinabe.

[Kuroyasukiguy]

good im ojibway and megwitch for making the beautiful video native pride naiton wide!!!

[isitandan]

awesome vid...keep up the good work! Ahee'ee [thank you] for sharing...

[quadcity309]

This video really warms my heart. I get to visit my family back home on the rez about once a year. There are not many natives where I live and this video brings a smile to my face. I wish more children could experience childhood running through the woods, swimming, jumping into the river and just feeling free. LOVE THE VIDEO!!

[cpadill5]

@quadcity309 where do you live now? What type of Indian are you?

[supervirtuouswoman]

The Indians get reperation and the blacks don't. The Indians get over $2,000 a month just for being Indian. This is why they don't fight back and drink whiskey all day. The white man keep you drunk so they can keep control over you. You people are stupid!!!!

[quadcity309]

Everyone has opinions but your generalizations stand no ground!! This video was beautiful and I feel sorry, for you are blinded by ignorance.

[TheDavidMalachi]

@supervirtuouswoman I learned virtue was something else entirely...

[KahPow84]

@supervirtuouswoman stfu. you clearly don't know fuck all you retard.

[bigatkn54]

migwhich

[AngeliChalk]

i am proud of my heritage which has a little native indians and people dont relalize that tthey have the key to knowing this earth .... thank you for info.

[circababe23]

good doc, im native canadian, is that what u would call it? lol. idk. Anywayz i actually watched it all. I do not live on a reserve but i am not ignorant to it. So yeah interesting doc:D

[123yei]

Everything is not out there,ITS IN YOUR HEART!!

[Shewolf97x]

geart video! :D Native pride, all the way!

[insidiousspider]

Beautiful.  And the kid who forgot the question was so cute!

[Mistyrosechip]

man i miss going to leech lake reservation i miss my family over there :'( (loshes are my family of there)im from peshawbestown

[derrbarn14]

is smoking pipe good for them? i dont think we smoke pipe in my nation for ceromonial activities.

[Morgaine1970]

like I said in Part I ... Great add...

Keep those good spirits up. those kids are probably going to make their way in live. Sad though that some Native children don`t have the chance to grow up in an area like that.

[mitchcpotvin]

i agree. im from st croix band in wisconsin and i know that kids dont grow up like that out here, theres too many drugs and drinkin out on the rez. and they do not listen to their elders

[animalCOP76]

Geart video! i wish my rez was like that!

[ichtanzso]

hi, i am writing from germany, it is nice to listen too you, and see your video. thanks

[nativeluuve]

3:54 to 4:15  is soo truu

[artpsy87]

Very interesting. People could learn a lot from ya'll and your way of life.

[MoviesRock569]

I'm less than a 16th native. Never been to a reservation. But I too grew up in the woods, and its true-- it does put you in touch with the people around you, and make you feel and think more about your spirit and your heart. Now I live in the city again. But to all the natives out there-- I say latch on to your culture with all your might! Never forget any of it, and make sure your traditions live on. Its truly the most precious thing this country has.

[zyruemusic]

@MoviesRock569 HELL YES!!! TEACH THE TRUTH FAM!!! PEACE!!!

[mungo47]

GREAT

[lilstunner10]

i loveed it wonderful

[whitedevil071383]

yeah your a fuckin punk matt

[anuksunumun60]

CHUT DA FUK UP HATER ALL JELLY LOL

[JunkyardGlory]

This was such a nice video you guys put together. Hang on to your roots.

[inkedprincess6]

this video, along with the first part really make me feel proud to have indian in me and interested in that part of myself and wanting to know more about it. great video thanks for making it.

[2T2009]

when i was growing up! i had alot of elders! and to me the old people always knew a better way in everything! and yeah u can learn alot because they did what you did and lived your feelings already!

[blackfootraw]

We have to keep our culture and customs alive. We just have to. Glad to see there are others who keep the traditions.

[QUIZKIDD]

Thank you for making this video. I don't live on a reservation but this video makes me wish I did. Native Pride!

[crazycoyotie]

Thank you so much for doing this video i see things being said that i see are being slowly forgotten at many pow-wows,there is many like

phrydoom look at the comments on coyote hunting an you will see thy are many uneducated predigest people,be proud of your self were bucks skins 2 the store were your beads an never give up hew you are an the ignorant people still may not like you but thy will learn 2 respect you an even learn a thing or 2 from you that's all you can ask,keep the old ways alive

[JehosephatJones]

lots of native people look like whites

[whoolec]

Hi There

Thank you so much for doing this video.

I love the native ways and it was just wonderful to see that your traditions still live on through the young ones - it would be such a great loss to the world, for the native ways to disappear.

You did a really great job with both videos and it made me feel like I had stepped into your world for a brief moment in time.... and I feel like I want to stay there!! :-)

Much Love for all of you

Chris

[twinkiemicester]

i loved it!!!

[macui1]

thanking you all for the lovely insight to a beautiful people . blessings to all .

[wolfatnight]

teach us...

[stellapiegirl]

I wish I knew how to put in words what this video means to me.Thankyou from the bottom of my heart.

[phrydoom]

The day in the life of an Indian:

2PM, wake up hungover

2:15PM, drink some whiskey

3PM, sniff gas

4PM, get ready for bingo

[thanimharra]

you kids are the salt of the earth beautiful YEHA-NOHA to you all

[TheDavidMalachi]

@thanimharra yeha-noha?

[TheDavidMalachi]

@thanimharra yeha-noha?

[cougartracks]

Estonko my brother's and sister's you will never be lost while you have each other, beautiful kids,beautiful people,with a sadness with inn, i am your friend Osceola.

[brownangeleyes1972]

Be proud of who you are just like any other races.Stay on the right path in the future and make something out of yourselves. You seem like good kids. I love my heritage and I love seeing my natives getting into the pow-wows. As for " forbona"keep your comments away from this blogs to your own race and not diss my race on how the live on the rez. I don't go to a spanish site dissing on sinco de maya.

[kwanitahawks]

hey kids ! be proud of your culture.. stay on the good path , you're wonderful

peace ,love and harmony for all native people

xxx

[grymmtymm]

natives are the beautiful people of the world, they're ways and they're life. all things come full circle and so will theirs.

[nativeamericanwarrio]

strong holds

[salolialawidisgi]

that was good...good work! :)

[forebona]

I dont fuckin believe that your indian braging about the pipe thug lookin indians waering southpole you dont see the ways of any with your mexican asses hat kicked to the right one day you too will pass away what will you teach your sons to pity the fallen then make believe that thier anywhere but in the ground or watching you lie

[bigannybago]

Thank you for sharing! Those two video parts show the purity, beauty, and richness of Native American culture, but also reflects the struggles of Native America. I still can't understand the ignorance and disrespect that Indigenous people must predominately face every day outside their communities in "White America". *Mitakuye Oyasin* We are all related*

[AtholWolverine]

Wish I was there.

[MornStars]

You are so beautiful, each and everyone.

I feel such a warmth watching your video, feels like I am there with you in the moment. What a peaceful loving atmosphere. I most admire your love and respect for one another - family.

Yes let them talk, you are so much better than they. Thanks for sharing!

[hawklady1216]

You young folks did a fantastic job!! I,m not American Native i wish i was though. I do alot of reading about you culture and ways i love it. I have a room in my (small) house that has ALOT of American Native things in it. Pictures,books,dream catchers,a turtle shell i bought from a pow wow ,a statue of a beautifully dressed worrior,a hand drum-i use,a rain stick.I would LOVE to come to a reservation and learn more from you beautiful people.

[sgtbiggz]

not all reservations look/sounds as good is this oneunfortunately =\ trust me (ojibwe chippewas of the thames first nations)

[hawklady1216]

I know, and it's SO sad. Even though it was'nt me that did this TERRIBLE thing to the American Natives, by taking away so much from them, i still feel SO bad. It angers me to hear negative things being said,don't people get it?????? The name alone says it ALL!!!!!! AMERICAN NATIVES. MAY GOD THE GREAT SPIRIT BLESS YOU ALL.And i look forward to meeting you in the spirit world.Love Hawklady (Cyndi)

[8stepsifu]

Hawklady: People are people. Indians are no more or less beautiful than Mexicans or Germans. You don't need to change your race. If you want to embody native values, buy your neighbor a hamburger. Sharing food is the basis of community and family.

[bigtruck182]

nice job im not native but i do have great respect for you and think yu r one of the most beautiful people on earth i have native friends and i teach them to make arrow heads made of flint how to make stone axes bone tools with deer leg bones and so on i really enjoy that i can pass part of the culture my self and want to see it live for ever thanks for posting that video

[partyguy420]

its sad, i know so little about the native culture... i need to move back to my rez, and sit down with grandma... and my aunties and uncles and LISTEN to them while i still can... i miss being up there with them all the time, it was so hard to leave them all. so hard to leave my culture. and so hard to leave that small rez... for a big city. to leave the quiet days and nights for... loud days and nights... I NEED TO GO BACK FREAK SOON!!!

[jerhazel]

wow the rez life is really tuff..

[mscreethang]

Rez Boyz and Rez Girlz are the best kind with their long brown hair and big brown eyes u cannot help but fall in love ayez \smilz\

[DrinkPoison]

How do you get your Anishinaabek names? I'm Anishinaabek, too, but I have no one who would teach me about my culture, but I live with white folks.

[ApacheSk]

Thank You for Sharing These Truths!!!!!

The Native Way Is The Only Way, I Believe-

to Live on This Earth--Like Love--It Struggles in this Colonized Country!!!

A.I.M. Must Rise High Again!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Apache-_-Sky

[joseplays]

The silence of peace, beautiful.

[cabomb]

Great videos...makes me so lonesome for home (been in city 4-5 yrs now) I miss the quiet & natural sounds. Every time I visit, I don't want to leave. Nia:wen/Miigwech for sharing.

(sorry if i spelled it wrong)

[ShuTDowN999]

badass video, you should make a 40+ hour long video and burn it and sell them to the world,cuz you got skillz. im a native in south side mpls from redlake band. i wanna see a pt 3 tho,

interview more native an put more of cass on their, put missionroad, porkypine lane on there lol thats where my fam used tolive

(ogema)'s used to live... let me stay there a few times... an put track on there lol show people the ghettoest places in cass... anyway good video megwetch...

[CohanDigitmatta]

"some say we're lost, but it's only cause they haven't found us....they haven't found who we really are"

that's poetry right there, inspiring!

[annewilko]

really interesting, thank you

[lollipop206]

im mexican-american, and i really love native american people they are so nice ! one day i would like to go to their rezervation

[andthisgirlislara]

I am South East Asian who grew up learning about Native American people from my Dad.He is South East Asian but he has the heart and soul of Native American men.We admire Native American people and culture so much.They are such amazingly sincere and cultured people.We respect them more than anything else.Our prayers from far away land for all of you.

[miighankurt]

Aniin Niijikiweyag, don't push each other. Say that you are Anishinabek and what that means. Tell some stories; explain why North America is called Turtle Island. Listen to the Midiwiwin and learn Anishinabeemowin. Keep up the good work. Anishinabemdaa. Gigawaabaamin; Bima pi

[downparka00]

cool vid !!

[chelanfarsight]

a really well put together home production. that real effort and creativity were put into this is obvious to the viewer.

keep up the good work. do not bow, but learn to bend.

best to you all

[ladychoctaw]

I enjoyed this video and listening to the young people! I wish them all much luck in the future and guidance on the red road!

[rebelgurl0089]

i wish i knew more about native american people my age, im 18 and this video really gives me an inside look at what you guys go through. keep it up....

[robswaff33]

This video is great. everything was so real. This is what life is about. Pride and preserving your culture. Americans get so caught up in making money and having the biggest house and the nicest cars. This video reminded me of my goals to help make the lives better of my people. Very inspirational. Hope to see more