The Lakota Nation with leaders like Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were as bad A as it gets.They fought to protect their people, not the land, but the people. These young men
must learn to protect the sacred Black Hills, that is the task left to them by their ancestors! The Lakota were forced to fight in order to survive, although it is not their way. It is more honorable to count coup then to take the life of an enemy, and that takes a Lakota Warrior. The Comanche were amazing people
This is sad to see. As Native poeple we need to teach our children the OLD WAYS....we Natives are the CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD....One day we the world will wake up and ask the Native American People for help....in a particular predicament. Just watch and see...
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
YOU DONT UNDERSTAND..to my brothers that have a hard time finding good life.being on the REZ is an honor,i dont live on a REZ i live in Victorville,CA barely i see my brothers always mexicans and African americans and caucasians,and mexicans,they all want the city life.UNDERSTAND THIS,the people in the city there very annoying,cowerdly,and hidden we are none of those.we fight and die for eachother.thats the warrior way.give as much of everything you can to our people before we die..kill silently
gangs are not the answer go back to the inipi change your life's around
this is the non natives lives built on hatred and greed listen to what the others are saying stop the hatred go home and love your families hug a tree kiss the grass smell a flower do whatever it takes to stay on the Red Road
bea warrior at home not a thug for causes that don't even matter to natives goofballs!! lost youth who need elders MEN DO YOUR JOB GO BE INSPIRIATIONAL SHOW THEM THE TRADITIONAL WARRIOR WAYS like NOW!
I also call these wannabe gangstas just that WANNABE..let em live in LA Atlanta those places see how long they last...how can they call themselves warriors they ain't no warriors omg this pisses me the hell off
my name anthony torres it was anthony zachary years ago a friend of mine named reggie blackhawk told me about south dakota and north dakota about the gangs those young men need native education and general ed,the elders there should talk to the Sioux of shakopee minnesota since shakopee has got money they can help build buisnesses and schools for the dakotas and the parents need to do moreand to gang the place they will end up is jail or dead u cant be worrior if u r dead.
At the end of the day all brown people,be it black,natives or Hispanic need community,education and a sense of purpose. These kids dont have anything to live for. Nothing to be proud of. If we pour MORE money into schools in these low income communities they'll build themselves up and wont need government assistance and wont be as violent.It'll take time but with accountability and education will free us all.
@xSellyBellyxx what do you think Mexican is? Mexicans lived in mainlands of America before they were pushed out.They are natives to this land too so naturally they favor each other.
I am a white euro. and I see poverty in my country every day, and I see the government trying to supress the people making new laws/rules. and attacking its own people, Suppression, Abuse, Ignorance, Exploytation, every goverment is guilty of this. and worse, Get a grip of yourselves and your people. DUMP the gang culture, its SHITE, you are all ready a member of a GREAT culture, WORK for it, Not farmers? then learn,
grow food, You are the future of your race, work for it, earn your place
The US Government loves this.They laugh to see our people destroying themselves from within.The only power being like the white gangs gives you is the power to destroy our culture. Fight for our people as a real warrior would do. Do not be used to destroy us while the white government laughs!
@Witatsois White gangs don't just focus on your culture. Some white gangs arn't even against Native Americans, hell go to chicago. Chicago is LOADED with White "gangsta" gangs and they arn't racist at all! Most of the White Supremacist gangs NOW focus on saving OUR race from being bred out of exsistance which is happening in All over north America now.
@Lesson69PAC You misunderstand my words. I am speaking about native youth forming criminal gangs like the white culture has, and by doing this, hurting native people. This kind of thing has never before even existed with native people, it is coming from being influenced by the whites. I do not wish to see any people hurt, but truthfully...I cannot say that I would cry to see the white, diseased culture disappear completely...as they have been trying to do to ours for 500 years!!!
CONT... the former president who helped destroy the ancestors......and i am torn at the fact that i cant help my brothers and sisters right now ; ( ...Here on the east coast where i am), most Natives r involved in casinos and other money making ventures, but just like rapping , music , clothes and other things the blacks created, my brothers and sisters on the rez need to invent MONEY for themselves !! I wish u well & KEEP UR HEAD UP! MUCH LOVE FROM NYC
wow..im part native and this is more than interesting. reaching for something you see as successful is impressive but take it farther, please and check out a great black businessman / rapper like Jay Z who is proud of what he is and is beating the white man at his own game !! adapting to ur circumstances is ALL these kids are doing, trying to find what works for them! i understand this country has a love/hate relationship with their people, just like anyone who doesnt look like a(sshole) jackson
you dont know anything about what its like to be in the ghetto you might but not where im from where you have to fight for your shoes and if you do fight you may be stabbed and sometimes people will pull out straps you dont know what its like to be scared to have nice things thats why you join a gang to have people to protect you to protect your friends from thugs to make money to be successful
people on the rez arent in a big city so i dont know whats up wit them but you still dont know them
oh shit! i grew up on standing rock in north dakota, and a lot of the people there act like this too. they're embarrassing. look at that fool at 3:25 acting hard with his pinner, of some ditch weed that a mexican would have too much pride to carry over here
@selenadelos i am here for my ppl my father was LAKOTA an Italian an mother was native but my grand father an mother would never speak of there ppl.they said a rez was a whit mans conservation camp. i am native american with light eyes as my brother an sisters...i have never been to a rez or seen my ppl... besides my family..i would like to visit sd pine ridge..to meet others..i am not a Carpenter or plumber but i would love to help in trade to see a pow wow or a gathering of some kind...
this is sick man.....if ur gang were i come from ur white,black or Mexican..now were are losing our young ones to dumb shit....i am 29 native.i see gangs as pussy's afraid to face one on one...were is the honer the native way...its lost cause of lil half ass punks like these...i got some thing to tell u gang members on the rez...do us favor? get the fuck off our rez's help one another an make ur rez better place not worse.. don't ever class ur self as warriors...ur the other white meet....
@doxx357: I live here and thumbs up on your post but I do see a lot of bias in this posted video, most of us are just trying to survive and trying to make Pine Ridge a better place which is struggle enough for us. Most of these problems we have are direct symptoms set in motion long ago by the racist Colonial European Christian Bigots that humiliated and took everything from us and even steal what little we have now on our Reservations through their systems.
There are no Native American gangs, but once we wear blue, black or white (lets face it most of us don't wear red) we automaticly look like we are in a gang. i have been asked a couple of time if i was in a gang then thats when i realized that was true.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yeah but the kids that you dealt with in the trauma units weren't "garbage" either, They too have been destroyed by the Government. It's not just Natives that the white government hates. Blacks don't even know what their tribes are and they have struggled to continue on in this America they were brought to by force. At least Natives have a history to be proud of! Please think before you speak of another oppressed people?
@godschildyes, The US government is multi-ethnic, not just white. Law makers come in all different colors and ethnicities. The gang mentality is passed from one generation to the next, it's an endless cycle if violence bred by anger and a feeling of hate for people
that have been dead for decades. You must understand something, the Black gangs I'm dealing with are not oppressed, they take whatever they want because they feel they are owed restitution, perhaps they are, but the people they are
angry with have done nothing to hurt them. Gangs, regardless of color, are self-serving, and they don't give a dam_ about their heritage, know that. If you spend your life believing that all of your problems stem from what the "white government" has done to you, prepare to live on the streets poor and abused. Keeping children of all ethnicities safe from gangs is a issue that needs more support from the government, but when they won't step in, good people better! Don't play the victim, and stop
@Darkwolfhowlslak Their are so many young boys 9,10,11,12 years old who are pulled into gangs even against their will! And no they are not all self serving! Many have to kill, rape, and steal or they will be killed. If they want to get out, they have to die or get beaten up and hope they survive it. You think you're stepping in by calling them LOSERS? PLEASE! With your limited understanding!
@godschildyes, Do you ever listen to yourself when you speak? No one, and I mean NO ONE, can force you to kill, rape, or steal! I'd rather die myself than hurt another human being because someone told me too! My understanding of gangs is by no means limited, and I do know that children are being jumped into gangs, I live in Los Angeles county, the gangs in this area are the deadliest, and the most merciless garbage on earth. Are you justifying the acts committed by gangs? If not, what are you
doing to prevent gangs from entering the reservation? Your right Godschildyes, I hate
gang members, I've seen too many babies killed by their guns. They kill without remorse or guilt, and they are the most useless form of life on this planet. I'm of American Indian decent, and I am aware of what is happening on the reservations, which is why I don't want Lakota youth emulating gangs, or becoming gang members. You want to blame their parent's, I appreciate that sentiment, but it isn't an excuse
for becoming a criminal. Do you believe that joining gangs is the solution? Why not stand together to fight gangs? Stand together to fight the lifestyles your parent's chose, educate yourself so you can help our people. I wasn't born in LA, and I'm not
a man, I'm a woman, but I put myself through nursing school because I want to help people. I know about the corrupt government, and the corrupt Tribal Council, which is why I say that education is the only way the Lakota people will survive.
The reservations needs doctors, lawyers, contractors, nurses, school teachers, etc.,
to help the people who are being discriminated against. If we can provide services for
our own, we won't be dependent upon the government. You don't know me either. I am not a bigot, but I do hate gang members, and as I said, they come in all different colors and ethnicities. If you believe that joining a gang, that will "force you to kill another human being is the only answer, don't talk to me, I know my
people, and what they sacrificed just to live. They didn't murder each other, they worked hard, and appreciated everything that the Creator and Mother Earth provided for them, they were strong and proud. Stop blaming everyone else, and stand on your own two strong legs, make your own decisions not to hurt a brother or sister because it is required, that's horse sh_t and you know it. If someone wants to hurt you, fight back. You are blaming everyone but the people murdering, raping, and stealing.
@Darkwolfhowlslak sacrificed just as well as the next! And stop talking to me as if I'm a gang member! Like I said, I busted my but to get through school! So Knock it off! Who is blaming everyone else?! I have a balanced understanding as to why these gangs exist! Stop blaming ONLY the children! I know that the crimes are wrong, but most gang members are KIDS! Lost little kids who learn evil and get stuck somehow! Yeah they need swift discipline, but it doesn't begin with them!
I don't blame only the children, they're the ones I care about saving. Do you have any ideas about how to get these kids some help, before gangs get to them? If so, I'd really be
interested in hearing them, because so are caught in a hopeless nightmare, it isn't living, it's existing in fear and hate. I'm telling you that I would die before taking the life of another human being because someone told me to! I decided a long time ago that I would never be a victim, and I have been true to myself.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: They are not garbage! Glad to hear you are not a bigot! But I never accused you as one...And sorry but if someone has a gun to your head it only takes a second for your life to be over. Try being 12 years old and living on the same block as the head gang leader who even the police can't arrest cause everyone fears him & won't rat on him. Dad's gone, mom's strung out on crack. The don't care anyway. Yes, your understanding is very limited!
@godschildyes Who are we talking about Godschildyes? Are you describing a situation that happened to you? I do care, and if your one of the innocents that gets got up in the
middle of gangs, I know what you're going through, and lives like yours are what I care about saving. My understanding may be limited in your case because I don't know you, and if I have misjudged you, I sincerely apologize. I have had a gun put to my head, and the fool who did it won't be using his right arm the same way
ever, I broke it. I'm a 3rd degree Black belt in Kenpo. I trained in martial arts because
I worked in areas where crime was prevalent, and it wasn't uncommon to drive up on
a gang war in the middle of the street, it's terrifying, but sometimes fear motivates us to make ourselves stronger because we know we have a job to do. You have a
very interesting heritage, how did you end up in L.A.? You've also stayed in school, how did you do it?
@Darkwolfhowlslak After high school I attempted to follow in my mother's footsteps and started prerequisites for nursing! I hated it and had to take a hard look at myself and my personality. I had always fancied being a lawyer, but I decided I would do better in psychology. So I went head in and also made a splash in the art department! I have two degrees, one in Art and the other in Psychology. I work part time as a counselor at a mental health clinic and am considering....
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: working with battered women. I was in a very short but abusive marriage and so that is very dear to my heart. I guess it makes sense that I was married to an abuser since my father was one! I've been divorced and single now for 8 years and I love myself more than I ever did!!! I tried to connect with family in Montana, but they won't claim me because my mother is black and they never met us. Well, I guess that is how it goes! I'm still on the ....
Wow, I am seriously impressed! Now I have a better understanding of why you are so
in touch with some of the emotions the youth on reservations are dealing with, or trying
desperately to somehow manage. I too struggled with whether or not I wanted to become a nurse. I wanted to be a veterinarian, thinking that I might be in a position to work with wolves, and other wildlife in peril. I just didn't have the money or the time to devote to that many years of college, LOL!
@Darkwolfhowlslak WOW! Thank you very much! Thank you so much for listening... It felt good to talk about my brother, believe it or not! I wonder what he would look like if he were alive today? Hmmm Well, I know he is safe now.
I used to work as a Pharmacy Tech. while I was in school and one of my co-workers, (Rachel) was going to school to be a Vet! She had 4 years left before she would be finished. That's determination! It was hard but she loved it!
cont... thank you for sharing this information with me! I have so much respect for anyone
who can be the victim of abuse, and yet have the strength to council others in the same position! I think that it's so terribly wrong that your family will not accept you, (I'm assuming you're referring to your Lakota family) it's their loss, but that certainly doesn't make the rejection easier. I wouldn't be accepted either. I think we both know that our Lakota ancestors would not have rejected us, they ..
cont... were better people than that! I also feel that refusing to accept ancestors based on blood quantum is one reason why the Lakota people are in such serious trouble. I wish they could accept any and all help, regardless of who offers it. I'm truly sorry Godschildyes, I know you pain.
@Darkwolfhowlslak I agree with you! I think the Lakota are other Native people are in great trouble because of the unwillingness to accept those who are mixed with other blood. So many of us are dying to help because they are our family and we love them dearly. Even those who are not Native love them and want to help. Anyhow, I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening & I feel your tender heart. You are very kind and patient. Thank you again & take good care.
@godschildyes, Not accepting others, most especially your own family members is not the Lakota way! The Lakota believe that we are all relatives, and that is one of the most
important lessons my Lakota Grandmother taught me. Godschildyes, the people that
call themselves Lakota, yet refuse to accept a member of their family, have no knowledge of who the Lakota people were, of what they held sacred, they are lost. Because the Elders, (that can be an adult 30 and over, as you well know) are either
drinking themselves to death, under the influence of some very dangerous drugs, or
members of the TC, and education on some reservations is not a priority, not even teaching the ways of the Lakota seems to be important to some, they are truly a people who have lost everything. If they refuse to accept help from their own people, there is no hope for the young. It puts all of us who want to help in such a sad and stressful state, and that causes me hurt as well as anger. I have had better luck
talking to amazing people such as yourself about how we can help our ancestors when they will no accept us. I've met some lovely people who left the reservation because they felt there was not place from them, many are full blooded Lakota. We
can both appreciate the issue of trust with all Indigenous peoples, i.e., broken treaties, government discrimination and oppression, but blood bounty or blood Quantum was a practice introduced by the BIA which further discriminated against and oppressed
all Indigenous people. By refusing to accept the members of their own family, the
Lakota, and any nation who discriminates in this way, only perpetuates control by those who want the American Indian nations to disappear. Know that in the eyes of those who matter, the Lakota who practice and believe in the ways of their ancestors, you are accepted and loved.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Unfortunately, there are many Native Nations that are exclusive acrosse the United States. I know it is not how our ancestors would have wanted it. Thank you for your reassuring words. I am truly moved and I believe what you say comes from your innermost being. This all turned out to be such a blessing!
@Darkwolfhowlslak YES! The Blood Quantum ruined life for sooo many natives who belonged to a tribe before BQ was introduced. Many of them were considered Native one day and Kicked out of their tribe the very next day. There are so many in the southern states who are no longer recognized even though their cousins are! It is disgusting. Makes me sad to think that even some Lakota don't feel they belong amongst the Lakota...and left. That is saying a lot! Perhaps it's better.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes it is a mess now! A real mess! And the pride runs so deep that is is dangerous to the Lakota's survival! So proud to receive help because it is not the "Lakota Way". There afraid that if they let in a little then they'll loose their sacred ways. Also afraid that there will be no full blooded Lakota left if they accept or marry the mixed bloods. That is the attitude of the majority of them from what I've experienced. Such a vicious cycle!
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes isn't that crazy that anyone would not accept their own blood!?! Especially Lakota! Yeah it was a shock to me! And it certainly hurts to this day. But hopefully that will change!
@godschildyes Yes, it is crazy, and it is not a Lakota virtu, nor is it a practice that our ancestors would be tolerant of. I have to believe, although it in no way gives validity to the
discrimination demonstrated by some Lakota, the anger against the whites, Blacks, (all ethnicities which they believe played a role in the genocide of their Nations decades ago) and the horrific conditions in which they are forced to live, plays such a big part in their behavior, how very sad for all of us!
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: hunt for others who might accept me though! LOL! That's one thing I don't like about our people is what seems to be an exclusive attitude towards mixed or half breeds. I look native, but I look black too and my skin is a caramel brown so I don't know. The Government recognizes me as native but my own family, my own blood will not. The natives I've met and known who don't live on the rez are not bound by that attitude though,.. so it's nice.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: But as for school, I guess I stayed in school because I was motivated. I was easy to be motivated in a new and safe environment. Also, school helped me to feel in control when bad memories would come to the surface. It was what I needed at the time in order to survive. Wow! I talked your head off! LOL! Thank you so much for asking! I think I may have misjudged you too and I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way. I just felt like you didn't understand...
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: I know that not every gang member is innocent, but more than half of them at least begin innocent and that's the truth! At least the ones in the inner cities of America. But I see you side too! The anger and frustration with the merciless killing and crime. It's just sick! I do know of some ex-gang members who survived getting beat out and are now trying to help! But their approach comes from understanding and they speak uplifting words. They also..
@godschildyes, Yes, they do start innocent, and that is something that I wasn't considering when placed blame with them solely. There were many nights when gun shot victims were brought into the ER and triaged into the Major Trauma 1 units, decisions had to be made as to whether or not to take the innocent victim, or the gang member who shot into a home critically wounding children. I do know what the young people in L.A., (everywhere) are subjected to in an effort to get to and from school, and
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: share their life's story and are pretty successful at getting a few members out each year! That's huge! This might sound somewhat silly but in many gangs, once you have been "beaten out", you earn a sort of "immunity" so you can't be targeted again. Strange huh? I know! Some respect kind of thing!
@Darkwolfhowlslak Oh..wow! Thank you very much for asking...Gang violence has touched my life in a very devastating way as I was actually born in LA. Believe it or not, my father was Lakota and Blackfeet. Don't ask me how that happened cause I don't know. Both he an my grandfather died of Alcoholism. He was extremely abusive and did not take care of us. I actually don't even know what he did for a living. One day he was just gone & years later we heard he had died. My mother...
@godschildyes LOL! I hear you, my ancestors were from widely diverse backgrounds, and I'm not sure how either. Is it possible that your father was part of the Blackfoot Sioux subdivision of Teton Sioux, (Western Sioux) not to be confused with the three bands of Blackfeet in Browning, Montana and Alberta Canada? The Blackfoot Sioux were referred to as the Sihasapa, but you know that better than I.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: was actually a good mother though emotionally unavailable. She is a nurse lie yourself, but even there were 9 of us kids! My older brother was forced into a gang as were two of my cousins who lived down the street. My cousins mom was strung out on crack and their dad was gone! They truly had no way to resist cause the head gang leader lived in our neighborhood. Believe me when I say that the cops really don't even come when they are called...
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: Even if they are told, their hands are tied because most of the time it can not be proven that someone tried to force you into a gang. So you live in fear and you can't go anywhere because you are just a kid. So my brother ended up being killed 3 years later when he was only 15 years old because he wanted to get out!!! He was so tired of it but let me tell you, he became an angry person after being in that gang for a while. So angry. But if...
@godschildyes I did not see this comment until just now! I am so, so, sorry about your
brother! I know your pain, I lost my twin brother to cancer, which is something so entirely
different, but a loss that you never really get past. I have never felt that enough is being done to protect innocents from being jumped into gangs, and I probably never will. I have watched many documentary type programs that follow the days in the life of young people who are raised by one parent, who must work...
which leaves children very vulnerable, and as you stated, it's a never ending cycle. It's a lifestyle that no child should be subjected to, there has to be help for single parents, and places for children to go where they will be safe. Getting the gangs off the streets will not get any easier with new gangs moving in from Mexico and Latin America, and they are much worse than anything out there right now. It has to end, but it will take all of us working together. Again, I'm so sorry
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes, you have sad it! The new gangs coming in are no joke! But like you, I believe that any evil can be defeated if people will just work together and stick with it! I believe that anything can be overcome and that good can be established. It's just that people don't seem to want to put up the sacrifice that it takes in order to accomplish great things. But I think we are starting to see more people getting tired of all of this garbage!
@Darkwolfhowlslak Oh I'm sorry about your brother. I can't imagine what it would be like to loose a "Twin". I heard that they are extremely close to one another. Yes, there never seems to be enough that is done to protect children from inner city troubles period!
@Darkwolfhowlslak others could have known how sweet he actually was. When he was 12 his mind was still developing! Those gang leaders get you when you are still developing. One of my cousins was killed shortly after he was forced to join the gang and the other cousin killed himself 7 years later because he always felt it was his fault that his little brother was dead. I'm not saying what they had to do was okay, but so much of it is really forced. Did you know that the police..
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: or, some of the police are actually the ones who give the gang leaders the drugs to sell? My brother told me so much and I myself witnessed so much corruption with the law! It's such a show! It's disgusting! In every precinct there are the good cops and the bad ones and they all know who's who!
I was 15 when I dropped out of school, but when my brother died my mom moved to Oregon. WHOA! What a change! Like another world....
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: It took some getting used to but it was so good. I got my but back in school and actually enjoyed going to school!! In LA I ALWAYS hated it! But this was different! We were still poor, but we had nice friends and weren't living in fear every single day of our lives like we were in Watts.
@Darkwolfhowlslak I'm half black. No half black would be allowed to sit on the council. True, the Rez does need the professional you mention. I agree. How can that be accomplished? We don't need to protest against the kids and their behavior as much as we need to correct the way our kids are being raised! Stop it with the crap about me thinking joining gangs is the answer! You are twisting my words and it make you loose credibility! I know our people too! I know what they..
@godschildyes Nice to meet you half Black, I'm Oglala, Ute, Black Hawk, French Canadian and Scottish, and I'll sit anywhere I damn please! :) I hear you brother, and I know what the tc is about, you're better than that. You really are, you should be a teacher, you schooled me, I'm serious! What you are saying to me makes so much sense, and I didn't mean to talk down to you, that's wrong, and I am sorry. I think the kids are being forced to raise themselves, and then their brothers and sisters
and they've story isn't being told! I look into the eyes of these beautiful people, my
people, and I see nothing but anger, no hope, no dreams, no plans, maybe that's because they know they won't be around much longer. What do you see? The Lakota
are dying, and I don't think anyone knows how to help. Do you live on the reservation? I'd like to hear what you have to say about how we can help, and I know others would listen. Talk to me, please!
@Darkwolfhowlslak Sorry but it all starts with the parents! How much reasoning do you think kids and teens have! You are a woman? I am shocked. Women tend to be more understanding. Please don't ask me stupid questions about whether I think joining gangs is the solution. You only loose integrity in your message that way. If you plan to stand for our people then please adopt a more well rounded approach? Should you and I join the tribal council? They wouldn't accept me because ..
@Darkwolfhowlslak shape them up! And let's just be real, gang violence on the Rez is not the #1 killer on the Rez or in the world brother! You know as well as I that these little lost Lakota didn't kill any babies. You know good and well that Lakota gangs are a joke and simply do not compare to LA inner city gangs! They wouldn't last one block. Yeah Trust me.. you keep talking to young folks the way you do and you can bet that those puny little Rez gangs "ain't going nowhere".
@godschildyes Okay, I'm listening, talk to me! I do know that these kids wouldn't last five
minutes with L.A. street gangs, but that gives me hope for them! I do not live on the reservation, so help me, how do we help what is left of the Lakota people? Their needs are
so great, but how do people on the outside get past the council?
@Darkwolfhowlslak I Not only listen but mean every word that I speak! Yes many people can be forced into doing all kinds of things! I'm glad you have the personal reserves to die rather than to obey someone who has a gun to your head or threatens to kill your family. Read my comments again! I think your approach is all wrong. I am in no way justifying acts committed by gangs. I certainly know what I am Not doing. I'm verbally abusing already abused kids thinking that will .....
@godschildyes Okay, help me correct my approach, please! Why are Lakota fighting with
each other? When I see any kids attempting to look like what I've seen in L.A., it makes
me cringe, and yes, it makes me mad. I know these kids are better than street gangs, but
if I am on the outside looking in, and I am of Lakota ancestry and feel helpless, so will many others. The first reaction is anger, but your right, anger doesn't help these kids. But they're headed in the wrong direction, what do they.
placing blame on others. There are good people and bad in this world, and I believe we are all brothers and sisters. That means I will help my Black brothers, my Asian
brothers who want help, and are willing to help themselves. If you hide behind the color of your skin, blaming the world for your problems, no one will help you because you don't care enough to help yourself! Your right about something, the kids I deal with in the trauma units are not garbage, they truly are the victims of
of people who break the law, and care nothing about who they hurt. They are the innocents, caught in the middle of a deadly non-ending cycle of violence created by
hatred. Stop hating, and I think you'll find people much more willing to help, but don't
make excuses for criminals, your better than that! Those who emulate gangs of any color or ethnicity are losers, and their life expectancy is short, don't go there. The only way to overcome ignorance is education, you sound like a smart person!
@Darkwolfhowlslak DO NOT INSULT ME BY TELLING ME OFF THEN SAYING THAT I SOUND LIKE A SMART PERSON! How dare you tell me that I need to stop hating? Who is hating here? I think you are! Your first posting seamed very negative. Do you think kids are going to respond well to being called LOSERS? No reformation there! I do not make excuses for criminals, I can see both sides of the picture though. I do not emulate any gang so please don't draw any false conclusions.
@Darkwolfhowlslak Who's hiding behind the color of there skin? Where did you get that from? Do you know me and how I live my life? NO! I don't live in LA, but I was born there and know and love many people who are still there and Yes they are oppressed. Don't talk to me about Education! I know what the government has done and I have a very successful life and busted my but for two college degrees! I am both black and native so you hit a spot! What do you know?!
@Darkwolfhowlslak Sir, the Government that we are shown is not the real Government. They are the political puppets. I can say that without hate towards white people. My daughter's father is white. But I know that this secret society has set out to destroy not just my/our people, but most people period and sir I'm sorry but they are the "Elite Group" are all whites from very old prestigious families. Look it up sometime. You will see. The inner cities were targeted first.
@Darkwolfhowlslak I have never heard of any black joining a gang because they feel they need restitution. I have heard of wanting to belong, I have heard of forced recruitment. But hey, let's just be real, the inner city gangs began in the low black communities. So I knew you were talking about blacks. Yeah it's bad & sad and they need to be stopped, but I thank God/Creator that He is there judge and not you. These Lakota boys don't need to be called LOSERS. Comments like that
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: is probably what pushed them to join a gang in the first place. "wanna be gangbanger idots" ? WOW! And read your first comment again. You said that these Lakota were trying to emulate the garbage you dealt with on a regular basis in the trauma unit! They are not garbage/LOSERS. Don't talk to these boys, talk to their parents! And yes, Pine Ridge is a government oppressed place too! These boys need prayer first then firm but loving guidance.
No, drugs and what drug money can buy are the usual motive for some who join gangs, not my comments. I hate all gang bangers, I do not care what color they are, or where they live, and I hate them because they have no regard for life. The only losers on the reservation are those who emulate gangs members, thereby attracting the worst possible element to the reservation. They're used as mules for drug cartels, and while useful, they get to live. There are Lakota Warriors
on the reservation who will not bend to gangs, they stand together, because they are
better than these people, and they know it! I do pray for these kids, I pray that they will remember their ancestors, and how they helped each other, how they stood together as one. I do blame some of the parents, especially those that are drowning their sorrows and pain in alcohol rather than caring for their children, I hurt for those young people, and the hand they've been dealt stinks, but I don't know of
a people with more strength and pride than the Indigenous peoples. For decades the
Lakota people have stood strong against the U.S. government and their attempts to take the sacred Black Hills. They know what that land means, and why it must be protected, their people died protecting it. I used to believe that staying on the reservation was important to all Lakota, but I know now that for some, leaving may be their only hope of any type of decent life.
tell you the truth this shit is fukkin stupid.. your a discrace to your own tribe when your making your tribe look bad.. go to the real cities and try to talk and walk like you do on your reservation guarnteee you won't make it a block. you can go to Rapid City and try to act like your hard there but still Rapid you got to be kidding me kids.. Black Wall Street gang .. come on now Game him self will fukk you up and the real Black Wall Street kids..this video just made millions laugh at you..
@Eduardo151515 your an idiot, murder and robbery isn't fake. obviously you don't come from conditions like these or you would fuckin take notice BITCH!
@DeftFW the only reason i said fake is because the ghettos where am from make this guys in the video look like hella soft . so dont try and act hard here on youtube. and stop replying to me is if am important to you.
this is what happens when you isolate one group of ppl after/while you destroy their culture, the kids seem lost thats why they immitate the inner city gangs. its like they're trying to collectively find an identity.
they are like that on my rez to bunch of lil bitches is all they are really catch them alone they get all scaried i was in afghanistan and these lil boys do not scary me fucking faggets
This is so stupid. These kids need their asses busted with a belt. As a mother, I'd love to do it myself. Where's the elders? When I was a kid on the rez, there was always a big woman ready to whup my ass when I was acting up! Where's the Unity?
I'm proud to be Native American...We have alot of people who take pride in their culture, we have people who work hard, we have people who made a good life for themselves...BUT ALL YOU LITTLE IGNORANT WANNBE GANGBABERS ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL NATIVE PEOPLE, OUR CULTURE AND OUR ANCESTORS...YOU ARE LOSERS, IF U WANT TO ACT LIKE A GANGBANGER THAN LEAVE THE REZ YOU ASSHOLES...The world has worse problem than Native Americans.
@elBighead208 some of our young need culture and tender loving care but if that don't work maybe "tough love", if it all fails maybe we all can "evict them off the Rez" so the average Native can live in peace and start to improve their lives...We must remember who put many of is in a tough situation, it was the U.S Government and Christians...I'm Navajo, some of our youth and communities are just like what u see in the Video...Its like the media only shows our worst neighborhoods, LOL.
Okay. WTF is it with these blanket ass motherfuckers wanting to act like niggers? Didn't their ancestors tell them that acting like a fuckin nigger won't get you a damn thing inlife. Shut down these reservations and kick these assholes to the curb.
@rrhynes If you knew anything you would know that Natives were called "Niggers" before Blacks were!!! I can say that without reservation because I am both Native and Black. Get your history right! Nobody is a "nigger", not even thugs. You are using a term that white government invented! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!!!
@godschildyes Unfortunately for you, you don't even realize that you're not even discussing human beings so there is no reason for em to refer to them as such.
My people are brainwashed this shit is all bullshit stand for revolutonary.All the native leader were the true rebels this dude are just fucking brainwashed. This shit makes us look completely dum.
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Your people have a stronger, more proud culture than most others in the world. Follow your elders throw off the trappings of the marketing groups which have made the gangster lifestyle so famous. They make you think that there is no hope and you have to be this way to survive. What in fact is happening is you are killing each other and yourselves which is what they want. Be Native Be Proud.Follow the 7 Grandfathers.
Fuking dumbasses..Somehow the media has gotten to these people and turned them m against them selves like other races today.Quit being like other people and be your self!
you guys need to have a pick up trash campaign.. I'm sorry as an indigenous person myself i can not understand what's up with your tribe issues indulgences with alcohol and drugs- just a bunch of idiots..You're loosing identities and in your own self destruction you tend to blame it on the govt--- so lame
dam..that BEt..really NWA..is natives w Attitudes. (eazy-E) taking care of did people. but com'on not this black people shit..no dis'respect...luv'in'dat ganster''shit but we live our own REZ aka getto''' we bring it to its fullest they should be'rapping bout us right...jus sayin' dont bite or taste on what there feeding us...keep it real fellows.real N.W.A. careful ...damn that block of gold....
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Ayye WE5Tside piru blood gang..
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HahaWhoHyper 2 days ago
black wall street?motha fukka dont look black to me
bdoggstatus 1 week ago
WTH instead of them killing each other why don't they help each other out jeeezzz
sanman1231000 1 week ago
@TheBBQPope
The Lakota Nation with leaders like Crazy Horse and Sitting Bull were as bad A as it gets.They fought to protect their people, not the land, but the people. These young men
must learn to protect the sacred Black Hills, that is the task left to them by their ancestors! The Lakota were forced to fight in order to survive, although it is not their way. It is more honorable to count coup then to take the life of an enemy, and that takes a Lakota Warrior. The Comanche were amazing people
Darkwolfhowlslak 1 week ago
Welfare cases UNITE!
rrhynes 3 weeks ago
Give these dumbfucks a one way ticket to Detroit and they can find out how the real sewage of America lives.
rrhynes 3 weeks ago
33rd what? there can't be 33 streets in this town lol or can there be? Maybe 33rd house west side crip
SalafeeSpot 1 month ago
This is sad to see. As Native poeple we need to teach our children the OLD WAYS....we Natives are the CHOSEN PEOPLE OF GOD....One day we the world will wake up and ask the Native American People for help....in a particular predicament. Just watch and see...
seantsosie 2 months ago
the descendants of CrazyHorse&SittingBull so lost the only role models they got are a bunch of KUNEZ...
KAWDAMMYT I HATE RAP & THOSE BASTYRDZ
RUNNIN THEY MOUTHESES
FireJetty 2 months ago
@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
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@FireJetty I hate rap and those gangs too, but I'm Native and Black so please don't call us "Kunez". Rap and Gang violence is not our true culture either!! That is the thug life that the entertainment world has portrayed us as in attempts to destroy us too! Natives are not the only ones that the White Government hates okay!!! And by the way, it's actually spelled "Coons".
godschildyes 1 month ago
YOU DONT UNDERSTAND..to my brothers that have a hard time finding good life.being on the REZ is an honor,i dont live on a REZ i live in Victorville,CA barely i see my brothers always mexicans and African americans and caucasians,and mexicans,they all want the city life.UNDERSTAND THIS,the people in the city there very annoying,cowerdly,and hidden we are none of those.we fight and die for eachother.thats the warrior way.give as much of everything you can to our people before we die..kill silently
SMINDLER 2 months ago
Definitely not the Indian way......
ninjamaster73 3 months ago
homie rockin' a rat tail... are you serious ha ha ha
dizkohudhouse 3 months ago
gangs are not the answer go back to the inipi change your life's around
this is the non natives lives built on hatred and greed listen to what the others are saying stop the hatred go home and love your families hug a tree kiss the grass smell a flower do whatever it takes to stay on the Red Road
what you are doing now it not the answer
many prayers for all of us
standsalonewolf444 4 months ago
Why wud u wanna be in gang when u got a entire tribe
Eli4158 4 months ago 4
@Eli4158 That's wonderful what you said! Something to think about huh? Beautiful...
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Eli4158, I agree with Godschildyes, beautifully stated!
Wowahwa (Peace)
Darkwolfhowlslak 1 week ago
bea warrior at home not a thug for causes that don't even matter to natives goofballs!! lost youth who need elders MEN DO YOUR JOB GO BE INSPIRIATIONAL SHOW THEM THE TRADITIONAL WARRIOR WAYS like NOW!
Gecko1265 4 months ago 2
@Gecko1265 Yes, they need inspiration from their Elders, and they do need it now!
:)
Darkwolfhowlslak 1 week ago
heartbreaking to watch
914light 5 months ago
@xSellyBellyxx I GUESS THIS IS JUST A INSIDER THING BUT I CAN RECOGNIZE ANOTHER NATIVE OFF THE BAT
LUMBEE031 5 months ago
I also call these wannabe gangstas just that WANNABE..let em live in LA Atlanta those places see how long they last...how can they call themselves warriors they ain't no warriors omg this pisses me the hell off
badwound 5 months ago
my name anthony torres it was anthony zachary years ago a friend of mine named reggie blackhawk told me about south dakota and north dakota about the gangs those young men need native education and general ed,the elders there should talk to the Sioux of shakopee minnesota since shakopee has got money they can help build buisnesses and schools for the dakotas and the parents need to do moreand to gang the place they will end up is jail or dead u cant be worrior if u r dead.
atrueone1 5 months ago
At the end of the day all brown people,be it black,natives or Hispanic need community,education and a sense of purpose. These kids dont have anything to live for. Nothing to be proud of. If we pour MORE money into schools in these low income communities they'll build themselves up and wont need government assistance and wont be as violent.It'll take time but with accountability and education will free us all.
Jelloxox 6 months ago
@xSellyBellyxx what do you think Mexican is? Mexicans lived in mainlands of America before they were pushed out.They are natives to this land too so naturally they favor each other.
Jelloxox 6 months ago
I am a white euro. and I see poverty in my country every day, and I see the government trying to supress the people making new laws/rules. and attacking its own people, Suppression, Abuse, Ignorance, Exploytation, every goverment is guilty of this. and worse, Get a grip of yourselves and your people. DUMP the gang culture, its SHITE, you are all ready a member of a GREAT culture, WORK for it, Not farmers? then learn,
grow food, You are the future of your race, work for it, earn your place
gotmihandstuck 7 months ago
they made bws a gang?? I wonder what Game would think if he heard thiss shit lol
purple5484 7 months ago
The US Government loves this.They laugh to see our people destroying themselves from within.The only power being like the white gangs gives you is the power to destroy our culture. Fight for our people as a real warrior would do. Do not be used to destroy us while the white government laughs!
Witatsois 7 months ago 2
@Witatsois White gangs don't just focus on your culture. Some white gangs arn't even against Native Americans, hell go to chicago. Chicago is LOADED with White "gangsta" gangs and they arn't racist at all! Most of the White Supremacist gangs NOW focus on saving OUR race from being bred out of exsistance which is happening in All over north America now.
Lesson69PAC 6 months ago
@Lesson69PAC You misunderstand my words. I am speaking about native youth forming criminal gangs like the white culture has, and by doing this, hurting native people. This kind of thing has never before even existed with native people, it is coming from being influenced by the whites. I do not wish to see any people hurt, but truthfully...I cannot say that I would cry to see the white, diseased culture disappear completely...as they have been trying to do to ours for 500 years!!!
Witatsois 6 months ago
@Lesson69PAC WHITES YOU MEAN LIKE THE BLACKS FORMING CRIMINAL GANGS
LUMBEE031 5 months ago
Who's ignorant?
People being part of gangs?
Or people calling gang members ignorant?
Either way..niether is a solution.
OPEN YOUR EYES.
beretta80six 8 months ago
CONT... the former president who helped destroy the ancestors......and i am torn at the fact that i cant help my brothers and sisters right now ; ( ...Here on the east coast where i am), most Natives r involved in casinos and other money making ventures, but just like rapping , music , clothes and other things the blacks created, my brothers and sisters on the rez need to invent MONEY for themselves !! I wish u well & KEEP UR HEAD UP! MUCH LOVE FROM NYC
saintmj57 8 months ago
wow..im part native and this is more than interesting. reaching for something you see as successful is impressive but take it farther, please and check out a great black businessman / rapper like Jay Z who is proud of what he is and is beating the white man at his own game !! adapting to ur circumstances is ALL these kids are doing, trying to find what works for them! i understand this country has a love/hate relationship with their people, just like anyone who doesnt look like a(sshole) jackson
saintmj57 8 months ago
you dont know anything about what its like to be in the ghetto you might but not where im from where you have to fight for your shoes and if you do fight you may be stabbed and sometimes people will pull out straps you dont know what its like to be scared to have nice things thats why you join a gang to have people to protect you to protect your friends from thugs to make money to be successful
people on the rez arent in a big city so i dont know whats up wit them but you still dont know them
sk8freak141 8 months ago
we need to find our old values and self respect.Young natives tryin to look for themselves in the gangsta life, its gettin us only more lost.
MrActionjackson18 8 months ago
oh shit! i grew up on standing rock in north dakota, and a lot of the people there act like this too. they're embarrassing. look at that fool at 3:25 acting hard with his pinner, of some ditch weed that a mexican would have too much pride to carry over here
lilvance1228 8 months ago
At 1:24 the tall kids uncoordinated as hell,he high or drunk?lol
gpl992 8 months ago
is there some law that says natives can't leave the reservation and go get a job outside
MustLovePoop 8 months ago
@selenadelos i am here for my ppl my father was LAKOTA an Italian an mother was native but my grand father an mother would never speak of there ppl.they said a rez was a whit mans conservation camp. i am native american with light eyes as my brother an sisters...i have never been to a rez or seen my ppl... besides my family..i would like to visit sd pine ridge..to meet others..i am not a Carpenter or plumber but i would love to help in trade to see a pow wow or a gathering of some kind...
doxx357 9 months ago
this is sick man.....if ur gang were i come from ur white,black or Mexican..now were are losing our young ones to dumb shit....i am 29 native.i see gangs as pussy's afraid to face one on one...were is the honer the native way...its lost cause of lil half ass punks like these...i got some thing to tell u gang members on the rez...do us favor? get the fuck off our rez's help one another an make ur rez better place not worse.. don't ever class ur self as warriors...ur the other white meet....
doxx357 9 months ago
@doxx357: I live here and thumbs up on your post but I do see a lot of bias in this posted video, most of us are just trying to survive and trying to make Pine Ridge a better place which is struggle enough for us. Most of these problems we have are direct symptoms set in motion long ago by the racist Colonial European Christian Bigots that humiliated and took everything from us and even steal what little we have now on our Reservations through their systems.
selenadelos 9 months ago
There are no Native American gangs, but once we wear blue, black or white (lets face it most of us don't wear red) we automaticly look like we are in a gang. i have been asked a couple of time if i was in a gang then thats when i realized that was true.
tamarathms 9 months ago
Just sounds like a bunch of wagon burners. like in the 1700's
XvxBERSERKxvX 9 months ago
This is exactly what the Pine Ridge Reservation needs, wanna be gang banger idiots
trying to emulate the garbage I dealt with on a daily basis in trauma units in L.A. Do
not call yourself Sioux, you have no clue what the Indigenous Peoples died for. You
bring shame to the Lakota, our people did not find sport or courage in killing another
human being. DO YOU SPEAK YOUR NATIVE LANGUAGE? The garbage coming
from your mouth is not a Siouan dialect, it trash. You need to learn to respect yourself.
Darkwolfhowlslak 9 months ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yeah but the kids that you dealt with in the trauma units weren't "garbage" either, They too have been destroyed by the Government. It's not just Natives that the white government hates. Blacks don't even know what their tribes are and they have struggled to continue on in this America they were brought to by force. At least Natives have a history to be proud of! Please think before you speak of another oppressed people?
godschildyes 1 month ago
@godschildyes, The US government is multi-ethnic, not just white. Law makers come in all different colors and ethnicities. The gang mentality is passed from one generation to the next, it's an endless cycle if violence bred by anger and a feeling of hate for people
that have been dead for decades. You must understand something, the Black gangs I'm dealing with are not oppressed, they take whatever they want because they feel they are owed restitution, perhaps they are, but the people they are
Darkwolfhowlslak 1 month ago
angry with have done nothing to hurt them. Gangs, regardless of color, are self-serving, and they don't give a dam_ about their heritage, know that. If you spend your life believing that all of your problems stem from what the "white government" has done to you, prepare to live on the streets poor and abused. Keeping children of all ethnicities safe from gangs is a issue that needs more support from the government, but when they won't step in, good people better! Don't play the victim, and stop
Darkwolfhowlslak 1 month ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Their are so many young boys 9,10,11,12 years old who are pulled into gangs even against their will! And no they are not all self serving! Many have to kill, rape, and steal or they will be killed. If they want to get out, they have to die or get beaten up and hope they survive it. You think you're stepping in by calling them LOSERS? PLEASE! With your limited understanding!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes, Do you ever listen to yourself when you speak? No one, and I mean NO ONE, can force you to kill, rape, or steal! I'd rather die myself than hurt another human being because someone told me too! My understanding of gangs is by no means limited, and I do know that children are being jumped into gangs, I live in Los Angeles county, the gangs in this area are the deadliest, and the most merciless garbage on earth. Are you justifying the acts committed by gangs? If not, what are you
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
doing to prevent gangs from entering the reservation? Your right Godschildyes, I hate
gang members, I've seen too many babies killed by their guns. They kill without remorse or guilt, and they are the most useless form of life on this planet. I'm of American Indian decent, and I am aware of what is happening on the reservations, which is why I don't want Lakota youth emulating gangs, or becoming gang members. You want to blame their parent's, I appreciate that sentiment, but it isn't an excuse
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
for becoming a criminal. Do you believe that joining gangs is the solution? Why not stand together to fight gangs? Stand together to fight the lifestyles your parent's chose, educate yourself so you can help our people. I wasn't born in LA, and I'm not
a man, I'm a woman, but I put myself through nursing school because I want to help people. I know about the corrupt government, and the corrupt Tribal Council, which is why I say that education is the only way the Lakota people will survive.
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
The reservations needs doctors, lawyers, contractors, nurses, school teachers, etc.,
to help the people who are being discriminated against. If we can provide services for
our own, we won't be dependent upon the government. You don't know me either. I am not a bigot, but I do hate gang members, and as I said, they come in all different colors and ethnicities. If you believe that joining a gang, that will "force you to kill another human being is the only answer, don't talk to me, I know my
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
people, and what they sacrificed just to live. They didn't murder each other, they worked hard, and appreciated everything that the Creator and Mother Earth provided for them, they were strong and proud. Stop blaming everyone else, and stand on your own two strong legs, make your own decisions not to hurt a brother or sister because it is required, that's horse sh_t and you know it. If someone wants to hurt you, fight back. You are blaming everyone but the people murdering, raping, and stealing.
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak sacrificed just as well as the next! And stop talking to me as if I'm a gang member! Like I said, I busted my but to get through school! So Knock it off! Who is blaming everyone else?! I have a balanced understanding as to why these gangs exist! Stop blaming ONLY the children! I know that the crimes are wrong, but most gang members are KIDS! Lost little kids who learn evil and get stuck somehow! Yeah they need swift discipline, but it doesn't begin with them!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
I don't blame only the children, they're the ones I care about saving. Do you have any ideas about how to get these kids some help, before gangs get to them? If so, I'd really be
interested in hearing them, because so are caught in a hopeless nightmare, it isn't living, it's existing in fear and hate. I'm telling you that I would die before taking the life of another human being because someone told me to! I decided a long time ago that I would never be a victim, and I have been true to myself.
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: They are not garbage! Glad to hear you are not a bigot! But I never accused you as one...And sorry but if someone has a gun to your head it only takes a second for your life to be over. Try being 12 years old and living on the same block as the head gang leader who even the police can't arrest cause everyone fears him & won't rat on him. Dad's gone, mom's strung out on crack. The don't care anyway. Yes, your understanding is very limited!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Who are we talking about Godschildyes? Are you describing a situation that happened to you? I do care, and if your one of the innocents that gets got up in the
middle of gangs, I know what you're going through, and lives like yours are what I care about saving. My understanding may be limited in your case because I don't know you, and if I have misjudged you, I sincerely apologize. I have had a gun put to my head, and the fool who did it won't be using his right arm the same way
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ever, I broke it. I'm a 3rd degree Black belt in Kenpo. I trained in martial arts because
I worked in areas where crime was prevalent, and it wasn't uncommon to drive up on
a gang war in the middle of the street, it's terrifying, but sometimes fear motivates us to make ourselves stronger because we know we have a job to do. You have a
very interesting heritage, how did you end up in L.A.? You've also stayed in school, how did you do it?
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak After high school I attempted to follow in my mother's footsteps and started prerequisites for nursing! I hated it and had to take a hard look at myself and my personality. I had always fancied being a lawyer, but I decided I would do better in psychology. So I went head in and also made a splash in the art department! I have two degrees, one in Art and the other in Psychology. I work part time as a counselor at a mental health clinic and am considering....
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: working with battered women. I was in a very short but abusive marriage and so that is very dear to my heart. I guess it makes sense that I was married to an abuser since my father was one! I've been divorced and single now for 8 years and I love myself more than I ever did!!! I tried to connect with family in Montana, but they won't claim me because my mother is black and they never met us. Well, I guess that is how it goes! I'm still on the ....
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Hi,
Wow, I am seriously impressed! Now I have a better understanding of why you are so
in touch with some of the emotions the youth on reservations are dealing with, or trying
desperately to somehow manage. I too struggled with whether or not I wanted to become a nurse. I wanted to be a veterinarian, thinking that I might be in a position to work with wolves, and other wildlife in peril. I just didn't have the money or the time to devote to that many years of college, LOL!
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak WOW! Thank you very much! Thank you so much for listening... It felt good to talk about my brother, believe it or not! I wonder what he would look like if he were alive today? Hmmm Well, I know he is safe now.
I used to work as a Pharmacy Tech. while I was in school and one of my co-workers, (Rachel) was going to school to be a Vet! She had 4 years left before she would be finished. That's determination! It was hard but she loved it!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
cont... thank you for sharing this information with me! I have so much respect for anyone
who can be the victim of abuse, and yet have the strength to council others in the same position! I think that it's so terribly wrong that your family will not accept you, (I'm assuming you're referring to your Lakota family) it's their loss, but that certainly doesn't make the rejection easier. I wouldn't be accepted either. I think we both know that our Lakota ancestors would not have rejected us, they ..
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cont... were better people than that! I also feel that refusing to accept ancestors based on blood quantum is one reason why the Lakota people are in such serious trouble. I wish they could accept any and all help, regardless of who offers it. I'm truly sorry Godschildyes, I know you pain.
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak I agree with you! I think the Lakota are other Native people are in great trouble because of the unwillingness to accept those who are mixed with other blood. So many of us are dying to help because they are our family and we love them dearly. Even those who are not Native love them and want to help. Anyhow, I really thank you from the bottom of my heart for listening & I feel your tender heart. You are very kind and patient. Thank you again & take good care.
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes, Not accepting others, most especially your own family members is not the Lakota way! The Lakota believe that we are all relatives, and that is one of the most
important lessons my Lakota Grandmother taught me. Godschildyes, the people that
call themselves Lakota, yet refuse to accept a member of their family, have no knowledge of who the Lakota people were, of what they held sacred, they are lost. Because the Elders, (that can be an adult 30 and over, as you well know) are either
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drinking themselves to death, under the influence of some very dangerous drugs, or
members of the TC, and education on some reservations is not a priority, not even teaching the ways of the Lakota seems to be important to some, they are truly a people who have lost everything. If they refuse to accept help from their own people, there is no hope for the young. It puts all of us who want to help in such a sad and stressful state, and that causes me hurt as well as anger. I have had better luck
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talking to amazing people such as yourself about how we can help our ancestors when they will no accept us. I've met some lovely people who left the reservation because they felt there was not place from them, many are full blooded Lakota. We
can both appreciate the issue of trust with all Indigenous peoples, i.e., broken treaties, government discrimination and oppression, but blood bounty or blood Quantum was a practice introduced by the BIA which further discriminated against and oppressed
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all Indigenous people. By refusing to accept the members of their own family, the
Lakota, and any nation who discriminates in this way, only perpetuates control by those who want the American Indian nations to disappear. Know that in the eyes of those who matter, the Lakota who practice and believe in the ways of their ancestors, you are accepted and loved.
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Unfortunately, there are many Native Nations that are exclusive acrosse the United States. I know it is not how our ancestors would have wanted it. Thank you for your reassuring words. I am truly moved and I believe what you say comes from your innermost being. This all turned out to be such a blessing!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak YES! The Blood Quantum ruined life for sooo many natives who belonged to a tribe before BQ was introduced. Many of them were considered Native one day and Kicked out of their tribe the very next day. There are so many in the southern states who are no longer recognized even though their cousins are! It is disgusting. Makes me sad to think that even some Lakota don't feel they belong amongst the Lakota...and left. That is saying a lot! Perhaps it's better.
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes it is a mess now! A real mess! And the pride runs so deep that is is dangerous to the Lakota's survival! So proud to receive help because it is not the "Lakota Way". There afraid that if they let in a little then they'll loose their sacred ways. Also afraid that there will be no full blooded Lakota left if they accept or marry the mixed bloods. That is the attitude of the majority of them from what I've experienced. Such a vicious cycle!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
If ever you need someone to talk to, I'm around! Please remember that! Take care!
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Thank you very, very much! I will remember you.....
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes.....
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes isn't that crazy that anyone would not accept their own blood!?! Especially Lakota! Yeah it was a shock to me! And it certainly hurts to this day. But hopefully that will change!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Yes, it is crazy, and it is not a Lakota virtu, nor is it a practice that our ancestors would be tolerant of. I have to believe, although it in no way gives validity to the
discrimination demonstrated by some Lakota, the anger against the whites, Blacks, (all ethnicities which they believe played a role in the genocide of their Nations decades ago) and the horrific conditions in which they are forced to live, plays such a big part in their behavior, how very sad for all of us!
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: hunt for others who might accept me though! LOL! That's one thing I don't like about our people is what seems to be an exclusive attitude towards mixed or half breeds. I look native, but I look black too and my skin is a caramel brown so I don't know. The Government recognizes me as native but my own family, my own blood will not. The natives I've met and known who don't live on the rez are not bound by that attitude though,.. so it's nice.
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: But as for school, I guess I stayed in school because I was motivated. I was easy to be motivated in a new and safe environment. Also, school helped me to feel in control when bad memories would come to the surface. It was what I needed at the time in order to survive. Wow! I talked your head off! LOL! Thank you so much for asking! I think I may have misjudged you too and I'm sorry if I hurt you in any way. I just felt like you didn't understand...
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: I know that not every gang member is innocent, but more than half of them at least begin innocent and that's the truth! At least the ones in the inner cities of America. But I see you side too! The anger and frustration with the merciless killing and crime. It's just sick! I do know of some ex-gang members who survived getting beat out and are now trying to help! But their approach comes from understanding and they speak uplifting words. They also..
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes, Yes, they do start innocent, and that is something that I wasn't considering when placed blame with them solely. There were many nights when gun shot victims were brought into the ER and triaged into the Major Trauma 1 units, decisions had to be made as to whether or not to take the innocent victim, or the gang member who shot into a home critically wounding children. I do know what the young people in L.A., (everywhere) are subjected to in an effort to get to and from school, and
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not enough is being done to get those kids help, it's truly heartbreaking. I know that
many x-gang members are trying to stop the vicious cycle of gangs, and I respect them immensely for that.
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: share their life's story and are pretty successful at getting a few members out each year! That's huge! This might sound somewhat silly but in many gangs, once you have been "beaten out", you earn a sort of "immunity" so you can't be targeted again. Strange huh? I know! Some respect kind of thing!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Oh..wow! Thank you very much for asking...Gang violence has touched my life in a very devastating way as I was actually born in LA. Believe it or not, my father was Lakota and Blackfeet. Don't ask me how that happened cause I don't know. Both he an my grandfather died of Alcoholism. He was extremely abusive and did not take care of us. I actually don't even know what he did for a living. One day he was just gone & years later we heard he had died. My mother...
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes LOL! I hear you, my ancestors were from widely diverse backgrounds, and I'm not sure how either. Is it possible that your father was part of the Blackfoot Sioux subdivision of Teton Sioux, (Western Sioux) not to be confused with the three bands of Blackfeet in Browning, Montana and Alberta Canada? The Blackfoot Sioux were referred to as the Sihasapa, but you know that better than I.
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: was actually a good mother though emotionally unavailable. She is a nurse lie yourself, but even there were 9 of us kids! My older brother was forced into a gang as were two of my cousins who lived down the street. My cousins mom was strung out on crack and their dad was gone! They truly had no way to resist cause the head gang leader lived in our neighborhood. Believe me when I say that the cops really don't even come when they are called...
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes The pattern continues to repeat itself doesn't it! I'm so sorry that you grew
up in such a rough childhood, and yet somehow you stayed on the right path, your mother must have been very strong!
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@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: Even if they are told, their hands are tied because most of the time it can not be proven that someone tried to force you into a gang. So you live in fear and you can't go anywhere because you are just a kid. So my brother ended up being killed 3 years later when he was only 15 years old because he wanted to get out!!! He was so tired of it but let me tell you, he became an angry person after being in that gang for a while. So angry. But if...
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes I'll be back to respond to all of your comments, stay tuned, LOL! :)
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Okay. LOL!
godschildyes 1 week ago
@godschildyes I did not see this comment until just now! I am so, so, sorry about your
brother! I know your pain, I lost my twin brother to cancer, which is something so entirely
different, but a loss that you never really get past. I have never felt that enough is being done to protect innocents from being jumped into gangs, and I probably never will. I have watched many documentary type programs that follow the days in the life of young people who are raised by one parent, who must work...
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which leaves children very vulnerable, and as you stated, it's a never ending cycle. It's a lifestyle that no child should be subjected to, there has to be help for single parents, and places for children to go where they will be safe. Getting the gangs off the streets will not get any easier with new gangs moving in from Mexico and Latin America, and they are much worse than anything out there right now. It has to end, but it will take all of us working together. Again, I'm so sorry
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about your brother, and your other family members. Take care!
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Thank you so much and you take care also...
godschildyes 1 week ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Yes, you have sad it! The new gangs coming in are no joke! But like you, I believe that any evil can be defeated if people will just work together and stick with it! I believe that anything can be overcome and that good can be established. It's just that people don't seem to want to put up the sacrifice that it takes in order to accomplish great things. But I think we are starting to see more people getting tired of all of this garbage!
godschildyes 1 week ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Oh I'm sorry about your brother. I can't imagine what it would be like to loose a "Twin". I heard that they are extremely close to one another. Yes, there never seems to be enough that is done to protect children from inner city troubles period!
godschildyes 1 week ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak others could have known how sweet he actually was. When he was 12 his mind was still developing! Those gang leaders get you when you are still developing. One of my cousins was killed shortly after he was forced to join the gang and the other cousin killed himself 7 years later because he always felt it was his fault that his little brother was dead. I'm not saying what they had to do was okay, but so much of it is really forced. Did you know that the police..
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: or, some of the police are actually the ones who give the gang leaders the drugs to sell? My brother told me so much and I myself witnessed so much corruption with the law! It's such a show! It's disgusting! In every precinct there are the good cops and the bad ones and they all know who's who!
I was 15 when I dropped out of school, but when my brother died my mom moved to Oregon. WHOA! What a change! Like another world....
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: It took some getting used to but it was so good. I got my but back in school and actually enjoyed going to school!! In LA I ALWAYS hated it! But this was different! We were still poor, but we had nice friends and weren't living in fear every single day of our lives like we were in Watts.
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak I'm half black. No half black would be allowed to sit on the council. True, the Rez does need the professional you mention. I agree. How can that be accomplished? We don't need to protest against the kids and their behavior as much as we need to correct the way our kids are being raised! Stop it with the crap about me thinking joining gangs is the answer! You are twisting my words and it make you loose credibility! I know our people too! I know what they..
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Nice to meet you half Black, I'm Oglala, Ute, Black Hawk, French Canadian and Scottish, and I'll sit anywhere I damn please! :) I hear you brother, and I know what the tc is about, you're better than that. You really are, you should be a teacher, you schooled me, I'm serious! What you are saying to me makes so much sense, and I didn't mean to talk down to you, that's wrong, and I am sorry. I think the kids are being forced to raise themselves, and then their brothers and sisters
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
and they've story isn't being told! I look into the eyes of these beautiful people, my
people, and I see nothing but anger, no hope, no dreams, no plans, maybe that's because they know they won't be around much longer. What do you see? The Lakota
are dying, and I don't think anyone knows how to help. Do you live on the reservation? I'd like to hear what you have to say about how we can help, and I know others would listen. Talk to me, please!
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Sorry but it all starts with the parents! How much reasoning do you think kids and teens have! You are a woman? I am shocked. Women tend to be more understanding. Please don't ask me stupid questions about whether I think joining gangs is the solution. You only loose integrity in your message that way. If you plan to stand for our people then please adopt a more well rounded approach? Should you and I join the tribal council? They wouldn't accept me because ..
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak shape them up! And let's just be real, gang violence on the Rez is not the #1 killer on the Rez or in the world brother! You know as well as I that these little lost Lakota didn't kill any babies. You know good and well that Lakota gangs are a joke and simply do not compare to LA inner city gangs! They wouldn't last one block. Yeah Trust me.. you keep talking to young folks the way you do and you can bet that those puny little Rez gangs "ain't going nowhere".
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Okay, I'm listening, talk to me! I do know that these kids wouldn't last five
minutes with L.A. street gangs, but that gives me hope for them! I do not live on the reservation, so help me, how do we help what is left of the Lakota people? Their needs are
so great, but how do people on the outside get past the council?
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak I Not only listen but mean every word that I speak! Yes many people can be forced into doing all kinds of things! I'm glad you have the personal reserves to die rather than to obey someone who has a gun to your head or threatens to kill your family. Read my comments again! I think your approach is all wrong. I am in no way justifying acts committed by gangs. I certainly know what I am Not doing. I'm verbally abusing already abused kids thinking that will .....
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Okay, help me correct my approach, please! Why are Lakota fighting with
each other? When I see any kids attempting to look like what I've seen in L.A., it makes
me cringe, and yes, it makes me mad. I know these kids are better than street gangs, but
if I am on the outside looking in, and I am of Lakota ancestry and feel helpless, so will many others. The first reaction is anger, but your right, anger doesn't help these kids. But they're headed in the wrong direction, what do they.
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
placing blame on others. There are good people and bad in this world, and I believe we are all brothers and sisters. That means I will help my Black brothers, my Asian
brothers who want help, and are willing to help themselves. If you hide behind the color of your skin, blaming the world for your problems, no one will help you because you don't care enough to help yourself! Your right about something, the kids I deal with in the trauma units are not garbage, they truly are the victims of
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of people who break the law, and care nothing about who they hurt. They are the innocents, caught in the middle of a deadly non-ending cycle of violence created by
hatred. Stop hating, and I think you'll find people much more willing to help, but don't
make excuses for criminals, your better than that! Those who emulate gangs of any color or ethnicity are losers, and their life expectancy is short, don't go there. The only way to overcome ignorance is education, you sound like a smart person!
Darkwolfhowlslak 1 month ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak DO NOT INSULT ME BY TELLING ME OFF THEN SAYING THAT I SOUND LIKE A SMART PERSON! How dare you tell me that I need to stop hating? Who is hating here? I think you are! Your first posting seamed very negative. Do you think kids are going to respond well to being called LOSERS? No reformation there! I do not make excuses for criminals, I can see both sides of the picture though. I do not emulate any gang so please don't draw any false conclusions.
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Who's hiding behind the color of there skin? Where did you get that from? Do you know me and how I live my life? NO! I don't live in LA, but I was born there and know and love many people who are still there and Yes they are oppressed. Don't talk to me about Education! I know what the government has done and I have a very successful life and busted my but for two college degrees! I am both black and native so you hit a spot! What do you know?!
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Sir, the Government that we are shown is not the real Government. They are the political puppets. I can say that without hate towards white people. My daughter's father is white. But I know that this secret society has set out to destroy not just my/our people, but most people period and sir I'm sorry but they are the "Elite Group" are all whites from very old prestigious families. Look it up sometime. You will see. The inner cities were targeted first.
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak I have never heard of any black joining a gang because they feel they need restitution. I have heard of wanting to belong, I have heard of forced recruitment. But hey, let's just be real, the inner city gangs began in the low black communities. So I knew you were talking about blacks. Yeah it's bad & sad and they need to be stopped, but I thank God/Creator that He is there judge and not you. These Lakota boys don't need to be called LOSERS. Comments like that
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@Darkwolfhowlslak Continued: is probably what pushed them to join a gang in the first place. "wanna be gangbanger idots" ? WOW! And read your first comment again. You said that these Lakota were trying to emulate the garbage you dealt with on a regular basis in the trauma unit! They are not garbage/LOSERS. Don't talk to these boys, talk to their parents! And yes, Pine Ridge is a government oppressed place too! These boys need prayer first then firm but loving guidance.
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes,
No, drugs and what drug money can buy are the usual motive for some who join gangs, not my comments. I hate all gang bangers, I do not care what color they are, or where they live, and I hate them because they have no regard for life. The only losers on the reservation are those who emulate gangs members, thereby attracting the worst possible element to the reservation. They're used as mules for drug cartels, and while useful, they get to live. There are Lakota Warriors
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
on the reservation who will not bend to gangs, they stand together, because they are
better than these people, and they know it! I do pray for these kids, I pray that they will remember their ancestors, and how they helped each other, how they stood together as one. I do blame some of the parents, especially those that are drowning their sorrows and pain in alcohol rather than caring for their children, I hurt for those young people, and the hand they've been dealt stinks, but I don't know of
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a people with more strength and pride than the Indigenous peoples. For decades the
Lakota people have stood strong against the U.S. government and their attempts to take the sacred Black Hills. They know what that land means, and why it must be protected, their people died protecting it. I used to believe that staying on the reservation was important to all Lakota, but I know now that for some, leaving may be their only hope of any type of decent life.
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Nakota47 9 months ago
tell you the truth this shit is fukkin stupid.. your a discrace to your own tribe when your making your tribe look bad.. go to the real cities and try to talk and walk like you do on your reservation guarnteee you won't make it a block. you can go to Rapid City and try to act like your hard there but still Rapid you got to be kidding me kids.. Black Wall Street gang .. come on now Game him self will fukk you up and the real Black Wall Street kids..this video just made millions laugh at you..
n8iveoutlawz1 9 months ago
fakes
Eduardo151515 9 months ago
@Eduardo151515 your an idiot, murder and robbery isn't fake. obviously you don't come from conditions like these or you would fuckin take notice BITCH!
DeftFW 9 months ago
@DeftFW lol your fake
Eduardo151515 9 months ago
@Eduardo151515 So because your a gimmick that makes everyone else fake, right.....
DeftFW 9 months ago
@DeftFW the only reason i said fake is because the ghettos where am from make this guys in the video look like hella soft . so dont try and act hard here on youtube. and stop replying to me is if am important to you.
Eduardo151515 9 months ago
@Eduardo151515 Im not acting hard on youtube, and i don't care where you are from, the fact of the matter is these kids are banging.
DeftFW 9 months ago
@DeftFW bagging what?????
Eduardo151515 9 months ago
@Eduardo151515 banging what ever it is they are from, idk. All i know is it's causing death over in that area.
DeftFW 9 months ago
@DeftFW there places where there 3 time more crime then thiss!
Eduardo151515 9 months ago
@Eduardo151515 oh believe me i know, i come from a place where there 60 thousand less population then compton and we match there crime rates.
DeftFW 8 months ago
i dunno i honestly feel bad for these kids even tho what they aint doin is positive
elBighead208 9 months ago
this is what happens when you isolate one group of ppl after/while you destroy their culture, the kids seem lost thats why they immitate the inner city gangs. its like they're trying to collectively find an identity.
MrSynikal1 10 months ago
they are like that on my rez to bunch of lil bitches is all they are really catch them alone they get all scaried i was in afghanistan and these lil boys do not scary me fucking faggets
cobbz07 11 months ago
This is so stupid. These kids need their asses busted with a belt. As a mother, I'd love to do it myself. Where's the elders? When I was a kid on the rez, there was always a big woman ready to whup my ass when I was acting up! Where's the Unity?
Nativegirl1985 11 months ago 4
33rd crip haha north side native posse 88 wut
nativehealing 1 year ago
I'm proud to be Native American...We have alot of people who take pride in their culture, we have people who work hard, we have people who made a good life for themselves...BUT ALL YOU LITTLE IGNORANT WANNBE GANGBABERS ARE A DISGRACE TO ALL NATIVE PEOPLE, OUR CULTURE AND OUR ANCESTORS...YOU ARE LOSERS, IF U WANT TO ACT LIKE A GANGBANGER THAN LEAVE THE REZ YOU ASSHOLES...The world has worse problem than Native Americans.
LJM331 1 year ago 27
@LJM331 hahaha well put man
elBighead208 9 months ago
@LJM331 hahaha well put i like how u said than leave the rez u assholes lol
elBighead208 9 months ago
@elBighead208 some of our young need culture and tender loving care but if that don't work maybe "tough love", if it all fails maybe we all can "evict them off the Rez" so the average Native can live in peace and start to improve their lives...We must remember who put many of is in a tough situation, it was the U.S Government and Christians...I'm Navajo, some of our youth and communities are just like what u see in the Video...Its like the media only shows our worst neighborhoods, LOL.
LJM331 9 months ago
@LJM331 Damn straight!
Darkwolfhowlslak 3 weeks ago
all you all talkin' shit from the safety of a warm house. you all don't know a damn thing.
i'm proud to be a poor, dirty indian. "never judge a man until you have walked a mile in his shoes."
jitterbop 1 year ago
Nothing but a bunch of punks if you ask me. Looks good to get a belt and whip the shit out of them...lol
kbalatche 1 year ago
THESE KIDS NEED STRAIGHT EDGE AND STOP THE BULLSHIT.
skrappmeat 1 year ago
Okay. WTF is it with these blanket ass motherfuckers wanting to act like niggers? Didn't their ancestors tell them that acting like a fuckin nigger won't get you a damn thing inlife. Shut down these reservations and kick these assholes to the curb.
rrhynes 1 year ago
@rrhynes If you knew anything you would know that Natives were called "Niggers" before Blacks were!!! I can say that without reservation because I am both Native and Black. Get your history right! Nobody is a "nigger", not even thugs. You are using a term that white government invented! You ought to be ashamed of yourself!!!
godschildyes 1 month ago
@godschildyes Oh I'm just terribly ashamed. I think I can use pretty much any damn word I like. If the shoe fits, wear it!
rrhynes 1 month ago
@rrhynes LOL! I must not be dealing with a human being...
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Yoiu're dealing with someone that just doens't give a fuck what you call them!
rrhynes 3 weeks ago
@rrhynes Yeah! That's why I said I must not be dealing with a human being. LOL
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
@godschildyes Unfortunately for you, you don't even realize that you're not even discussing human beings so there is no reason for em to refer to them as such.
rrhynes 3 weeks ago
@rrhynes LOL! Get thee behind me Satan! LOL
godschildyes 3 weeks ago
SNW
brentria1 1 year ago
My people are brainwashed this shit is all bullshit stand for revolutonary.All the native leader were the true rebels this dude are just fucking brainwashed. This shit makes us look completely dum.
xxitsAlilJokexx 1 year ago
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything. Your people have a stronger, more proud culture than most others in the world. Follow your elders throw off the trappings of the marketing groups which have made the gangster lifestyle so famous. They make you think that there is no hope and you have to be this way to survive. What in fact is happening is you are killing each other and yourselves which is what they want. Be Native Be Proud.Follow the 7 Grandfathers.
stradamorin 1 year ago
Fuking dumbasses..Somehow the media has gotten to these people and turned them m against them selves like other races today.Quit being like other people and be your self!
phackqu 1 year ago
you guys need to have a pick up trash campaign.. I'm sorry as an indigenous person myself i can not understand what's up with your tribe issues indulgences with alcohol and drugs- just a bunch of idiots..You're loosing identities and in your own self destruction you tend to blame it on the govt--- so lame
USPMONTANA 1 year ago
dam..that BEt..really NWA..is natives w Attitudes. (eazy-E) taking care of did people. but com'on not this black people shit..no dis'respect...luv'in'dat ganster''shit but we live our own REZ aka getto''' we bring it to its fullest they should be'rapping bout us right...jus sayin' dont bite or taste on what there feeding us...keep it real fellows.real N.W.A. careful ...damn that block of gold....
idkjackmo 1 year ago