A Tribute To The Native Americans

[MuttiKearns]

We are all one under our Creators eyes! <3

[RoyAl4truth]

it does not matter what blood line he was from , he was fortunate enough and talented enough to reach the ears of listeners and when he did he spoke TRUTH and preached freedom for all people , the constant bicker on these videos keeps the flame of division well alight, when will we realize we are all family ??????

[SKa1musicman]

rest in peeace johnny cash and the proud natives of america

[brendajoycegeorge13]

No matter. It is a beautiful and moving tribute to the Native American Indians.

[phackqu]

FULL BLOODED EARTHLING SAYING PEACE AND LOVE TO ALL ^^

[lolitabrunette]

@phackqu

peace and love to u too":)

[reverend099]

seen an interview with the late and great jonny cash.done close to his death.he said it was a rumor he let go on.he was a grt man with tons of respect for native peoples of america and i don`t know any natives that don`t like him,except the young that don`t know who he is.

[knightace2002]

@Laaatiiina irony it's the whites who should go back to their homelands lmao the natives were here first and the whites came and dug up thier earth destroyed thier trees homes and villages and for wat? land and money nothing else mattered hopefully we can learn from this "no man owns the lands of the earth it belongs to everyone"-Native American Tribe member

[scorpian8king]

FULL bLOOD NATIVE HERE SAYIN PEACE TO ALL PEOPLE!

[lolitabrunette]

@scorpian8king

peace to you too:)

[Godfuther]

I`m very proud to be FULL BLOODED INDIAN!!! FBI ALL DAY

[knightace2002]

@Godfuther FBI? ohhhhhhh nice expression brother lol i'm partial blood (the song made me cry a lil and i've held deep respect for the lands since i was a child and my father was part Apache) but peace be to everyone and hopefully the natives can get money from the government and natives can stop living in poverty and prosper once more

[Godfuther]

@knightace2002 Yea bro someday...

[iamearthbornami]

simply fabulous

[nork21]

PLEASE TELL ME WHERE YOU GOT THAT PICTURE AT 0:13!

[judybug765]

I am Cherokee and Navahoe- very proud...i also am Russian.. go figure.

[panarkas]

@Scorpsrule2011 Is this what they are saying? Damn, what else they can think of to justify their mass genocides.

[drugobianconero91]

i love the story and the culture of the native americans.

Greetings from Italy.

[Jononutoob]

This song made me feel guilt.

[mostandish]

IT is good to learn the Indian history thorough songs,and johnnycas is a great singer

[ORIGINALJURISDICTION]

wikipedia...?arghhahahahaha! THAT is not a source of fact...sorry....

[SQUATCHER541707530]

As with Johnny Cash, I'm also Scottish and Cherokee

[Hardrada88]

Trusting wikipedia is like talking to a sloth..it takes forever and is utterly pointless

[TheFreshPeddler]

@Hardrada88 - did you look that joke up on wikipedia

[Hardrada88]

@TheFreshPeddler yes..because anything written by another randomer must be fact ;) ffs wikipedia is useless LOL LMAO

[TheFreshPeddler]

@Hardrada88 - its not completely useless but you have to take the content with a grain of salt just like anything you read online, in print, or see on the news. just about all the content from that site comes from other sites just like the rest of the web of recycled information. gotta admire the founder though, damn genius idea. pay people to start supplying content then get the audience to do all the work for you. pretty easy site to maintain as well

[Savages4U]

Johnny Cash. Cool song, great slides and a proud feelings. I am a better American because of this great video...

Be cool my friend...

[melyssacali]

oo ah oo ah ahh oo ahi ahi oo ah aa a high oo wagon train oo i see an eagle in space and my people will follow...ii o high . Thanks Johnny

[melyssacali]

high i oh high i i i oh high high i oh oh i oh high high high i

[cajuncurlzz]

So what if Cash wasn't Native American Blood! He had Native American Heart! R.I.P Johnny!!

[cajuncurlzz]

So what if Cash wasn't Native American Blood! He had American Native American Heart! R.I.P Johnny!!

[jenmajol]

my people share a lot in common with the Native Americans, we feel their pains and losts... thank you much for sharing this vid ascashfan1.

from a native hawaiian.

[hunterrainemoon]

yes another cherokee

[discobiscuites]

johnny cash belived himself to be native ammerican and irish decent for years, it was only when he traced his famly history he is actually scottish royalty in 11th centry fife.

[acashfan1]

@discobiscuites Have you read the other comments? YES...he was Scottish royalty, but he was ALSO Cherokee. One of his great uncles on his mother's side of the family was a full blooded Cherokee Indian. I have heard this story many times, because I know a lot of his family.

[reverend099]

@acashfan1 he said on a tv interview that he was not.it was a rumor he didn`t squash .but a rumor

[knightace2002]

@reverend099 well native or not his songs rlly captures ur mind and makes u think as well as this native rendition of a ceremonial song celebrating the fall of the tribes i think of this song as that anyways as it rlly captures the lost thriving of the tribes of old

[knightace2002]

@reverend099 well native or not his songs rlly captures ur mind and makes u think as well as this native rendition of a ceremonial song celebrating the fall of the tribes i think of this song as that anyways as it rlly captures the lost thriving of the tribes of old

[boderah2959]

@acashfan1 while i don't know all of his songs, there are a great many i do. thank you for posting this one, because it's one i've not heard before. i look forward to seeing what else you've posted.

[generationaluv]

@discobiscuites all is cool! Scots are very similar to the Native Americans in history with clans and oppression by the English.

[TheWisconychic]

i hear cash's one drop....and the heart that beats it

[Coljas]

Cash actually was not native american, though he thought himself to be for years.

check wikipedia

[acashfan1]

Wikipedia is full of crap. And the only people that post things on there THINK they know what they were talking about. Johnny's great-uncle, on his mother's side was a full-blood cherokee indian. There are even a few recordings of him talking about his uncle.

[TheHonda550]

@acashfan1

Thank you for your wisdom. Good Karma (if its possible to wish) upon you.

[TheFreshPeddler]

@acashfan1 - im not saying he didnt have any native american heritage, dont know and dont think it matters( to me at least) but saying he does because his great uncle was full blooded cherokee makes no sense at all. though i will agree having scottish or any other heritage does not rule it out as i am apparently 1/16 cherokee,irish,ect

[TheKalypso72]

@Coljas he indeed was Native, Chickamauga Cherokee to be exact. Even if it was not on wikipedia.

[HAAKONAS]

This clip was a very embracing set of photos. I am also American Indian and yes that past is gone but we still live on. Sadly a people that are now almost gone.

[2689dude]

Heritage!!! lol

[2689dude]

the land was taken...... but the beliefs and culture servived...... thanks for the video and im proud of my heritege

[fusilier45]

VIVA ITALIA,VIVA COLUMBUS

[adamthelover10]

we are not vanishing, just look at the bolivian president, we are getting stronger. Native pride!

[o0sunsi0o]

A great selection of historical native images thanks for sharing.

[cdo4Jesus]

Part Tsalagi (Cherokee) here, too : )

[GGracie123]

I am also half Cherokee. (:

[carmena1000]

Does anyone know what the name of this song is?

[acashfan1]

read the discription.

[samjmpkj1]

@carmena1000 The name of this song must be us; LOVE

[illaztic]

at 2:33 can u see a face in the clouds?

[pat5823]

my friend the native americans were much wiser then most peoples on this earth!they only took what they needed .and the small amount of chorokee that is in my blood i respect it....

[killerjuggalo2]

i apreesh 'eate the chant .. good VID hiya yo

[GracebeNancy]

Not as many . They couldn't survive in the modern era. While others were advancing, they were hanging around in the wilderness smoking drugs and building teepees. Anglos rule. It was destined to occur. They don't belong here on earth. They're a subspecies of human kind that is destined to be extinct.

[neonewsman]

@GracebeNancy Oh boy...you might not be dumb, but that comment sure was...

[deerhunt4lyfe]

@GracebeNancy What would make you hate us? We belong here on earth more than you,or the rest of the ignorant people like you.

[Leonidas1000]

"and i ride to the valley of the brave navajo"...i sing this every time i go back to my rez, plus where we live is a beautiful valley. ONE LOVE TO EVERY NATION OUT THERE and johnny cash for a deep great song.

[magemaatikko]

So sad, I am starting to crie!

[GracebeNancy]

Its sad what whites did to the indians. All but whiped you from your own land, the earth and took your women. Are there any left?

[XxTsalagixPridexX]

of course there are many not as there used to be some are full blood many are mixed i myself am half Tsalagi (Cherokee) and European

[04mittald]

@GracebeNancy the native women died as well

[poska4844]

precioso!

[yooperlooper]

beautiful images, spiritual faces showing great wisdom...

[hales22b]

Johnny Cash had so much compassion for Native Americans is probably because he is a Pisces. Singer Johnny Cash (Pisces Ascendant as well as the Sun, Mercury and Mars conjunct in Pisces bore the unmistakable stamp of Pisces - the attraction to the depths and lows of life, the non-judgemental attitude towards the "sinner", the abuse of drugs, the ancient timbre of his voice, the belief in the mystical purifying power of music and of course his timeless yet idiosyncratic songwriting.

[HecticHeretic]

My video's up (on the Charrua)

[primo3503]

I love the pictures. Good post THANKS!

[kiskoman1]

It seems that it is the U.S. Government that made us all Skins to be measured by blood quatum, no other race is treated that way!!

[zaaritha]

Good!

Sounds a little like Johnny Cash!

[mooareyouhappynow]

IT IS JOHNNY CASH

[MelissaTicky]

God bless the first nation tribe and all those who have faded and those who fought/fight to stand tall. Lummi pride

[HecticHeretic]

Might not be your taste, but check out the Native Funk song "Boom".

[voodoochild6017]

Thank god i am 1/4 cherokee. or i too may be greedy like the white man

[YOjona69]

okey :b nice video thanks for uploading.

[archiejakeamberspud]

I thought so, my `intuition' kind of told me so. You've already answered the next question I was about to ask - ie that Johnny Cash had Cherokee ancestry. Thank you for your reply.

[HecticHeretic]

Actually, he didn't haveCherokee ancestry.

From Wikipedia:

"He had believed in his younger days that he was mainly Irish and partially Native American (he had been told he was one-quarter Cherokee). Even after learning he had no Native American ancestry, Cash's empathy and compassion for Native Americans was unabated. These feelings were expressed in several of his songs, including "Apache Tears" and "The Ballad of Ira Hayes", and on his album, Bitter Tears."

[HecticHeretic]

All that aside, this is a great song.

[acashfan1]

Actually, you are partly right. In the seventies, they ran a test on Johnny to find out if he had any cherokee or other native ancestry, but they only accounted it with his father's ancestry. In the 90s they ran it again and found that his mother's uncle was actually a full blood Cherokee indian.

[HecticHeretic]

I stand corrected.

I'm a little surprised they had that type of DNA testing back then. I know these days there are all sorts of methods that are great with respect to genealogy .

Debating over whether or not to invest in one of these cheek swab/DNA tests myself. As it happens I'm trying to determine exactly how many generations one of my great (x?) grandmothers was up the tree. She was a Mestizo. Apparently her mother was a full-blood Charrúa (native American) and her father was German.

[archiejakeamberspud]

Is this Johnny Cash??

[gary5570]

i`m english but love all things bout native americans

always have done

may the great spirit keep you all safe where ever your lodges are

[foreverhulkamania]

I recently learned that I am descended from a Chata(Choctaw) Chief Opehaw Panyouasas.

though this was many many generations ago,

I proudly claim my heritage!

[nevadakidd63]

Nice video.

Im full-blooded Paiute and we are still here not a vanishing race.

But I think you for this dedication.

Peace to all !!

[7BeachKat]

@nevadakidd63 I am Cherokee and we are still here as well. We are survivors of the tragedy of America.

[deathlane99]

@7BeachKat It is a awful thing that happened, said thing is is it continues in this world. We all need to learn to except and live together in harmony and peace.

[deathlane99]

@7BeachKat It is a awful thing that happened, sad thing is is it continues in this world. We all need to learn to except and live together in harmony and peace.

[knightace2002]

@deathlane99 which the natives valued more than anything they believed in living in unity with nature spirit and others but was taken away when the britidsh came and made the swear allegiance to the new countryy. they still hold on to that sacred oath and live by it day by day it's astounding (living in harmony with nature spirit and beings not the oath lol srry for any mis understanding)

[Bonita085]

I love this culture!!!! is amazing, kisses from spain

[phackqu]

<---- Pit River Tribe

[Hemulen40]

`... most beautiful people on da earth... ´

( J. Morrison )

[dsettleascii]

i am part cherokee and appreciate this

[YOjona69]

i know but its still sad..

[YOjona69]

i wish we could have lived in harmoni maaan like we totally came and toke they souls and lanscape its sad maan...

[AmethystWillow]

I am very proud of my Native American ancestory. Thank you for a beautiful tribute.

[wallis4000]

its unfair what happend to the indians

[Duncanfan45]

yes it si as a fellow native we don't like to be called indians indians are like the people with like brownish skin and have liek that acsent like from simpsons the guy who owns the convinence store that's a indian so just correcting you um sorry that was the best way i could discribe an indain sorry : (

[wallis4000]

do 1

[bbudacious]

I would like to smoke the peace pipe. Great video. good job.

[phackqu]

this video is bad ass.FTW

[12zz334]

Mowhak....guys take it easy you are all one to insult another is to insult yourself. be good to each other. i cant spell to good but as long as you understand me thats all that matters.

[Krayzie1303]

I wonder why so many people argue with strangers on the internet.

Just enjoy the video

:)

[Lilmmforever]

ok I will I a just saying that he has no respect for me. I had a good chat with Biskaday but he's just been foolish. I have even wrote that my knoweledge to them is limited.

[nativehidatsa]

We remaining survivors of Manifest Destiny live the same way everyone else does. I'm from the Hidatsa Nation and there are 10,000 of us, 6000 live on the "reservations" while the rest of struggle like all "Americans" with mortgage, car & credit card payments. We don't get free education, I wish, although we do get great scholarships based on our merits. There are many avenues we "Americans" can take to better ourselves and education is the first step! We are struggling to keep our heritage.

[Lilmmforever]

whoa it's so weird how humans fiht other humans as apposed to animals who fight other animals of different species. Human's number one enemy is human. It's just choking how humans can bring other humans to almost extinction. i mean there's like probably less than 200 natives left in all of America.. well something like that. Has anyone come across natives and are they like rural....

[bisdakdiay]

I met an Indian lady with long locks, she was training as a billing manager in a medical office. Well, she's half indian, 25% of something & 25% of something. She said her father was a Chief. She still has D Indian high cheek bone features, chinky eyes, very tanned, long jet black hair tied in a bun, wearing big round earring. They get free education until they finish their degree. Meeting her was very interesting coz i knew very little about them. She's D 2nd Indian I met to this date.

[Lilmmforever]

awesome. They get free education. well i am working hard now for a scholarship to college playing soccer. The best way to get into college is with a scholarship noone wants to pay that huge tiusion. why is that they get free education are they poor. Do they still live like what they live before Columbus invaded? and was she rural?

[ChicanoX3Irish]

my uncle and cuzins are Chippewa, like 50% or sumthing and i have an Apache friend.

[Lilmmforever]

are they rural thougt? like are they outcast.

[ChicanoX3Irish]

no not really. my apache friend lives in the city and acts like a normal person, he has alot of friends. same wit my cuzins, my uncle lives on a reservation

[Lilmmforever]

O, well imagine if the USA had never been discovered.

[neenochka]

Lilmmforever, if you want to go to college you should learn proper grammer and learn how to spell. No on is going to get a scholarship unless they deserve it. Get educated before you start making dumb comments. Obviously you have access to the internet. Atleast do some research (if you know how) before you make stupid comments.

[Lilmmforever]

I was in a rush that's why my grammar is not to perfection but if you want it to be then so be it. I know how to do research and in a matter of fact I had a good chat with a dude by the name of "Biskaday" So I think that you should shut the fuck up. Or I'll blow this mother fucker up. Ha you have a problem with my grammar but I have never got lower than a B- in english or reading. So I suggest you shut up.

[neenochka]

are you a moron? If you saw this video, it means you showed some interest.  Why don't you know your information before you speak. There are pueblos and reservations all over the country. Look at all the casinos!!!! They aren't run by 1 Indian each...

White Girl

[Lilmmforever]

I am a guy u dickhead and who the fuck do you think you are talking shit to me like that. I'd spit into ur face. I said one little comment and you're bitching like a fuckind dieing rat. It's mother fuckers like you who ruin the commentary on youtube. I don't know you..... Take your dirty, disrespectful commments and shuv them up your ass.

[calster31]

A sad sad time in history. "Manifest Destiny"; What a concept, huh!! But what comes around, goes around. Much respect to all Native Americans.

[Imvelo]

Great song. I love that Mr. Cash made songs like these. Although he was 100% Scottish, he had been told he was Irish and part Cherokee.

[KOSICHE]

good song

[bolacha35]

maravilhoso,nice sound

[backcountrywolf]

First, I would like thank u for putting this site on I couln't find one site i trusted, again than you.!

[ShyWolf6]

Hears one thing that you can do to be like us "A frog does not drink water from a pond in which it lives." - Old Indian Proverb

[zekeandcharlie]

I am non native but am learning native ways. I truly admire the dedication and would like to know what I can do.

[61herman]

Thank you very much for the edification!

Very well done!

Peace.

[MyBabyRezzy]

Johnny Cash been to the Navajo Reservation...did a small concert (like 3?), a great person! He did have the biggest respect for the Native Americans. How many artist today can do that??? My dad loves Johnny Cash.

[SwingingRingaDing]

You can even tell by his facial features. And his skintone for that matter, he's a little red-ish.

[dibbya]

how the hell did cash think he was cherokee? haha

[lanceloomis]

Though some of Johnny's Family was Cherokee he, as was determined after he produced Bitter Tears albums, was not.That realization never diminished his love and appreciation of the Cherokee. If interested I suggest listening to the entire Bitter Tears Album. Perhaps his greatest

[CowboySrki]

great tribute to good ol' Native Americans!!

[ShyWolf6]

I just read the thing up there and I just though he was 1/2 Cherokee.

[indianpictureopera]

I've just recently heard of this Johnny Cash song.

Nice video.

[MrBruceBarham]

on ething we can do now is be sure that we stand against the injustices that always seem to find their way to these wonderful first peoples, even in the 50s under eisenhower thier rez lands were taken again, when will our government act honarably toward them and not continue being the beast that lies always taking?

[ApacheSk]

\ I Stand So Long As I Can, Weapons in My Hands----IF Not Us----Teach the Children-------Of Injust War---Of Who We Really Are!!!

To Honor Creator,Mother Earthand the Universe!!!!!!!!

Apache-_-Sky

[cactuswoman]

Thank you for posting tihs I loved this song I did not know that Johnny Cash had done this one, it was beautiful thanks again for posting, a Alabama Cherokee

[johnnyhorton2]

you do know this song was origonally written by johnny horton right?

[DamballaWedo]

Very thanks vor upload from this Song.

[Tarsan97]

Maybe we all would be better of living like the old indians?

Fascinating culture with great people.

[violetwhae]

Kia ora our brothers and sisters in america from NZ beautiful to see your ancestors who have the same look as our Tupuna (Ancestors)we too share the same bloodline as yourselves, and share the same past, of colonisation and understand our role as Kaitiaki(caretakers) to the lands given us by our Spiritual father and mother Earth(Papatuanuku) too take care of what was given us free.

[gvhnagewohali]

Wado,(thank you) I hope creator blesses your every step. Aho!

[GraceTheSky]

Wonderful song, thanks for uploading. Peace. :)

[alvaronium]

A great hug in the heart of the true American nation. A Brazilian friend.

[ladychoctaw]

A wonderful video, thank you for posting it for us to enjoy!!

[PrincessValdez]

Visit unityinc. org

[monkeyeagle]

Beautiful Sombre Song by one of the Greats...Johnny Cash!The Photos are outstanding also!Massive Respect to all Native Americans!!!!

[PrincessValdez]

U.N.I.T.Y. is going to Oklahoma this summer of 2007. Natives from all over the nation will be there with their tribe. Come meet new people, share your culture. Their will be entertainment; food and dances. Their will also be workshops for college and health...Last year UNITY went to Buffalo, NY, and it was fun. Research some more about it. See you there!

[Amelia424]

Awesome video! Native pride right here:)

[BabyEagle4U]

Great Video !!

[smoothtouch77]

Beautiful. A tribute that matches the beauty of the Native American image and spirit.

[mariecs1969]

I love this!

[jul150]

I always loved Johnny Cash's Bitter Tears album, his tribute to the Native American. Excellent video!!!

[MELCKUA]

EXCELLENT LOVE THE SONG AND PICTURES

[keitel10]

Amazing pics and song. Wonderful an sincere tribute, thanks for share it, my friend.