Un tributo alos verdaderos tenedores de estados unidos, ellosson los autenticos dueños de esa nacion es un alastima que ahora los tengan segregados en reservaciones como si fueran ciudadanos de segunda que triste
In the early 80s I had the honor of spending alot of time up in the back county of Wyoming and Colorado. This song was almost always in the back of my mind. What a fantastic song of truth and the greatness of the American Indians.
I wrote Hurtful and Unkind cause Their is so much prejudice and racism in people in this world...reading some of your comments on this page makes me sad because people have to be that way..Grow up think about what your saying this person was trying to put a tribute out to Native Americans..Facts may have been alittle off but do you have to be so harsh..Not trying to be mean just saying..May the Great Spirit watch over all of you Peace and love to all Heather Morning Dove
I am Cherokee and I am proud of my heritage...(Hurtful and Unkind) We all breathe and walk on two feet it doesn't matter what we look like or the color of our skin..Matters whats in the heart.Whats deep within, We all live this life that we're in..Maybe someday people will realize and figure this out.This world would be a better place if all the prejudice and racism was left out..Since the beginning of time people have been Hurtful and unkind (Poem cut short) By Heather Morning Dove...
Beautiful haunting images...wonderful job! You should have however acknowledged Bernie Taupin. Without his incredible words this insightful song would not exist.
Now they kill our brother/sister wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming...another thing they take from us. I listen to this when I want to be reminded of the truth. Good job with the picts and music together. Tasteful. May the Creator Bless you for your efforts.
Geronimo was thrown from his horse in 1909 and laid in the cold until a friend found him. He later passed away from pneumonia. So I don't get the part of this song @4:15 when it is sung "He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead" ?
Americans really destroyed the indian people, took their lands and now they are giving them the casinos to 'redeem' them selves. Haha, a million casions couldn't restore the greatness of the Indian people, but of course they now that, and that was just a marketing move... Very similar thing they did to Vietnamese people,Afghanistan people, Iraqi people, Serbian people, Somalian people and tons and tons of other nations. They are doing it to the people of Libya as we speak. They will never change
I know that some of the lyrics aren't accurate to actual native ways or history... but coming from this man from England.... that he was so moved to write this tribute about the plight of the Native Americans... and it's so obviously from the heart... maybe we can overlook the inaccuracies and instead into the depth and truth behind the message.
@TheBerserker50 When the song said "He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead." That's not how he died at all. He got pneumomia and died.
I know that some of the lyrics aren't accurate to actual native ways or history... but coming from this man from England.... that he was so moved to write this tribute about the plight of the Native Americans... and it's so obviously from the heart... maybe we can overlook the inaccuracies and instead into the depth and truth behind the message.
Um, crying out to "Lord," = NOPE.... chieftain's daughter mine = Double NOPE...My Squaw = Triple NOPE!
Its Great Spirit or Grandfather...Gauntlet to make Chieftain's daughter mine (REALLY REALLY)...and, you never refer to Tribal Women as "Squaw," Mr. Elton John!
@simplycincere as this was written from the view point at the time it wouldnt have been considered offensive but nowadays it is, much like how the n word wasnt offensive at the time it was just what you called a black person as it literally means black. Although he still probably shouldnt have used it it doesnt necesarily mean its incorrect.
This would have been a beautiful tribute and story to tell of our history to fellow generations of Tribal Nations. HOWEVER, lyrics like: "To run the gauntlet of the Sioux, to make a chieftain's daughter mine," and "I take only what is mine "Lord," my pony, "my squaw," and my child"
NICE TRY Elton John...you crashed and burned us yet still. Should have done your research goof ball. Sheesh!
@simplycincere Everybody knows you don't refer to native women as squaw. But the tribute is very beautiful and he tried to do a good thing, so give him credit. I am native too, but sometimes I think we are way to reactive about small things and we need to relieve some of our bitterness, be strong and proud, without hate for others.
I am sad that Native Americans was discriminated and killed by white people. I'm not American but I'm sorry for what happened to you and your land as a human. Take care of your tradition, world will be empty without it.
My 2nd husband, Ziggy, was part Iriqous & sang this song (acapella) in the presence of my Cherokee & Ute friends @ their house one cold night in April so many years ago... he has long since passed from this world to the land of eternal summer. I often rememeber all that he taught me of Native american ways by the way we lived & how he taught me of my own Native American Heritage (Cherokee & Shoshone) & that he lived as he died... free... proud to be one of "The People"... a human being.
@jazzbebeya I am WHITE and I came from Croatia in .73 when I came here and read literature about colonists and natives, I am shamed..TOTALY and today's powes to be back then their families did all that, are trying to control or tell other nations how to live; where they them self's did not come clean or admition that they did more destruction to natives the land.My mother back in Croatia bought books from Karl May Zane Gray, bear with my spelling, these books reflected to me truer life then all.
@15Karlovac thank-you for your thoughts- your words are thoughtful and true. I think the most important thing we all can learn from history is NOT to repeat it. We should all treat one another with the dignity, respect, & consideration we would want to recieve. We should all remember that we are of ONE race- the human race.
Good to see an old classic renewed and in such a classic fashion. Nearly 40 years ago and still has a relevant message. Good to keep in mind, as it was with most of Elton's successes, the words belong to Bernie Taupin. Big "Like" here to the folks at VCF.
I have a chapter about this song in my soon to be published book. On the rez we used to sing this song as a war cry when we drank too much. Decades later, that song on a radio in the wilderness brought me to my knees, and aimed me toward my sobriety ceremony. Very powerful...good job with the visuals...brings tears.
@goodmedcin thats so cool brother...I was ridiculed years ago when this came out as I felt very moved...young white kid who loved other things.... I stayed drunk for almost 40 years before I had had enough of this culture..I triedfor so many years to face the truth(s)..good luck to ...US...
@Smackdaddy9 I used to be as miserable as you are, full of hatred and anger, crashing thru life searching for anyone to be mad at, as my anger burnt a hole in my soul. Your jealousy on top of your anger is killing you, and we will pray that The Creator softens your heart, and relieves the pain you carry, so those demons that haunt you will leave, and free your spirit to once again be able to smile and love again. God Bless and help your pain, AHO
@Smackdaddy9 On the Land YOU gave them!?!?!?!? Hahahah u ignorant bastard, the land Americans are living on is Native American land, so you can only live on their land, not the other way around!
@goodmedcin The book I wrote about 4 months ago on here is going to be released soon, in april.Look at my website; Thethirteenthstep I will be announcing the date of release. If this video speaks to you, the book will bring tears to your eyes, and also, joy to your heart.
@goodmedcin The book I wrote about 4 months ago on here is going to be released soon, in april.Look at my website; Thethirteenthstep (dot com) I will be announcing the date of release. If this video speaks to you, the book will bring tears to your eyes, and also, joy to your heart.
@goodmedcin The book I wrote about 4 months ago on here is going to be released soon, in april.Look at my website; Thethirteenthstep I will be announcing the date of release. If this video speaks to you, the book will bring tears to your eyes, and also, joy to your heart.
@TheBerserker50 The book was published and released in June, my response will probably be blocked as spam unless i slowly spell out the title, available on am a z on; the thirteenth step, also the book trailer can be seen on u tube by the same name.
I take my hat off to the 'Native Indian-American' they present was established many, many years ago. They have been rape by the white man's greed and ego! Should I say more. I have always like Elton John and "Madman Across the Water" this is probably his greatest albums he has ever released. God Bless our 'Native Indian'
@Smackdaddy9 You pathetic peice of shit. How dare you criticize a man for paying homage to how his race was inhiliated by bible carrying colonials. And since you must be black with a name like "Smackdaddy" or a wannabe "blackdaddy" then you should know what that's about.
(2 of 2) The same poeple that had exterminated that race of human would declare themselves the "civilised race". Later when a faint sense of morality appeared, the "civilised race" would justify the events that preceeded them by no longer calling a dead race "indians". They are referred to as Native Americans.
Today we remember the halocaust as one of greatest travesties of human existence. Whilst this was a terrible waste of human life, whats more amazing is we forget the real halocaust of completly exterminating a race and way of life took place between 50-100 years earlier. European settelers later declaring themselves as the United States of America systematically exterminated a race of people that had evolved in the americas since the birth of the human race (1 of 2)
There is many examples in history where man has nearly destroyed itself. Few better examples exist where the human race has completly decimated itself in numbers, wisdom and morality than the extermination of the native americans
Being part Native American I have always had a conflict of cultures happening inside me. My fathers side of the family is of european descent whereas my mothers is of Native American and French Canadian. But when I listen to this song the conflict ends.
It makes you sick to the stomach don't it. Sad. It can't be undone but we should at least give them more then what we have. Hella of lot more. Or rather give them back more is more like it.
It is interesting that this English Pub piano player wrote such wonderful poetry of the American experience like he was a son of the land before time begun. His "My Father's Gun", "Country Comfort" and "Indian Sunset" are amazing glimpses of American history. Great imagery with your video too!
Appsolutley brilliant , very moving , i have been interested in the native america indians since i was a child , and have never been able to understand the crualty of the white man ... but it comes up again and again in history
This is a wonderful compilation of images set to Elton John's best song, in my opinion. Very moving. Thanks for putting this together and sharing it with us!
Much the same as the Bankers are doing to the rest of us today. Love the vid. The song needs no plaudits except to say anyone who never heard it doesn't really have an interest in music.
thank you...and I'm sorry if I sounded biased...it was a spur of the moment thing...normally I do consider both sides of the story...but hey...many people absolutly hate the nazi's becuase of the Holocaust....how many were pressed into service and didn't choose to kill all those people? I am not one of those people, and it always makes me sad to see. and once again, I apologize for the onesidedness of my last post....still think it is a magnificent song, though
To put the lies of History in perspective: The "Injuns" were blamed for scalping their victims. They LEARNED this from the White Man, who originally took scalps to prove how many he had slaughtered, in order to be PAID for his efforts!
I can't believe how well you fit this song....which is, in my opinion, Elton John's best work. I cried watching this, thinking of what we as white men have done to these noble people. It makes me feel ashamed to be of a people who have this.......past! I can't tell you how much this means.
Thank you all for watching and for your comments. I am sorry I haven't responded before this, but I am touched by your interest and your words. Remember that being Native American isn't a way of blood...it is a way of life and spirit.
awesome video i love this song and most people don't know the hardships the native american people went through and the traditions that they have and that they have lost best compilation i've seen yet
This song is one of my all time favorites. Great video, I am not native american, but I live in Oklahoma and many of my friends here are, and it really makes you stop to think of what happened to them at the hands of the "white man" and it really does make me ashamed. They are a wonderful group of people, and have a great heritage and most have strong family values, its so sad to see what was taken from them
Hit em with a little ghetto gospel :D
bounty96 1 week ago
Nice video, very well put together and fitting for such a beautiful song. That last verse never fails to send a shiver down my spine.
Colourfulify 2 weeks ago
beautiful. thank u!
eschecs 3 weeks ago
Check out Warren Haynes acoustic version of this song. A very powerful song, great video thanks for posting.
thbluespro 1 month ago
Un tributo alos verdaderos tenedores de estados unidos, ellosson los autenticos dueños de esa nacion es un alastima que ahora los tengan segregados en reservaciones como si fueran ciudadanos de segunda que triste
jaboncito2220 1 month ago
i love it!
pitluck3 1 month ago
We are all one in our Creators eyes, nice peice ypu put together. <3
MuttiKearns 1 month ago
Very nice video..My mixed blood betrays my true Indian Spirit
mrbill675 1 month ago
In the early 80s I had the honor of spending alot of time up in the back county of Wyoming and Colorado. This song was almost always in the back of my mind. What a fantastic song of truth and the greatness of the American Indians.
KentarEast 2 months ago
I wrote Hurtful and Unkind cause Their is so much prejudice and racism in people in this world...reading some of your comments on this page makes me sad because people have to be that way..Grow up think about what your saying this person was trying to put a tribute out to Native Americans..Facts may have been alittle off but do you have to be so harsh..Not trying to be mean just saying..May the Great Spirit watch over all of you Peace and love to all Heather Morning Dove
HeatherMorningdove 2 months ago
I am Cherokee and I am proud of my heritage...(Hurtful and Unkind) We all breathe and walk on two feet it doesn't matter what we look like or the color of our skin..Matters whats in the heart.Whats deep within, We all live this life that we're in..Maybe someday people will realize and figure this out.This world would be a better place if all the prejudice and racism was left out..Since the beginning of time people have been Hurtful and unkind (Poem cut short) By Heather Morning Dove...
HeatherMorningdove 2 months ago
Remember Fort Malden....
joc69uk32 3 months ago
My Grandmother grew up ashamed of her Native American blood. My mother couldn't have cared less. I am proud of my heritage.
1954JDR 3 months ago
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The United States government should be ashamed of itself.
RogueLes 3 months ago
Beautiful haunting images...wonderful job! You should have however acknowledged Bernie Taupin. Without his incredible words this insightful song would not exist.
NickyT3399 4 months ago
Now they kill our brother/sister wolves in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming...another thing they take from us. I listen to this when I want to be reminded of the truth. Good job with the picts and music together. Tasteful. May the Creator Bless you for your efforts.
elves4me 5 months ago
@elves4me Dude shut up. Wolves arent anyone's family.
gladefoam 3 months ago
America. Built on genocide, land thievery and the backs of black slaves. We are Christians, after all.
sgtstardust 5 months ago
Geronimo was thrown from his horse in 1909 and laid in the cold until a friend found him. He later passed away from pneumonia. So I don't get the part of this song @4:15 when it is sung "He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead" ?
mangosox92653 5 months ago
@mangosox92653 it was creative liberty taken by the songwriter to make the song flow better.
Raptorsified 5 months ago
This is the story of my country,Iraq,as well. Heart breaking :(
RoRox4fmIraq 5 months ago
Americans really destroyed the indian people, took their lands and now they are giving them the casinos to 'redeem' them selves. Haha, a million casions couldn't restore the greatness of the Indian people, but of course they now that, and that was just a marketing move... Very similar thing they did to Vietnamese people,Afghanistan people, Iraqi people, Serbian people, Somalian people and tons and tons of other nations. They are doing it to the people of Libya as we speak. They will never change
TheAdmin93 7 months ago
@TheAdmin93 excellent observation and so very true. maybe one day dominion will meet its demise.
TheBerserker50 6 months ago
@TheAdmin93 WE can change and WE must... it starts here.. go for it and teach others the truth
TheBerserker50 1 month ago
Wonderful illustration LC. One of Reggie's best when he was still a serious artist. What a sad, moving story!
RolandHofmannGermany 7 months ago
@RolandHofmannGermany He's still a serious. Have you heard his knew album. He has slowed his songs down a bit. But lets see how you are at 63.
werytraveler 1 month ago
This song is so moving and beautiful. I have a Native American aunt and this always makes me think of her.
AkzulSaulie1993 8 months ago
I know that some of the lyrics aren't accurate to actual native ways or history... but coming from this man from England.... that he was so moved to write this tribute about the plight of the Native Americans... and it's so obviously from the heart... maybe we can overlook the inaccuracies and instead into the depth and truth behind the message.
sdwhite2mag 8 months ago
@sdwhite2mag I am curious as to which words or phrases are inaccurate. if you know ... please tell me. thanks
TheBerserker50 6 months ago
@TheBerserker50 When the song said "He'd been laying down his weapons when they filled him full of lead." That's not how he died at all. He got pneumomia and died.
werytraveler 1 month ago
@werytraveler ur smart
enigma24tool4you 1 month ago
I know that some of the lyrics aren't accurate to actual native ways or history... but coming from this man from England.... that he was so moved to write this tribute about the plight of the Native Americans... and it's so obviously from the heart... maybe we can overlook the inaccuracies and instead into the depth and truth behind the message.
sdwhite2mag 8 months ago
I Ghetto Gospel..........
S**t Wrong song!
spudsrob 8 months ago
the american, who discovered Kolumbus at first, mades a bad discover
„Der Amerikaner, der Kolumbus zuerst entdeckte, machte eine böse Entdeckung.“
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (Werk: Sudelbücher)
10defo 9 months ago
Um, crying out to "Lord," = NOPE.... chieftain's daughter mine = Double NOPE...My Squaw = Triple NOPE!
Its Great Spirit or Grandfather...Gauntlet to make Chieftain's daughter mine (REALLY REALLY)...and, you never refer to Tribal Women as "Squaw," Mr. Elton John!
simplycincere 10 months ago
@simplycincere I call them sperm sponges. A little firewater and me and a squaw have us a hightime!
Smackdaddy9 10 months ago
@Smackdaddy9 you are a piece of garbage hiding behind a computer
0neuponatime 9 months ago
@simplycincere as this was written from the view point at the time it wouldnt have been considered offensive but nowadays it is, much like how the n word wasnt offensive at the time it was just what you called a black person as it literally means black. Although he still probably shouldnt have used it it doesnt necesarily mean its incorrect.
MrBurningKeyboard 8 months ago
This would have been a beautiful tribute and story to tell of our history to fellow generations of Tribal Nations. HOWEVER, lyrics like: "To run the gauntlet of the Sioux, to make a chieftain's daughter mine," and "I take only what is mine "Lord," my pony, "my squaw," and my child"
NICE TRY Elton John...you crashed and burned us yet still. Should have done your research goof ball. Sheesh!
simplycincere 10 months ago
@simplycincere Everybody knows you don't refer to native women as squaw. But the tribute is very beautiful and he tried to do a good thing, so give him credit. I am native too, but sometimes I think we are way to reactive about small things and we need to relieve some of our bitterness, be strong and proud, without hate for others.
janwalsh1000 1 month ago
Beautiful
Starryvideos 10 months ago
Beautiful Video and Song ! God Bless!
BobMaz74 10 months ago
I am sad that Native Americans was discriminated and killed by white people. I'm not American but I'm sorry for what happened to you and your land as a human. Take care of your tradition, world will be empty without it.
JarheadMaster 1 year ago
My 2nd husband, Ziggy, was part Iriqous & sang this song (acapella) in the presence of my Cherokee & Ute friends @ their house one cold night in April so many years ago... he has long since passed from this world to the land of eternal summer. I often rememeber all that he taught me of Native american ways by the way we lived & how he taught me of my own Native American Heritage (Cherokee & Shoshone) & that he lived as he died... free... proud to be one of "The People"... a human being.
jazzbebeya 1 year ago 2
@jazzbebeya I am WHITE and I came from Croatia in .73 when I came here and read literature about colonists and natives, I am shamed..TOTALY and today's powes to be back then their families did all that, are trying to control or tell other nations how to live; where they them self's did not come clean or admition that they did more destruction to natives the land.My mother back in Croatia bought books from Karl May Zane Gray, bear with my spelling, these books reflected to me truer life then all.
15Karlovac 11 months ago
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jazzbebeya 8 months ago
@15Karlovac thank-you for your thoughts- your words are thoughtful and true. I think the most important thing we all can learn from history is NOT to repeat it. We should all treat one another with the dignity, respect, & consideration we would want to recieve. We should all remember that we are of ONE race- the human race.
jazzbebeya 8 months ago
Good to see an old classic renewed and in such a classic fashion. Nearly 40 years ago and still has a relevant message. Good to keep in mind, as it was with most of Elton's successes, the words belong to Bernie Taupin. Big "Like" here to the folks at VCF.
LEMR9 1 year ago 2
I have a newfound respect for Elton.
winterdesert1 1 year ago
I have a chapter about this song in my soon to be published book. On the rez we used to sing this song as a war cry when we drank too much. Decades later, that song on a radio in the wilderness brought me to my knees, and aimed me toward my sobriety ceremony. Very powerful...good job with the visuals...brings tears.
goodmedcin 1 year ago 13
@goodmedcin Thank you.
LCMichaels 1 year ago 3
@LCMichaels No thanks needed, I'm honored......sister Blue Horse, Cherokee Nation...........much blessings....smiles
Duke24JG 1 year ago
@goodmedcin thats so cool brother...I was ridiculed years ago when this came out as I felt very moved...young white kid who loved other things.... I stayed drunk for almost 40 years before I had had enough of this culture..I triedfor so many years to face the truth(s)..good luck to ...US...
bathetcnow 1 year ago
@goodmedcin soon to be published! Too funny!
You can Boo-Hoo that also and blame it on others.
Go run a casino on the land WE gave you. Try not to booze it up too much.
Smackdaddy9 1 year ago
@Smackdaddy9
goodmedcin 1 year ago
@Smackdaddy9 I used to be as miserable as you are, full of hatred and anger, crashing thru life searching for anyone to be mad at, as my anger burnt a hole in my soul. Your jealousy on top of your anger is killing you, and we will pray that The Creator softens your heart, and relieves the pain you carry, so those demons that haunt you will leave, and free your spirit to once again be able to smile and love again. God Bless and help your pain, AHO
goodmedcin 1 year ago 2
@Smackdaddy9 On the Land YOU gave them!?!?!?!? Hahahah u ignorant bastard, the land Americans are living on is Native American land, so you can only live on their land, not the other way around!
P.S. U should be ashamed...
urosh93 10 months ago
@goodmedcin The book I wrote about 4 months ago on here is going to be released soon, in april.Look at my website; Thethirteenthstep I will be announcing the date of release. If this video speaks to you, the book will bring tears to your eyes, and also, joy to your heart.
goodmedcin 11 months ago
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@goodmedcin The book I wrote about 4 months ago on here is going to be released soon, in april.Look at my website; Thethirteenthstep (dot com) I will be announcing the date of release. If this video speaks to you, the book will bring tears to your eyes, and also, joy to your heart.
goodmedcin 11 months ago
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@goodmedcin The book I wrote about 4 months ago on here is going to be released soon, in april.Look at my website; Thethirteenthstep I will be announcing the date of release. If this video speaks to you, the book will bring tears to your eyes, and also, joy to your heart.
goodmedcin 11 months ago
@goodmedcin that is sweet brother! it does bring some very hard tears
TheBerserker50 6 months ago
@TheBerserker50 The book was published and released in June, my response will probably be blocked as spam unless i slowly spell out the title, available on am a z on; the thirteenth step, also the book trailer can be seen on u tube by the same name.
NativeSonPublishers 6 months ago
Very nice tribute to Native Americans of all Nations, wado (thanks) from sister Blue Horse of Cherokee Nation........smiles
Duke24JG 1 year ago 10
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LCMichaels 1 year ago
I take my hat off to the 'Native Indian-American' they present was established many, many years ago. They have been rape by the white man's greed and ego! Should I say more. I have always like Elton John and "Madman Across the Water" this is probably his greatest albums he has ever released. God Bless our 'Native Indian'
Proud to be an American,
Bob
rjpmetal 1 year ago
Go crawl back into your bottle, you nasty shitbird. Did you pay wampawm to the the dickeater for using his song? Paint by the numbers dipshit...
Smackdaddy9 1 year ago
@Smackdaddy9 You pathetic peice of shit. How dare you criticize a man for paying homage to how his race was inhiliated by bible carrying colonials. And since you must be black with a name like "Smackdaddy" or a wannabe "blackdaddy" then you should know what that's about.
aburling7 1 year ago
@aburling7 Here is how I dare. I smell you. Take a bath, assclown.
Smackdaddy9 1 year ago
@aburling7 Don't get mad at him.. He does not know annnnyy better. He is lost soul.
15Karlovac 11 months ago
Go crawl back into your bottle, you nasty shitbird.
Smackdaddy9 1 year ago
I cant stay to see you die...along with my tribes pride. When the picture of the 4 men appear...goosebumps
burkardheike 1 year ago
Simply beautiful. Thank you for putting this together.
ittycar 1 year ago
I bow to all naitve americans for what you have survived. Truely america is built on your blood. i bow to you all. Stephen.
actions4peace 1 year ago
(2 of 2) The same poeple that had exterminated that race of human would declare themselves the "civilised race". Later when a faint sense of morality appeared, the "civilised race" would justify the events that preceeded them by no longer calling a dead race "indians". They are referred to as Native Americans.
Kaptin111 1 year ago
Today we remember the halocaust as one of greatest travesties of human existence. Whilst this was a terrible waste of human life, whats more amazing is we forget the real halocaust of completly exterminating a race and way of life took place between 50-100 years earlier. European settelers later declaring themselves as the United States of America systematically exterminated a race of people that had evolved in the americas since the birth of the human race (1 of 2)
Kaptin111 1 year ago
There is many examples in history where man has nearly destroyed itself. Few better examples exist where the human race has completly decimated itself in numbers, wisdom and morality than the extermination of the native americans
Kaptin111 1 year ago
Being part Native American I have always had a conflict of cultures happening inside me. My fathers side of the family is of european descent whereas my mothers is of Native American and French Canadian. But when I listen to this song the conflict ends.
AhuraWerewolf1 1 year ago
Hoka Hey Kola!!!
renethibault 1 year ago
It makes you sick to the stomach don't it. Sad. It can't be undone but we should at least give them more then what we have. Hella of lot more. Or rather give them back more is more like it.
lloydoftheroad 1 year ago
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lloydoftheroad 1 year ago
Nice work.
diverkev 1 year ago
Incredible..... thanks for creating !! : )
johnrogersattorney 1 year ago
Bury my heart...
tedi1958 1 year ago
Your spirit is true to the values of the "American." I love you for that.
tedi1958 1 year ago
It is interesting that this English Pub piano player wrote such wonderful poetry of the American experience like he was a son of the land before time begun. His "My Father's Gun", "Country Comfort" and "Indian Sunset" are amazing glimpses of American history. Great imagery with your video too!
divisioneight 1 year ago
Appsolutley brilliant , very moving , i have been interested in the native america indians since i was a child , and have never been able to understand the crualty of the white man ... but it comes up again and again in history
vonibee60 1 year ago
Thank you for this and for saying that Native American is a way of life. We must all learn this if we are to save the earth.
edford9 1 year ago
This is a wonderful compilation of images set to Elton John's best song, in my opinion. Very moving. Thanks for putting this together and sharing it with us!
bradjay 1 year ago
MAKE YOU THINK
MrStackyou 1 year ago
In this land that once was my land
I can't find a home.
Now that is one of the saddest statements ever.
LCMichaels-You did a beautiful job. Thank you.
ironspear1 1 year ago
Best Song by Elton John, in my opinion.
I think I had tears in my eyes, when I first heard it
dumichauch0o 1 year ago 15
Now there seems no reason why I should carry on
In this land that once was my land I can't find a home
It's lonely and it's quiet and the horse soldiers are coming
And I think it's time I strung my bow and ceased my senseless running
For soon I'll find the yellow moon along with my loved ones
Where the buffaloes graze in clover fields without the sound of guns
And the red sun sinks at last into the hills of gold
And peace to this young warrior comes with a bullet hole
Poesía pura.!
veightengine 1 year ago 2
Much the same as the Bankers are doing to the rest of us today. Love the vid. The song needs no plaudits except to say anyone who never heard it doesn't really have an interest in music.
trenawl 2 years ago
Superb Video! And there ARE NOT two sides to THIS story! It is a permanent scar on the History of America. An Abomination.
LeeBeeBee1 2 years ago
Remember, there is always two sides to any story.
Thanks for the video.
Bobby...
palonejr 2 years ago
thank you...and I'm sorry if I sounded biased...it was a spur of the moment thing...normally I do consider both sides of the story...but hey...many people absolutly hate the nazi's becuase of the Holocaust....how many were pressed into service and didn't choose to kill all those people? I am not one of those people, and it always makes me sad to see. and once again, I apologize for the onesidedness of my last post....still think it is a magnificent song, though
insanemistosingsmore 2 years ago
To put the lies of History in perspective: The "Injuns" were blamed for scalping their victims. They LEARNED this from the White Man, who originally took scalps to prove how many he had slaughtered, in order to be PAID for his efforts!
LeeBeeBee1 2 years ago
I can't believe how well you fit this song....which is, in my opinion, Elton John's best work. I cried watching this, thinking of what we as white men have done to these noble people. It makes me feel ashamed to be of a people who have this.......past! I can't tell you how much this means.
insanemistosingsmore 2 years ago
Have you ever read Drums along the Mohawk?
There was guilt on both sides. Neither side is innocent. Dont be blinded by the telling of one side of any story.
I have respect for both sides.
Bobby...
palonejr 2 years ago
is there a place where I can see the lyrics to this song?
silverwindspirit 2 years ago
Thank you all for watching and for your comments. I am sorry I haven't responded before this, but I am touched by your interest and your words. Remember that being Native American isn't a way of blood...it is a way of life and spirit.
LCMichaels 2 years ago 13
@LCMichaels I like to think, somehow, sometime, somewhere, we all are Native American.
Amen
jonathanbirchley 1 year ago
awesome video i love this song and most people don't know the hardships the native american people went through and the traditions that they have and that they have lost best compilation i've seen yet
krafty0675 2 years ago
Beautifull and educational, thank you very much.
CarthagoEagle 2 years ago
I just want to say thanks. A wonderful compilation.
vgrichards 2 years ago 3
A truly wonderful song, and you have done it justice with this beautiful video
medusarog 2 years ago 3
God bless you !!!!!! and god bless the true American the American Indian !!!!!!!!!!
TheRedemtion 2 years ago 3
This song is one of my all time favorites. Great video, I am not native american, but I live in Oklahoma and many of my friends here are, and it really makes you stop to think of what happened to them at the hands of the "white man" and it really does make me ashamed. They are a wonderful group of people, and have a great heritage and most have strong family values, its so sad to see what was taken from them
Momoftwinsplus1 2 years ago 8
@Momoftwinsplus1 You should be ashamed, you little scumbag. I'd like to slap your stupid face.
Smackdaddy9 1 year ago
great song great video thank you!
MeatloafTribute1 3 years ago