Beyond Our Borders: The Shoshone

[b1aflatoxin]

Masterpiece!!!! (compared to most YouTube videos)

I was apprehensive at the beginning, but warmed up to your message and thoughts soon after.

I agree wholeheartedly with your message of learning from masters of their environment. I also appreciate the way you say NA peoples aren't saints, or perfect, they are like any other peoples. We are all one with the earth and we can all learn from each other (past or present).

This was really cool, and I'm glad I saw it.

Yup, I learned something new.

[oneiribund]

I'm a grad student in anthropology. I respect what you're doing here. However, with regard to the comments below about inaccuracy, I'd recommend that you ditch Farb, who knew little to nothing about Shoshones or Utes or Paiutes, etc., and look at some better sources--including histories written by the tribes/nations themselves.

And for what it's worth, I do know some Shoshones who pronounce the word the way you do in the video, although it's a lot more common to pronounce the final "e".

[gabi83tm]

You know, I really loved this series. Any chance for a new episode?

[smilesalot4]

oh dont worry im not like outraged. cause im sure there is a lot of inaccurate information out there. im glad you are at least trying to speak about our people even if your sre slightly misinformed :)

[washakie22]

Eastern Shoshone

[tuddyfruity4]

i thought it's pronounced "ShaShoneY"

[AdamHintz]

I've learned that since I made the video. Sorry for that.

[kessest]

wooow good stuff Adam!!! i learned alot from these videos of beyond our boarders. :)

yeah their cultures are alot more mentaly sane than ours and we can learn some stuff from the old ways.

[BGBurch]

Very timely even for this 60 year old - as I'm keeping my eyes open ... looking for another mate. Good observations and cultural information. Thanks BGB

[rezkid80]

I dont know where you got your information from but it sounds like your talkin more about the Paiutes and how THEY lived.. There language may have been similar to the Shoshone's (pronounced Shoshoni) but they did not live like the Shoshone's.. Im a full blooded Shoshone from the Fort Hall Indian Reservation.. And your description of the way we lived is not accurate..

[AdamHintz]

I got most of my info from "Man's Rise to Civilization" By Peter Farb. I'm going to look into this and see where the misunderstanding is coming from. Thanks for the heads up.

[AzraelsJudgement]

I can see why you connected this video to mine. Favorited

[AdamHintz]

Thanks, I thought they dovetailed well. :)

[fckuvrymch]

awesome is right.  thank you adam.

[jester2207]

thanks mate that was awesome! had to watch a second time...:)

[mikezephyr]

i look forward to more too

one hell of a video adam

[zzz33333]

i need to clear my subscriptions - i keep missing crucial shit!!!

this is awesome, adam.

[AdamHintz]

Thanks man, that means a lot. :)

[Oedipus58921]

I always thought sex is in everything because it's a form to control our id therefore to control us...

[AdamHintz]

Stretch! Great to hear from you! I'm looking forward to your stories beyond civilization!

[Jonase123]

freakin' awesome!

[ItsFilthy]

man, that seems like pretty chill life. hey, this is a great idea Adam, and it was done really well. I look forward to seeing more. I really like how you are giving people an idea of what it means to look at ways of living that worked, learn from it, and apply that knowledge and understanding to how we live our lives...a lot of peeps get the wrong idea when we say to look to indigenous ways of life for inspiration...you've done a great job expressing what we really mean by that. respect!

[AdamHintz]

Time is always an issue. I have twelve more topics I'd like to cover in this series. Hopfully by Earth Day I'll have them all done.

[AdamHintz]

I agree. Knowing what's possible and what works, informs us of the possibilities.

[RVqueen]

My daughter tells me all the time "I wish we just lived outside. Maybe we could be Indians!" She makes awesome things from natural materials she gathers. I should do a show and tell of her crafts.

[ItsFilthy]

that would be cool...I'll be looking out for that one :o)

[AdamHintz]

Your family is very inspiring to me. My daughter likes to make small debris huts with sticks she finds in the back yard. I think that's a lot better than playing with Barbies Dream House. I was just saying to one of my coworkers today how all I really want to do is camp. She agreed completely.

[2bsirius]

You're video lately have been very interesting. Yes, I think we need an eclectic approaches to see what might be viable and what isn't. It's difficult for us to understand a culture that isn't based on mating based almost solely on sexual attraction...The Shoshone cultural elements you present here are so interesting.

We are very likely to be forced to make some major cultural changes in the near future. The more ideas, the better. Some will work; others won't

Again, another great vid.

[AdamHintz]

Thanks. I'm hoping some of these ideas will stick for some people and provide a way to a more sustainable lifestyle. Some of these models I personally don't find attractive. None the less they are ways that could work for others.

[TUSENMAUG]

Very nice, I see you've done your homework, I am looking forward to more informative videos such as this one.

[toesandumbrellas]

really, really rad. look forward to more:)

[AdamHintz]

Thanks!

[Yarcofin]

Awesome video, very enlightening like usual. 5-starred and favourited.

It's strange they didn't preserve meat even by smoking though.

[AdamHintz]

I'm assuming they were happy with what they were doing. If they preserved meat it would be one more thing for them to do which means more calories to burn. They found what worked for them. Depending more on the flora than the fauna.

[nomad411]

Wow. Thanks for a great post Adam. I really love what you're doing. :)

[AdamHintz]

Thanks man. I really enjoy making these videos.

[E1GHTY8]

This is very helpful adam, you are a great teacher. I look forward to the next lesson.

[AdamHintz]

Your compliment warms my heart. I have a strong urge to teach. Especially about topics on sustainability and saving the world.

[ozjthomas]

Thanks Adam, these should prove very enlightening. It's interesting meeting different cultures and how they place different emphasis on different things.

[AdamHintz]

The next video in the series will focus on the Inuit. They have very interesting cultural models in terms of customs, laws, and religion.

[ItsFilthy]

Hey, I have an Inuit rap vid on my recent favorites...the vid kind of sucks, but the song is pretty cool...you should check it out.

[dnHooligan]

"love is a mental illness"

yo-i've had my suspicions.

hangin out RULES.

[AdamHintz]

Ha! I also had my suspicions. Hanging out does rule. I'd like it to become the new national pass time.

[dnHooligan]

it should be the national pass time. i've never understood why athetes get an exorbitant amount of money...to play.

its like being valedictorian of recess, nap time honor student, lunchtime honor roll, or sum'm...

[ItsFilthy]

haha...if they have medicine for that, I don't want it. :op

[dnHooligan]

i'm sure there is...there's a pill for everything.

and hey...next month you can sue, if it f*cks you up.

[InnocentByproduct]

That's an amazing and even mind-bending (from my Western perspective) concept of marriage. I need to meditate on that notion for a while.