I am almost half Cherokee believe it or not and my dad's mother was Apache The difference is very noticeable. So I think it is a lot like a mother knowing her own child's cry in a room full of toddlers it is part of the fiber of who we are to know our own.
My history teacher showed my class the difference between the history book he used, and ours. Ours was half the size because of parents suing and demanding things be removed.
The demise of the American Indians used to be 11 pages long- now they only get a half a page.
Because, according to parents, it made the white men look racist.
Funny also, how the horse became such a huge part of Native culture, when Horses aren't a native species to North America, and were brought over from Europe.
My ex husband is 1/4 Cherokee (I guess that makes our daughter 1/8) My family lived in western NC for a about 150 years right along side what is now the Cherokee Nation (NC & TN) Would my daughter be considered Cherokee? I love aboriginal culture!
Well all these fractions you're throwing around are blood quantum ratios. Which "blood quantum" is a completely racist & dishonest system, beginning much longer than 3-4 generations ago. A white would inspect the color of a native's skin & facial features and tell this man how "indian" he really was. What you should be proud of is how well you know your own culture, considering there was over 500 tribes w/ different cultures in North America before the Europeans clumped them all into 1 people.
@ktwsu345 Well look who's trying to sound like an intellectual here on youtube. Look at yourself; what do you see? Oh, a mentally challenged pot-head. Go suck a dick you dumbass.
@SnakeDoctorSilver how am I mentally challenged if I'm trying to sound intellectual? How am I a dumbass? Everything I said is fact, so... oh and not to mention that I have a masters in Native American Studies. That's right, the fact that this is my area of expertise is what makes me stupid. Not really even sure how what I said could've set you off, but you're the one that should look inward as to what the hell your problem is.
@SnakeDoctorSilver You have 8 great grandparents, sir or madam. In order to be 1/3 Cherokee Indian because of your great grandparents, 2.6 of your great grandparents would need to be Cherokee Indian.
I literally have Cherokee and European heritage. Why should I be ashamed or disgruntled at anything that happened so long ago? Most Indians got bred out by the white man(not by rape or force either.) Most atrocities towards native americans were derived from the mind of one man, who ordered either the slaughter of their food, or the march across the country that ended in "tears". I have a relative who actually survived that walk of shame, and he ultimately married a white woman.
This is an awesome video and a tribute to the first Americans. They suffered a lot at the hands of the new arrivals. One of the lesser known facts is that our early European ancestors killed untold numbers of these honorable people as well as members of other native American tribes with of all things-Biological warfare-Yes our forefathers diliberately gave disease infected blankets to various tribes around the U.S. to help kill off the *Godless savages*. I hope they regain their power.
I truly believe -like the end of the song says,- that they will return.
We have to live in nature, that is the way god ment a live to be.
And it cannot go on for ever, how the world is now.
One day it will end, and we may start all over, doing it good this time.
So we have to take a good look how the indians and gypsies and nature people lived, In piece and harmonie and wisdom, other wise, we will struggle, and pay for it, for ever.
The debt must be met, some how, thats a univeral law.
@indigorenk gypsies? Try Romani. You seem to have a fantasy about 'the good old days' that never really existed. Such a debt, as you call it, can never be re-paid. Do a little more research on the Romani before tossing a word like 'gypsy' around and if you insist on using such a word, which we hate, at least cap it.
@jjjjj198922 Did you see my other comments. What do you have to say about these hick rebel wannabes or folks from the deep south that want to proudly fly the confederate flag & display bumper stickers w/the conf flag on their trucks that say crap like "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861"? Do the American Indians find that offensive? Do you find that insulting? I can honestly say I do.
my mom was full blooded japaneese my dad was american they bombed & killed all my loved ones on both sides . they brought her to the us to be tortued from a us army guy & buried back in japan , i lost like the indians. i feel like iam torn between two countrys & haated by family kids & japan . & us because iam a biker &. 1 day they will return stronger & will return with a stronger & we will know them & all are generation & ancesters, that they destroyed. may they rest in piece!! love sue
We came west and treated the natyon's as if they had no right's when they were here before us. Ut was a terrible what happened we should restore there nations to prominace/
I do not know how much Cherokee is in my blood but my grandfather's grandmother was Cherokee and am always proud to of it. Also repect every native American ive met.
What a great song, kind of brings tears remembering the first time hearing this song while on vacation in 1971. The American Indian deserved better than the way they were treated. I loved this song then and I love it now, I bought a 45 copy in 1971 when it was released, still have it. Thumbs up guys.
It's not right for the white racists (especially Confederate flag worshippers) to label the Native Americans as terrorists. Those people are naive anyhow. They know this was Native American land well before any white settlers came here. The rebs just want to start shit & they know the Native Americans will kick their asses.
@bucky468 if they were in fact going to kick white peoples asses dont you think this would have happened say a couple hundred years ago when they had a chance dip
@tooliscool246 Well I have more respect for the American Indian tribes than most yanks & rebs especially those yahoos w/the bumper stickers showing the Confederate flag that say "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861" which is BS. Indians have been fighting terrorism since 1492. So America is their country & it's been their land since 1492.
Pisses me off every time the rebs have bumper stickers w/the Confederate flag on it that reads "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861". The Native Americans settled here WAY before the white man ever did. The American Indians have been fighting terrorism since 1492. Maybe even way before then.
@bucky468 u right. since the so called conquers arrive on this great side of the world from the patagonias to the north pole they terrorize violate n kill the natives, and know they celebrate 4 of july"s, thanks given n bull .this is an insult to all the indians,now days the goverments around the world r the new conquers,they conquer u wages n liberty on the name of bushit n force all of u to work n keep all of u in jails that they call nations i call them reservations for the new indians
@traslomita But the 4th was to celebrate America's independence from British control. Even when the Native Americans settled here (long before we the white people did) it was British territory. I'm sure even that the Native Americans wanted America as its own country instead of being under control by another country. Thanksgiving was actually supposed to be a peace offering between the Native Americans & the white people back in the 17th century. Not intended to be insulting at all.
@bucky468 That may have been the dumbest comment I ever read. The indigenous people came to Americas probably from 15,000 - 10,000 years ago crossing the Bering Strait. There was not yet a nation of England at that time. I won't even get started about Thanksgiving.
@bucky468 I'm trying to figure out what you meant when you said "Even when the Native Americans settled here, it was British territory." maybe i misinterpreted you, but it sounds like you were saying the British arrived before the native americans.
@pheeel17 Umm, I never said that. I said back in 1492 America was just discovered & that was Indian land. Never said anything about the Brits controlling the US. The Indians here long before the white man. When England took control almost a century after Columbus (an Italian) discovered America the Indians were still living there. America was Indian territory long before any white man came here. That was the point. When the Civil War started the Indians were still here. It was their land.
@pheeel17 Ok. Then what's your opinion on these yahoos who drive around w/bumper stickers displaying the Confederate flag saying crap like "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861"? Wasn't the Deep South Indian territory long before the white man came here?
@traslomita You are right about the white people/settlers taking over what was Native American land. What Andrew Jackson did to the Cherokees was bullshit. His actions were obviously the precursor to what would be the Civil War. Most Native Americans either moved west or moved north w/people who they thought respected them. I know a couple true Native Americans who are more offended by pro & college sport teams like Indians, Braves, Warriors, Redskins, etc than they are July 4th or Thanksgiving.
When I hear this song, I think about a modern Cherokee--who was one of the greatest warriors who ever lived. His name was Commander Ernest Evans. He was outgunned a thousand to one. He chose to fight to the death. For the CHIEF, I change the words a little bit. I sing: a CHEROKEE WARRIOR HAS RETURNED. His Medal of Honor citation begins: for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty...That day the CHIEF showed the samurai how a Cherokee warrior fought..
Great Song! Thanks for putting it on here. If people always looking back at the things they've missed you won't know what hit ya. Learn from the past but lets try not to dwell on it. They are not us and we are not them. It's all a big negative blemish in our history I know but to focus our energy on that instead of the real troubles we face today is ignorance. My advice is not to live in the past but learn from it and lets all give each other a break, by laying off one another.
I can remember exactly where I was the first time I heard this song. It was 1968 and it was the Don Fardon version, three years before Paul Revere and the Raiders.
I was 16 year old and painting a fence. I had lost my home, my father: Everything in my life that mattered. Yes, I understood this song completely. . .it hit me right where I lived.
What we did to the Cherokee and other nations was beyond shameful.
I loved this song when I was a kid... I didn't exactly know what it was about, but I got the feeling it concerned something "bad"... Same thing with "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
TO BE HONEST THE PEOPLE WERE SOLD OUT BY THE BANKSTERS OF THAT TIME AND JUST LIKE TODAY THE SAME PEOPLE IM AMERICAN AND RED BLOODED REDMAN AND FIRST NATION THIS IS THE BEST SONG THEY CAME OUT WITH NOW HERE IS THE QUESTION THERE WAS A TSALIGI VERSION OF THIS SONG DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE TO GET IT OR PUT IT ON HERE ON YOUTUBE
@mrwarmth21 That's so cool!!---I guess that makes us cousins...(smile) When I found out I was part Cherokee..it was the best day in my life. You have a Safe Memorial weekend...
There should be no reservations. Native Americans are US citizens and should be subject to US law. If they want to keep their communities fine but the tribes don't send their kids to school, built casinos to buy booze, and sponge off the government.
I love the way you added such wonderful pictures to this video. It is such a great song that helps me teach my children about the history of this country. The bad and the good. The weak and the so very strong.
Don't be too quick to buy into the "noble savage" myth. Long before the white man came, Indians were at war with each other, practicing torture, mass murder, human sacrifice and cannibalism. Fortunately, the "evil white devil" put an end to it, saving the lives of millions of Indians in the process.
@dyad2r1 What an arrogant thing to say. The "evil white devil" saved millions of Indians by killing millions of Indians with his disease, genocide, and everything in between huh? A twisted mind is a horrible thing to waste, isn't it.
Native Americans should not want to live in American society, if they know whats best, if youve payed attention youd Know that american society is crumbling fast
Who took what from the lost tribe of juda, and why?The same one who can give it back. I done my homework. My Grandma was halfbreed and a Christian. . Abraham's children will inherit the earth.
love this song! thanks for posting! i spent the night at a reservation casino in new mexico (i think), and they had signs for paul revere & the raiders since they were playing there that month. this was a couple years ago... i didn't know they were still around.
I grew up in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Studied the history some. My great-grandparents on both sides participated in the Cherokee Strip run into OK, which again took the Indian land and gave it to whites. See the movie "Far and Away". The Indians' communal land was divided up by "head rights" (percentage of Indian blood) and let the racers and the cheaters (the ones who came in before the cannons went off at Noon, claim the rest. "Sooners" snuck in before the starting guns. OU Football team!.
I'm a white nationalist (not hate for other races, just realizing our differences) and would like to say that this IS your land, and one day you WILL have it back :)
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fucking chugs bastards I wanna burn down the res those fucking chugs getting plastered of cough syrup and fucking trees and shit... ugly fucking chugs dude.
the only bad thing about the Cherokee people was threwout history they were always traders on there own people. even there own tribe. sitting bull was killed by one of his own to impress the white eye. blackfeet dont roll like that. blackfeet calgary. red power
I live near the Trail of Tears in southern Illinois---My great grandfather and grandmother were Cherokee...but I didn't know until 2 years ago about my heritage....It is a wise man that remembers the past, when charting his potential future... Thank you for sharing this video...we plan to play and video this song soon...
Such a powerful song. You hear so much complaining from certain other minority groups(let's not have to say who) but there is hardly any protests from us Cherokee and other Indian Tribes though we are still having to fight government for sovereignity rights to land and other rights. That's what makes us strong, I think. We remember the injustices of the past, but always look to the future. As my grandfather once said, "We are a fallen nation." Let's continue to stick up and be proud!
@bestskater12346 i live in canada and the indians here are worse than the blacks in america they live off the government and sit on there drunks asses blaming the white man for all there problems
Because of the handouts, they've lost their will and drive. Best way to destroy a people, give them handouts. Then they lose ambition. They have low tolerance to the white man's "fire water" and not adapted to the white man's food (processed, sugar, fast food), hence the diabetes and alcoholism. Yes, the white man is still trying to annialate the Indian.
@TheBlueiis You're right about "handouts causing people to lose ambition", though I might amend that to CONTINUOUS handouts (as opposed to the government giving handouts if something catastrophic happens, like losing a job, and NEEDING aid for a time). Did you know that the people who originally made "fire water" actually put some things in it (like soap and wood alcohol), because "if it didn't make you sick, it wasn't authentic"?
@BlueTieMafia yes im sure that is what its about. you know lyrics really dont mean anything do they? no no of course not... silly me, actually using my brain when listening to the song...
definitely makes you think about how things definitely have'nt changed,unfortunately.uncle sam still does'nt treat the american indian with the respect they deserve!
@Jaguar57772 .... they have returned ... they found that way in the white man's world meaning - (casinos). And 'they' didn't like that.... Also a few weeks ago, in the Dakotas the Indian Nation found the white man's gold, OIL! on their reservation. Wo payback is a -----
People don't realize that the New World Order started and the first holocaust (documented) was when the white man put his first step on the Indian Nation. They came in the name of their God , took the Indian Nation and declared it One Nation Under their God.
My Grandfather on my mothers side was from a Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma . Since I'm not full blooded Cherokee and my Grandfather on my fathers side is European (germany) If anyone that is reading this is Cherokee or any other tribe I'm so sorry for what my for fathers have done.I truly , truly mean it
Tena Koe, As a member of an Indigenous people in the South Pacific, I applaud your video. The best way to get redress from past wrongs is by Education, the Ballot box and the Law. Once you have acheived your goal, and only you will know when, then forgiveness, carrying on greivances will eat you up inside. Ka kite Ano.
I'm half apache and half blond blue eyed italian you want to talk about hate even from my own blood but I'm ok about it my father took me to the reservation he was born on in n.m. and ya in the past a lot of our people gave up but now we take care of our own with money from casinos and other things and like someone said the greatest thing the white man did for us was make us learn their language so we now talk to all tribes and work alongside each other to make things better for native americans
I love America, I fought for our country as a Marine. But a fact is a fact the treatment of the indigenous people by the invading Europeans is a bloodstain on our great history,
I assumed it was a Don Fardon song covered by the raiders...nope:
"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater and released as "The Pale Faced Indian".
This song needs to be rewritten to today's times. I can only imagine.
NettyNuts 3 days ago
I am almost half Cherokee believe it or not and my dad's mother was Apache The difference is very noticeable. So I think it is a lot like a mother knowing her own child's cry in a room full of toddlers it is part of the fiber of who we are to know our own.
harrypottersluvchild 4 days ago
My history teacher showed my class the difference between the history book he used, and ours. Ours was half the size because of parents suing and demanding things be removed.
The demise of the American Indians used to be 11 pages long- now they only get a half a page.
Because, according to parents, it made the white men look racist.
Guess what, people- THEY WERE.
YourFace676 3 weeks ago 3
Funny also, how the horse became such a huge part of Native culture, when Horses aren't a native species to North America, and were brought over from Europe.
4Melbu4 3 weeks ago
all this fighting... can't we just enjoy the song? :)
4Melbu4 3 weeks ago
Hal Blaine on his famous Monster Kit with spun fiberglass concert toms. Which Ludwig later created and called the Octaplus.
sgtpepper1138 3 weeks ago
I don't even know if I have cherokee blood in my veins but ppl always ask me am i cherokee I don't know if I should be honored or annoyed
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MrAnujdixit007 1 month ago
My ex husband is 1/4 Cherokee (I guess that makes our daughter 1/8) My family lived in western NC for a about 150 years right along side what is now the Cherokee Nation (NC & TN) Would my daughter be considered Cherokee? I love aboriginal culture!
Kathylouu 1 month ago
I am 100% Mi'kmaq First Nation & Proud!
danieldennis23 1 month ago
Well all these fractions you're throwing around are blood quantum ratios. Which "blood quantum" is a completely racist & dishonest system, beginning much longer than 3-4 generations ago. A white would inspect the color of a native's skin & facial features and tell this man how "indian" he really was. What you should be proud of is how well you know your own culture, considering there was over 500 tribes w/ different cultures in North America before the Europeans clumped them all into 1 people.
ktwsu345 1 month ago 3
@ktwsu345 Well look who's trying to sound like an intellectual here on youtube. Look at yourself; what do you see? Oh, a mentally challenged pot-head. Go suck a dick you dumbass.
SnakeDoctorSilver 1 month ago
@SnakeDoctorSilver how am I mentally challenged if I'm trying to sound intellectual? How am I a dumbass? Everything I said is fact, so... oh and not to mention that I have a masters in Native American Studies. That's right, the fact that this is my area of expertise is what makes me stupid. Not really even sure how what I said could've set you off, but you're the one that should look inward as to what the hell your problem is.
ktwsu345 3 weeks ago
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4Melbu4 3 weeks ago
Great VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!
tmdesouky 2 months ago
hey this is a great song im 1/3 cherokee always wanted to learn about my ancestors
TheBlade2013 2 months ago
@TheBlade2013 Unless you have three biological parents, how are you 1/3 Cherokee?
CopelandMeister 2 months ago
@CopelandMeister Great grandparents dumb ass.
SnakeDoctorSilver 2 months ago
@SnakeDoctorSilver You have 8 great grandparents, sir or madam. In order to be 1/3 Cherokee Indian because of your great grandparents, 2.6 of your great grandparents would need to be Cherokee Indian.
CopelandMeister 1 month ago
Thorold Ontario has alot of Native History
theedit123 2 months ago
I literally have Cherokee and European heritage. Why should I be ashamed or disgruntled at anything that happened so long ago? Most Indians got bred out by the white man(not by rape or force either.) Most atrocities towards native americans were derived from the mind of one man, who ordered either the slaughter of their food, or the march across the country that ended in "tears". I have a relative who actually survived that walk of shame, and he ultimately married a white woman.
cjmazare 3 months ago
This is an awesome video and a tribute to the first Americans. They suffered a lot at the hands of the new arrivals. One of the lesser known facts is that our early European ancestors killed untold numbers of these honorable people as well as members of other native American tribes with of all things-Biological warfare-Yes our forefathers diliberately gave disease infected blankets to various tribes around the U.S. to help kill off the *Godless savages*. I hope they regain their power.
erictyrsson 3 months ago 2
i love this song
brandonk5297 3 months ago
Very artistic video to a classic song!
jessw1121 4 months ago
I truly believe -like the end of the song says,- that they will return.
We have to live in nature, that is the way god ment a live to be.
And it cannot go on for ever, how the world is now.
One day it will end, and we may start all over, doing it good this time.
So we have to take a good look how the indians and gypsies and nature people lived, In piece and harmonie and wisdom, other wise, we will struggle, and pay for it, for ever.
The debt must be met, some how, thats a univeral law.
indigorenk 4 months ago
@indigorenk gypsies? Try Romani. You seem to have a fantasy about 'the good old days' that never really existed. Such a debt, as you call it, can never be re-paid. Do a little more research on the Romani before tossing a word like 'gypsy' around and if you insist on using such a word, which we hate, at least cap it.
LADrexelhill 1 month ago
@jjjjj198922 Did you see my other comments. What do you have to say about these hick rebel wannabes or folks from the deep south that want to proudly fly the confederate flag & display bumper stickers w/the conf flag on their trucks that say crap like "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861"? Do the American Indians find that offensive? Do you find that insulting? I can honestly say I do.
bucky468 4 months ago
my mom was full blooded japaneese my dad was american they bombed & killed all my loved ones on both sides . they brought her to the us to be tortued from a us army guy & buried back in japan , i lost like the indians. i feel like iam torn between two countrys & haated by family kids & japan . & us because iam a biker &. 1 day they will return stronger & will return with a stronger & we will know them & all are generation & ancesters, that they destroyed. may they rest in piece!! love sue
earthangelx007 4 months ago
i love this song,the video and EVERYTHING ABOUT the words.
it is all true.
they gave us an inch...we took 50000 acres
We...are the stupid white man for this...
Wish they could have all their stuff/life/land back...
Thank you so much for keeping this video up..
It is truely amazing
just sayin..
Shotgun*
shotgunscw 4 months ago
i love this song,the video and EVERYTHING ABOUT the words.
it is all true.
they gave us an inch...we took 5000 acres
We...are the stupid white man for this...
Wish they could have all their stuff back...
just sayin..
Shotgun*
shotgunscw 4 months ago
This song is one with meaning and it's sad but true. I love this song not only for the music and the lyrics but also it's meaning.
compulsiveguy55 5 months ago
im glad we did it this is our land
tooliscool246 5 months ago
We came west and treated the natyon's as if they had no right's when they were here before us. Ut was a terrible what happened we should restore there nations to prominace/
joelimanoldiekapner 5 months ago
I do not know how much Cherokee is in my blood but my grandfather's grandmother was Cherokee and am always proud to of it. Also repect every native American ive met.
willbar11 5 months ago
Cherokee payback! Take all the white man's money in the casinos.
40milesSouth 5 months ago
Aawwwsome. I may not be Cherokee, I am still a red man inside, I am Ojibway. This is a keepsake.
madruss 5 months ago
Aawwwsome. I may not be Cherokee, I am still a red man inside, I am Ojibway. This is a keepsake.
madruss 5 months ago
What a great song, kind of brings tears remembering the first time hearing this song while on vacation in 1971. The American Indian deserved better than the way they were treated. I loved this song then and I love it now, I bought a 45 copy in 1971 when it was released, still have it. Thumbs up guys.
compulsiveguy55 6 months ago
THANKS FOR SHARING
petejanett 6 months ago
I love that video .. its totaly cool good job,.
Pretzapoo 6 months ago
It's not right for the white racists (especially Confederate flag worshippers) to label the Native Americans as terrorists. Those people are naive anyhow. They know this was Native American land well before any white settlers came here. The rebs just want to start shit & they know the Native Americans will kick their asses.
bucky468 6 months ago
@bucky468 if they were in fact going to kick white peoples asses dont you think this would have happened say a couple hundred years ago when they had a chance dip
tooliscool246 5 months ago
@tooliscool246 Are you one of those racist rebs or are you Native American?
bucky468 5 months ago
@bucky468 Nope just a normal white guy making a observation of your flawed logic.
tooliscool246 5 months ago
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bucky468 5 months ago
@tooliscool246 Well I have more respect for the American Indian tribes than most yanks & rebs especially those yahoos w/the bumper stickers showing the Confederate flag that say "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861" which is BS. Indians have been fighting terrorism since 1492. So America is their country & it's been their land since 1492.
bucky468 5 months ago
Pisses me off every time the rebs have bumper stickers w/the Confederate flag on it that reads "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861". The Native Americans settled here WAY before the white man ever did. The American Indians have been fighting terrorism since 1492. Maybe even way before then.
bucky468 6 months ago
@bucky468 u right. since the so called conquers arrive on this great side of the world from the patagonias to the north pole they terrorize violate n kill the natives, and know they celebrate 4 of july"s, thanks given n bull .this is an insult to all the indians,now days the goverments around the world r the new conquers,they conquer u wages n liberty on the name of bushit n force all of u to work n keep all of u in jails that they call nations i call them reservations for the new indians
traslomita 6 months ago
@traslomita But the 4th was to celebrate America's independence from British control. Even when the Native Americans settled here (long before we the white people did) it was British territory. I'm sure even that the Native Americans wanted America as its own country instead of being under control by another country. Thanksgiving was actually supposed to be a peace offering between the Native Americans & the white people back in the 17th century. Not intended to be insulting at all.
bucky468 6 months ago
@bucky468 That may have been the dumbest comment I ever read. The indigenous people came to Americas probably from 15,000 - 10,000 years ago crossing the Bering Strait. There was not yet a nation of England at that time. I won't even get started about Thanksgiving.
pheeel17 5 months ago
@pheeel17 So what are you saying? Your point please.
bucky468 5 months ago
@bucky468 I'm trying to figure out what you meant when you said "Even when the Native Americans settled here, it was British territory." maybe i misinterpreted you, but it sounds like you were saying the British arrived before the native americans.
pheeel17 4 months ago
@pheeel17 Umm, I never said that. I said back in 1492 America was just discovered & that was Indian land. Never said anything about the Brits controlling the US. The Indians here long before the white man. When England took control almost a century after Columbus (an Italian) discovered America the Indians were still living there. America was Indian territory long before any white man came here. That was the point. When the Civil War started the Indians were still here. It was their land.
bucky468 4 months ago
Look into the Mayans, they actually say that White Bearded men were here when they got here, and taught them all they know.
cjmazare 3 months ago
@pheeel17 Ok. Then what's your opinion on these yahoos who drive around w/bumper stickers displaying the Confederate flag saying crap like "Fighting Terrorism Since 1861"? Wasn't the Deep South Indian territory long before the white man came here?
bucky468 5 months ago
@pheeel17 columbus sailed the ocean blue in fourteen hurdred and ninety two.
thesuperlemonstation 4 months ago
@traslomita You are right about the white people/settlers taking over what was Native American land. What Andrew Jackson did to the Cherokees was bullshit. His actions were obviously the precursor to what would be the Civil War. Most Native Americans either moved west or moved north w/people who they thought respected them. I know a couple true Native Americans who are more offended by pro & college sport teams like Indians, Braves, Warriors, Redskins, etc than they are July 4th or Thanksgiving.
bucky468 6 months ago
One of the best videos I have ever seen.
WarriorNip19 6 months ago
@JDK0316191 Though I see your point the final thing you said is very...irate.
hoy455 6 months ago
When I hear this song, I think about a modern Cherokee--who was one of the greatest warriors who ever lived. His name was Commander Ernest Evans. He was outgunned a thousand to one. He chose to fight to the death. For the CHIEF, I change the words a little bit. I sing: a CHEROKEE WARRIOR HAS RETURNED. His Medal of Honor citation begins: for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty...That day the CHIEF showed the samurai how a Cherokee warrior fought..
Prospector4 6 months ago
Great Song! Thanks for putting it on here. If people always looking back at the things they've missed you won't know what hit ya. Learn from the past but lets try not to dwell on it. They are not us and we are not them. It's all a big negative blemish in our history I know but to focus our energy on that instead of the real troubles we face today is ignorance. My advice is not to live in the past but learn from it and lets all give each other a break, by laying off one another.
TheBambibasher 6 months ago
OH NOEZ NOT THE VIDEO MR MANN I SORRYZ
4Melbu4 7 months ago
I can remember exactly where I was the first time I heard this song. It was 1968 and it was the Don Fardon version, three years before Paul Revere and the Raiders.
I was 16 year old and painting a fence. I had lost my home, my father: Everything in my life that mattered. Yes, I understood this song completely. . .it hit me right where I lived.
What we did to the Cherokee and other nations was beyond shameful.
n52nimbus 7 months ago
a horrible thing white did
NormanEdwardVail 7 months ago
I loved this song when I was a kid... I didn't exactly know what it was about, but I got the feeling it concerned something "bad"... Same thing with "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
shmuli9 7 months ago
TO BE HONEST THE PEOPLE WERE SOLD OUT BY THE BANKSTERS OF THAT TIME AND JUST LIKE TODAY THE SAME PEOPLE IM AMERICAN AND RED BLOODED REDMAN AND FIRST NATION THIS IS THE BEST SONG THEY CAME OUT WITH NOW HERE IS THE QUESTION THERE WAS A TSALIGI VERSION OF THIS SONG DOES ANYBODY KNOW WHERE TO GET IT OR PUT IT ON HERE ON YOUTUBE
micknm 7 months ago
a wise man remembers the past, a fool lives in it
pass the peace pipe and be kind to one another
zwatcher 8 months ago
@mrwarmth21 That's so cool!!---I guess that makes us cousins...(smile) When I found out I was part Cherokee..it was the best day in my life. You have a Safe Memorial weekend...
Peace,
Yvonne
chirogirl67550 8 months ago
@mrwarmth21 Per the internet....Surrender Speech by Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce. :)
floridamom1976 8 months ago
There should be no reservations. Native Americans are US citizens and should be subject to US law. If they want to keep their communities fine but the tribes don't send their kids to school, built casinos to buy booze, and sponge off the government.
Mrpastry909 8 months ago
They came to the Casinos they will bring back what they lost
kikesea1 8 months ago
My Ancestries was Cherokee My Great Great Great
Grandmother was this, in my time the lord Jesus Christ in there time the same
kikesea1 8 months ago
DoubleNIGGER
4Melbu4 8 months ago
I love the way you added such wonderful pictures to this video. It is such a great song that helps me teach my children about the history of this country. The bad and the good. The weak and the so very strong.
alexislove3654 8 months ago
killer yankees
leunam77 8 months ago
Don't be too quick to buy into the "noble savage" myth. Long before the white man came, Indians were at war with each other, practicing torture, mass murder, human sacrifice and cannibalism. Fortunately, the "evil white devil" put an end to it, saving the lives of millions of Indians in the process.
dyad2r1 8 months ago
@dyad2r1 What an arrogant thing to say. The "evil white devil" saved millions of Indians by killing millions of Indians with his disease, genocide, and everything in between huh? A twisted mind is a horrible thing to waste, isn't it.
Redboy4 8 months ago
@dyad2r1
What I said is based on fact. I suggest you bone up on your history.
dyad2r1 8 months ago
Хуйня.
8800888 8 months ago
Euro White Devil!
tacomonster98 8 months ago
Part Cherokee.. on my moms side
kikesea1 8 months ago
Sandniggers
4Melbu4 8 months ago
@4Melbu4 <---- to wit.
Redboy4 8 months ago
the first "recyclers" & they loved & che
ished the earth
lorrainegleaf 9 months ago
Native Americans should not want to live in American society, if they know whats best, if youve payed attention youd Know that american society is crumbling fast
pistolpete667 9 months ago
Who took what from the lost tribe of juda, and why?The same one who can give it back. I done my homework. My Grandma was halfbreed and a Christian. . Abraham's children will inherit the earth.
Jackiedajackass 9 months ago
Thank you.
I will .....
Drink14You 9 months ago
So true, I love this song. Thank you for posting
sonjatxfh55 9 months ago
Great Images
kendallvideo305 9 months ago
Haven't heard this in ... I can't remember.
Making up now.
jhigh2 10 months ago
i just love this song so true thank you so much
deea7051 10 months ago
great editing, even better song
morgantown1 10 months ago
I'm African American with Cherokee blood running through my veins :) ( along with some Puerto Rican) I'm proud to be who i am :)
Emeraldbarton 11 months ago
i am full blood navajo from new mexico, YA ASHOODLAM you cherokee are still around i love you all welcome in my rez the navajo nation
scheming8rythem 11 months ago
wow this is my song thanks
Magdalenauz 11 months ago
wow i feel bad that we did that to the true Americans.......
Faraudo2012 11 months ago
I am a MAYAN descendant from Central America, peace an love to my brothers and sisters of the CHEROKEE NATION!
TONYMEJIA70 11 months ago
Part Cherokee as well, and am glad for a renewed interest in the original Americans!
MrsAshleySarah 1 year ago
love this song! thanks for posting! i spent the night at a reservation casino in new mexico (i think), and they had signs for paul revere & the raiders since they were playing there that month. this was a couple years ago... i didn't know they were still around.
spookyrush 1 year ago
I grew up in Indian Territory (Oklahoma). Studied the history some. My great-grandparents on both sides participated in the Cherokee Strip run into OK, which again took the Indian land and gave it to whites. See the movie "Far and Away". The Indians' communal land was divided up by "head rights" (percentage of Indian blood) and let the racers and the cheaters (the ones who came in before the cannons went off at Noon, claim the rest. "Sooners" snuck in before the starting guns. OU Football team!.
hairymelen 1 year ago
The song tells the story of American Politics ! they can never just let people alone ! Stinking politicians...great song :)
patriciaannpat 1 year ago
I'm a white nationalist (not hate for other races, just realizing our differences) and would like to say that this IS your land, and one day you WILL have it back :)
Hackerfromthe90s 1 year ago 2
@Hackerfromthe90s amen!
nino71 1 year ago
The ULTIMATE AMERICANS! You don't get any more American than a Native American!!!
NDN96 1 year ago 2
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The injuns always were a bunch of pussies who didnt know how to fight.
iseebluepeople 1 year ago
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The injuns always were a bunch of pussies to let whitey steal their land.
iseebluepeople 1 year ago
YES ONE DAY WE WILL RETURN!!!!!!
ooo01000 1 year ago 2
Hell don't have to speak english in America any more, Just ask and an illegal.
Piewacket53 1 year ago
@EDGE171 No problem. Anytime.
roomwithacatinit 1 year ago
Finer than the hair on the back of them frog.
612franklin 1 year ago
The Cherokee Nation will return. yeah, we will. Cherokee Rose here. Good vid, thanks for posting.
nhford07 1 year ago
sounds like blow wind blow from one of robert plants newer albums kinda lame of plant hahaha
BagofSunshine1001 1 year ago
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fucking chugs bastards I wanna burn down the res those fucking chugs getting plastered of cough syrup and fucking trees and shit... ugly fucking chugs dude.
BeakingTheRez 1 year ago
@BeakingTheRez
So what did they do to you? Our people drove them from their land and forced our religion onto them.
roomwithacatinit 1 year ago
@BeakingTheRez well then language
jbear1622 1 year ago
the only bad thing about the Cherokee people was threwout history they were always traders on there own people. even there own tribe. sitting bull was killed by one of his own to impress the white eye. blackfeet dont roll like that. blackfeet calgary. red power
davejones8 1 year ago
I live near the Trail of Tears in southern Illinois---My great grandfather and grandmother were Cherokee...but I didn't know until 2 years ago about my heritage....It is a wise man that remembers the past, when charting his potential future... Thank you for sharing this video...we plan to play and video this song soon...
Peace,
Yvonne and Bob
chirogirl67550 1 year ago 7
necessary to help the Indians their land back
Biogem369 1 year ago
Great video and terrific song. Thank you for uploading this!
donnyvango 1 year ago
Such a powerful song. You hear so much complaining from certain other minority groups(let's not have to say who) but there is hardly any protests from us Cherokee and other Indian Tribes though we are still having to fight government for sovereignity rights to land and other rights. That's what makes us strong, I think. We remember the injustices of the past, but always look to the future. As my grandfather once said, "We are a fallen nation." Let's continue to stick up and be proud!
MutantEnemyGirl 1 year ago
One of my favorite songs. Thanks for posting such a clear audio and the video was great too.
freeheretic111 1 year ago
the seven people that hit the thumbs down button are the real savages.
hoy455 1 year ago 11
@hoy455 Or the relatives of Custer.....
SnakeDoctorSilver 7 months ago
@SnakeDoctorSilver Maybe, if this video was about the Sioux...
hoy455 7 months ago
@hoy455 Actually two Indian tribes were at the battle of little bighorn.
SnakeDoctorSilver 7 months ago
@SnakeDoctorSilver Ah, but it wasn't the Cherokee. I think it was the Comanche.
hoy455 7 months ago
@hoy455 You know you don't have to be a dick all the time right? It was just a light joke, so shove it faggot.
SnakeDoctorSilver 7 months ago
@SnakeDoctorSilver Whoa, I wasn't try to be an ass at all, just informative. No need to jump to the gun.
hoy455 7 months ago 2
@hoy455 Yeah, let's call people savages because they don't like a song. That certainly is a great way to get some thumbs up on Youtube.
Airestorm 7 months ago
@Airestorm There was an intended reason for the comment, I am not a thumb whore.
hoy455 7 months ago
@hoy455 You DO realize those stupid observations make those who read it want to dislike even more, right? Go kill yourself.
JDK0316191 6 months ago
Whats the difference between a couch and an indian?
The couch can support a family.
chris24525346346 1 year ago
@chris24525346346 Your not even an American you hocky puck head. Come on south I'll scalp your stupid KKK lovin ass you fag!!!!!!!!!.
tonkabob57 1 year ago
@chris24525346346 Hey chris2452346346 why dont you just shut your mouth us natives were here in america first!
bestskater12346 1 year ago
@bestskater12346 i live in canada and the indians here are worse than the blacks in america they live off the government and sit on there drunks asses blaming the white man for all there problems
chris24525346346 1 year ago
@chris24525346346 Spoken like a true bigot you fag what do you drive you fag!!!!.
tonkabob57 1 year ago
@chris24525346346
Because of the handouts, they've lost their will and drive. Best way to destroy a people, give them handouts. Then they lose ambition. They have low tolerance to the white man's "fire water" and not adapted to the white man's food (processed, sugar, fast food), hence the diabetes and alcoholism. Yes, the white man is still trying to annialate the Indian.
TheBlueiis 8 months ago
@TheBlueiis You're right about "handouts causing people to lose ambition", though I might amend that to CONTINUOUS handouts (as opposed to the government giving handouts if something catastrophic happens, like losing a job, and NEEDING aid for a time). Did you know that the people who originally made "fire water" actually put some things in it (like soap and wood alcohol), because "if it didn't make you sick, it wasn't authentic"?
shmuli9 7 months ago
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surfdog321 1 year ago
@surfdog321 i would give you my address but i dont think your tireless 1964 chevy impala could make the drive
chris24525346346 1 year ago
WTF? Native Americans never had a written language. Furthermore these guys were not even Indian. WTF?
ampzilla747 1 year ago
@ampzilla747 Sequoyah developed a written language for the Cherokee Nation which gave them the ability to create the first American Indian newspaper.
prand27 1 year ago
Omg I hate the fags that act like theyvno what this song is about I would laugh if it's about Nazis and the kkk
BlueTieMafia 1 year ago
@BlueTieMafia yes im sure that is what its about. you know lyrics really dont mean anything do they? no no of course not... silly me, actually using my brain when listening to the song...
superjewman420 10 months ago
only the good die young
SuperDantheman777 1 year ago
that's why i've always loved the movie"Billy Jack"because he stood up & defended them when even the government would'nt!
MrHaddonfield 1 year ago
definitely makes you think about how things definitely have'nt changed,unfortunately.uncle sam still does'nt treat the american indian with the respect they deserve!
MrHaddonfield 1 year ago
Great Song and A history lesson....
WerewolfJimSmith 1 year ago
Respect from New Zealand.
RTJRWTJTEKTE 1 year ago
How dare they - does no one care?? Rise again true land owners!
debiedog1 1 year ago
love this song got it on my mp3 just seen video and love that as well.
halfbreedtwo 1 year ago
thank you..Paul Revere.A song with meaning,an truth.
717KP 1 year ago
I've always loved this song.
berg04 1 year ago
Cherokee blood and proud of it!
Shadoessa 1 year ago
at my dance studieo they dance to this song its acro (senior) it is awsome!!!!!!!
therandjshow1818 1 year ago
@Jaguar57772 .... they have returned ... they found that way in the white man's world meaning - (casinos). And 'they' didn't like that.... Also a few weeks ago, in the Dakotas the Indian Nation found the white man's gold, OIL! on their reservation. Wo payback is a -----
Comdesron17 1 year ago
People don't realize that the New World Order started and the first holocaust (documented) was when the white man put his first step on the Indian Nation. They came in the name of their God , took the Indian Nation and declared it One Nation Under their God.
Sis..
Sis.
TheRedPillNews 1 year ago
My Grandfather on my mothers side was from a Cherokee reservation in Oklahoma . Since I'm not full blooded Cherokee and my Grandfather on my fathers side is European (germany) If anyone that is reading this is Cherokee or any other tribe I'm so sorry for what my for fathers have done.I truly , truly mean it
Sis.
TheRedPillNews 1 year ago
I'm part Cherokee... and even if I wasn't This song would Be touching... Always loved it and Paul Revere!!! Keep rockin'!!!!
ronkrisin 1 year ago
thank you for this video ..
dianesulley 1 year ago
Wonderfully well done.Bravo
rhodesd98 1 year ago
Fucking great video, man! Proud Denesuline Indian from Patuanak, SK!
WhoahDudeProductions 1 year ago
Someday, they will return. I love this song though.
shelleyvan 2 years ago
Tena Koe, As a member of an Indigenous people in the South Pacific, I applaud your video. The best way to get redress from past wrongs is by Education, the Ballot box and the Law. Once you have acheived your goal, and only you will know when, then forgiveness, carrying on greivances will eat you up inside. Ka kite Ano.
faywyn 2 years ago
Good luck with that return....
30mmBalistic 2 years ago
Maybe some day when they've learned, Cherokee nation will return.
jaguar57772 2 years ago
You want to see a real indian band look at Redbone Come & get your love on u tube
tonkabob57 2 years ago
Cool video. So glad that people in America still appreciate the true decendants of America. :) Part Cherokee as well
SammyMorris2015 2 years ago 20
I am half Cherokee on my mother's side of the family. My grandmother was full Cherokee Indian. RIP Agnes.......
icegirl71388 2 years ago 2
Ndn 4eva
joshknot69 2 years ago
Proud to be mescalero apache love and peace to all tribes we are all brothers
tonkabob57 2 years ago 4
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tonkabob57 2 years ago
I'm half apache and half blond blue eyed italian you want to talk about hate even from my own blood but I'm ok about it my father took me to the reservation he was born on in n.m. and ya in the past a lot of our people gave up but now we take care of our own with money from casinos and other things and like someone said the greatest thing the white man did for us was make us learn their language so we now talk to all tribes and work alongside each other to make things better for native americans
tonkabob57 2 years ago
If this is to be about the Cherokee?....half the pictures are of Lakotah Tribes?..and Navajoe?
tigermiv 2 years ago
I love America, I fought for our country as a Marine. But a fact is a fact the treatment of the indigenous people by the invading Europeans is a bloodstain on our great history,
My blood is Scottish & Comanche.
draco5638 2 years ago
that's Hal Blaine and The Wrecking Crew playing the music.
Hal's playing what's known as his famous Monster Kit, it was 7 custom made fiberglass concert toms fitted with Ludwig hardware
sgtpepper1138 2 years ago
Cool Video - well done
LucasMcCain1962 2 years ago
I assumed it was a Don Fardon song covered by the raiders...nope:
"Indian Reservation (The Lament of the Cherokee Reservation Indian)" is a song written by John D. Loudermilk. It was first recorded in 1959 by Marvin Rainwater and released as "The Pale Faced Indian".
mrethrift 2 years ago