Are Native people against medical cannabis? It is a powerful medicine. I have the luxury of consuming all the medical cannabis a man can ever need. I grow 150 lbs a year all legal,,,why cant natives have this too? God so much problems could be solved if reservations were growing medical cannabis. But then again you guys tried growing hemp and they took that away too what the hell
Everytime I visit these videos I cry like a woman....the tears just run down my face I cant help it...As a 30 year old man returning to college I wonder what in the world I could do with my life to somehow repair the damage.
am 25% micmac indian from maine and 75% irish. I look irish. My wife is somali and our daughter looks EXACTLY like a native american it's really funny. Everyone thinks she is asian but when I watch videos like this I can see exactly where she got her looks from considering she doesn't look like me or my wife.
white man put caused mass genocide and celebrate it with thanksgiving, my sioux nation suffers bad but we have our pride we will not teach white pigs nothing but how they can suffer! burn ur white flags pigs.
@dementednative thank you very much. As one of these >white pigs< I can just say, that with comments like this, you're not better than those white racists you hate so much.
I'm white but only in colour. The illness in many is a spiritual illness. colour has nothing to do with it. Racism is a tool of the elite to divide and conquer. The "whites" came also from many different tribes in the Celtic region of Wales, Scotland, Ireland etc, they were violently smashed a1,000 years ago,so there is a deeper aspect of this history many don't know. Most whites have forgotten their own origins long ago, they will soon realise the only important thing is spirit
Sad to see these social and economic problems amongst a people who should stand tallest amongst all Americans. I do not judge: This is a problem we all face in America and in the rest of the world.
This is not a race thing. Just under 8 million dollars goes right over the border to White Clay liquor stores every year, and 95% of the customers are the local Natives. Why? Again the tribal leaders,Police chiefs, officers, and judges accepting cash bribes to keep the liquor stores in business, so they all have a hard time doing the right thing for their people, and creating a thriving community. The rest of the money? Govt employment and programs. Millions upon millions dollrs
@MrWhalen80 I wasn't going to comment but your comments bug me. You blame a corrupt government. Really? Blame Game. I know these people and seen their houses and they are NOT rich.. Today I read an article on adrenal glands. It said that people who grow up (including in the womb) in high stress will suffer autoimmune diseases, addiction, diabetes, depression and heart attacks. The cure: dance, sing, create art and be happy. Exactly what the medicine man in this video promotes.
Theres millions of dollars going to that Rez every year, they are being mistreated by no other than their own people.There are jobs on the Rez, thats not the problem. The alcohol and drug abuse, just for starters, is the second biggest problem up from the unaccountable tribal leaders. The lack of a strong judicial enforcement also make the people unaccountable for their actions, consequently they get away with commiting repeat crimes. This is not a race thing,
@MrWhalen80 EXACTLY! it's always a governing issue that causes bad outcomes like what is going on the reservations. The locals do need to show more accountability. and the law needs to be enforced more heavily on people intervening with others rights.
Best thing for this reservation is for the people to take a look at the facts and accept some realities about the Rez in which they live(if they want to improve the Rez). Lets start with the fact that most of the tribal leaders are currupt, stealing Gov. money thats suppost to help the people, or their programs. Even worse there is no process that holds them accountable for what tribal leaders do with the money or their time spend on the job.Theres millions of dollrs going to that Rez
What if say your a white man, with MAYBE a drop of native blood in you, or even if you have none at all, but you completely disagree with the way the US has treated their natives, and in fact love everything about the native culture, is there a way to help or learn more about this?
Great analogy. A lot of the Lakota People have become so used to having someone feed them(government), they have forgotten everything they need is right in front of them(the wild part). But them again a lot of us are now fending for ourselves, we can see whats possible for us. If we could only get everyone on board then we don't need handouts anymore. As it is, we could not run our own country if we can't take care of our own homes and families.
It makes you angery and sad, that a people so beautiful are being treated worse than trash. And the fact that I am associated with those who caused this tragedy is makes me terrible sorry... Yet in this, I feel there are two options that can be made, ignore the problem (which many will do) or work to help heal the wounds caused by others. I hope one day to come and help....peace be with you all and never give up hope
Look the first step in helping yourselves is getting rid of the cancer affecting your people. I believe the cancer is alcohol and by getting rid of all the stores and consumption of alcohol your people will have a clearer vision of what they want. Alcohol clouds the mind and senses and inturn your actions are more liable to have a negative consequence on your entire society. Don't blame anyone just find a way to help yourselves. Indetify what is causing the problem and address it.
@pushthelimit like that helped. your lining those fucks pockets across the border. sell alcohol. put the profit back into the community not into nebraska coffers it's a bad thing i know, really be doing it to yourselves then white men in the background literally making a killing. start selling your beer and watch their stores crumble. make them find another way to scheme off another minority. when it's there it not as fun. just like when you were a teenager wanting to turn 21. it's boring
@achasinghawk605@achasinghawk605 I was being sarcastic. Making it a dry reservation didn't help, it just put money in Nebraska's money pot. Lots of it. We could use that money for our youth and more programs to help people with their addictions. Just by making it legal won't stop addicts from drinking just because it is now boring. Realizing there is a problem is the first step. It is the gorilla in the room noone sees. Now they are seeing it with help from all these videos & 20/20.
I AM AMERICAN INDIAN KRONKAWA , MY(oops) people were totally wiped out , 8 million , not one national indian musuem . and the JEWS have how many ?? (ITS A HOAX), and now in AFRICA the genocide (jew) white man take over they are killing in the CONGO, and again the JEWS killing , THE PALESTINEians the same GENOCIDE, when is this going to stop!!!
as a white man i'd like to say sorry. take it for what its worth. in the last year or two i have waken up to all the greed corruption deception and the white mans true past not what we learned in school but the truth. im truly sorry
Took my kids to rapid city, the badlands, bear butte, devils tower, through the black hills, Custer, Hot Springs, then spent a week on the rez (batesland, pine ridge, wounded knee)... THat was the most humbling and powerful trip I have taken...
WHat we as a NAtion did to these people was/is genocide and a national tragedy.
I believe the creator has his reasons that send the native on this scarred journey. We must relearn our spirituality in our ancestors voices. Honoring your ancestors is the beginning to the red road. We must listen and trust creator. What does not kill you only makes you stronger.
To focus on circumstances,lack of money,education, will cause unbelief.The walls the fences that keep us in are inside not external.There is no substitute for a heart that will not be denied.That will not accept defeat.Government handouts make you weak, dependant on them.Those who break away,who escape to rely only on GOD,only they are free.There is potential victory in every heart but without desire and then action to make a change happen life will stay in the same rut or cycle.Trust in HIM
No work? I heard of a man who had no work.He saw laborers in a field.Walked over,started working.The field boss asked,"did the owner send you here?".."no".."get off the property".Next morning,the man started work..again he was told "get out of here and don't come back".Third day,same thing.4th day the owner stoped by to check on the field.They told him about the crazy man who was standing at edge of the field.Owner went over,asked.."why do you come everyday?".."I want to work".."Your hired!"
When the United states collapses, the natives should take back there ancestral lands from the whites. America is ready to fall, NATIVES!!! take back what is rightfully yours.
@NewUser21111 We Natives are .9% of the national population, .9% vs 99.1%, sounds like an unfair fight to me. We'll have to keep some guys on the bench to even things out a bit for our Old World visitors haha
Im from pine ridge rez and one thing i can say is the us government should give us money and help us to grow strong again we stopped it because we know we'll get massacred again The sun dance is one of the few traditional things we got today!
@Mankemacho Go to Google Books and search for the old Lakota and Ojibwa dictionaries that were compiled back in the early 20th century. They are downloadable for free and have a lot of good material. There is quite a bit of material that was first compiled back then and so is free on Google Books.
Everyone saying this is sad is retarded. They live this way by choice. No one is holding a gun to their heads saying be an achoholic and lazy. That's choice no different from every other drunk in this country. You people say you want to help...? Then stop with the handouts and make them work for what they want. They are a conqured nation and need to be treated like it.. Ohh yeah. I am part Native. and i love my four fathers and the way they lived. HOWEVER that doesn't give me the right to beg.
@inskeep5 how r they supposed to leave, tho? they dont have the option or the choice...they dont have enough money to start over in a new city or town, and that is their home. they don't know anything else. the unemployment rate on this reservation is 80%...obviously there are not enough jobs, no one has enough money to create jobs. no jobs, no money, no chance to leave. its a sad circle, and they are caught in the middle, and there is no way out until someone breaks the cycle.
@ithinkpigsarecool No offence but that's crap. That is like saying someone from the ghetto in ANY inner city can never leave and that they are stuck living like that. I live right outside that reservation. and trust me, if they want to leave they do. Sadley its normally to stop at the store and get beer. They are doing it to them selves. If you want to feel sorry for someone feel sorry for the homeless ((kids)) in OUR country. They need help that they can not get by them selves.
@inskeep5 why would anyone WANT to live in the ghetto? obviously, if they can get out, they would get out. they just dont have enough money to. how do you get out of the ghetto if the job your working doesn't make enough money for you to do so?
Oh, give me a break. When someone comes to your town, do they go to the dump? Or the recycling center even? And so what if our dogs aren't chained up? Or kept in little cages. That's your stuff not mine. You come here to criticize and pity? Go home.
Do not wait on the government to help. Warriors,hunters, did not sit and wait on Tatanka they got up and went out to find him. Two kind of people,those who stay in camp,those who go. Religion made me weak,Jesus gave me strength. People left me...He has spoken "I will never leave thee". The clouds are the dust of HIS feet. He created you to be strong in HIM,not wait on their paper money. Our enemy,dependency on help from man. Our dance of victory?Only as we obey the spirit of the warrior Jesus,GO
@Flickchaser Do not wait on the Government to help. It has been hijacked by "Old World" criminals. My heritage is European Jewish and as you know our so called "élite" are responsible for diabolical crimes against humanity. My community is in denial as to their involvement in evil acts against arab peoples: The Palestinians with whom Mizrahi Jews lived peacefully before the Zionists came. I salute the Lakota as true Americans. We now need to assimilate to the Native American values.
@Molochsbollox - I have always thought that the jewish had a religion that was less impossing than the others and needed it being so close to some of the other Europeans and their barbaric ways, i have never heard a man say that Americans could do good by assimilate into the ideals of the Natives(when in rome speak roman or whatever is was.. only counts for romans i guess) we wouldn't have the environmental mess we have today for one, people of both jewish and native blood in this country --cont
@Molochsbollox -cont-- are demonized and behind every rock and bush planning for their nezt move to get everything...and after awile people who are weak minded and cannot make their own conclutions take it as fact, proving that the accusers are the real people in the bushes and behind rocks.......
Very good and moving video. My relatives say that my grandfather was a full-blood Lakota Sioux, and even though I have blue eye's and white skin, I feel the strongest connection to Native Americans. I wish you luck with what you're trying to do, not just for our people, but for the good of all people. Corporate greed has infected politics and the decisions we make for far too long. We need to respect our Earth Mother and get away from greed and wants of the self, to helping the greater good.
Please help spread the word and actually help do something, even if you only post it on your facebook/myspace etc. or share to the people you know by email, you can help raise awareness. I've always wanted to help people with this life, and when I'm done studying at my university, I want to help Native Americans to the best of my ability. without greed or selfishness. I hope others will try and do the same.
Further more, there are ways of accepting change to benefit your people. You have land which has endless possibilities. You can grow crops, raise live stock, seed forests, or do just about anything. I will also state to facts for the survival of your nation. One, you need a source of food. stop depending on hand outs like most people here state. They expect the government to provide for you. Second, your YOUTH will be the most important factor in this situation. Make them MEN OF CHARACTER.
First, stop feeling sorry for your selves. Change has come, so blaming the whites or alcohol or drugs or nonsense is futile in dealing with the problem. Second, Be proud of YOU. Whether young, old, girl, boy, male, female, be proud of YOU. The past is behind you, stop living there. Stop the mentality of what the past was like, and start preparing for the future. The elders are stuck in a mind set that the past is the only way and that is only fueling this idealogy.
I can remember as a young boy, going to the allegheny res in new york, and saw that their grade school was nothing more than an old run down building. It is not just the gov that angers me. it is also the native people. Why do these people allow their children to live in such conditions,and why do they not try to find someone to represent them and fight for their rights as a us citizen. But it seems to me they are more interested in drugs and alcohol.
@bradt4evr due to the stupid 500 character rule i have to reply to my own comment. As a cherokee native, who is res descended, i only pray for the children,it is sad they will never receieve a real education,or be fed properly.and i only wish the nation would come together and fight for their rights.make it known to the public of their sorrow,proest in front of the white house,anything to bring us to a point in which we can prosper,and not just barely survive. our elders knew the value of educa
@bradt4evr if you are 5th generation of remanats of raped nation whose survivors gave up their way of life and live the in lethargy of white man's way then it would probably make sense
@Cardan011 I appreciate the fact that you have taken interest in my comment,but i can honestly say that our family has not given into the white mans way of thinking whatsoever,in fact,we try to keep the morales and values of our people alive and well, through our dances and songs performed at public powwows in our intertribal villiage. We may have white skin, and we may speak english, but our words all pray for mother earth, and the great spirit. Just as the res ppl. Blessed b indian blood, Aho
They don't choose to live like this. They also expect government assistance rather than trying to fix the situation themselves. Alcohol and drugs are the leading cause of this. They are giving people the impression that drugs and alcohol are a part of their culture.
Wow, this video really makes you start too think. Imma native young lady and live in Holland europe now. From Canada and i am a micmac. I go home every summer too see my family who are all still living on the rez. And you kno ? What that man says in the video is true. Ill never forget who i am and where im from. I might look like a citygirl But once i get home, i change into a pair of basketball shorts and a plain t-shirt take of my makeup and braid my hair. City Girl but warrior at heart <3
80 percent alcoholics? my brother died of alcoholism,theres nothing you can do or say to keep someone who is addicted from getting their fix...HELP yourselves by getting out of pine ridge and work someplace! Theres lots of functioning alcoholics, I knew a couple of white teachers who were drunks, but still were working...Theres no jobs there for you unless your related to "Auntie" the council member or "uncle" the tribal chairman.
I truly believe that it would help a lot if there were just no reservations, because we are kind of just well almost being racist in a way, basically forcing a certain race to leave in a certain area, Id ont mean for this to sound rude, but don't you see what I mean? I can't say for sure that it would be better, but thats just what I think.
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to build a home for one of the Lakotah families, join me!!! look on my page for my site address and come be part of it!!!
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
If the world was moneyless. Would we have a better and changed world. If there is equal money for all. And equal to everything on this world, Would the world be a better place to live.
I am headed to Pine Ridge in July to run a natural building workshop teaching how to build homes from natural materials and waste materials, the house will be made from pallets and in filled with light straw clay an earthen plaster will be applied on the interior and exterior of the home, i build these type of houses where I live in Texas, I am looking for volunteers, and I am taking 8 apprentices to learn this method of home building, for more info click my name and go to my website, see you!!
i dont know al the words i need to describe in english what this vid makes me feel like. I a NOT Native. But i grew up with Natives around me and so my Love and my Respect for your Spirit was growing day by day. But this vid makes me so sad.. although its so importand to learn from something like this too, than only from the nice things about your wonderfull culture.... Please... please keep your Spirit alive.....this touched my soul in a way i cannot explain. Love
I hate to say it but treaties will never be honored and in order to survive the Native Americans must either assimilate or they must become self sufficient because the government can't/won't do it for them. The old way of Native American life is no longer possible. You can't roam and hunt for food and the materials that were used for everyday items and housing can no longer be made due to lack of availability. It is truly a shame what has been done.
I tune into Kili radio late at night from Australia, I hear the traditional songs and I'm home, instantly connected. I sweat and know how hard it is,one day I heard the rocks singing in "lakota" at the fourth round "spirit leaving songs" , this is a blessing. many can receive the same blessings if they take it seriously. When I dismantled my sweat after a few years, the thunderbeings cracked a loud thunderbang, it was broad daylight, no clouds, clear sky. my wife ran outside, she heard it also
I watched this video two years ago from memory, I'm back again, full circle. maybe people could donate just one dollar via kili radio Pine ridge res, it's worth more than a million posts on YT. Action speaks much louder than words of hate and blame. contact them and do it. after that actually visit the res, take good food and do a sweatlodge. pray to Wakan tanka and maybe things will get better. If they don't at least your tried, Wakan tanka sees all. It will change, it has to.
this is too sad. i didnt even know this was happening around me till a few weeks ago..its not right more people need 2 know about this. how can our nation just let this happen! how can our nation go to war but not have money to feed the poor! it makes me sad n yet so mad to know that this beautiful culture has 2 live like this..it has 2 stop.
come on US government you have this BEAUTIFUL CULTURE in your grasp, stop squeezing and let go you have tried for too bloody long to destroy their spirit all you have accomplished is HATE. keep you spirit people because you as a nation are a very intelligent and resourceful culture look at the amazing things you're ancestors have done. they fought in what they believed to be right, the more of you're people they killed the more of their people were invading.
I've been down there for the regional finals for cross country 2001, when Patrick Grass ran for Pine Ridge. It's very sad and eye opening. The Sioux are tremendous people. They played our basketball team when I was in High School, the noise their crowd made was deafening, our poor white boys were dropping the ball and falling all over they were terrified. I was afraid there were going to be fights in the stands but it all ended okay.
ALL: I believe that the sufferings of our relatives on Pine Ridge have received considerable national/international attention. The thing is, we as Natives of all tribes and blood quantums need to reinforce efforts to not only address these social problems, but take steps towards eradicating them. I'm a believer in Native rights, sovereignty, empowerment, etc. I also believe that NATIVES can come up with answers, innovations, and technology. We are NOT a pariah people. (more in a minute)
ALL: I believe there are a lot of us Native people who are standing on the sidelines wondering what to do. But as someone who has the training and skills, I am hoping I can soon help out with these and other rez community problems. We need a coalition of Native people who have the right kind of college degrees (legal, medical, agricultural, social service, educational, etc) to help bring our people up. All is not lost, our Native relatives on Pine Ridge are not defeated by any means. Let's do it
One thing I don't understand is why doesn't the Indian council do more for these people? Looks at the Natives out here in Connecticut...they have a huge casino going. Plus the Natives gets free education..why not take advantage of it? A phoenix can rise from ashes...Natives can too. Stand up and fight to make things better.
The people of the Republic of Lakotah would greatly benefit from being taught how to build Earthships.
Google: “Earthships”.
(Sustainable, self-sufficient, off-grid, autonomous, environmentally friendly homes powered by the sun and the wind, built from recycled materials and free from reliance on public utilities.)
My friends, I experienced a spiritual awakening of profound proportions. At the beginning I met a Native American Woman in Austin Texas. We knew each other for less than 48 hours. As I was leaving she insisted that I take her to her home. She ran inside and came out a said William I want you to have this and carry it with you, It took me a long time to earn this but I want to give it to you. She gave me her Eagle Feather. See where that leads me. mercycal.com I need help.
I am sorry your people have to live like this. We too have people being discriminated here, nobody has awareness of mother earth anymore, no respect. The poor get poorer, the workers keep working and make no progress.. but the rich get richer. It is a very sad thing. And all the traditions are being forgotten and lost.
My heart is full of sorrow after this video and i hope god/great spirit grants you the strength to get through this.
I am sorry your people have to live like this. We too have people being discriminated here, nobody has awareness of mother earth anymore, no respect. The poor get poorer, the workers keep working and make no progress.. but the rich get richer. It is a very sad thing. And all the traditions are being forgotten and lost.
My heart is full of sorrow after this video and i hope god/great spirit grants you the strength to get through this.
Sad, sad,sad the US government really needs to do something here.
By the way...
I would like to learn a native american language, lakota for example. I am Dutch and I don't think my fellows would even understand the point learning one. It's worth it though I think, no? Sadly I have no clue where to learn any of these languages. I've been through some word lists and videos but that won't really help much. Anyone can help? Comments appreciated!
@pushthelimit Yeah: Good way to learn any language. Don't worry too much about grammar/structure. Learn the phrases/sentences. How it all fits together comes with practise
@Mankemacho Hi there I'm also Dutch...5years ago I joined a yahoo group Lakhotaiyapi a lady gives online Lakota lessons. It's a beautiful language, I'm grateful she created the goup. You will need a microphone so you can speak the words/sentenses, so that she can hear your pronounciation.Unfortunatily I have forgotten most of what I have learned. I would like to join the group again soon.
@Mankemacho Hi there I'm also Dutch...5years ago I joined a yahoo group Lakhotaiyapi a lady gives online Lakota lessons. It's a beautiful language, I'm grateful she created the goup. You will need a microphone so you can speak the words/sentenses, so that she can hear your pronounciation.Unfortunatily I have forgotten most of what I have learned. I would like to join the group again soon.
@Mankemacho The government needs to step in? Why? We can't step anywhere near there if someone from the reservation commits a crime unless they work with the police force investigating. They harbor criminals on a regular basis. Also...they get stimulus checks monthly for living on the reservation as well as healthcare and SNAP benefits. I'd say they're getting more then enough help and not doing enough with it.
There is a book series on Amazon.com on learning to speak the Lakota language, I have been interested in purchasing it myself. I am sure it would be far better to learn from someone face to face, but for at least a start, It would a good source. Just go into the "Books" portion on Amazon and type in Lakota, it will be one of the first to show up.
HELP ALL PEOPLE ON PINE RIDGE AND THE OTHER 8 RESERVATION BY DONATING: Blankets,socks electric heaters,food...anything we natives can do to,then we must help each other because that is who we are..as a people
To anyone who is interested and who will be reading this post. I am a 5th year Landscape Architecture student at Philadelphia University and have heard of the living conditions in which these people are living in on the reservation and would like to do my thesis project on the reservation. I am particularly interested in providing recreational facilities on the reservation and would love to talk with anyone and try and get more information. My e-mail address is brady1522@philau.edu.
@PhillyULA I would just contact people down there. I think you are looking to create something for kids? They have a boys and girls club, boarding school, rec center this suannebigcrow dottt org it is for the boys and girls club.
@PhillyULA : Good start on insight and vision. I'd like to see senior centers and homes, technical schools or sufficient technical programs, above ground agricultural enterprises, clean/green energy for severe Winters, pre-winterizing projects, etc. Let's do this people.
I'm also a grad student who will be doing my master thesis on an native related project. I'm Lower Brule/ Mdewakanton Dakota. I have a ton of relatives up there.
It is like walking into a 3rd world country for sure. Very sad our gov gives money out to other countries and doesn't help whats sitting right here in our midst.....
@camaro02girl You can't cure depression. It comes and goes like the seasons. I speak from experience that it can help Chronic depression. Cure to me means that it is gone forever, and that is not the case.
@pushthelimit I've been depress since I was young. Im trying other ways to find my true happyness. I have so much negativeness that comes out. Im pretty mad at the world. I always keep things to myself. I love the native american culture. I wish life was easy. Not complicated like it is now.
I live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. I just want to say all this that they're showing might be new to others but its been like this to us for years as long as i can remember and i am still young.My Grandpa and Grandma told me its been like this for a long time. I dont expect it to change because all threw i was growing up i had a hard life. We lost our ways because of alcohol. Alcohol has been around for many years and will be around for many years so therefore its pretty much a struggle
BSO, What up? What ever happened to "ohitika"? Don't you think it's time to STOP our "collective" negative thinking about the happenings at Pine Ridge & begin to "problem-solve" once & for all? In some ways, I'm actually feeling really optimistic for some reason. My first time seeing this video, I had mixed feelings of sadness & nostalgia. In my spirit, I felt an incredible sense of home & of being with family. The more I think on it, I DO believe some things can be done for sure. Part 1
Part 2. ALL: I do think it's time to move beyond feeling bad about what's gone wrong and what continues to go down. Although not in this tribal community, I'm wondering if we can encourage our tribal leaders on Pine Ridge to make definite decisions about specific areas of land use? I'm wondering if we can garner support from outside tribes to gain financing? I've got several ideas on my brain.
I have done some research and figured out that if people from Pine Ridge didn't buy alcohol, they would have enough money to build at least one hundred new houses every year.
@DVDluvr123 by "research", do you mean "saw something somewhere about heavy drinking being typical of natives"? because if you did REAL research (or even paid attention to this one video) you'd know that alcohol isnt even allowed on this particular reservation.
@StitchGV Oh my goodness, you are so stupid it is beyond belief!! Think about this. There are speed limits on the highway. Did you ever see a car on the highway going faster than the speed limit? Located about two miles from the Pine Ridge Reservation is the tiny village of White Clay. Please explain how the liquor stores in a village with a population of 14 people can sell an average of 11,000 cans of beer per day.
@StitchGV It was a simple calculation - the retail value of the alcohol sold to people from Pine Ridge in one year divided by the cost of building a house in that part of the country. You have heard of “math”, right? No, apparently not.
@DVDluvr123 haha well its good to know what happens when someone calls YOU out on your bullshit.. watch out for THIS little firecracker, he doesnt seem to like that! lol. so im curious too: was your research about a town NEAR pine ridge done BEFORE or AFTER your racial and gratuitously insensitive comment? i also have to wonder why you have nothing better to do than be rude about poverty and find 4 different ways to attempt insulting a person (childishly, i might add) who confronts you about it?
@StitchGV That's okay, I understand. You just can't admit you are wrong. And you are wrong again if you think the people of Pine Ridge are living in poverty. They can afford to spend millions of dollars every year on alcohol when they should be spending that money taking care of their families. That is their choice to make. The fact is that people live the way they want to live. This is the way the people of Pine Ridge choose to live.
@StitchGV If you want to have some kind of romantic fantasy about Native American culture, then of course you can do that. You are free to live in your dream world. I prefer to look at the reality of the situation.
@DVDluvr123 first of all, most people in severe poverty arent stupid enough to choose booze over food and blankets. second, even if every single person on that rez does break the law, which is the extreme YOU've obviouslty chosen, there are plenty of alcaholic/junkie families who can still afford much better living conditions than they have AND support their addiction. so where do YOU think their problem starts?
@StitchGV Oh, I see. Now you are admitting that there are people on the reservation who are breaking the law. So you lied in your previous comment, right?
@DVDluvr123 dude, you went and commented on my CHANNEL? and you resorted to NAMECALLING? and all just because i said you were being insensitive and doubted the thoroughness of your research? ...how fuckin old are you?? lol!
ok. just for the record, i dont mind having serious debates with people about a specific subject, but i dont play these online-fued kids games. you want drama in your life, you're gunna have to get it from someone else.. i quit as of now. later :-)
@StitchGV You can easily change your privacy settings so that you can approve or delete comments before they show up on your channel page. But apparently you are not bright enough to do that.
I've seen this video several times. Each time I feel both deeply connected and yet heart broken. Although the grim reminders of poverty and deprivation are ever-present at both Pine Ridge and Rosebud, I believe a strong spirit of survival has kept our people alive. I believe true help will come soon to those who are in despair.
my question to language discrimination : USA supports an idea that any indigenous minority in any state in the world has a right to use their mother tongue.
Would american indian get a job if he speaks no english, only their mother tongue ? Is indian language compulsory for all elementary schools in regions where indians live ? Do indians have a possibility to study schools in their mother tongue or are they all only forced to speak english ?
@MrDucatiBMW I have friends who speak Lakota and English. They have been taught English since childhood and work too. They have teachers for their language you just have to join in. Good Luck
One day things will change. We in south africa are now free. .peace2all
MrKhanProductionz 1 week ago
Are Native people against medical cannabis? It is a powerful medicine. I have the luxury of consuming all the medical cannabis a man can ever need. I grow 150 lbs a year all legal,,,why cant natives have this too? God so much problems could be solved if reservations were growing medical cannabis. But then again you guys tried growing hemp and they took that away too what the hell
RonHatred 3 weeks ago
@RonHatred Our reservation made it legal but the feds came and destroyed and burned everything.
pushthelimit 3 weeks ago
The wounds are just too fucking fresh ya know
RonHatred 3 weeks ago
Everytime I visit these videos I cry like a woman....the tears just run down my face I cant help it...As a 30 year old man returning to college I wonder what in the world I could do with my life to somehow repair the damage.
RonHatred 3 weeks ago
bastards spend trillion dollars in foreign wars while its own native people are poor
TurkiyeCumhurbaskani 3 weeks ago
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am 25% micmac indian from maine and 75% irish. I look irish. My wife is somali and our daughter looks EXACTLY like a native american it's really funny. Everyone thinks she is asian but when I watch videos like this I can see exactly where she got her looks from considering she doesn't look like me or my wife.
SalafeeSpot 1 month ago
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SalafeeSpot 1 month ago
I have a feeling that this generation will witness the downfall of democracy. And when that time comes, earth will flourish once again.
TheSerenityhuck 1 month ago
@TheSerenityhuck
I agree
johnscottartist 3 days ago
white man put caused mass genocide and celebrate it with thanksgiving, my sioux nation suffers bad but we have our pride we will not teach white pigs nothing but how they can suffer! burn ur white flags pigs.
dementednative 2 months ago
@dementednative thank you very much. As one of these >white pigs< I can just say, that with comments like this, you're not better than those white racists you hate so much.
Schattenbluete 1 month ago
@Schattenbluete
I'm white but only in colour. The illness in many is a spiritual illness. colour has nothing to do with it. Racism is a tool of the elite to divide and conquer. The "whites" came also from many different tribes in the Celtic region of Wales, Scotland, Ireland etc, they were violently smashed a1,000 years ago,so there is a deeper aspect of this history many don't know. Most whites have forgotten their own origins long ago, they will soon realise the only important thing is spirit
johnscottartist 3 days ago
@johnscottartist thanks for the history lesson, I've learned that in my first semester on university XD
anyway, you're totally right. with my comment here I just wanted to point out, that dementednative went over board with his statement.
Schattenbluete 1 day ago
Sad to see these social and economic problems amongst a people who should stand tallest amongst all Americans. I do not judge: This is a problem we all face in America and in the rest of the world.
Molochsbollox 2 months ago
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This is not a race thing. Just under 8 million dollars goes right over the border to White Clay liquor stores every year, and 95% of the customers are the local Natives. Why? Again the tribal leaders,Police chiefs, officers, and judges accepting cash bribes to keep the liquor stores in business, so they all have a hard time doing the right thing for their people, and creating a thriving community. The rest of the money? Govt employment and programs. Millions upon millions dollrs
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
@MrWhalen80 I wasn't going to comment but your comments bug me. You blame a corrupt government. Really? Blame Game. I know these people and seen their houses and they are NOT rich.. Today I read an article on adrenal glands. It said that people who grow up (including in the womb) in high stress will suffer autoimmune diseases, addiction, diabetes, depression and heart attacks. The cure: dance, sing, create art and be happy. Exactly what the medicine man in this video promotes.
pushthelimit 2 months ago
@pushthelimit AHAU, KOLA!
BlueberryDoughnuts 1 month ago
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Theres millions of dollars going to that Rez every year, they are being mistreated by no other than their own people.There are jobs on the Rez, thats not the problem. The alcohol and drug abuse, just for starters, is the second biggest problem up from the unaccountable tribal leaders. The lack of a strong judicial enforcement also make the people unaccountable for their actions, consequently they get away with commiting repeat crimes. This is not a race thing,
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
@MrWhalen80 EXACTLY! it's always a governing issue that causes bad outcomes like what is going on the reservations. The locals do need to show more accountability. and the law needs to be enforced more heavily on people intervening with others rights.
tehatemachine 2 months ago
Best thing for this reservation is for the people to take a look at the facts and accept some realities about the Rez in which they live(if they want to improve the Rez). Lets start with the fact that most of the tribal leaders are currupt, stealing Gov. money thats suppost to help the people, or their programs. Even worse there is no process that holds them accountable for what tribal leaders do with the money or their time spend on the job.Theres millions of dollrs going to that Rez
MrWhalen80 2 months ago
What if say your a white man, with MAYBE a drop of native blood in you, or even if you have none at all, but you completely disagree with the way the US has treated their natives, and in fact love everything about the native culture, is there a way to help or learn more about this?
spencersite 2 months ago
@spencersite The Native American culture can teach us to love and respect each other no matter what we believe and hold sacred.
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Great analogy. A lot of the Lakota People have become so used to having someone feed them(government), they have forgotten everything they need is right in front of them(the wild part). But them again a lot of us are now fending for ourselves, we can see whats possible for us. If we could only get everyone on board then we don't need handouts anymore. As it is, we could not run our own country if we can't take care of our own homes and families.
sniffinu07 3 months ago
It makes you angery and sad, that a people so beautiful are being treated worse than trash. And the fact that I am associated with those who caused this tragedy is makes me terrible sorry... Yet in this, I feel there are two options that can be made, ignore the problem (which many will do) or work to help heal the wounds caused by others. I hope one day to come and help....peace be with you all and never give up hope
EMSWolf911 3 months ago
Look the first step in helping yourselves is getting rid of the cancer affecting your people. I believe the cancer is alcohol and by getting rid of all the stores and consumption of alcohol your people will have a clearer vision of what they want. Alcohol clouds the mind and senses and inturn your actions are more liable to have a negative consequence on your entire society. Don't blame anyone just find a way to help yourselves. Indetify what is causing the problem and address it.
boballs13 3 months ago
@boballs13 Great idea. Just stop drinking, why didn't we think of that? Oh yea, it is a dry reservation. Hmmm
pushthelimit 3 months ago
@pushthelimit like that helped. your lining those fucks pockets across the border. sell alcohol. put the profit back into the community not into nebraska coffers it's a bad thing i know, really be doing it to yourselves then white men in the background literally making a killing. start selling your beer and watch their stores crumble. make them find another way to scheme off another minority. when it's there it not as fun. just like when you were a teenager wanting to turn 21. it's boring
achasinghawk605 2 months ago
@achasinghawk605 @achasinghawk605 I was being sarcastic. Making it a dry reservation didn't help, it just put money in Nebraska's money pot. Lots of it. We could use that money for our youth and more programs to help people with their addictions. Just by making it legal won't stop addicts from drinking just because it is now boring. Realizing there is a problem is the first step. It is the gorilla in the room noone sees. Now they are seeing it with help from all these videos & 20/20.
pushthelimit 2 months ago
@achasinghawk605 if its such a problem with the liquer stores ,why dont they mysteriously burn to the ground .
trisha69320 1 month ago
@trisha69320 Search: White Clay arson - only thing that accomplished was natives died. White Clay is a cancer.
pushthelimit 1 month ago
how are any of these individuals poor??? this is their country. These should be the last to live in poverty
hotguybmx760 3 months ago
Wow i have live in sd my hole life and never seen a reservation eye opener
mwr0585 3 months ago
Greed, ruthless rationality of an xy grid, materialism, it's heartbreaking, but I choose Life. Peace be with
coo2kachoo 3 months ago
I AM AMERICAN INDIAN KRONKAWA , MY(oops) people were totally wiped out , 8 million , not one national indian musuem . and the JEWS have how many ?? (ITS A HOAX), and now in AFRICA the genocide (jew) white man take over they are killing in the CONGO, and again the JEWS killing , THE PALESTINEians the same GENOCIDE, when is this going to stop!!!
godsfool713 4 months ago
@godsfool713 It is going to stop as soon as ppl educate themselves and respect others.
You talk about jews do you know the defenition off being jewish because its not a race its a religion.
Maby you should learn some on zionism and the jewish religion before making hate comments.
And being a victim off genocide isnt a contest there are no winners only suffering that goes on for generations.
And believe me i know.
So from this dutch guy with jewish ancestors i wish you all well brother peace
hslot4 4 months ago
@hslot4 brother my comment is based on truth , not hate
godsfool713 4 months ago
as a white man i'd like to say sorry. take it for what its worth. in the last year or two i have waken up to all the greed corruption deception and the white mans true past not what we learned in school but the truth. im truly sorry
Smalls2672 4 months ago
Took my kids to rapid city, the badlands, bear butte, devils tower, through the black hills, Custer, Hot Springs, then spent a week on the rez (batesland, pine ridge, wounded knee)... THat was the most humbling and powerful trip I have taken...
WHat we as a NAtion did to these people was/is genocide and a national tragedy.
pcmpowerment 4 months ago
I believe the creator has his reasons that send the native on this scarred journey. We must relearn our spirituality in our ancestors voices. Honoring your ancestors is the beginning to the red road. We must listen and trust creator. What does not kill you only makes you stronger.
coyote2talz 4 months ago
We spend billions on war but we cant even spend a dollar to better the original natives living conditions :(
grimreap22 4 months ago
To focus on circumstances,lack of money,education, will cause unbelief.The walls the fences that keep us in are inside not external.There is no substitute for a heart that will not be denied.That will not accept defeat.Government handouts make you weak, dependant on them.Those who break away,who escape to rely only on GOD,only they are free.There is potential victory in every heart but without desire and then action to make a change happen life will stay in the same rut or cycle.Trust in HIM
Flickchaser 5 months ago
No work? I heard of a man who had no work.He saw laborers in a field.Walked over,started working.The field boss asked,"did the owner send you here?".."no".."get off the property".Next morning,the man started work..again he was told "get out of here and don't come back".Third day,same thing.4th day the owner stoped by to check on the field.They told him about the crazy man who was standing at edge of the field.Owner went over,asked.."why do you come everyday?".."I want to work".."Your hired!"
Flickchaser 5 months ago
They should just shapeshift already and fly away. Lazy.
PubliusAfricanus 5 months ago
@PubliusAfricanus i'll shapeshift fly over and kick your arse jerk.
bobdigital78 4 months ago
@PubliusAfricanus i'll shapeshift fly over and kick your arse jerk. and there won't be anything lazy about it. lol
bobdigital78 4 months ago
@bobdigital78
Hey, I totally believe you. I saw Thunderheart--I know about the secret Indian morphing techniques.
PubliusAfricanus 4 months ago
When the United states collapses, the natives should take back there ancestral lands from the whites. America is ready to fall, NATIVES!!! take back what is rightfully yours.
NewUser21111 5 months ago 9
@NewUser21111 I think there is not enough of you guys. I think the Mexicans will claim their land first before the Natives ever do....just saying.
Fr33man1988 4 months ago
@Fr33man1988 Yeah its possible. Either way we will get our land back. it may take a 1000 years but we will do it.
NewUser21111 4 months ago
@NewUser21111 We Natives are .9% of the national population, .9% vs 99.1%, sounds like an unfair fight to me. We'll have to keep some guys on the bench to even things out a bit for our Old World visitors haha
BlueberryDoughnuts 1 month ago
Im from pine ridge rez and one thing i can say is the us government should give us money and help us to grow strong again we stopped it because we know we'll get massacred again The sun dance is one of the few traditional things we got today!
Th3Sabator45 5 months ago
@Mankemacho Go to Google Books and search for the old Lakota and Ojibwa dictionaries that were compiled back in the early 20th century. They are downloadable for free and have a lot of good material. There is quite a bit of material that was first compiled back then and so is free on Google Books.
ChangeAgentJohn 5 months ago
Everyone saying this is sad is retarded. They live this way by choice. No one is holding a gun to their heads saying be an achoholic and lazy. That's choice no different from every other drunk in this country. You people say you want to help...? Then stop with the handouts and make them work for what they want. They are a conqured nation and need to be treated like it.. Ohh yeah. I am part Native. and i love my four fathers and the way they lived. HOWEVER that doesn't give me the right to beg.
inskeep5 6 months ago
@inskeep5 how r they supposed to leave, tho? they dont have the option or the choice...they dont have enough money to start over in a new city or town, and that is their home. they don't know anything else. the unemployment rate on this reservation is 80%...obviously there are not enough jobs, no one has enough money to create jobs. no jobs, no money, no chance to leave. its a sad circle, and they are caught in the middle, and there is no way out until someone breaks the cycle.
ithinkpigsarecool 5 months ago
@ithinkpigsarecool No offence but that's crap. That is like saying someone from the ghetto in ANY inner city can never leave and that they are stuck living like that. I live right outside that reservation. and trust me, if they want to leave they do. Sadley its normally to stop at the store and get beer. They are doing it to them selves. If you want to feel sorry for someone feel sorry for the homeless ((kids)) in OUR country. They need help that they can not get by them selves.
inskeep5 5 months ago in playlist check?
@inskeep5 why would anyone WANT to live in the ghetto? obviously, if they can get out, they would get out. they just dont have enough money to. how do you get out of the ghetto if the job your working doesn't make enough money for you to do so?
ithinkpigsarecool 5 months ago
Oh, give me a break. When someone comes to your town, do they go to the dump? Or the recycling center even? And so what if our dogs aren't chained up? Or kept in little cages. That's your stuff not mine. You come here to criticize and pity? Go home.
MsHillsdale 6 months ago
Poor dogs :(
dryace86 7 months ago
thank you so much, good words that make me feel good to be Indin.
wildersara 7 months ago
Do not wait on the government to help. Warriors,hunters, did not sit and wait on Tatanka they got up and went out to find him. Two kind of people,those who stay in camp,those who go. Religion made me weak,Jesus gave me strength. People left me...He has spoken "I will never leave thee". The clouds are the dust of HIS feet. He created you to be strong in HIM,not wait on their paper money. Our enemy,dependency on help from man. Our dance of victory?Only as we obey the spirit of the warrior Jesus,GO
Flickchaser 7 months ago
@Flickchaser Do not wait on the Government to help. It has been hijacked by "Old World" criminals. My heritage is European Jewish and as you know our so called "élite" are responsible for diabolical crimes against humanity. My community is in denial as to their involvement in evil acts against arab peoples: The Palestinians with whom Mizrahi Jews lived peacefully before the Zionists came. I salute the Lakota as true Americans. We now need to assimilate to the Native American values.
Molochsbollox 7 months ago
@Molochsbollox - I have always thought that the jewish had a religion that was less impossing than the others and needed it being so close to some of the other Europeans and their barbaric ways, i have never heard a man say that Americans could do good by assimilate into the ideals of the Natives(when in rome speak roman or whatever is was.. only counts for romans i guess) we wouldn't have the environmental mess we have today for one, people of both jewish and native blood in this country --cont
Superdave1ize 7 months ago
@Molochsbollox -cont-- are demonized and behind every rock and bush planning for their nezt move to get everything...and after awile people who are weak minded and cannot make their own conclutions take it as fact, proving that the accusers are the real people in the bushes and behind rocks.......
Superdave1ize 7 months ago
there's more people who are watching this rather want to save the dogs than the humans.
ilikesuzuki 8 months ago
@ilikesuzuki
The dogs don't have any choice, they rely on the humans. We let them and ourselves down. This makes depressing viewing.
Altaira55 7 months ago
@Altaira55 This makes for depressing LIVING! What have we done?. Nothing has changed in 150 years.
MyMoppet52 6 months ago
Very good and moving video. My relatives say that my grandfather was a full-blood Lakota Sioux, and even though I have blue eye's and white skin, I feel the strongest connection to Native Americans. I wish you luck with what you're trying to do, not just for our people, but for the good of all people. Corporate greed has infected politics and the decisions we make for far too long. We need to respect our Earth Mother and get away from greed and wants of the self, to helping the greater good.
littlekruser 8 months ago
Please help spread the word and actually help do something, even if you only post it on your facebook/myspace etc. or share to the people you know by email, you can help raise awareness. I've always wanted to help people with this life, and when I'm done studying at my university, I want to help Native Americans to the best of my ability. without greed or selfishness. I hope others will try and do the same.
littlekruser 8 months ago
Further more, there are ways of accepting change to benefit your people. You have land which has endless possibilities. You can grow crops, raise live stock, seed forests, or do just about anything. I will also state to facts for the survival of your nation. One, you need a source of food. stop depending on hand outs like most people here state. They expect the government to provide for you. Second, your YOUTH will be the most important factor in this situation. Make them MEN OF CHARACTER.
boballs13 8 months ago
First, stop feeling sorry for your selves. Change has come, so blaming the whites or alcohol or drugs or nonsense is futile in dealing with the problem. Second, Be proud of YOU. Whether young, old, girl, boy, male, female, be proud of YOU. The past is behind you, stop living there. Stop the mentality of what the past was like, and start preparing for the future. The elders are stuck in a mind set that the past is the only way and that is only fueling this idealogy.
boballs13 8 months ago
I can remember as a young boy, going to the allegheny res in new york, and saw that their grade school was nothing more than an old run down building. It is not just the gov that angers me. it is also the native people. Why do these people allow their children to live in such conditions,and why do they not try to find someone to represent them and fight for their rights as a us citizen. But it seems to me they are more interested in drugs and alcohol.
bradt4evr 9 months ago
@bradt4evr due to the stupid 500 character rule i have to reply to my own comment. As a cherokee native, who is res descended, i only pray for the children,it is sad they will never receieve a real education,or be fed properly.and i only wish the nation would come together and fight for their rights.make it known to the public of their sorrow,proest in front of the white house,anything to bring us to a point in which we can prosper,and not just barely survive. our elders knew the value of educa
bradt4evr 9 months ago
@bradt4evr if you are 5th generation of remanats of raped nation whose survivors gave up their way of life and live the in lethargy of white man's way then it would probably make sense
Cardan011 9 months ago
@Cardan011 I appreciate the fact that you have taken interest in my comment,but i can honestly say that our family has not given into the white mans way of thinking whatsoever,in fact,we try to keep the morales and values of our people alive and well, through our dances and songs performed at public powwows in our intertribal villiage. We may have white skin, and we may speak english, but our words all pray for mother earth, and the great spirit. Just as the res ppl. Blessed b indian blood, Aho
bradt4evr 9 months ago
They don't choose to live like this. They also expect government assistance rather than trying to fix the situation themselves. Alcohol and drugs are the leading cause of this. They are giving people the impression that drugs and alcohol are a part of their culture.
manbigus 9 months ago
Wow, this video really makes you start too think. Imma native young lady and live in Holland europe now. From Canada and i am a micmac. I go home every summer too see my family who are all still living on the rez. And you kno ? What that man says in the video is true. Ill never forget who i am and where im from. I might look like a citygirl But once i get home, i change into a pair of basketball shorts and a plain t-shirt take of my makeup and braid my hair. City Girl but warrior at heart <3
TheQueenTay 9 months ago
80 percent alcoholics? my brother died of alcoholism,theres nothing you can do or say to keep someone who is addicted from getting their fix...HELP yourselves by getting out of pine ridge and work someplace! Theres lots of functioning alcoholics, I knew a couple of white teachers who were drunks, but still were working...Theres no jobs there for you unless your related to "Auntie" the council member or "uncle" the tribal chairman.
MegaDarryl1960 9 months ago
I truly believe that it would help a lot if there were just no reservations, because we are kind of just well almost being racist in a way, basically forcing a certain race to leave in a certain area, Id ont mean for this to sound rude, but don't you see what I mean? I can't say for sure that it would be better, but thats just what I think.
D81411 10 months ago
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TheDudeRulez09 10 months ago
If the world was moneyless. Would we have a better and changed world. If there is equal money for all. And equal to everything on this world, Would the world be a better place to live.
camaro02girl 10 months ago
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NewJura 10 months ago
smoke the tobacco and your hate will go away
runingblackbear 11 months ago
i dont know al the words i need to describe in english what this vid makes me feel like. I a NOT Native. But i grew up with Natives around me and so my Love and my Respect for your Spirit was growing day by day. But this vid makes me so sad.. although its so importand to learn from something like this too, than only from the nice things about your wonderfull culture.... Please... please keep your Spirit alive.....this touched my soul in a way i cannot explain. Love
oOLeetahOo 11 months ago
I hate to say it but treaties will never be honored and in order to survive the Native Americans must either assimilate or they must become self sufficient because the government can't/won't do it for them. The old way of Native American life is no longer possible. You can't roam and hunt for food and the materials that were used for everyday items and housing can no longer be made due to lack of availability. It is truly a shame what has been done.
papillonaquatique 11 months ago
this video length carries the 11:11 signature from spirit. The native Americans fought for the country, but will their country fight for them 4:47 ?
wunnamurra 11 months ago
I tune into Kili radio late at night from Australia, I hear the traditional songs and I'm home, instantly connected. I sweat and know how hard it is,one day I heard the rocks singing in "lakota" at the fourth round "spirit leaving songs" , this is a blessing. many can receive the same blessings if they take it seriously. When I dismantled my sweat after a few years, the thunderbeings cracked a loud thunderbang, it was broad daylight, no clouds, clear sky. my wife ran outside, she heard it also
wunnamurra 11 months ago
I watched this video two years ago from memory, I'm back again, full circle. maybe people could donate just one dollar via kili radio Pine ridge res, it's worth more than a million posts on YT. Action speaks much louder than words of hate and blame. contact them and do it. after that actually visit the res, take good food and do a sweatlodge. pray to Wakan tanka and maybe things will get better. If they don't at least your tried, Wakan tanka sees all. It will change, it has to.
wunnamurra 11 months ago
this is too sad. i didnt even know this was happening around me till a few weeks ago..its not right more people need 2 know about this. how can our nation just let this happen! how can our nation go to war but not have money to feed the poor! it makes me sad n yet so mad to know that this beautiful culture has 2 live like this..it has 2 stop.
moallday 11 months ago 14
@moallday We need to make more of beautiful culture .. and less of globalisation and warfare ..
Fraterculae 6 months ago
The great rebirth will shortly be upon us. Mankind has been off balance. Natural law is the only law.
bones080 1 year ago 2
come on US government you have this BEAUTIFUL CULTURE in your grasp, stop squeezing and let go you have tried for too bloody long to destroy their spirit all you have accomplished is HATE. keep you spirit people because you as a nation are a very intelligent and resourceful culture look at the amazing things you're ancestors have done. they fought in what they believed to be right, the more of you're people they killed the more of their people were invading.
jahhrobinson 1 year ago
I've been down there for the regional finals for cross country 2001, when Patrick Grass ran for Pine Ridge. It's very sad and eye opening. The Sioux are tremendous people. They played our basketball team when I was in High School, the noise their crowd made was deafening, our poor white boys were dropping the ball and falling all over they were terrified. I was afraid there were going to be fights in the stands but it all ended okay.
splendidoyster3 1 year ago
ALL: I believe that the sufferings of our relatives on Pine Ridge have received considerable national/international attention. The thing is, we as Natives of all tribes and blood quantums need to reinforce efforts to not only address these social problems, but take steps towards eradicating them. I'm a believer in Native rights, sovereignty, empowerment, etc. I also believe that NATIVES can come up with answers, innovations, and technology. We are NOT a pariah people. (more in a minute)
Lochee1000 1 year ago
ALL: I believe there are a lot of us Native people who are standing on the sidelines wondering what to do. But as someone who has the training and skills, I am hoping I can soon help out with these and other rez community problems. We need a coalition of Native people who have the right kind of college degrees (legal, medical, agricultural, social service, educational, etc) to help bring our people up. All is not lost, our Native relatives on Pine Ridge are not defeated by any means. Let's do it
Lochee1000 1 year ago
all men smoke the tobacco pipe peace and the anger spirit will go away
runingblackbear 1 year ago
One thing I don't understand is why doesn't the Indian council do more for these people? Looks at the Natives out here in Connecticut...they have a huge casino going. Plus the Natives gets free education..why not take advantage of it? A phoenix can rise from ashes...Natives can too. Stand up and fight to make things better.
pailintia 1 year ago
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HumanistWikitopian 1 year ago
p.s. this video stops at 11:11 very sacred number
wunnamurra 1 year ago
I pray that all fences disappear one day
wunnamurra 1 year ago
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MercyCal 1 year ago
ONELOVE
SiouxSyndicate 1 year ago
GOD BLESS OUR NATIVE PEOPLE......STAY STRONG AGAINST THE DEVIL WAYS OF SO CALLED AMERICA
estrellanortena14 1 year ago
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I am sorry your people have to live like this. We too have people being discriminated here, nobody has awareness of mother earth anymore, no respect. The poor get poorer, the workers keep working and make no progress.. but the rich get richer. It is a very sad thing. And all the traditions are being forgotten and lost.
My heart is full of sorrow after this video and i hope god/great spirit grants you the strength to get through this.
ruthyeire04 1 year ago
I am sorry your people have to live like this. We too have people being discriminated here, nobody has awareness of mother earth anymore, no respect. The poor get poorer, the workers keep working and make no progress.. but the rich get richer. It is a very sad thing. And all the traditions are being forgotten and lost.
My heart is full of sorrow after this video and i hope god/great spirit grants you the strength to get through this.
ruthyeire04 1 year ago
Sad, sad,sad the US government really needs to do something here.
By the way...
I would like to learn a native american language, lakota for example. I am Dutch and I don't think my fellows would even understand the point learning one. It's worth it though I think, no? Sadly I have no clue where to learn any of these languages. I've been through some word lists and videos but that won't really help much. Anyone can help? Comments appreciated!
Mankemacho 1 year ago
@Mankemacho I would learn the songs first. Search youtube for lakota songs. Several of them have the words in text.
pushthelimit 1 year ago 4
@pushthelimit
Good tip :) I myself have been listening to lakota lullaby only but I already like it XD
Mankemacho 1 year ago
@pushthelimit Yeah: Good way to learn any language. Don't worry too much about grammar/structure. Learn the phrases/sentences. How it all fits together comes with practise
Molochsbollox 7 months ago
@Mankemacho Hi there I'm also Dutch...5years ago I joined a yahoo group Lakhotaiyapi a lady gives online Lakota lessons. It's a beautiful language, I'm grateful she created the goup. You will need a microphone so you can speak the words/sentenses, so that she can hear your pronounciation.Unfortunatily I have forgotten most of what I have learned. I would like to join the group again soon.
RomanyWagenaar1978 1 year ago
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@Mankemacho Hi there I'm also Dutch...5years ago I joined a yahoo group Lakhotaiyapi a lady gives online Lakota lessons. It's a beautiful language, I'm grateful she created the goup. You will need a microphone so you can speak the words/sentenses, so that she can hear your pronounciation.Unfortunatily I have forgotten most of what I have learned. I would like to join the group again soon.
groups.yahoo.com/group/lakhotaiyapi/
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@Mankemacho The government needs to step in? Why? We can't step anywhere near there if someone from the reservation commits a crime unless they work with the police force investigating. They harbor criminals on a regular basis. Also...they get stimulus checks monthly for living on the reservation as well as healthcare and SNAP benefits. I'd say they're getting more then enough help and not doing enough with it.
NTYW23 11 months ago
@Mankemacho Your kidding right? To me it looks like the US Government has done enough to the Native Americans already!
papillonaquatique 11 months ago
@Mankemacho
There is a book series on Amazon.com on learning to speak the Lakota language, I have been interested in purchasing it myself. I am sure it would be far better to learn from someone face to face, but for at least a start, It would a good source. Just go into the "Books" portion on Amazon and type in Lakota, it will be one of the first to show up.
isaacevenson1138 11 months ago
@Mankemacho
MY NAME IS WHAMDI NUM-KODA YAPI A NAME GIVEN TO ME BY MELVIN GREYBEAR
MY BROTHER GO FOR IT SERPERATE ON THE GROUNDS OF BROKEN CONTRACT IN VERBAL AND WRITTEN.
SEPERATE,SEPERATE....
7thunderstone 10 months ago
@Mankemacho
HELP ALL PEOPLE ON PINE RIDGE AND THE OTHER 8 RESERVATION BY DONATING: Blankets,socks electric heaters,food...anything we natives can do to,then we must help each other because that is who we are..as a people
7thunderstone 10 months ago
@Mankemacho go to dutch suriname in south america and perhaps learn one of their languages
SuperLechaim 7 months ago
@Mankemacho american government has money only for the Wall Street, to bail out the bankers.
If they will try to help the poor, they will be called communists.
ArseneLupin2009 5 months ago
To anyone who is interested and who will be reading this post. I am a 5th year Landscape Architecture student at Philadelphia University and have heard of the living conditions in which these people are living in on the reservation and would like to do my thesis project on the reservation. I am particularly interested in providing recreational facilities on the reservation and would love to talk with anyone and try and get more information. My e-mail address is brady1522@philau.edu.
PhillyULA 1 year ago 3
@PhillyULA I would just contact people down there. I think you are looking to create something for kids? They have a boys and girls club, boarding school, rec center this suannebigcrow dottt org it is for the boys and girls club.
pushthelimit 1 year ago
@PhillyULA : Good start on insight and vision. I'd like to see senior centers and homes, technical schools or sufficient technical programs, above ground agricultural enterprises, clean/green energy for severe Winters, pre-winterizing projects, etc. Let's do this people.
Lochee1000 1 year ago
@PhillyULA
I'm also a grad student who will be doing my master thesis on an native related project. I'm Lower Brule/ Mdewakanton Dakota. I have a ton of relatives up there.
ITSONLYMEWATCHING 6 months ago
i have ALOT of family on the pine ridge reservation. most of my family is there to be honest
adamlambertrules88 1 year ago
black elk is my great great grand father i beileve, im not sure but i am related to him
adamlambertrules88 1 year ago
It is like walking into a 3rd world country for sure. Very sad our gov gives money out to other countries and doesn't help whats sitting right here in our midst.....
shadow0dancer 1 year ago
Can the spiritual power cure depression.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
@camaro02girl You can't cure depression. It comes and goes like the seasons. I speak from experience that it can help Chronic depression. Cure to me means that it is gone forever, and that is not the case.
pushthelimit 1 year ago 5
@pushthelimit I've been depress since I was young. Im trying other ways to find my true happyness. I have so much negativeness that comes out. Im pretty mad at the world. I always keep things to myself. I love the native american culture. I wish life was easy. Not complicated like it is now.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
@camaro02girl yes!!!! I know it!
crowdog109 1 year ago
@crowdog109 cure to depression. I hate it. Im always negative. I see the world different. Everything around me is so wrong. Its depressing.
camaro02girl 1 year ago
@camaro02girl yes
wunnamurra 11 months ago
the word "indian" may come from the Spaniards "en dios" means "in God"
wunnamurra 11 months ago
at 10:26 the thunder beings talk behind this medicine man, one should listen carefully to what he is saying at this point.
wunnamurra 11 months ago
@camaro02girl Spirituality can help with depression by helping to give life meaning and understanding. Look into it.
websuspect 10 months ago
I live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. I just want to say all this that they're showing might be new to others but its been like this to us for years as long as i can remember and i am still young.My Grandpa and Grandma told me its been like this for a long time. I dont expect it to change because all threw i was growing up i had a hard life. We lost our ways because of alcohol. Alcohol has been around for many years and will be around for many years so therefore its pretty much a struggle
TheBSO420 1 year ago
BSO, What up? What ever happened to "ohitika"? Don't you think it's time to STOP our "collective" negative thinking about the happenings at Pine Ridge & begin to "problem-solve" once & for all? In some ways, I'm actually feeling really optimistic for some reason. My first time seeing this video, I had mixed feelings of sadness & nostalgia. In my spirit, I felt an incredible sense of home & of being with family. The more I think on it, I DO believe some things can be done for sure. Part 1
Lochee1000 1 year ago
Part 2. ALL: I do think it's time to move beyond feeling bad about what's gone wrong and what continues to go down. Although not in this tribal community, I'm wondering if we can encourage our tribal leaders on Pine Ridge to make definite decisions about specific areas of land use? I'm wondering if we can garner support from outside tribes to gain financing? I've got several ideas on my brain.
Lochee1000 1 year ago
I have done some research and figured out that if people from Pine Ridge didn't buy alcohol, they would have enough money to build at least one hundred new houses every year.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@DVDluvr123 by "research", do you mean "saw something somewhere about heavy drinking being typical of natives"? because if you did REAL research (or even paid attention to this one video) you'd know that alcohol isnt even allowed on this particular reservation.
StitchGV 1 year ago
@StitchGV Oh my goodness, you are so stupid it is beyond belief!! Think about this. There are speed limits on the highway. Did you ever see a car on the highway going faster than the speed limit? Located about two miles from the Pine Ridge Reservation is the tiny village of White Clay. Please explain how the liquor stores in a village with a population of 14 people can sell an average of 11,000 cans of beer per day.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@StitchGV It was a simple calculation - the retail value of the alcohol sold to people from Pine Ridge in one year divided by the cost of building a house in that part of the country. You have heard of “math”, right? No, apparently not.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@StitchGV So you are saying that nobody ever violates the law? Wow, what cave have you been hiding in for your entire life?
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@StitchGV Hey, I'm curious about something. Have you always been completely incapable of thinking or did you suffer a recent traumatic head injury.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@DVDluvr123 haha well its good to know what happens when someone calls YOU out on your bullshit.. watch out for THIS little firecracker, he doesnt seem to like that! lol. so im curious too: was your research about a town NEAR pine ridge done BEFORE or AFTER your racial and gratuitously insensitive comment? i also have to wonder why you have nothing better to do than be rude about poverty and find 4 different ways to attempt insulting a person (childishly, i might add) who confronts you about it?
StitchGV 1 year ago
@StitchGV That's okay, I understand. You just can't admit you are wrong. And you are wrong again if you think the people of Pine Ridge are living in poverty. They can afford to spend millions of dollars every year on alcohol when they should be spending that money taking care of their families. That is their choice to make. The fact is that people live the way they want to live. This is the way the people of Pine Ridge choose to live.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@StitchGV If you want to have some kind of romantic fantasy about Native American culture, then of course you can do that. You are free to live in your dream world. I prefer to look at the reality of the situation.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@DVDluvr123 first of all, most people in severe poverty arent stupid enough to choose booze over food and blankets. second, even if every single person on that rez does break the law, which is the extreme YOU've obviouslty chosen, there are plenty of alcaholic/junkie families who can still afford much better living conditions than they have AND support their addiction. so where do YOU think their problem starts?
StitchGV 1 year ago
@StitchGV Oh, I see. Now you are admitting that there are people on the reservation who are breaking the law. So you lied in your previous comment, right?
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@DVDluvr123 dude, you went and commented on my CHANNEL? and you resorted to NAMECALLING? and all just because i said you were being insensitive and doubted the thoroughness of your research? ...how fuckin old are you?? lol!
ok. just for the record, i dont mind having serious debates with people about a specific subject, but i dont play these online-fued kids games. you want drama in your life, you're gunna have to get it from someone else.. i quit as of now. later :-)
StitchGV 1 year ago
@StitchGV You can easily change your privacy settings so that you can approve or delete comments before they show up on your channel page. But apparently you are not bright enough to do that.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
@StitchGV You quit as of now? Okay, now that I have exposed you as a liar and a fool you can run away and hide.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
At the end of the world, we won't know when, but when it comes, we'll wake up and have the incredible urge to say "goodbye."
ocachisu 1 year ago
I've seen this video several times. Each time I feel both deeply connected and yet heart broken. Although the grim reminders of poverty and deprivation are ever-present at both Pine Ridge and Rosebud, I believe a strong spirit of survival has kept our people alive. I believe true help will come soon to those who are in despair.
Lochee1000 1 year ago
wish you luck mean that
sirhcelah 1 year ago
The earth will tolerate us no more.
lovesh0t 1 year ago
@lovesh0t we are still here.
DVDluvr123 1 year ago
my question to language discrimination : USA supports an idea that any indigenous minority in any state in the world has a right to use their mother tongue.
Would american indian get a job if he speaks no english, only their mother tongue ? Is indian language compulsory for all elementary schools in regions where indians live ? Do indians have a possibility to study schools in their mother tongue or are they all only forced to speak english ?
MrDucatiBMW 1 year ago
@MrDucatiBMW I have friends who speak Lakota and English. They have been taught English since childhood and work too. They have teachers for their language you just have to join in. Good Luck
spareaxe 1 year ago
I hope they are able to take this land back and are able to create the environment of there dreams.
irrt 1 year ago 2
Indians need to harden the fuck up
fecalbell 1 year ago
@fecalbell u try livin like this parents that are 16 no food and kids dont get computers down there u try livin like that and then talk crap
RampageJanis321 1 year ago
@RampageJanis321 ok ive lived in worse places than this, seen worse than this, therefore I can talk all the crap i want (you agree)
fecalbell 1 year ago
@fecalbell Where do you live...i like to see a video of your area..