Dryads can help heal and soothe pain. To begin this process, lie flat upon the ground beneath your chosen tree or with your back and head against her body. Relax and listen to the rustle of her leaves. If you are lying flat on the ground, feel the Dryad's arms holding you, like a babe
Im very proud to be choctaw, my great grandmom is half choctaw and half cherokee, but we are only allowed to claim half of our heritage for reasons i havent been able to find out. But anaways very very proud of my ancesters
My great grandmother chose not to move to the Choctaw Reservation, but to move to West Virginia, but I still have a heart for my heritage. 1/8 Choctaw Indian and proud!!!
My great grandmother was taken away from the tribe in 1901 when she was born and given to a white family to raise so I cant become a member because trying to trace back who her parents were is a no go (no paper trail). Good video
Damn this is the first time I've seen my tribe since my great grandmother told us stories when I was young I love u all and if I can one day I will try 2 conect with all of my people.
I give tribute to all who are of choctaw descent as me and my family on my fathers side. Bluford Payne was Black and married a choctaw wife, Jenny Hunter, who was fullblooded Choctaw. We are 6/16 Choctaw and 6/16 cherokee on my mother, Jennie mae Jamison's side. May the Great Spirit guide and protect you from your enemies. My family considers itself to be Black Native American. Sheron Denice Payne
My best friend in elementary was a Choctaw who taught me a lot about his tribe and led to a lifelong respect and love for their ways and traditions. Great video
My grandfather was full choctaw. My father is half choctaw. I'm 1/4 choctaw , 2/4 pomo the last quarter is irish. Sometimes I get curious about this part of me. So I look for cultural pics/vids. And I must say it was cool to see these pics :D
0:33 reminds me of my father.. he taught himself how to play the flute. he used to stay up for hours at nite playing beautiful music, teaching my brother.
RIP father, I will always hear that beautiful music in my dreams. I love you..
I have Choctaw in me. My mother's mother was very much influenced with Choctaw blood. She looked almost like the picture at :43 in the video. I still have some pictures of her.
I'm not fool blood choctaw but i'm choctaw but i been haveing dreams of Wolves what does that mean if i have it every day does that mean that's my spirit i do like to hunt deer and the dream is like im hunting a deer down as a wolf not saying this to make a joke I'm beeing for real what does that mean.
There are so many mixed Natives. In my experience, it is really about your heart and how involved YOU are in the culture! Learn as much as you can about your tribe, it's history, and strive to be as authentically a member of your nation as possible - don't just take some other tribal culture, you'll just look like a wannabe regardless of how red your blood is. Try to learn atleast greetings and basic words in your tribal language, and go to your nation's powwow and homecoming atleast a few times
My Grandmother, God rest her soul, was half Choctaw. During the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl many people of Oklahoma migrated in the hopes to start a new life in California. My Father and his six brothers/my Uncles hid there mix heritage for back in the 40s, 50s, & 60s was a no no to those that think mixing the races was wrong?!! Now I do not have to hide my heritage anymore and I am very proud of being part Native American/Choctaw.
My grandad was half Irish and half Choctaw...even though he didn't teach me a lot about the tribe I have a lot of pride in my people. It was my aunts who taught me about them!
i thank you for the video im Choctaw but u also have some Crow tribe pictures mixed in the Choctaw is a plains tribe =) my Choctaw name is Sutcoe thanks again for posting =) u did good
my mom just told me that I have choctaw in me(her grandfather & great grandfather) ...i had no idea!! but it's like...i'm not all choctaw..or am i? does it cout...well i guess cuz mom has it in her...is there any way to learn the language? can someone do a video of the alphabet? please..!
My mother is about as close to a full blood as you can get, but we are not enrolled with any tribe at the moment. I know the feeling of being bashed, bc I am half white. I went to rez schools, and caught hell, but it'll never take away what is in my heart, or in my viens, or the color of my skin. Beside white ppl, U CAN TELL I'M NOT FULLY WHITE.
I know nothing about these people except that somewhere down the line we are tied at race and blood. I dont go around bragging about whats mixed in my blood, I'm considered African American and I wanted to learn more about myself and found out that I was mixed with a variety of things. Choctaw being one and with my grandfather being from Panama and my great great great grandmother being white born to a racist family
I know nothing about these people except that somewhere down the line we are tied at race and blood. I dont go around bragging about whats mixed in my blood, I'm considered African American and I wanted to learn more about myself and found out that I was mixed with a variety of things. Choctaw being one and with my grandfather being from Panama and my great great great grandmother being white born to a racist family
Its amazing what we don't know about ourselves and yet we are so quick to say that one is superior to another when who we hate could be in our own racial ancestry.
ethnic minorities must be saved from extinction! this case we speak about Native America (Native American, Apache, Cheyenne, Mapuche .....)
Governments must foster development. Only in this way, the original breed may have a chance to survive! We can not allow this noble breed
extinguished! W Red Power movement, W NOBLE native people, I love red leather. all tribes from the north to the south of the continent all together. against extinction
My grand pops just passed and he is 100% Choctaw and i can prove it. do you know if I suppose to recieve money from the government every month? My family name is Williams, Imatona, Elapintubbee and Alomatubbee.
Nice video!! I'm about a quarter Choctaw, but I'm mostly black. & also about 20%Creole. I read history on my heritage and take full pride in it. I know by looking at the color of my skin people could think I'm just black but many black americans are a mixture of something.
thats so cool! I'm about a quarter Choctaw and about 20 percent Louisiana creole, my great grandmother was Creole and spoke French. My Other grandmother on my mom's side spoke Choctaw and was Choctaw. I'm also black.
If you're a Afro African "black" person of West sub-Saharan slave kin ancestry then you should do some research! The Choctaw Indigenous Peoples' purchased many Afro African "black" slaves!
After the Proclamation to end "black" slavery these former slaves refused refused to liberate themselves by MIGRATING BACK TO THEIR INDIGNOUS HOME LAND: AFRICA!
However, some did MIGRATE BACK TO AFRICA: they formed the nation of Liberia! Would you dare migrate back to learn your culture?
You don't have to justify or answer anyone with regard to your ancestry, especially that part of it linked to the land on which you live. Research all of your ancestors, they all count!
I tryed to do a geneolowgy on my family but far as i got was the 1880's ware my grate gradpa was writen down in the book of the civalized tribes as choctaw. I thalt I was pure white ! now it turns out I'm a half breed ; )As far as I can tail it apeers I'm one 8 th. choctaw
I am the descendant of Chief Opehaw Panyouasas who lived in a Choctaw town called Concha somewhere around here in the Mobile area. His grandson Jean Baptiste Baudreau II was a very well known figure among the Indians and well respected by them... this got him executed!
anyway among the descendants of Chief Panyouasas were those who founded the City of Bayou La Batre, AL.
the photo of the choctaw princess's....1:15... i used to perform choctaw social dances with the princess on the far left....cool huh???...yeah so...theres a real choctaw stroy for ya..too...
good video, the music voice doesn't match at all, however, the lyrics are nice. Would have been much better with native american chanting, flute or spirit song.
Chief Pushmataha is my sexth great grandfather, though I never knew him in person, he is a great man to me. And I honor him and his Tribe. I hope to go to his grave site one day and pay my respects.
i want to thank the choctaw tribe of indians for their unforgotten charity they done for ireland when it suffered famine 16 years after you suffered on the trail of tears,it is written into irish history books and is taught to children at schools of your anscestors great generousity,ireland owes you a great debt,great britian our larger neighbour at the height of its empire didn't care for us and you did,irish always have great sympathy for your sufferings also,thank you and God bless you
Not wanting to detract from the great choctaw contribution towards the irish but it was Britain that raised most of the money from the world by asking all of the nations of the empire aswell as anyone else for aid because the Irish refused to degrade themselves by begging to the English
you are sadly mistaken,britian at the height of its empire was not so generous,the sultan of the ottomon empire offered 10,000 sterling,the queen rejected this offer and only would accept 1000 sterling,because she had only given a measly 2000 and her pride was more important,the sultan sent in 3 food ships,which the british tried to block and the crews sailed them in and abandoned their vessells,millions died,not all,but most british landlords demanded their rent and crops for export to the uk
I love this video...I am Africian American/American Indian..Choctaw! My grandmother now deceased was Choctaw! Choctaw is in my blood, heart and spirit. I desperately want to know more of my people. Can anyone help me find a good way to learn the language?
Also, since we have not LIVED as Native people (FULLY LIVED), we cherish WHATEVER we have. It's funny how SOME full blooded people bash us for wanting to 'be like them'. What IF we were to DENY it? I COULD ( but I WON'T) say that I'm just BLACK. I had a FULL BLOODED NAVAJO friend tell me to NEVER DENY my Native heritage because it's a PART of me. It IS. I DON'T have a paper saying YES, I AM NATIVE. I may not even LOOK Native but my friend said it is what's in my HEART that MATTERS.
what many don't understand is that of all those who traveled, only the strongest survived, we are the ancestors of the strongest of our kind. Take pride and live so those who sacrificed, and those who died would be proud to call us thier next generation.
To be honset, I'm not proud at all of my native american heritage. I'm mixed black/white/cherokee and choctaw. But apperantly I'm too white to be considered any of those races besides white. I live in Oklahoma and some of the Natives there don't like the fact I'm not "full blooded" or at least half, but mixed with other races. What do I need to do to get people to except me? Start tanning? Since my skin color is a mocha color, die my hair black? Grow it out? I feel I should just disown my nation
CHOCTAW SIAH AKAI NATIVE PRIDE FOREVER. i nearly cryed at this video just thinking at what many families, including mine, walked that sad trail. For the many that survive today. Keep living Remember who you are and never forget. The great spirit will guide you.
My dad was born in Mississippi and is mixed African American, Choctaw, and Chickisaw. I'm guessing I could say I'm 1/4 or a little less. I don't know anything about the culture, outside of research I did for a project in 5 th grade, and reseaech I'm doing right now, for an 11th grade project.
If you are talking about the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma website the "white men playing indians," descended from Choctaws because you must "connect to a direct descendant of yours who was enrolled on the final Choctaw Dawes Commission Rolls by blood," in order to be recognized.
I was fixing to change my myspace profile and wanted to do my heritage so I found your video. IT WAS AWESOME. Im quarter choctaw with a CDIB. my dad was half and my papaw was full blooded. Papaw taught me a few choctaw words. My dad was on the choctaw council in Oklahoma and was mayor of Boswell Oklahoma. He had run for chief but his untimely death stopped him short of accomplishing his goal.
im only 1/4, my dad was 1/2 and my grandpa was full, he was a chief. and i am very proud of my heritage, i plan on getting the choctaw symbol tattooed on my body somewhere
hey not to degrading or anything but why is it that people of like 1/16 or are so proud? im full blooded and it seems they've got more pride than us i mean we are native american but u dont see most of us buying everything that says choctaw or somethen that says ur ndn! example \/redfootwalking, not being disrespectful but why???
That's a fascinating question. Someone should write an entire book on that subject! Are 7/8 Choctaws equally proud of their 1/8 "other"? hmmmm. I suspect a couple of things: a) Most mixed bloods are part white, b) that white culture is not meeing some important part of their needs, c)they might be looking for acceptance, being rejected as "mixed" by the mainstream culture, d) Choctaws place a higher value on family ties that others? e)we should all value all of our ancestors. whatdoyathink?
Here's my story: I was 'told' by my Mother, my Uncles, Aunties & Grandmas that my family has Choctaw/Chickasaw ancestry with Black. All my LIFE, I was TOLD. Even though I have no PROOF (YET), I still recognize it. I remember going to a Choctaw Indian Fair in Phil. MS & I felt AT HOME there for some reason. They took my G-Ma there before she got sick & died & my Uncle said EVERYONE KNEW her. They would gather around her, talk to her.
my guess is that, realistically speaking, the culture is likely to die out if distant relatives DON'T take an interest in preserving the culture. many of us are mixed blood & respect our ancestors too much to let that happen without at least trying to reconnect.
p.s. it's interesting that you ask bc some people (certainly not all!) DO ask similar questions in a disrespectful manner. but... if native traditions are too guarded against "outsiders" that don't meet blood quotas, who will be left to guard the traditions at all in say, 200 years?
i haven't done the math on my personal "percentage," but i know i want my kids' kids' kids to know as much about where they come from as possible, whether they have the papers to validate their identities or not.
I have Choctaw blood and I am very proud to tell anyone. My children, they are also proud...I have met and became good friends with many people of Choctaw blood in my community. You'd be surprised how many of us out there even though we're mostly not full blood. My ancestry is multiethnic, but, I fully embrace and am connected with my Choctaw side because my father and his father brought us up that way.
I'm only 1/16 choctaw but I couldn't be more proud. I'd much rather say I'm choctaw than say I'm european.... The whites from Europe wronged so many tribes. (I'm still proud of my european heritage!)
i just wish i were more choctaw, but im still proud to have it in my blood. from books i get inspired to hunt like they did, and do things with my hands. right now im making a nice wlking stick, then maybe a peice of clothing or a bow.
St. Louis I hear is a 'BIG' town, an ole country boy like me would get lost there for sure...LOL!!!
I also have some Choctaw blood. I used to be quite a bow-hunter back in my day (took a lot of deer that way, fed my Family well!). Some of my buds would call me Chief and I'd mumble something about 'scalpin' em' - good fun, great memories.
I met Tom T. Hall at the Neshoba County fair once - I don't think he was Choctaw...LOL!!!
Chihowa yut yakni a i hullo fehna kut, kuna hosh yumma i yimmikmut ik illo hosh, amba ai okchayut bilia yo pisa hi o, Ushi achufa illa holitopa ya auet ima tok.
No, I don't speak Choctaw, but I was honoured to write that - sorry if I mispelled anything.
datchahta, or any of you guys know any Choctaw Baptist Preachers/Missionaries - I know a couple from Philidephia - I still consider them friends but somehow we lost touch.
hello my name is Eric and im a proud full blooded Mississippi Choctaw indian!!! its true you dont find too many full blooded natives hardly anymore or native that can still speak their languages!!! thanks to two wonderful parents and grandparents i have the ability to speak my language!!!
I am part Choctaw myself and very proud of it. I have looked and found little about our people and my heritage in books and other places. I typed in R. Carlos Nakia and was lead here. It fills me with pride to know that people out there somewhere are keeping our tribe alive. I would love to hear from anyone so that I may learn more. Please be strong proud and live well.
im half choctaw on my dads side, my half brothers name is osceola named after his great great grandfather a former chief. theres a county also named after him.
wow, i can't believe i never thought to check youtube for vids on choctaw. i myself am part mississippi-band choctaw (father's side), african-am, and caucasian. sad i've only met on choctaw so far. so glad to see more around ^^ great to see u all
every choctaw indian should be proud of where they came from i know i am and no offense to the white people,you kicked us off our land and no one should be happy about that.we did nothing to you and if it wasnt for us you wouldnt know how to survive in OUR america,that is right choctaw america,cherokee america,crow america,blackfoot america,seminole america,siux america,iriquoi america and navajho america.point blank it was our land first.
Actually there is a reservation in Oklahoma. It's in Durant. PROUD TO BE PART CHOCTAW, LET'S KEEP THE NATION ALIVE! We're dying out, we need to mate and recreate!
Great video! I'm half Choctaw my Dad is a full blood Oklahoma Choctaw. Sad to say my Dad left when I was 6 years old I'm 50 now and I never got to know him. However I am very proud of my Native Heritage. That's the only thing he gave me which I will always cherish!
i know everything about the history, i want to know a about the culture and the religion and everything that they still do....i cant get this stuff online for some reason....
hey, im a oklahoma choctaw to, and ur right, we all are choctaws in the end...GREAT VIDEO! Can anyone tell me more about choctaws....i want to know everything and unfortunaltly i dont have the option of going to ask someone from the tribe...im like living on the other side of the world and would love to learn more about choctaws....
Sometimes it's hard to find out about your culture. In 1920, as the family story goes, my great grandmother went into the backyard and burned all of her family documents, photos, etc. because she was so ashamed of being choctaw. My cousins are in the tribe, be we aren't and I want to learn more about that side of my family, too.
well some of the places where the documents were kept were burnt. my grandma had no birth certificate her documents were burned in a fire. it was to "protect" people who were native and who were mixed and those born on rez that left. to "protect" them from being treated differently, etc. but its sad that so many people had to give up their culture. and that so many wont know a part of their culture.
a friend sent this to me and i am really enjoying it,i am oklahoma choctaw but i know we are all choctaws. keep up the great work you are doing,we need to keep our people informed and growing.
Shaina, this is still a wonderful video for my tribe the Great Choctaw Nation! I am so thankful that you made one for us! Many people are not even aware that the Choctaw People walked the trail of tears! The video's that people make about our tribe make people more aware! Yakoke!
She has nothing to do with Choctaws! I wish I would push myself to learn the language. I am related to Afukabee granddaughter of Chief Little Leader. Came across the Mississippi on a riverboat that had been fronzen. She was luckly to survive. She brought a spoon from her grandfather which is now in the museum in OKC. I want it back. Anyway, He signed the treaty of "Dancing Rabbit Creek." Gave away their land but saved many people.
I'm a Choctaw from the Mississippi Band
doctorfeelucky 3 days ago
i am choctaw and i am proud
bella12345678ization 3 weeks ago
Dryad Healing Spell
Dryads can help heal and soothe pain. To begin this process, lie flat upon the ground beneath your chosen tree or with your back and head against her body. Relax and listen to the rustle of her leaves. If you are lying flat on the ground, feel the Dryad's arms holding you, like a babe
rainbowaon 1 month ago
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rainbowaon 1 month ago
greetings from ireland we wont forget the genorosity of the choctaw people we hold you in the highest regard ,for your help in our darkest hour
splankitydunk 1 month ago
@splankitydunk thig gabh fois agus gabh ceos cainb! slainte! you that are our dreams, we that are you dreams
rainbowaon 1 month ago
Im very proud to be choctaw, my great grandmom is half choctaw and half cherokee, but we are only allowed to claim half of our heritage for reasons i havent been able to find out. But anaways very very proud of my ancesters
franknpuss 2 months ago
wondering about the song behind the pictures....i would prefer to hear Choctaw music ....but thats just me. a simple choctaw.
TheFirehawk1313 3 months ago
My great grandmother chose not to move to the Choctaw Reservation, but to move to West Virginia, but I still have a heart for my heritage. 1/8 Choctaw Indian and proud!!!
Lovepolkadots43 4 months ago
@Lovepolkadots43 my great grandfather moved to the california valley... 1/8 myself and proud
7Lexo 3 months ago
My great grandmother was Choctaw, and I have always had a space in my heart and soul for my bloodline.
ajps1981 5 months ago
My great grandmother was taken away from the tribe in 1901 when she was born and given to a white family to raise so I cant become a member because trying to trace back who her parents were is a no go (no paper trail). Good video
outlaw0221 5 months ago
Damn this is the first time I've seen my tribe since my great grandmother told us stories when I was young I love u all and if I can one day I will try 2 conect with all of my people.
17Awol 5 months ago
I give tribute to all who are of choctaw descent as me and my family on my fathers side. Bluford Payne was Black and married a choctaw wife, Jenny Hunter, who was fullblooded Choctaw. We are 6/16 Choctaw and 6/16 cherokee on my mother, Jennie mae Jamison's side. May the Great Spirit guide and protect you from your enemies. My family considers itself to be Black Native American. Sheron Denice Payne
greenphanatico 5 months ago
My best friend in elementary was a Choctaw who taught me a lot about his tribe and led to a lifelong respect and love for their ways and traditions. Great video
aicdethfan84 5 months ago
Cool video...I'm 1/64 Choctaw, but also Cherokee, as you can see from my username.
CherokeeHeritage 5 months ago
awesome===thumbs up=====
ruellan2003 6 months ago
My grandfather was full choctaw. My father is half choctaw. I'm 1/4 choctaw , 2/4 pomo the last quarter is irish. Sometimes I get curious about this part of me. So I look for cultural pics/vids. And I must say it was cool to see these pics :D
sakurakicksyou 9 months ago
0:33 reminds me of my father.. he taught himself how to play the flute. he used to stay up for hours at nite playing beautiful music, teaching my brother.
RIP father, I will always hear that beautiful music in my dreams. I love you..
cottoncandyinnocence 10 months ago
im african american and choctaw (part) also
bree2496 11 months ago
I have Choctaw in me. My mother's mother was very much influenced with Choctaw blood. She looked almost like the picture at :43 in the video. I still have some pictures of her.
Timothy2035 1 year ago
@munciesORIGINAL
My dad is white but mom is full blooded coushatta and u can barely tell I have any white in me lol
wolvenancestry992 1 year ago
Some of the pictures in here aren't even Choctaw. You have a picture of crow, Seminole tribe, choctaw-apache tribe, and chitimacha tribe.
hahaha just thought I should let u kno
wolvenancestry992 1 year ago
peace.
jmg1957 1 year ago
I'm not fool blood choctaw but i'm choctaw but i been haveing dreams of Wolves what does that mean if i have it every day does that mean that's my spirit i do like to hunt deer and the dream is like im hunting a deer down as a wolf not saying this to make a joke I'm beeing for real what does that mean.
shanepify 1 year ago
There are so many mixed Natives. In my experience, it is really about your heart and how involved YOU are in the culture! Learn as much as you can about your tribe, it's history, and strive to be as authentically a member of your nation as possible - don't just take some other tribal culture, you'll just look like a wannabe regardless of how red your blood is. Try to learn atleast greetings and basic words in your tribal language, and go to your nation's powwow and homecoming atleast a few times
eruanion 1 year ago
My Grandmother, God rest her soul, was half Choctaw. During the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl many people of Oklahoma migrated in the hopes to start a new life in California. My Father and his six brothers/my Uncles hid there mix heritage for back in the 40s, 50s, & 60s was a no no to those that think mixing the races was wrong?!! Now I do not have to hide my heritage anymore and I am very proud of being part Native American/Choctaw.
ssgduke56 1 year ago
My grandad was half Irish and half Choctaw...even though he didn't teach me a lot about the tribe I have a lot of pride in my people. It was my aunts who taught me about them!
wolfdawg357 1 year ago
i thank you for the video im Choctaw but u also have some Crow tribe pictures mixed in the Choctaw is a plains tribe =) my Choctaw name is Sutcoe thanks again for posting =) u did good
blackfang642 1 year ago
@blackfang642 i wANT TO ASK YOU A QUESTION IF MY GREAT GREAT GRANDMA WAS HALF NATIVE WHAT DOES THAT MAKE ME
TheBeautifulblackgrl 1 year ago
my mom just told me that I have choctaw in me(her grandfather & great grandfather) ...i had no idea!! but it's like...i'm not all choctaw..or am i? does it cout...well i guess cuz mom has it in her...is there any way to learn the language? can someone do a video of the alphabet? please..!
shysingergirl95 1 year ago
My mother is about as close to a full blood as you can get, but we are not enrolled with any tribe at the moment. I know the feeling of being bashed, bc I am half white. I went to rez schools, and caught hell, but it'll never take away what is in my heart, or in my viens, or the color of my skin. Beside white ppl, U CAN TELL I'M NOT FULLY WHITE.
Nativegirl1985 1 year ago
@Nativegirl1985 uugh! i know exactly what you mean!!! i am not half white, but about 1/4 white, and still get scrutiny for it
munciesORIGINAL 1 year ago
My great great grandfather was Choctaw and my great great grandmother was Chickasaw. Great song and pictures, thanks for posting!!!! :)
TheOniOokami 1 year ago
my granny granny was a full blood native she married a irish immgrant isnt that sum shit
gregorio0123 1 year ago 2
Some very nice images, thanks for posting.
c16h14n2o 1 year ago
Thank you. Choctaw is part of my heritage.
tjmyers321 1 year ago
I'm part oklahoma choctaw and proud to be bless us for what we r.
shanepify 1 year ago 2
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I know nothing about these people except that somewhere down the line we are tied at race and blood. I dont go around bragging about whats mixed in my blood, I'm considered African American and I wanted to learn more about myself and found out that I was mixed with a variety of things. Choctaw being one and with my grandfather being from Panama and my great great great grandmother being white born to a racist family
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I know nothing about these people except that somewhere down the line we are tied at race and blood. I dont go around bragging about whats mixed in my blood, I'm considered African American and I wanted to learn more about myself and found out that I was mixed with a variety of things. Choctaw being one and with my grandfather being from Panama and my great great great grandmother being white born to a racist family
Naruto4479 1 year ago
Its amazing what we don't know about ourselves and yet we are so quick to say that one is superior to another when who we hate could be in our own racial ancestry.
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ethnic minorities must be saved from extinction! this case we speak about Native America (Native American, Apache, Cheyenne, Mapuche .....)
Governments must foster development. Only in this way, the original breed may have a chance to survive! We can not allow this noble breed
extinguished! W Red Power movement, W NOBLE native people, I love red leather. all tribes from the north to the south of the continent all together. against extinction
jhoso891 1 year ago
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cavalley1 2 years ago
@cavalley1 you wouldn't be here now if that would of happend
Michaeljsnow 2 years ago
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cavalley1 2 years ago
My great-great-grandfather on my Mother's side of the family was Choctaw. =)
TheTeaGreenAttorney 2 years ago
hello family.
ihavestage4coolness 2 years ago
I would like to know more of my choctaw heritage, My grandmother was full choctaw. Name was Mary Ellen Dodson.
bullsaidart 2 years ago
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cavalley1 2 years ago
My grand pops just passed and he is 100% Choctaw and i can prove it. do you know if I suppose to recieve money from the government every month? My family name is Williams, Imatona, Elapintubbee and Alomatubbee.
maceioninjutsu 1 year ago
@maceioninjutsu what's you grandpas full english name?
ddrstandard2008 1 year ago
My grandfather is choctaw his name is frank phillips.
shanepify 1 year ago
@maceioninjutsu
These are names that are in my family, my grandfather is George C. Williams. He is the son of Coleman Williams
How are you related?
SST438 2 weeks ago
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miighankurt 2 years ago
@miighankurt that's really uncalled for -_-;
ddrstandard2008 1 year ago
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miighankurt 1 year ago
so don't diss me putting your pedophile gay church religion and your colonialist usa flag in my face and I won't say anything.
miighankurt 1 year ago
@miighankurt then why are you watching this anyway? My family didn't do anything to yours
ddrstandard2008 1 year ago
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jumpingboy1000 2 years ago
nice voice!
csapatriot01 2 years ago
Nice video!! I'm about a quarter Choctaw, but I'm mostly black. & also about 20%Creole. I read history on my heritage and take full pride in it. I know by looking at the color of my skin people could think I'm just black but many black americans are a mixture of something.
mizzstarr510 2 years ago 2
My father's family is Choctaw out of Oklahoma
sblizzy 2 years ago
I'm half Choctaw/ half Louisiana Creole. This is a great video!! I can speak both Choctaw and Creole French languages.
msNativegal 2 years ago
thats so cool! I'm about a quarter Choctaw and about 20 percent Louisiana creole, my great grandmother was Creole and spoke French. My Other grandmother on my mom's side spoke Choctaw and was Choctaw. I'm also black.
mizzstarr510 2 years ago
My whole family is Choctaw :)
ddrstandard2008 2 years ago
Am from Ireland and just want to say a big thanks on behalf of the people of Ireland for the kindness of the Choctau.
During the Irish famine the Choctau sent grain to Ireland. I would thiink the Choctau were suffering alot at the time also.
God Bless all Choctau and Thanks.
ruadhri44 2 years ago
Proud of my family and the many generations of Choctaw and Chickasaw people. Great video!
MandaWildwoman 2 years ago
My great great grandmother was 100% choctaw but i'm black
bballgrlmusician 2 years ago
bballgrlmusician:
If you're a Afro African "black" person of West sub-Saharan slave kin ancestry then you should do some research! The Choctaw Indigenous Peoples' purchased many Afro African "black" slaves!
After the Proclamation to end "black" slavery these former slaves refused refused to liberate themselves by MIGRATING BACK TO THEIR INDIGNOUS HOME LAND: AFRICA!
However, some did MIGRATE BACK TO AFRICA: they formed the nation of Liberia! Would you dare migrate back to learn your culture?
Dangerdoom68 2 years ago
Dangerdoom68
1. i never said i wuz full choctaw i'm not even half! i'm 1/16
2. i wuz only stating what i've been told by my great grandmother which was that someone in my family married a choctaw indian
3. it is very hard for african americans to do "research" on our culture do to the innacurate record keeping of african slaves
bballgrlmusician 2 years ago
You don't have to justify or answer anyone with regard to your ancestry, especially that part of it linked to the land on which you live. Research all of your ancestors, they all count!
jaaxa 2 years ago
Quarter Native American, mix of Choctaw, Chicasaw, and Cherokee.
kurt52073 2 years ago
half Choctaw
munciesORIGINAL 2 years ago
I tryed to do a geneolowgy on my family but far as i got was the 1880's ware my grate gradpa was writen down in the book of the civalized tribes as choctaw. I thalt I was pure white ! now it turns out I'm a half breed ; )As far as I can tail it apeers I'm one 8 th. choctaw
tonydingler 2 years ago
My grandfather is Choctaw. My grandmother is Native American and Black 50/50 but we are still researching her tribe.
Berthola1 2 years ago
i think my great grandmother was choctaw
devanoo2 2 years ago
My Great Grandmother Was 100% that's what makes me 1/8th....the two things I claim is Choctaw & Haitian. . . .
ThreatVision 2 years ago
nice video ,thanks*****
with kind regards
michael
firestater1999 2 years ago
Half Choctaw
skoggit 2 years ago
I'm 1/8th Choctaw.
ThreatVision 2 years ago
my grandgrandmother was choctaw what does that make me?
uralumkinman 2 years ago
is that pic at 1:02 choctaws? I thought choctaws didnt live in tepees!
numununahvokne 2 years ago
I'm not native, but I have respect for all. I found out that jessica beil is part choctaw, I was trying to find this history of the tribe.
pbrskater26 2 years ago
I am the descendant of Chief Opehaw Panyouasas who lived in a Choctaw town called Concha somewhere around here in the Mobile area. His grandson Jean Baptiste Baudreau II was a very well known figure among the Indians and well respected by them... this got him executed!
anyway among the descendants of Chief Panyouasas were those who founded the City of Bayou La Batre, AL.
foreverhulkamania 2 years ago
im a choctaw indian
jc1110987654321 2 years ago
Thank you for this.....
timotds 2 years ago
halito!!fellow natives... finally got up to date on technology. looking for other natives to chat with.
ndntimetraveler31 2 years ago
Halito! = ) I LOVE THIS VIDEO! = )
girlwithbalanceissue 2 years ago
Aba-Ish-Ona!!!
(Im cherokee and choctaw indian)
Xenastar24 2 years ago
Achukmanili! (I like)! Yakoke (thanks).
ambienttechno 2 years ago
hoosh that! hahahaha
jizzkizzkill 2 years ago
Go Chowtah
nochokin 2 years ago
These pix r not all Choctaw, but good that u made the dedication. Awesome job 4 doing it.
nelapurrz 2 years ago
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nelapurrz 2 years ago
At 1:40 is she doing a Fancy Shawl Dance? =)
I think she looks like my sister.
vegangirl95 2 years ago
no better way than to Youtube ur heritage..GO CHOCTAW...halito from LA
AddrssMePrsnally1 2 years ago
i just found out my daddys chocktaw
Nbarnett1986 2 years ago
the photo of the choctaw princess's....1:15... i used to perform choctaw social dances with the princess on the far left....cool huh???...yeah so...theres a real choctaw stroy for ya..too...
firefighter774 2 years ago
good video, the music voice doesn't match at all, however, the lyrics are nice. Would have been much better with native american chanting, flute or spirit song.
sojournes 2 years ago
Chief Pushmataha is my sexth great grandfather, though I never knew him in person, he is a great man to me. And I honor him and his Tribe. I hope to go to his grave site one day and pay my respects.
AnkoQT 3 years ago
On Indian Days we all come together out here in the west to celebrate., our heritage.
justonekissgoodnight 3 years ago
Absolutely beautiful costumes...Thank-You,
J
repelghosts 3 years ago
i want to thank the choctaw tribe of indians for their unforgotten charity they done for ireland when it suffered famine 16 years after you suffered on the trail of tears,it is written into irish history books and is taught to children at schools of your anscestors great generousity,ireland owes you a great debt,great britian our larger neighbour at the height of its empire didn't care for us and you did,irish always have great sympathy for your sufferings also,thank you and God bless you
k1971C 3 years ago 2
Not wanting to detract from the great choctaw contribution towards the irish but it was Britain that raised most of the money from the world by asking all of the nations of the empire aswell as anyone else for aid because the Irish refused to degrade themselves by begging to the English
random250 2 years ago
you are sadly mistaken,britian at the height of its empire was not so generous,the sultan of the ottomon empire offered 10,000 sterling,the queen rejected this offer and only would accept 1000 sterling,because she had only given a measly 2000 and her pride was more important,the sultan sent in 3 food ships,which the british tried to block and the crews sailed them in and abandoned their vessells,millions died,not all,but most british landlords demanded their rent and crops for export to the uk
k1971C 2 years ago
I love this video...I am Africian American/American Indian..Choctaw! My grandmother now deceased was Choctaw! Choctaw is in my blood, heart and spirit. I desperately want to know more of my people. Can anyone help me find a good way to learn the language?
choctaw49 3 years ago 14
On Yahoo there is a Chahta Anumpa language group. It is good! Chi haklo lachike. Biakak Bilika Iakaya.
ambienttechno 2 years ago
@choctaw49 the choctaw reservation in mississippi has language lessons// you can buy
munciesORIGINAL 1 year ago
@choctaw49 hey cousin i am too. my grandmother told me that i was she showed my her grandfather and she is 75% native american.
donnie350 7 months ago
@choctaw49 Contact your tribe in Oklahoma.
hwiseman1 6 months ago
My great-great grandfather was Mississippi band Choctaw, last name was Hunter. Any long-lost relatives?
Justjokingjackrabbit 3 years ago
my great grandmother was Choctaw I am looking up some stuff about their culture. Thanks for the video
Tatertot073 3 years ago
Also, since we have not LIVED as Native people (FULLY LIVED), we cherish WHATEVER we have. It's funny how SOME full blooded people bash us for wanting to 'be like them'. What IF we were to DENY it? I COULD ( but I WON'T) say that I'm just BLACK. I had a FULL BLOODED NAVAJO friend tell me to NEVER DENY my Native heritage because it's a PART of me. It IS. I DON'T have a paper saying YES, I AM NATIVE. I may not even LOOK Native but my friend said it is what's in my HEART that MATTERS.
dibbie67 3 years ago 17
amen
im like 0.23% choctaw, but i look native american, wierd. i love nature, as u can see from my channel if u check it out, and love my heritage
razgriz1240 3 years ago
what many don't understand is that of all those who traveled, only the strongest survived, we are the ancestors of the strongest of our kind. Take pride and live so those who sacrificed, and those who died would be proud to call us thier next generation.
plicketypow 3 years ago
To be honset, I'm not proud at all of my native american heritage. I'm mixed black/white/cherokee and choctaw. But apperantly I'm too white to be considered any of those races besides white. I live in Oklahoma and some of the Natives there don't like the fact I'm not "full blooded" or at least half, but mixed with other races. What do I need to do to get people to except me? Start tanning? Since my skin color is a mocha color, die my hair black? Grow it out? I feel I should just disown my nation
MysticPoptart 3 years ago
Its so nice to see my ancestors on this clip. Both Sophia Folsom and Snapping Turtle are in my direct line. Thank you for remembering us.
flamey23 3 years ago
all those who walked the trail are chunkash anli.
summersromance26 3 years ago
CHOCTAW SIAH AKAI NATIVE PRIDE FOREVER. i nearly cryed at this video just thinking at what many families, including mine, walked that sad trail. For the many that survive today. Keep living Remember who you are and never forget. The great spirit will guide you.
RehoSirk 3 years ago
so whats left of the choctaw is white people? they ended up just like the cherokee
calvinjanis 3 years ago
That's true, I'm not white, my parents weer not white, and my children are not white.
masivie 3 years ago
My dad was born in Mississippi and is mixed African American, Choctaw, and Chickisaw. I'm guessing I could say I'm 1/4 or a little less. I don't know anything about the culture, outside of research I did for a project in 5 th grade, and reseaech I'm doing right now, for an 11th grade project.
Birdboy029 3 years ago
Thank you for sharing this video.
ducky0069 3 years ago
just saying hey to allmy choc taws out there
Crunkjezzy92 3 years ago
If you are talking about the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma website the "white men playing indians," descended from Choctaws because you must "connect to a direct descendant of yours who was enrolled on the final Choctaw Dawes Commission Rolls by blood," in order to be recognized.
julianaxm 3 years ago
THERE R NO CHOCTAW JUST WHITE MEN PLAYING INDIANS.THE CHOCTAW WEB SITE SHOWS NOTHING BUT WHITE PEOPLE WHATS WITH THAT
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Sent from my Helio Ocean
crazzyman08 3 years ago
This is cool!!!!
Nashoba11891 3 years ago
I was fixing to change my myspace profile and wanted to do my heritage so I found your video. IT WAS AWESOME. Im quarter choctaw with a CDIB. my dad was half and my papaw was full blooded. Papaw taught me a few choctaw words. My dad was on the choctaw council in Oklahoma and was mayor of Boswell Oklahoma. He had run for chief but his untimely death stopped him short of accomplishing his goal.
Thanks again for such a wonder video.
Varnado53 3 years ago
im only 1/4, my dad was 1/2 and my grandpa was full, he was a chief. and i am very proud of my heritage, i plan on getting the choctaw symbol tattooed on my body somewhere
biohazard689 3 years ago
hey not to degrading or anything but why is it that people of like 1/16 or are so proud? im full blooded and it seems they've got more pride than us i mean we are native american but u dont see most of us buying everything that says choctaw or somethen that says ur ndn! example \/redfootwalking, not being disrespectful but why???
datchahta07 3 years ago
Speaking for myself, I'm just happy to know where I come from since I know very little about my ancestors.
puffcloud38 3 years ago
That's a fascinating question. Someone should write an entire book on that subject! Are 7/8 Choctaws equally proud of their 1/8 "other"? hmmmm. I suspect a couple of things: a) Most mixed bloods are part white, b) that white culture is not meeing some important part of their needs, c)they might be looking for acceptance, being rejected as "mixed" by the mainstream culture, d) Choctaws place a higher value on family ties that others? e)we should all value all of our ancestors. whatdoyathink?
1choctaw 3 years ago
Here's my story: I was 'told' by my Mother, my Uncles, Aunties & Grandmas that my family has Choctaw/Chickasaw ancestry with Black. All my LIFE, I was TOLD. Even though I have no PROOF (YET), I still recognize it. I remember going to a Choctaw Indian Fair in Phil. MS & I felt AT HOME there for some reason. They took my G-Ma there before she got sick & died & my Uncle said EVERYONE KNEW her. They would gather around her, talk to her.
dibbie67 3 years ago 2
my guess is that, realistically speaking, the culture is likely to die out if distant relatives DON'T take an interest in preserving the culture. many of us are mixed blood & respect our ancestors too much to let that happen without at least trying to reconnect.
splashnchaos23 2 years ago
p.s. it's interesting that you ask bc some people (certainly not all!) DO ask similar questions in a disrespectful manner. but... if native traditions are too guarded against "outsiders" that don't meet blood quotas, who will be left to guard the traditions at all in say, 200 years?
i haven't done the math on my personal "percentage," but i know i want my kids' kids' kids to know as much about where they come from as possible, whether they have the papers to validate their identities or not.
splashnchaos23 2 years ago
I have Choctaw blood and I am very proud to tell anyone. My children, they are also proud...I have met and became good friends with many people of Choctaw blood in my community. You'd be surprised how many of us out there even though we're mostly not full blood. My ancestry is multiethnic, but, I fully embrace and am connected with my Choctaw side because my father and his father brought us up that way.
redfootwalking 3 years ago
if some of these folks are choctaw then i'm tecun uman the qu'iche prince with the musculoskeletal hypertrophy of a neanderthal bodybuilder...
DeBattlEst1 3 years ago
She has a beautiful voice and the video was excellent.
puffcloud38 3 years ago
The voice belongs to Billy Gilman, I have his cd! He was twelve when he recorded that song, I think?
lullharrow 3 years ago
I'm only 1/16 choctaw but I couldn't be more proud. I'd much rather say I'm choctaw than say I'm european.... The whites from Europe wronged so many tribes. (I'm still proud of my european heritage!)
jcm011 3 years ago
per me siete un mito e sarete liberi per sempre(free forever).
fleurman61 3 years ago
id also apprecoate if anyone could hep me or give me instructions of how to make those things.
razgriz1240 3 years ago
i just wish i were more choctaw, but im still proud to have it in my blood. from books i get inspired to hunt like they did, and do things with my hands. right now im making a nice wlking stick, then maybe a peice of clothing or a bow.
razgriz1240 3 years ago
Halito Yavie!!!
St. Louis I hear is a 'BIG' town, an ole country boy like me would get lost there for sure...LOL!!!
I also have some Choctaw blood. I used to be quite a bow-hunter back in my day (took a lot of deer that way, fed my Family well!). Some of my buds would call me Chief and I'd mumble something about 'scalpin' em' - good fun, great memories.
I met Tom T. Hall at the Neshoba County fair once - I don't think he was Choctaw...LOL!!!
Do you know any Baptist Choctaw Preachers?
jehovahuponyou 3 years ago
Halito!
I'm 1/8 Choctaw, from St. Louis. Thank you for posting. Glad to see people that have features like mine.
Yavie 3 years ago
Halito!
Chihowa yut yakni a i hullo fehna kut, kuna hosh yumma i yimmikmut ik illo hosh, amba ai okchayut bilia yo pisa hi o, Ushi achufa illa holitopa ya auet ima tok.
No, I don't speak Choctaw, but I was honoured to write that - sorry if I mispelled anything.
datchahta, or any of you guys know any Choctaw Baptist Preachers/Missionaries - I know a couple from Philidephia - I still consider them friends but somehow we lost touch.
God Bless, hope to get some good responses!!!!!!!
jehovahuponyou 3 years ago
halito!!!
Sa hohchifo yut Eric! Mississippi Chahta sia
hello my name is Eric and im a proud full blooded Mississippi Choctaw indian!!! its true you dont find too many full blooded natives hardly anymore or native that can still speak their languages!!! thanks to two wonderful parents and grandparents i have the ability to speak my language!!!
datchahta07 4 years ago
I am part Choctaw myself and very proud of it. I have looked and found little about our people and my heritage in books and other places. I typed in R. Carlos Nakia and was lead here. It fills me with pride to know that people out there somewhere are keeping our tribe alive. I would love to hear from anyone so that I may learn more. Please be strong proud and live well.
Nightwing
odin7579 4 years ago
i'm only an eighth Choctaw, but I am very proud of where i come from. I am from the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
Thanks for the video. It is good to see we are still a proud people
txbaby707 4 years ago 2
chocktaw and dakota ppl 4 life
3qw44e5 4 years ago
im half choctaw on my dads side, my half brothers name is osceola named after his great great grandfather a former chief. theres a county also named after him.
blah1987blah 4 years ago
Yakoke, I wish mor choctaws would post but glad to see we are a proud tribe reather it ms or okla chata
ohoyonashoba 4 years ago
wow, i can't believe i never thought to check youtube for vids on choctaw. i myself am part mississippi-band choctaw (father's side), african-am, and caucasian. sad i've only met on choctaw so far. so glad to see more around ^^ great to see u all
leftfi3ld 4 years ago
halito,
I am proud Mississippi Choctaw!!
preciousgirlie23 4 years ago
every choctaw indian should be proud of where they came from i know i am and no offense to the white people,you kicked us off our land and no one should be happy about that.we did nothing to you and if it wasnt for us you wouldnt know how to survive in OUR america,that is right choctaw america,cherokee america,crow america,blackfoot america,seminole america,siux america,iriquoi america and navajho america.point blank it was our land first.
darkragex23 4 years ago 2
my grand mother was born on a oklahoma choctaw indian reservation so im about 60% choctaw and proud of it.
darkragex23 4 years ago
The Choctaw have no reservation in Oklahoma. The only reservation in the entire state is the Osage nation.
Nireht123 4 years ago
Actually there is a reservation in Oklahoma. It's in Durant. PROUD TO BE PART CHOCTAW, LET'S KEEP THE NATION ALIVE! We're dying out, we need to mate and recreate!
saranicole4 4 years ago 2
i agree, we are part of a slowly dying race. hard to find full blood anymore.
blah1987blah 4 years ago
Im African-American and Choctaw Native American and Im also proud of my Native heritage!
ALMIGHTYSUPERSTAR 4 years ago 3
Great video! I'm half Choctaw my Dad is a full blood Oklahoma Choctaw. Sad to say my Dad left when I was 6 years old I'm 50 now and I never got to know him. However I am very proud of my Native Heritage. That's the only thing he gave me which I will always cherish!
skoggit 4 years ago
Halito,
My grandmother's mother is Mississippi Choctaw and her father is Oklahoma Choctaw
I guess you could say I am California Choctaw. Hello from California!
Yakoke, How wonderful for youtube to bring us Choctaws together!
123isito 4 years ago
i know everything about the history, i want to know a about the culture and the religion and everything that they still do....i cant get this stuff online for some reason....
strawberrylover1 4 years ago
hey, im a oklahoma choctaw to, and ur right, we all are choctaws in the end...GREAT VIDEO! Can anyone tell me more about choctaws....i want to know everything and unfortunaltly i dont have the option of going to ask someone from the tribe...im like living on the other side of the world and would love to learn more about choctaws....
strawberrylover1 4 years ago
Sometimes it's hard to find out about your culture. In 1920, as the family story goes, my great grandmother went into the backyard and burned all of her family documents, photos, etc. because she was so ashamed of being choctaw. My cousins are in the tribe, be we aren't and I want to learn more about that side of my family, too.
Travieso78702 4 years ago
so in the end we are all related and are in the same boat.
strawberrylover1 4 years ago
Thank you Strawberrylover. :)
Travieso78702 3 years ago
well some of the places where the documents were kept were burnt. my grandma had no birth certificate her documents were burned in a fire. it was to "protect" people who were native and who were mixed and those born on rez that left. to "protect" them from being treated differently, etc. but its sad that so many people had to give up their culture. and that so many wont know a part of their culture.
sarah20xoxo 3 years ago
Thank you Sarah. :)
Travieso78702 3 years ago
a friend sent this to me and i am really enjoying it,i am oklahoma choctaw but i know we are all choctaws. keep up the great work you are doing,we need to keep our people informed and growing.
halitoday 4 years ago
halito! this is beautiful to see here. yakoke!
nuktala-ho!
ambienttechno 4 years ago
thank you for sharing.....there was a song my heroes has all ways been outlaws my heroes has all ways been humans..my.brothers....
greyxwolf 4 years ago
Shaina, this is still a wonderful video for my tribe the Great Choctaw Nation! I am so thankful that you made one for us! Many people are not even aware that the Choctaw People walked the trail of tears! The video's that people make about our tribe make people more aware! Yakoke!
ladychoctaw 4 years ago 2
I am "Wolf over Shoulder"
Alisi always looks over me. I always look over my own.
eaglescoachadam 4 years ago
She has nothing to do with Choctaws! I wish I would push myself to learn the language. I am related to Afukabee granddaughter of Chief Little Leader. Came across the Mississippi on a riverboat that had been fronzen. She was luckly to survive. She brought a spoon from her grandfather which is now in the museum in OKC. I want it back. Anyway, He signed the treaty of "Dancing Rabbit Creek." Gave away their land but saved many people.
eaglescoachadam 4 years ago
Thank you; very few videos here just for Choctaw.
RiverBirch1967 4 years ago 2