Poorest Native American Reservation - What It Really Looks Like 🇺🇸
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- Опубликовано: 26 ноя 2022
- I was warned by many Natives not to go to the Pine Ridge Reservation because of crime and poverty. But what was it like when I got there? Join me and the locals as we tour around the homeland of the Oglala Lakota people to understand their culture better, and to see what it really looks and feels like on the ground. ► Darwin and Angel's channel: / @navajomanlakotabae ► Roger's wife's channel: / @purplethundernight
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Wow as an indigenous person I always cringe when looking at comments, this is so compassionate and full of empathy. Makes my heart happy, people are willing to learn about our culture ❤️
took us 200 years of ridding ourselves of our own government propaganda, and their white washed history to realize our crimes.
You do know your fair skin because of colonization right?
It’s sad tbh but it happens to most indigenous races look at how they treat the aboriginals over in Australia it’s quite cruel to think people really have that much greed and evil within themselves
@@thegreat444 yeah, indigenous bloodlines raped by colonists smart alec
As hateful as the south can be. Especially older generations. I find it very interesting how so many old people in the bible belt have love for Ndn culture but are so ignorant. Many old folk say they related to the cherokee or other popular names and Ive got no clue why. Have old random collectibles in their houses. Like just a print of some 1800s drawing of a Chief they couldnt name. Old people will still say "Indians" but have a house full of collectibles like arrowheads/ photographs/ blankets. Always assumed it was something to do with the bible but cant point my finger to it. But shout out to videos like this and Social media like tiktok where we can all educate ourselves. And the outreach / impact these platforms can be used to speak out about topics. Especially on the scary shit that no one talks about like human traffic.
I really hope there is a massive resurgence in the native tribes, somehow. It's so insanely depressing to think about this culture disappearing.
It would be the best thing for them to improve their quality of life.
@@the1knifepro169 how can you say that when their quality of life is being destroyed by the American colonist
@@ErickIsBeowulf Hahah!! Their quality of life is and was destroyed by those unwilling to adapt to civilization. Now they wanted to live in the "old ways" so they should shut up and do it. No modern anything and only use the things from the pre contact era, enjoy!!
@@ErickIsBeowulf European settlers brought them magnificent trade items and increased their quality of life, the settlers were loved and welcomed for all they provided.
@The 1KnifePro im not a social justice worrior but thats just factually and historically incorrect, some of these "magnificent items of trade" you talk about would include blankets which had been intentionally infected by european small pox victims as well as Europeans taking part in multiple planned masacers and wild bison purges which was the staple meat eaten by many native americsns in order to starve them out. Europeans also relocated many native americans to small reservations which had soil that was barely fertile.
"If we can begin to realize that our differences enriches us, then diversity is something good. Otherwise, diversity is just the walls that separate us." Thank you for these words that I consider being wise words!
except looking at the differences between people never did anything good... you have to embrace what you have in common
I loved that line, too. All of us are different from everyone else and we should learn to admire our differences rather than "other" one another, and also find what we have in common. Humans are all the same, in some ways.
Very wise words ❤
My thoughts exactly.
My thoughts exactly.
I like what the gentleman said at the beginning of the video. He said, "If we begin to realize that our differences enrich us, then diversity is something good. Otherwise diversity is just the walls that separate us."
As someone who lives on Turtle Mountain reservation.. Not every native American on the rez lives in total despair like this. Some of us do happen to have education, jobs, and live normal lives. Still, the US government did uproot our ancestors and left us on all the most undesirable pieces of land in areas with no real economy.
You will manage to rise again. I live in the Czech Rep., and we were on the verge of assimilation. Our language was almost lost, and our land belonged to Austria- Hungary emperor. We were also bound by this being more profitable than sustaining our individuality. Yet, in 18th century a national revival took action. The first Czech grammar book was written (in German still, for most people wouldn't understand it otherwise). 100 years later, after the 1WW, we managed to establish our own sovereign state. We came through a lot since, being sold to Hitler's Germany in 1938 for the sake of European peace. Our most brave and intelligent people were killed in this period, following by the over-taking of the Soviet army in 1968, when more brave people were killed. And still, we are here, 10 million of us. I hope that this story will encourage you. You will not only survive, but you will manage to become sovereign again. Should your destiny be an extinction, you'd be already extinct. You will manage like we did. The wish to persist is stronger than anything else. You are supported from all over the world ❤
I react on your comment because you already see your own strenght 🙌 best wishes to you from the Czech Rep.!
@@katerinamakrlikova8675 nice story and I hope it's inspiring to this reservation.
i've been to turtle mountian, very cold, and too flat for me but yes I am sorry for what the U.S. governemnt did to your ancestors. i wish we could do more to help
@@boggo7831 I am from this reservation. We do have education and jobs. etc
My friend was from the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. He moved in with me in Chickasha, but then his family guilt tripped him into going back to South Dakota to support them all. He was the only one who had a job while living in a trailer with 6 others who had bad addictions. My friend committed suicide after his mom committed suicide. I knew him since we were both in 6th grade at Riverside Indian School. Hello from the Comanche tribe.👋
Sad stuff..
Hello neighbor! I went to Sequoyah, Riverside Braves v Sequoyah Indians was the basketball rivalry back in my day.
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My nieces mom had an alcohol addiction and eventually drank herself to death, and she was from Rosebud. My brothers kids grew up on and off there.
I'm sorry for his loss
A year ago my husband and I drove through Pine Ridge. I had never heard of it. We stopped at the Wounded Knee memorial. I felt sick driving all the way back to Colorado as I reflected on the way the indigenous people were treated by the US government. The poverty there is heartbreaking.
It's SICKENING what our government has done and CONTINUES to do
It wasn't just them they did that to
No one can keep you poor, I am a legal immigrant. Loved all the opportunities that USA has to offer.
@@pinkyhotmessx69exactly, blame others for your failure is the worst excuse
@@user-fe4sh2ww9cUSA is the best country on earth, opportunities everywhere.
That guy is like a treasure trove. Kudos to this Oglala and to you. Great video. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 ❤
Blessings to the German people. From a Native American
@@hailoweenhailoween5264thank you ❤
I visited the Lakota Reservation two years ago. My first stop, intentionally, was Wounded Knee to pay my respects. I never knew the full story until visiting this very remote place and studying later about the actual facts. As a non-Indigenous American, I feel that the massacre at Wounded Knee is the most shameful event in the history of our nation. I was struck by the fact that women were found as far as two miles from the site, frozen to death with their children. It is a shame that school children are not taught about what happened at the Knee, every American should know what we did then and what we are not doing now in Pine Ridge for the Lakota.
There are stories like wounded knee all over America. For example look up bloody island massacre in Clearlake , Ca. They tried to cover it up and almost succeeded…in many cases they have succeeded in covering up so many atrocities across the states.
Whites always try to hide their crimes
@@crystalbrown4158 that’s actually so true I can’t even imagine all the cover ups America had made to keep face with the world, really insane stuff
My Mom was born in the black hills, and raised on Pine Ridge Rez... It's amazing you made it that far into the Rez.
And, back out for that matter lol. Wounded knee just recently being made a tourist spot, so kind of have to call bs unless you know someone.
Thanks for posting this. I learned more about Native Americans in the last 45 minutes than I have in the last 56 years.
and i’ll forget it all tomorrow but it’s still cool to see lol
@@weloverarri nah, you will remember a lot.
@@debrapaulino918 i already don’t remember any of it🥲lmao
Same here. 59 yrs though, lol.
You need to watching knowingbetter then. He did a great video of natives
As an Irish native we know how it feels to have to rebuild our culture and try to keep our language after it was forced out of us and made illegal by the English . Love this video and the Irish always have a special place in our hearts for native Americans . We don’t forget how they helped us during the famine .
No no no, you cant play a victim card too, you are white. You are a colonist.
The difference is, the Irish fought the King for their freedom and right to live. Could say they are still fighting. And every time the Irish failed, their lands would be divided up 100x smaller than reservations with a Tyrant overlord. But no, no no no all us white people are colonists.
I the Caribbean Irish women were bread with African enslaved males. The further south yiu travel the people get so beautiful! Creole with colorful eyes!
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I am Irish. I am 64 years old. I have always known how beautiful the Native Americans people are ,we will never forget their kindness to the Irish people, God bless you all, please god bring peace to the world,
@lynseymartin3545 That’s a lovely sentiment but “the natives” didn’t help Ireland during the famine. The Choctaw tribe specifically helped Ireland. It’s like thanking all of Europe for help the Irish may have given a people.
I am Cree, from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, in Alberta, Canada. It's interesting to learn about other tribes, and to see that we are all one, battling the government to this day. Sad,,,and it's Native land..Thanks for sharing..
quit being lazy drunks and make something of your lives instead of playing the victim
Tapwe kiyam
im glad you agree with my statement@@Winchisk
@@mark46428 lol says the dude born with a silver spoon hahaha.
nice assumption, and you what they say about assuming,@@MikeTythonLLC
I'm from South Africa and I have always been fascinated with the tribes in America. Their pride in their culture has stayed with them through all the years of slaughter and oppression. They really are a strong people! Much love from South Africa💜🇿🇦
Where in south Africa are you at?if I may ask,
I was in south africa 3 years ago for 5 weeks from ireland. Went too Orania to see an irish monument. That Orania place is crazy
@@jericho9653 Yeah, the rest of South Africa try to pretend they're not there. My sister and I are planning to come to Ireland, she is thinking about immigrating to you guys. I can't wait to see your beautiful country. You have such a rich history and your folklore!
@@louiseventer6580 EUROPEANS ARE NOT INDIGENOUS TO IRELAND OR THE REST OF EUROPE
@@Facts-Over-Feelings I'm sorry, you need to read the whole conversation I was having with someone from Ireland who told me they have been to South Africa and I told them we are planning to go to Ireland. Please read properly before jumping into attack mode.
I’m so happy you started this series on visiting Native American reservations. As a member of the Navajo Nation, I find it extremely interesting to learn about other nations/tribes. Thank you for your work, you’ve earned a new subscriber!
keep rebuilding your numbers i support the natives 1000%
How do northern natives feel about the southern natives? Like from Mexico and Central America? I feel like we related just from different lands.
@@Plvggaz 1¹
Look forward to seeing you. W.m.a.t . You've got a subscription from me.
James and Ernie 🤣
This has become my new favourite channel! I'm hooked.
Me tooo! I don't know how I came across it....but I'm glad I did❤
I loved hearing Roger’s stories. Thank you for sharing your culture with us. I pray for the native communities to thrive and flourish 🙏🏼
Hi
Thank you for this. I was born on Pine Ridge. My last name is He Crow. I was captured by the Catholic social services and adopted out in 62. I did go back and found my family 9 brothers and sisters. No one knew I existed my mother didn’t tell anyone about me.
So thanks for this series.
Wow ❣️2You
This is Heartbreaking.
You made me cry. I'm SO happy you found your family! Drying my tears now! Catholicism scared the crap out of me as a young girl. Forced to go by my Grandma on Mom's side (Spanish!) The church creeped me out. The echoes, stained glass instead of windows, the Masonic garb, but especially the EAT THE BODY * DRINK THE BLOOD OF CHRIST 😮 I was not for it! That is satanic to me! Of course I was called the devil for it, because I refused to eat or drink any 'blood'
These beautiful people were my people when I was a child. I wanted to be like them, not the people in the Catholic Church. Beautiful thing is, I am like them ✌️❣️
Let's stop the genocide
@@xtinamarie_333 The catholic church is not a church of God. You were right to be frightened. It is not Christianity, they are not Christians. The blood is the blood of goats, and the body is the doctrine of Satan. Apparently, I see that native Americans have been sucked into that web of dark rituals, and practice those ungodly ways, instead of sticking with their own ancestral traditions. You'd be better off. Jesuits were murderers in the name of religion, not God! Do not get tangled up and be deceived. Keep away from Catholicism!
I pray and wish all people would get out of that Demonic Religious Institution from Hell.
Save Yourselves. Seek true christiany.✝️ 🙏 Amen.
I am so happy to see grandpa Roger making it onto Peter’s channel! I am glad he told how the older natives had the language beat out of them and how he is teaching the grandchildren to speak Lakota. The twindians are blessed they will learn three languages❤ and a bit of Spanish😉 Could not have chosen a better crew to lead you around Pine Ridge!
Seriously gramps come to downtown pine ridge with that bullshit your telling people.
and what's the little bit of spanish you learn, how much for a kilo?
Roger is a very interesting person, has a lot of insight. I could listen to him for days!
Same here in New Zealand, my ancestors had the language beat out of them.
What hurts is I've told other people what happened to my great grandma/ sister and they said "uh-uh that's not true".
That she was disciplined for speaking kiowa and others were too.
It honestly makes me mad and a little bitter that people think it's a lie, or that the US government wasn't responsible.
"Our differences enrich us" What a profound statement! Your doing a great work Peter Santenello, Gods Speed to you and yours sir! Thank you!
I was so honored to take this journey with the 3 of you , Phil’amayaye 🖤♥️🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅♥️🦅🦅🦅🦅🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶
What a great teacher Roger is. The amount of education you can get from him just watching this video is amazing.
I had a good chuckle when he referred to himself as a "recovering Catholic" ! 😂
agree
Absolutely 💯
I would love to take a ride with him. Nice truck and great gentleman. 😊
12:31 , then I would bring taboo into the cemetary as well.
Wow, what I learned .
All my peace and love to all the indigenous people in North and South America. May you rise up again to the heights of your ancestors.
Their ancestors were all infighting and betraying eachother, with non stop alliances between different tribes and the European invaders just to help defeat rival tribes, only for themselves to get massacred by the settlers in the end. So they need to rise up and be better than their ancestors. But unfortunately alcoholism and Christianity has infested their communities
Wado
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And beyond.
My mother's side of the family is part Lenape
All my love to your tribes and I pray that you all get the chance to teach your culture to the world. We must not forget!
I’m a reconnecting Indigenous person. Thank you for these videos and for showing so many that we are still here.
My grandfather was Oglala and had family on both pine ridge and rosebud reservations. He talked about the schools they put the young into where they were beaten and worse, and how he was forced to give up his language for English and his religion for Christianity. It was heartbreaking to hear this old sweet man talk about the horrible things he had been through. It's sad that things haven't gotten much better 120+ years later.
So sad and sickening to think about. But these are the exact kind of things we need to remember to keep us humble and hopefully prevent us from acting like that. Maybe only one time is still better than none! One has to have a strong constitution to study history. Many times you just don't want to be part of the human race.
I implore you all to study the Philippine American War. The same U.S. generals who fought the Native American Wars, they shipped them to the Philippines in the 1900s. That is how far "manifest destiny". Not too many know that side of American history. The first guerilla warfare
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Yes, it is very sad. We need to be nicer to each other.
@@patriciajrs46 Love thy neighbour as Thyself.
@@frankfarmer9556 so it's for little kids to be raped by the adults that are supposed to be looking out for them?
as a mohawk of tyendinaga mohawk territory in ontario growing up on and off the rez it makes me happy that someone like peter is learning the culture of north america that was "cut off" (not saying its fully gone as a lot of youth are picking it up now and keeping it pure) but its great to see someone share the culture with the world and share that we aren't gone!!!! its also awesome to learn about other rezzes across turtle islands land, PLEASE KEEP UP THE REZ VIDEOS AND SHARE TO THE WORLD OUR CULTURE. and as a fatrezdog u can feed us and we'll follow u home and protect u from all the deadly rowdy aunties tryna get some lmao. To whoever reads this thanks for taking ur time to learn about the culture stay safe and have a great one!
I'm West African and grew up in my native country learning about the world through British eyes. In school I was surprised to see Canadian towns? With names like Saskatoon,(which was spelt (◔‿◔) Saskatchewan or so. With the contorted history we were taught by the system I had to find out the truth out of the school system.
I did visit Canada ( COVID) but my hosts were not native so I didn't get to the real world I wanted to experience. Hopefully I will do another trip when the time is ripe.
I was in Victoria state in Australia and for the 4 weeks I never ever came across a native in all the towns I visited and no one would explain. On my return to my he country, I saw a documentary which is how I got to know some aspect of the truth.
I'm a simple person and I really wish life was simpler than we've made it.
The video from a few years ago of the stolen police SUV being set on fire out on the ice bridge was hilarious.
@Smokey Mcb I sure only 1% takes the time to read your long, long, long, long, long, story in the BIBLE next time just put were it can be founded at
I'm German and for me it is very interesting to see this view on Natives life because this is nothing we were learning in school.
What did you learn in school?
@@christinetaylor8460 We learned a lot about European history, especially German history (incl. WW2). American history was only a side topic.
I live in Europe and i didn’t went to America yet. I think is really amazing for people like me, getting in touch with this original and great content. Thanks a lot for make it possible! The interviewed people are so open, that’s meaning a lot, for us, who knows actually nothing about those amazing cultures!
That’s the rez my dad is from. We still go back every year at least twice for ceremonies. I really want to thank you for making this series, and showing us Natives as we actually are. I hope you go to the Navajo rez because that rez is huge and has so many differences from us Lakota or the Crow. Americans tend to see all Natives as the exact same people, and we’re far from it. I’m so happy you did this!
What are the differences between the Lakota, Sioux, Crow and Navajo?
@@TedCharvoskey442 do you think that Google is a better source than a human beings real lived experience?
@@TedCharvoskey442 you’re so clueless 💀
@@janet5135 That's kinda like asking the difference between a Frenchman and a German. They're simply different cultures with different traditions and languages. Distinct ethnic groups.
@@TedCharvoskey442 I am watching a RUclips video and listening to a man who has traveled to multiple places and spoken first hand with peoples about their lived experiences. I am able to do this by using the Internet and I am going to subscribe to his channel to learn more. I have often asked questions on comment threads and more often than not gotten really informative answers. It is never wrong to ask questions in good faith. Telling someone to Google it and telling me that I’m incredibly stupid is of no value! You are irrelevant!!!
I spent a couple years living in a Karuk Indian Reservation in Northern California when I was growing up. They were kind and loving and caring and treated me as though I belonged. I love this series that you're doing showcasing Native Americans and their culture and struggles. Thank you.
Do they really call themselves Indians, I can't see that because Indians are from INDIA, I am indigenous, it an insult to be called Indian
@@sheliametcalfe-farmer8998 growing up in the 60s our history books in California called the Native Americans, Indians.
I live just up river from the Hoopa res. And have so much interest and respect for their traditional way of life. Way happy for the Karuk regarding the removal of dams along the Klamath river
Pretty cool area up there. Karuk, Hoopa and Yurok territories boarder around the confluence of the klamath and trinity rivers. They all have different language types too.
It all depends on where you are and how tribes govern themselves. Many tribes are quite wealthy, but if they don't distribute that wealth to the people...... The people suffer.
Roger and Darwin were such kind men. Many thanks
As part of an outreach program with my high school back around 1993, I visited that cemetery and the site at Wounded Knee. It still looks much like I remember it. I spent that week living on Lakota land, at an episcopal church. We went to build houses, but instead were asked to refurbish the church. It was used as a community center, and so the thinking of the host family was that we could benefit more people that way. I ended up volunteering to mow the tall grasses in the overgrown cemetery. I'm not a believer, but when I entered that church cemetery I remember asking permission from the spirits, just in case. The community was grateful because they could better honor their ancestors. The host family were wonderful and kind. I was shown many things new to me. I learned many things and made some powerful memories. It was also the first time I tasted buffalo, fresh off the prairie. It was not lost on me the honor which that meal represented from our hosts. My father told me as a boy, that I am 1/16 Cherokee. Most of my native history is lost. I know that my great great grandfather was a medicine man, but I don't know much more. Obviously the Lakota and the Cherokee are different nations, but in my mind they are still more similar to each other than to the world in which I grew up on Long Island, NY. Whenever I think back on that time with the Lakota, I am grateful for the opportunity and the insight that it gave me. Thank you Peter for this video and the memories it brings back.
LOVE THIS!! I'm a lifelong resident of the Pine Ridge Reservation and I appreciate visitors sharing their experience of our beautiful homelands, the good, the bad & ugly.
Who cares about money
@@druidic4353 you will when you need money to live. How do you pay for your food, shelter, and utilities without the dead presidents printed on green paper?
I greatly appreciated this glimpse.
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Love you guys from Georgia.
The Native American Reservation looks fascinating. Despite being the poorest, they’ve had the best picturesque landmarks worth visiting.
@@Bluewaterpinessantarosabeach no but you can get a job, Allah willing
And the highest rate of suicides and no jobs. Anything that they may want to do like businesses or anything has to be approved by the corrupt Government.
Also on Reaervations if the land they build on is in a BIA Trust they will own the house after paid off but NEVER OWN THE LAND. so basically many have a 99 year lease for their home
They’re crappy and car dependent like anywhere else in the US.
@@sajanaryal6932 “Crappy”? What or whom are you referring to?
Thank you for opening your community and your hearts to us. Very moving video. Be well, and be blessed.
Talking about the historical trauma is so essential… so grateful for the voices who are beginning to bring healing within the tribes. May God cover each person in the journey of healing from the past trail of tears. That each person is special… and deserves to be treated with dignity. We owe so much to the people who formed the roots of this nation.
I am seeing Natives who are educated, professional, and capable. They are passionate and intelligent. I love that people are taking control and not waiting for white man to make a way… the Natives are doing this on their own. They are strong and will grow wiser and stronger.
I am from India and I find the Native American culture absolutely fascinating. Just love the rituals they do for each special occasion in life and the respect they have for nature. It’s just absolutely beautiful.
I'm from India too! and hey I saw your comment on one of the anthropology video as well. I am also loving this series on Native Americans by Peter
you bought the hollywood lie, lol... it's not like that. Actually they almost eradicated the buffalo
@@LordOfSwedenyou should try finding facts instead of shit
And ashamed of your own rituals and find them superstitious?
@@samuraijack1371,why the unnecessary, pessimistic assumption when someone is leaving a lovely,wholesome comment? Can't it be that he appreciates both? Where has he indicates that he hates his own culture and rituals?
As a young kid growing up on the West Coast of Scotland I was always fascinated by the Native American culture which of course entered my life via the Silver Screen of Hollywood and the multitude of Westerns that portrayed them through a one eyed often parochial vision.
My dreams of visiting America were finally realised in the mid 90’s when as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers I was lucky enough to be attached to the Parachute Regiment on an Annual Exercise based in Yakima Training Facility via Fort Lewis Washington.
On arrival in Yakima I was taken aback by the pure beauty of this rugged untouched part of the US.
I also felt VERY conflicted as I realised very quickly that the live firing exercise area we were on was also sharing land with traditional Native American Burial Grounds.
In the end I told myself that as a soldier from Scotland perhaps these Warriors simply looked at me as a modern equivalent to them and that my deepest sympathy for their plight (and ultimate demise as a Nation under the boots of both the British and US Armies ) might somehow have given me a pass of some sort.
Whilst I know this is most likely wishful thinking on my part I am sincere in my respect and regard for what the First Peoples went through in the latter end of their turbulent demise.
Thank you Peter for this short but educational insight into these wonderful human beings Ad their ongoing struggles with getting what they deserve.
God Bless you both.
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May your hair blow free in the wind and your feet walk on the earth that you rightfully call home
They call any land they want a burial ground. It's a the norm all over North America.
@@chrissmith3509 These areas were clearly marked by the US Government and we were strongly briefed to keep away from them.
ALL of the Land belonged to them in North America previous to it being taken.
You should look into the Penn State debacle regarding how the local Tribe were deceived into relinquishing more Land than had been agreed upon.
Then when you’ve done that you should look into who owns and controls most of the land in the US - Government aside.
I lived outside Aberdeen Scotland in 1994.❤️ I'm originally from Norway 🇧🇻 but have lived different places. Now outside Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
Busy making items for Sewing for Native Nations 💞
@@hannepinkava2522 My Clan which were a mix of Gael and Norse were known as the Gallowglass or Foreign Gaels in Ireland.
We were effectively a Warrior Clan who were Mercenaries who were brought into Ireland in the 1200’s to fight against the Norman Invasion.
As a result we were granted Lands in Ireland by the Kings of that Region.
My family resided in Ireland for around 800 years prior to returning to Scotland during the Famine.
Norway has always been on my list of places to Visit in fact the Whole of Scandinavia appeals so much.
One day …
On a side note my wife had an operation on her throat a few years ago and they left her with a scar across her throat which I’ve been looking at Necklaces by the Native Americans to perhaps cover this up.
Some of the jewellery is very beautiful I think.
The bone/ jade chokers are stunning.
@@pocketlama Respect to you Mac 🤜🏼 ⚡️ 🤛🏾 and thanks for the extensive reply.
The sunrise at 5 am at around -5 was something I will never forget.
Truly,truly breathtaking.
Temperature reached -50 with windchill (it was February) when we were there.
Literally froze the moisture in your eyes and nose.
Ps We travelled from Fort Lewis to Yakima via the Snoqualmie Pass in the back of a Canvas Backed 8T Vehicle during the blizzard Season.
A journey I’ll never forget. 🥶
Thank you for your consideration. My grandpa was half Lakota and half Irish. He was orphaned by prejudice at 3. He was raised by his grandmother Lakota Then the depression happened and he had to go to the Boys Town at 9year old. Something to think about this. I think that the Great Father is watching and smiling and Tears. Aloha
im from the oglala sioux reservation and i appreciate you showing how it is down here we are not bad people we all just had a different way of growin up
As someone who grew up in pine ridge. And hasn’t been back in years it felt nice to see this video In my recommended. It’s something I can show people about where I come from. And it was nice to see my home from a different perspective with my old high school teacher roger
Same here
Same here. Where did you go?
THAT means google knows your root location even.
@@shayxoxo95🖤
Man, I think I’ve probably written over a dozen research papers on Native American tribes (issues they have faced/are facing) in both high school and college, but nothing ever beats the raw footage of walking around their communities and seeing it for yourself. I actually hope to one day teach history so that these stories don’t ever get lost in time, or stay exclusive to one particular culture because their story deserves to be told all over.
I'm a white person who grew up on the Flathead Reservation, it really taught me so much about how tribal members struggle and how the mismanagement can wreak havoc on the communities. I encourage you to spend some time on a reservation to get an education you will never forget.
I have always respected the Iroquois tribe! If the WARRIORS wanted to go to War ,they had to petition the Council of Elder Women/ the Grandmothers " We bring life into this world. We decide when it leaves"! Talk about RESPECT for women! 🤗🥰🤗🇩🇪🇨🇭🇺🇲
Very cool. My mom was full blooded Italian. I loved her very much. She loved he Native American teaching and ways. Beautiful soul my mom. I’d love to come visit. Your wife is beautiful. Reminds me of a good friend.
A college essay is not a "research paper" 😂
@@_Super_Hans_ Sounds like someone who’s never written either. I guess doing extensive research on a specific topic and writing about 10 pages worth of information is just some silly little essay. Maybe if you actually stayed in school, you’d learn the difference.
I’ve been to Pine Ridge several times over the years. The Native people are always so kind and welcoming.
Father Peter was amazing for such a short time on screen
Absolutely loving this series you are doing on the Native American tribes - love listening to them explain history and life on the res these days. Much respect to them and their ancestors. Thank you Peter
What respect could You have for a bunch of drunk rapists?
@@miked4343 The vast majority of natives that come into my store steal and are low lifes. It's a character problem not a "Oh poor them they are just poor and addicted to drugs."
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I certainly do too! Especially since I discovered Kurimeo Ahau channel! I hope Peter Santenello meets with Kurimeo Ahau!
Completely agreed! Amazing series!
Nothing but respect for the natives
With your eagle on the moon picture lololol ohh the irony... American propaganda
Aways & Forever .love 💘 💜 💛 💚
@@sandcastle1417 you don't even have a profile picture of your own.
@@sandcastle1417 My PFP has the Russian flag in it, and yet I don't like the Russian government.
It's almost like you can't figure out someone's whole mindset with just a picture...
Why? They don't all deserve respect. I'm native, grew up around nothing but natives. But their just like everyone else. Nothing special. Some are good, but a lot aren't. Some like to put others down for just trying to better themselves. Or say that you act "white " just because you don't get drunk every weekend or the fact that you can keep a job and raise your family without government assistance.
0:11 really hit me hard. What a beautiful truth.
So much was stolen from these people..God bless them❤️
Really enjoyed this video. Father Klink is a wise man. "In the sense if we can begin to realize that our differences enrich us, if we can learn to humbly respect those differences, then diversity is something good". "Otherwise, diversity is just the walls that separate us". Amazing enlightenment. If only it were that easy, what a great place our world would be.
Stop talking about this like a white blessed diversity story.
These ARE RESERVATIONS AND BOARDING SCHOOLS FOR THE ACTUAL CITIZENS OF THE UNITED STATES.
Even China and North Korea don't have Reservations for the Actual Citizens
-COMANCHE NATION
Well said.
I agree, wise words.
It IS that easy....take away social media and politics and there are no problems. He even asked "what do you want to be called?" And he said "I don't care what you call me." It's the college educated white liberal and race hustling individuals that are ruining everything. Respect to everyone in this video 🙏
A MILLION 🥰👍
I have my daughter captured back in 2011, ever since she's been there at standing rock, I have beautiful grandkids and I hope she will teach her children Navajo language...
My God I've learned so much. I've been saying Native Americans I need to be better going forward.
I was a RN in Rapid City, S.D. Many of our critical care patients were from Pine Ridge. I never knew the terrible damage alcohol could do to people before I worked here. My patients were victims of domestic abuse & alcoholism. I loved working with them, but so many were beyond any help....very heartbreaking ares.
@@jberndt88 bullshit. A doctor wouldnt go get representation? why not? afraid the government wont find for them? turn on a tv, all someone has to do is claim oppression and the media would have her on every station the next day and they would have a upcoming mini series on hallmark. i dont care what you think their reasoning was but unless one of the higher ups said "we dont hire Indians" you are just making up talking points. No representation? that fool who got in to Covington kids face was represented plenty even before the truth came out and he was labeled a hero.
@@jberndt88 don't hear it? I work for a native American tribe lol I hear it every day. And guess what the elders I work with dont blame a system of the white man they blame the leadership of the reservation they live on. Im not ignorant to shit lol. You are litterally belittling the education of that "doctor" as that person with higher education should know their rights and how to stand up for them...or the more likely story is you just made it up.
@@jberndt88 ruined my world view lol...my wife is native American so I must just be a racist too right? Bootlicker
@@jberndt88 I was an AF brat. I'm glad I lived other places before I lived in S.Dak. Great topography where I was. Even in the 70's as a teen, I was aware of the slant to the right. Also you could see the curvature of the Earth on the horizon.
@@jberndt88 I was in the area when Wounded Knee took place. I could see Mt. Rushmore from base housing, a white dot against the Black Hill range. I think I shall read Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee again.
My junior senior party happened at Horsethief Lake; right behind Mt.Rushmore. The Centennial was great there. I still recommend to anyone going tourist to check out SDAK. 3.2 beer was a bad idea, but fun for me.
Really a damn shame how in Canada and the USA we can't treat properly the people who lived here first.
the f you talkin about? they get massive funds to build dmb sht and get wasted LMAO
@@qefewfwdcwdc Imagine writing such a simple minded bs answer and thinking thats fine, not even 10 years of alcohol abuse can kill as many braincells as you do
As explained in the video, the funding system does actually not benefit them, the money goes to the people that know someone, many don't actually own their house or the land they live on, there is little to do and therefor a lot a substance abuse. The tribes that don't receive funding are actually better off because they own their own property and businesses like non-native Americans.
@@qefewfwdcwdcyou’re an incel
@@platgeslagengehaktbalI call BS on some of that. Trust me they get cash and benefits. More than they say
I have never heard it voiced so eloquently and perfectly how I feel, as Father Klink put it. What a wise man.
Proud Oglala man here. I love seeing my birth place get some love. I was raised in Wounded Knee.
I love South Dakota. I went specifically to visit places like Wounded Knee and Pine Ridge. I wish now that I hadn't been so shy back then. It sounds dumb but I think I was afraid of being rejected by the people. So I probably just looked like a tourist to everyone 🙄
From a tribal leader of the Cherokee here in Oklahoma, the tribes that rely solely on the federal government are poor and will remain poor until they take control of their futures.
Only the Great Spirit can help, but men must help themselves by proffering their lives to Him, and pray to serve Him, and be guided in your lives. Great Storms soon come and leave all poor, no money, little food, plenty storms. Man reaps what he hath sown, so we need to connect with the nature spirits, let them guide us into the New Kingdom of the Spirit.
Agreed. There's a lot of good to be done.
Wow. What a word you have spoken here 💯
Roger is so chill.
I sponsor an elder from Pine Ridge and I wept throughout the video. America needs to see this. Thank you for making this video.
It's a real privilege to be able to see this Lakota reservation. It was fascinating listening to Roger and Darwin. I hope they live long and prosper. 🌟
Yeah, real privilege..... 🤣😂😅
Welfare works.
It really is the best these cavemen can manage.
My husband is Ojibwa, his mother remembered the schools not allowing them to speak the language. My best friend who was also Native told me her ancestors called it "blood memory" when the generations seemed to feel the traumas that the previous generations suffered within themselves. My husband's family grew up very poor and yet his mother was one of the kindest, sweetest people I knew. Her life was not very long because of diabetes complications..wish I knew her longer.
My granny was chipewa, born in the early 1900s (passed in the late 90s) but she had a twin sister, they were separated when they were kids, her twin was adopted by a well to do family in cali, and my granny was sent to a school where she couldn't speak her native tongue, so young that she forgot it as she got older, the schools motto was "kill the indian, save the man". Anyways.. her twin sister never stopped looking for my granny, and in the early 90s they were reunited.. it was on the news here in flint mi.. i couldn't imagine what the natives went thru back then.. so sad
like the russians, who murdered Ukrainians who spoke Ukrainian in Ukraine
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@@Yukkynukkls Also in Michigan!
Please live well native Americans you are admired!
Two dudes he went on car ride with are super chill
It hits you when you hear another man talking about being beaten for speaking his own language.
The same as my own youth growing up in the Scottish Highlands.
Bless you, man. I hope you as much as himself and everyone who experienced this, only healing and regaining confidence one day in speaking that language. Take care.
Sad. And now we are losing these languages.
Did you vote to secede from England?
Hello from another Scot with ancient roots in Fearn, then County Antrim, Ireland, and finally Pennsylvania and North Carolina. Names: McCaughan / McKaughan, and finally “Americanization” to McCoin in NC and TN.
The Keltic People and the indigenous have always been friends, may this continue, we were the first ones they colonized. By trying to eliminate the gaelic language.
I am a Caucasian who had the privilege of being raised by the people of the Salish/Kootenai Nation. I’ve been all over the world and never found as much acceptance as I feel among my adopted Native family. It’s an honor to learn from them.
I am Lakota Sioux, I mean no disrespect at all, but it's confusing not to mention upsetting to me how some of us Native Nations accept white people and their children, taking care of them, raising them while denying those who have Black Ancestry. Including kicking them out and taking their tribal memberships.
@@Chevy75241 at least youre talking about it
@@Chevy75241your completely right and justified to think so. The problem I see with this though is that the majority of black people i see claiming to be native actually believe that they are the real indigenous people of these lands and that we are actually $5 indians. Their disrespect and demented way of thinking is the reason why they’re rejected. Because they reject us.
Like they say honorary native. My wife is white but she has been adopted by my tribe. Natives are usually good at not being racist but some can be it's usually the older ones but can't blame em. They went thru alot. Most older people tend to be a bit racist no matter race though.
chevy im C and A and we've always accepted anyone including blacks. Just depends on how you act. There are honorary NDNs who aren't even native but they get along with us so well we say they're one. Shoot alot of tribes thought blacks were bear people sent by maheo to help. It does depend on the tribe your from though. Especially with the buffalo soldiers running off from the army then getting adopted by certain tribes.
Thanks for the info brothers. Stay hard the native brothers and sisters. From NZ pacific ocean natives
Here in Finland we have the same kind of thing as a sweat lodge called "Sauna".
The aspect of it is spiritually similar, meditative and calm. We heat rocks on the "kiuas" and pour water on them that creates steam and warmth called "löyly".
There are stories that back in the days the american natives and Finnish immigrants got on so well, because they had the similar shamanistic culture roots.
Yes, saunas are mostly common in countries with Slavic ancestry, such as Belarus, Russia, Finland, Sweden etc.
There's Saunas in most countries
@@lisashwarthyng Finns and Swedes are not slavic. Very different facial features as well as cultural. Swedes know very well that finns take sauna much more serious than bastu. Finns also have savusauna (smoke sauna). For the russian banja I can say nothing. Very similar. Sauna is so important to finns, they have it apartments also.
Thanks for doing real journalism on what life on the res actually looks like. The locals' authenticity and openness to share their culture is hugely valuable for the rest of the world to see. Appreciate the grace and respect you showed in their spaces, says a lot about your character that they were so transparent.
Beautifully said!
I lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation just outside of Pine Ridge village at the Wolf Creek School housing for a number of years. I was married while living there, Both my children were born while we were there, even raised on the reservation for the earlier part of their lives. They still have Pine Ridge in their blood, and in their heart. It made me smile when you passed Pizza Hut and were surprised we had one in the village😂. Working there was my part time evening job, my wife was a speech pathologist at the Wolf Creek School up the road. When my 1st child was born we had a regular babysitter we used in Batesland and I worked for the Shannon County School System as a “at home school tutor”for their students in the Wolf Creek School. When my 2nd child was born we decided I would stay home during the day and instead work at night… that brought me to Pizza Hut lol. My family and I lived in Pine Ridge for a lil over 4 years, I even earned a college degree there at the Oglala Lakota College with an associate in Elementary Education. It broke my heart to leave Pine Ridge, it still does even after 20 years later. To this day I still have very reoccurring dreams of returning to Pine Ridge, leaving this life behind and never coming back. Pine Ridge constantly calls to me, it’s never far from my thoughts… just barely out of sight at the edge on my consciousness. I can go on and on about my life’s chapter in Pine Ridge but I’d like to end with this… my wife and I were always made to feel warmly welcomed. Never EVER no matter where I went or whom I was with did I feel unwelcome or in danger. They are a good people, strong hearts… kind souls! Pine Ridge and it’s people has left an imprint, an indelible mark on my mind, my body and my soul. While my body may be a thousand miles away, the larger part of my heart and soul still to this day remains in Pine Ridge… I feel almost broken, torn in two on the inside and My dreams almost haunt me, tease me but certainly always serving to remind me of that. I will always love and cherish my time there, no matter how hard it may have been at the time. To all my friends and family I had to leave behind in Pine Ridge, you are always remembered and very warmly loved. Thank you for welcoming us into your homes and lives. Mitakuye Oyasin
meangene69100 you must return to Pine Ridge. It is where you belong. Shalom.
You probably won't read this but it's getting worse up there. More violence. A poor baby boy was shot a few months ago up there. I've been getting more suspicious and dirty looks when I go up there. I won't say my name but you probably know my family. It's a scary place to live now.
@@CJ-hg2yh First my condolences to the family who lost their lil one to the violence. Do you happen to know which family lost their lil boy? That’s a horrible thing to hear happening anyplace let alone on Pine Ridge but if I might ask was a freak accident type of thing or a gun violence moment. And could you please tell me which village or housing it happened in? It saddens me to hear things have gotten harder for the people… it was already plenty hard enough 20 years ago. In the video we watched I recall them saying that gang affiliations have become a thing in Pine Ridge, that’s a major bummer. I think we must have left for Rapid City just before that took hold, I don’t recall that being talked about while I lived there but if it was it didn’t make much of an impact on me. I walked and drove anywhere and everywhere on Pine Ridge without any fear of being harmed. Don’t get me wrong, I knew and felt when people didn’t appreciate when I was in their company and they held ill will towards my color but they still we cordial enough and respectful just the same. I never took someone’s feelings toward me being white personally, I always respected their feelings just the same. I mean, I couldn’t exactly blame anyone for feeling that way for obvious reasons. It’s really really nice to be able to talk with someone who familiar with Pine Ridge, thank very much for commenting!! Because I moved to Virginia when I mention a place like Pine Ridge I might as well be talking about what it’s like living on or experiencing a place like Mars, the people here just can’t understand or relate to what I’m sharing with them and I don’t blame them for that as well. These places and experiences are worlds apart. Best wishes to you and your family my friend
@@Mean_Gene_69 I'm not willing to go into detail with places and names but yeah it was a drive by gone wrong. It's such a beautiful place and culture and if they really tried they could make it a great place to live with local businesses and just working together instead of relying on welfare. Not enough that are willing to actually work.
@@californiadreaming9216 thank you very much for replying. You know I’ve very often had the same thought but I’m afraid life is rarely quite that simple. I think I certainly may have some unfinished business there but it may have to be resolved in a different way besides moving back. living there was difficult enough the 1st time, and saying that is an understatement!! Now that I’m a few decades older I’m afraid I may not be resilient enough to make a go if it a second time. I sang the praises of Pine Ridge in my first comment/short story and it all holds true but make no mistake about it what so ever life on Pine Ridge is hard… and a few words in a few paragraphs could never convey the depths to which I speak. I’m afraid I’ll always feel torn in two, never quite whole again no matter what I do but perhaps this is the price I just have to pay in order to have had those experiences I did all those years ago. My love and gratitude go to all of the people with whom I share this planet with but to the people and families of Pine Ridge you will always hold a very special place in my heart! Thank you for sharing your home with me and making me a better person! Thank you again for replying to my post 😁
I read the book "Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee" back in the seventies. It chg'd my life.
My wife and I starting watching your video's couple day's ago! We love the way you interview your guests and get the right information of what's going on! Thanks for all you do!!
I lived in the Black Hills for three years.
I took my children to Pine Ridge on several occasions and showed them the cemetery at Wounded Knee. I wanted them to see these things.
Yes. I went to the Knee in 1993 on my honeymoon of all things! I wanted to see for myself the places and people I had studied for years. Standing there, with all the vials of holy water tied to the fence with colorful ribbon, it was surreal to think of the massacre and the resulting mass grave. I have always believed... and have taught my daughters... that it's important not to turn away, not to forget. I wished I had brought some sort of offering but I didn't know how I would be received as a Caucasian. I worried then, and still would!.... that the people would not see my heart and be able to perceive my pure intentions. But I would dearly love to go back up there and get the chance to REALLY meet and speak with the people. All of our indigenous people deserve to be uplifted and celebrated. Our country would be nothing without these First Nations.
Most people don't even know the history.
@@patriciaholloway I'd like to think they could feel your heart..... I can. ❤
@@andreaknisley154 Thank you so much friend 🙏 That means a lot to me. Much appreciated 💜
@@rebeccadavis794 I wish people would read the history of what truly happened to the native Americans. So sad!
Peter, thank you so much, especially for this episode of your journey through the reservations. I’m 88 years old. My paternal grandfather - George Peter Schmitt - was born in 1868 to a couple who immigrated from Bayern. They were devout Catholic. My grandfather, before he married, worked for the Jesuits on the Pine Ridge Reservation. As a very young child, I heard many stories about the time he spent there. Red Cloud was a much admired person to my grandfather. He told us he spent as much time as he could with Red Cloud and listened to his stories. One of Grandpa’s most treasured possessions was a beaded deer hide knife sheath, a gift from Red Cloud, which he kept in a dresser drawer carefully wrapped in tissue paper. I so appreciate Roger’s knowledge of the Lakota’s history and his generous sharing of it for those of us who want to know. Thank you again, Peter.
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Very cool stuff!
Wow! So did your great-grandparents move to America before or after the Civil War? You must know many stories about a world that so many of us just read about. I can't believe you have stories about family members who were living in the 1800s. Peter should interview you!
@@mesantdev771 My paternal great-grandparents all migrated to America - one set from Bavaria (Bayern); the other from Ireland, in the decade prior to the Civil War. Members of both families fought in that war. Choosing to find out one’s own family history makes us learn the history of this country, both the good and the bad. It’s a shame that children aren’t learning enough of it in school these days.
Wow! Such a cool story. ❤
My family ! I'm from Ohio ,Cherokee ,Shawnee , Iroquois we are scattered not gone !
Kola Ah'o!!! I was born in Rapid City. Am registered with the Standing Rock Rez. I have been to Ogalla,Rosebud, Cheyenne Eagle Butt, Sisseton,Yankton reservations. There has been so much destruction on the reservations in South Dakota is sad.
Peter-
GOD Bless you, brother. My heart is greatly relieved by your representation of our people. The first time I discovered your work was about a year ago and I believe your representation of all subjects is so mind expanding. My people are from Hunkpapa and Oglala. Thank you.
I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?,
We started opening our sweat to people coming from prison, drug addiction, etc. we had good success teaching them to walk the Red Road. We mentored them. A great support system for them. We are here to help one another in love & kindness. Sending love to all. ❤️
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I'm battling MS , I feel if I go to a reservation I can be healed. Do you know where I can get healing for my body?
Not enough people walk the Red Road.
@@lovehellohello spending time in nature is healing. Kick off shoes and place bare feet on Mother Earth. Her vibration is healing. We have many new healing modalities coming out. Med beds, etc. Most of the public has not strengthened their minds for healing. So they can manifest healing and their future path. Mediation and manifesting is important. We are as we think & speak. Positive think & speech is crucial. I like the book by Louise Hay. Sending you healing energy!
@@bigrig4385 exactly!
@@rosebudadkins6803I suffer from anxiety and ADHD and honestly mindful meditation is amazing. It doesn’t “cure” you, but it helps give you the tools to manage it. It’s up to us to use those tools though.
Thank you for this amazing journey ! Indigenous people of USA with their culture, history, beliefs and traditions always have been fascinating to me, as long as I remember and it is wonderful to have that opportunity to hear what people of those lands has to say today ! ❤
Like many others within US borders The Sioux nation is struggling with mass exposure to toxic products, alcohol, processed food, drugs both legal and otherwise. . . It's not easy to come up with a plan when your families have been in decline for generations. The Great Spirit is your/ our best hope. Stay strong.
I'm from the Navajo nation and on the rez there is no jobs, especially after they closed the mine and power plant the unemployment rate skyrocketed and with that so did gang activity and suicides.
But what little jobs there are don't pay well as the same off the rez.
On top of that logistics is horrible making local prices very expensive, like at the lowe grocery store at Burnside it's was 5 bucks for a can of chunky soup.
Year after year the ones who can leave go and the schools are losing attendance.
It's sad to see it like that and I would like to see jobs brought to the rez again to enrich the people and not just the tribal council members.
And those environmentalists have hurt the people most of them don't live on the rez and if do they have trash around their house.
There's too many people making decisions based on what people tell them, also envy, and Jealousy.
Grow weed goddamnit
I have a question, so since there is no jobs on the reservation do you have to work off the reservation? If so is this a way for the government to double tax you? Or make do you have to pay taxes living on the reservation and to work outside the reservation it’s how they get you to contribute to paying taxes?
what if you start a wild meat butcher shop or a deer breeding program or even a rabbit or turkey raising operation..like plant native plants? #FoodDeserts #reindeerherdsman
#transhumancy
#oklahomabuffalo
#joelSalatin
#regenerativeAgriculture
#holisticLandmanagement
Off the whites, of which I'm one, in mass.
As they did to Your Family.
The way I understand it is that the government doesn't want you, us to prosper... ????
I'm Lakota. I live 60 miles from Pine Ridge. Thank you for filming here. Love your channel
I visited Pine Ridge in 2014. It breaks my heart to see such poverty in our country. My 7x grandmother was Lenape from Pennsylvanian. I’m sad I had no knowledge of this until I was an adult.
Thank you for your programs Peter.
Blessings, debby
Great respect for the Native Americans
Hello Peter, great job on your video presentations about Native American tribal life! I also traveled through the Pine Ridge Reservation a few years back on my own video/photo journey. I toured Wounded Knee on the same day and was given a personal tour of the mass-grave Cemetary by two great young ancestors of the victims from that horrible day. I was instantly changed and horrified by what had taken place there in 1890. I then drove on to the Pine Ridge Reservation. As a strange twist of fate would have it, my van broke down as soon as I pulled into the Reservation. As I started to feel a little panic set in, I said a prayer for help, and immediately I heard a voice coming from behind my van. A man said to me, "stay in your car and put it in neutral and I will push you to an open lot of a closed-down church around the corner." When we got to the church lot he told me his story of why he wanted to help me and that I was not in a safe place in Pine Ridge and being a white man to boot. He said that he became a believer in Jesus a few years back after being an alcoholic most of his life. And that is why he came to my rescue when he saw that my van had broken down. He then offered to tow my van to Chadron, Nebraska where he knew some guys that had a shop that could fix it for me. Luckily for me, I had a tow strap and he towed me the 50 miles! I gladly paid him $150.00 to tow my van to Chadron. The strap broke 3 times during the trip, but we made it there safely! I am very grateful to the man that went out of his way to help a stranger. That day gave me new hope for humanity that we are all connected more than what meets the eye.
Thanks for sharing that story about your immaculate rescue.✌️♥️🫵
Amazing story!
@@vialogan Thank you! That day changed my life forever! I feel that I never have anything to complain about after that experience.
@@timmaysnoworrieslife2470 I feel the same! A change in perspective can be so life-changing 💖
My wife and I lived on the Menominee reservation for eight years, from 1971 - 1979. We were teachers. This was the time when Pine Ridge was in turmoil. Some of the bad boys from Pine Ridge came down to start trouble. The tribal police chief Patto Fish and his deputy, Bear ran them back to Pine Ridge in a hurry. Patto and Bear could stop a bar fight in minutes. I loved the experience of living on the res. No one ever did us harm and we always had their respect. The Menominee people will always have my respect. It is a shame that our government treated them the way it did.
As an immigrant of 20 plus years It Blows my Mind how incredibly poor these Native Americans have been treated. It’s beyond words
@@columcunningham4458that’s the main reason why, as a mixed person, I feel as if this whole “pro black” movement is misplaced. There are so many other groups that have been fucked over far more than we ever have. It bewilders me that my fellow African Americans seem to flat out ignore that the Native American race is basically endangered at this point. Meanwhile we have an entire continent filllled with us just across the ocean. For the most part I say America has equal opportunity but in the case of Native Americans I have to take a stand and say that the government does in fact actively try to keep them as poor as possible and as subdued as possible. So sad.
@@reidlevering4136If you're referring to black lives matter, that isnt a "Pro Black" movement. this isnt the oppression olympics. Fighting for the rights of others doesnt mean your issues are ignored. I care alot about brown lives but im not going to question my support if i come across a racist mexican. I won't question my support for any group of people even if they dont support my "movements". Why? because it will always be right to support others in need. I will always recognize the extremely complex circumstances that people are in that lead to their oppression. Lets stand in solidarity.
@@jaloniwilson I’m aware it’s not actually pro black, hence why I put it in air quotes. Unfortunately you and I seem to be in the minority that actually realize it’s NOT pro black. Glad to see a like minded individual 🤝🏽
@@reidlevering4136 idk what you mean by pro black then. So im not sure what you mean anymore but I believe the movement is good and beneficial, if that clears things.
Growing up my dad talked about the rez how he grew up my grandparents owning a shop. We are Chippewa. I love learning about Indian culture. He has a lot of books about the custard days and about our family history.
This is fantastic! Peter, thank you for educating people on the tribes. This gentleman is so sweet, gracious & willing to share information. God bless him. My dad used to work as a pharmacist in the Public Health Service during Vietnam on the Lower Brule Lakota reservation. As a young girl, his stories always stayed with me and I’ve always felt close to the Lakota people bc of it. I still have all the jewelry they made for him and my mother. My father was respectful of their customs, would not walk (nor would he have been allowed if he wanted to) on sacred land of the cemetery, and as the pharmacist, who was the equivalent white medicine man who helped them, he eventually was given a special ceremony and his native name. His friend, who was a pharmacist with the PHS working with the Blackfeet wasn’t as lucky. They were a bit more hostile to him. My father said even when he was working on the res, there was a lot of alcoholism. People don’t realize how bad what our government did has affected generations of tribes. If the tribes hadn’t been warring with each other, they could’ve possibly have out maneuvered the government.
I visited the Pine Ridge reservation in 2000 and met people from the Oglala Lakota and it was surreal coming from native Yucatec Maya lineage in my country in Belize I felt at home and a connection. Forever humbled by this experience. My heart is with the Lakota people.
Way to go Granpa Roger. Thank you Peter, you couldn’t have had a more intelligent/knowledgeable Chaperone 💜 Great vlog 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?!
Peter, if you want to know how far your videos have reached the world, here I am watching it from Indonesia, I LOVE the way you put those scenes, great job
I love this segment!! Thank you for sharing!!!
I love the Lakota reservation. My husband had Navajo, hopi. He passed away long ago. We never fullfill his dream of taking me to know his reservation. I wish I can take my daughter and granddaughter to see where their roots come from. My husband was the greatest man I ever had. I was a very fortunate woman. He was an excellent father as well.
Please connect the children , we are immortal and when we return we will want to be connected
So sorry for your loss. I hope you, your daughter and granddaughter are able to visit his reservation. I think it would be an amazing experience for all of you.
Wow, this man is so full of knowledge. It's amazing learning about the culture. I love this, thank you for these videos.
Are you interested in finding a good man to marry
These people have proven to be the worst at adapting to change.
@@OneTwo-wx8wz STFU. WWG1WGA, now that's the least adaptive to change, that's an outright, throwback fascist cult that's already attempted an insurrection.
Yes, Peter, another great video, thank you. Thank you. Peter, may God bless you.
Such an informative video! WOW! Thanks for sharing ❤
This is so disheartening to see a proud people struggling like this. I hope they can rise again.
This country belong to Indigenous people.
And look at the way Shitmerica treats Indigenous people. It's disgusting.
That’s why americans are mostly hated by other people around the world.
Treat them like the shit they are and how they treat other people too.
@@Cole____ THERE NOT THE EUROPEAN INVADERS NAME.. THEY ARE WHAT EVER THEY CALL THEMSELVES
Well alcohol sure don't help!
I live in the White Mountains of Arizona. I work with so many of the Apache of this area. These people are so important to USA history and so interesting. Please bring your tribal series their way. Love this series!!
I'm from Show Low . Hi.
I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day, I'm David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?
Important? No. Useless waste of resources. Should've gotten rid of them when we had the chance. We still can. Not sure why we even keep them around.
Nice i am Half Iroquoi Tuscaroran tribe myself
I'm also from Arizona. Funny, the only Indians I see are drunk, lazy, and hang around the casino areas
Awesome! Thank you Peter, Roger and Darwin .
I subscribe to Darwin and Angel's channel. They show how important their families are to them and how they take care of each other. Roger and Vita are the best grand-parents to the twindians and Darwin makes it back to the Navajo Nation often with Angel and the boys to be with his mom and other relatives. We can learn so much from people like them. Great job Peter and especially Roger!
Can you link their channels please? I’d love to subscribe!
ME TOO, AS A SOUTH AFRICAN FIND IT FASCINATING!😳🇿🇦🇬🇧🇺🇲
@@cynthialindsey6975 ► Darwin and Angel's channel: www.youtube.com/@NavajoManLakotaBae
► Roger's wife's channel: ruclips.net/user/user@PurpleThunderNight
@@PeterSantenello Thank you!
@@hendo19742 ► Darwin and Angel's channel: www.youtube.com/@NavajoManLakotaBae
► Roger's wife's channel: ruclips.net/user/user@PurpleThunderNight
These are things you aren’t taught in school and part of American’s history should include all of this. Native Americans have suffered a grave injustice and it’s amazing to me how it’s still happening even in 2023. Thank you again for making these videos.
@Donnell Okafor man, you’re part of the problem, I hope you know that.
CRST
And somehow changing sports franchises names from Indians and redskins is going to help
They live pretty well.
@@FM-dm8xj did you not see the video?
Another great documentary. As an Irish emigrant working in Saskatchewan I had some great nights with Lakota and Dene people, we seemed to share an automatic connection based on our shared historical trauma as victims colonisation. Some of the lads even knew a few of our old Irish rebel songs.