As a native I'm proud, I speak fluent choctaw , make beautiful beadwork and working on learning to make regalia. We still play stickball , hunt , and know how to cook outside down here in mississippi. They tried to kill our history , but I'm living proof its stronger than they thought. My ancestors suffered, but that suffrage wasn't for nothing because thanks to them our culture is still alive. Guarantee my kids will also keep the culture alive. Its more than a tradition ; its a way of life.
You should be proud. It's wonderful that you speak fluent choctaw and have mastered some of the arts and cultural practices of your ancestors, and are teaching your children. I'm trying to decolonize my mind and make amends to Indigenous peoples like you whose lands I occupy and whose people my own relatives "taught" in boarding schools. Bless you. Thank you, Andrew windy boy, I am very moved by your courage, strength and integrity. You clearly express your Chippewa Cree heritage and language despite your trauma from the heinous attempts to eradicate it.
Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends on here. May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊
I cried so hard. It brought up a lot of memories and emotions from being bullied in middle school. Kids would beat me, make fun of me, put gum in my hair, throw my stuff in the dumpster, get me in trouble with the teachers, teachers would make fun of me. The worst kid tried to drown me by pulling me under in the deep end of the school pool, but the teacher didn't believe me. Nobody believed me. I had no friends and no social contact. It messed me up and I'm still trying to recover from it over 15 years later. What he endured was a horrible injustice and I wish I had the power to fix all the wrongs.
I cried 3 days after reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. That was about two yrs worth of reading by the time I got to that. Just too much. Europeans went thru it when Christianity arrived in the earlier centuries of AD.
HE WAS ABUSED! Same with my grandparents. Their hair cut off, 😠. .... I'M PROUD TO BE NATIVE. WE ARE UNIQUE! NO ONE CAN DISPOSED OF US & MY NATIVE TONGUE SAVED THIS COUNTRY! ANDREW WINDYBOY YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND , WE LOVE YOU THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. NOT YOUR FAULT.
I’m white, born white, and everybody in my family was white leading back to the mayflower. But I disagree with this treatment. God bless native Americans.
You’re beautiful, special, and you should be allowed to practice your unique culture freely. The oppression of your culture will not go unnoticed. Sending love your way❤️
Robbed of our native tongue, land and links to our Ancestors... But the Flower of Scotland will never forget....we' ll come back one day.....staying strong!
Beyond heartbreaking...now that it's been established that intergenerational trauma is real, it makes sense why we younger generations of Natives have such a hard time feeling like we belong anywhere. My heart goes out to all the people that were abused so terribly in boarding schools. 😓
Freya Gem...of course it makes the kids homeless. This is always what power lit does everywhere. Break the people, steal their culture and you can rule them.
@@1006kathleen But where is the human rights concerns that the US government always preaches on other countries? Why the US government doesn't show any of it for him and his people?
@@truthsower4560Great question ! During the 20th Century,when studying for one's citizenship test, accounts like Mr. Windyboys' past were never in those workbooks, most of colonial history is left out, because if you knew what was the real history of America, you'd have second thoughts about becoming a citizen,and want to go to an alternate country. Because it's very triggering,and is a reminder of why you had to leave your native country. People should know what they're committing to. The workbooks need to be rewritten to explain the entire truth.
This is the most painful thing I have ever watched. My heart aches for this man and all first nation peoples who were forced to suffer such indignities. I can't fathom such cruelty, which encompassed even so much more evil than this. But I do believe the time has come for the first nation to rise and prevail.
😭😭😭 Much respect my Native neighbor I understand why my family hide our native blood for so long now. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 let us pray for peace and love Many Blessings to all. We Must Heal for ourselves and future generations
Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends on here. May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊
@@indianangel39EarthAngelTyee I feel so comfortable getting to know you more as a friend, it will be a pleasure to exchange emails with you or WhatsApp or maybe SMS..I hope you can understand me better...thanks for your attention you given me.. can I ask you a question! do you check your email address regular 🕊💙
I wish I could have been there to stop them! I wanna cry when I hear what happened. Native American culture is beautiful and is my favorite culture. Their respect for the land is admirable. And their language is very beautiful!!! 😖😖😖😖 If I was there I would have done all I could to protect him!
My heart hurts so much after listening to this 💔 The cruelty, and brutality is so unforgiving. I am so sorry this happened to you and I hope you never let go of who you are. You are a very beautiful, strong man. Sending much love to you!!!
I could feel my hand starting to raise to wipe his tears, then realized what my body was instinctively about to do. This brought tears to my eyes. I just wanted to hug him so bad.
I cried watching this. I felt the pain, and the child still hurt ing despite all the years that have gone by. NOBODY deserves to be treated like this, NOBODY! Remember that others can take everything from you, but not your soul. The spirit can't be vanquished. God bless.
My dad went boarding school up at Flandreau in South Dakota. He ran away three times, and each time he ran away, they would bring him back. Each time this happened, one of the sisters would make him go to the chapel, make him kneel down on a board, hold out his arms so his body formed a cross and beat him, and all the while he was being beat , the nun always said " Jesus Loves you Tom and this will make you clean " My dad knew how to get away though, he'd follow the river and make sure to say in water, run in every puddle, throw off his sent from the dogs chasing after him. He walked 50 miles to his grandfathers house were he was safe till they would come and take him away again. The nuns and priests where mean but the teachers their were nice to him and eventually, he was moved to a school closer to home and it slowly got better for him but he hats religion to this day and detests Catholicism.
fcking bitch Nun / they used to beat My Grandma for speaking her language and having spiritual experiences that were not Christian / I dont know if they laid her out like that but they beat her /its really sad what they did to Culture it wasnt the Church it was the Gov't the Gov't My Elder told me that
Chibo Mato I'm so sorry your dad was treated that way. I don't blame him at all for hating religion especially Catholics. The priests and nuns are pure EVIL and look at the current pope, his evil is visible. I don't know how they can claim to worship my God. Everyone has the right to be who they are, who they were born to be. That's the way God (your spirit guides) intended us to be. No one has the right to take your heritage and language and dignity from you. Your people were treated wrongly and the injustice you've suffered makes me ashamed. I don't know how to make things better for you and your people. Tell me, please.
Dawn Threader Read my comment to Chibo Mato. I am sorry for what your grandmother suffered as well. It was wrong. Our forefathers were wrong. Money and power make men and women feel strong, they have to make a show of their superiority over others. Damn them all!
This is what I'm talking about when I say that these atrocities are still very fresh too many of us. It is so painful for me because my dad endured a life of an orphan while on his own land as his people were dying around him I remember his stories of atrocities and the microfiche at the library proved it.
this is heartbreaking. So many of us have been sheltered when it comes to knowing and understanding what these indigenous people have suffered even in modern times. I'm glad you told your story. It needs to be told. I hope at some point you'll find that you are worthy of being treated with kindness and understanding. You are a creation that deserves love and respect. Bless you.
This is shocking. Such inhumanity and cruelty. The Lakota People say we are all relatives, I am not a native but I believe if a people lose their language and culture then all of us lose something, all humanity is diminished because we have lost a part of ourselves. Mitakuye Oyasin, we are all related, we should not treat relatives this way. I am so sorry Old Man Eagle and all who have suffered this shame.
Catholic church still is the demon of mankind..destroying the most precious gems of the earth that shine the greatest light..much healing sent to you ..so sad.
Holy crap. Super brave. Thanks for telling that story... as terrible as the pain is. We need to hear this. It is shameful what our people did. I wish you well and hugs for healing. I not only accept you... I admire you. We are not worthy.
Thank you for posting this. All Americans need to hear these messages. This is unbelievably shameful, but hardly surprising. However, ignoring these inhuman actions - mostly perpetrated on Native Americans by Christians in the name of their "faith," is not the answer. Americans must face the actions of their people, truly understand how awful it was, and apologize to native peoples not just with words, but with deeds, actions, and a demonstration of their respect. This is the only meaningful way I know of to put these horrible chapters in our past together.
I am so sorry, so deeply affected by your pain, that continues to haunt you. I am sickened to think that you were beaten because you talked your native language, and it is a terrible shame that many children suffered and were abused at the hands of those in power at the residential schools. They were cruel beyond human comprehension and I am disgusted to think that my own bloody race could impart such cruelty to little children. I pray, that somehow, through Great Spirit, that you find peace and inner healing in this lifetime 🙏🏻
It's hard to see the wound of his heart. There is just one thing real revolutionary in this world: to be a good person. I can feel the tears of this man because of pain and incredulity. Incredulity because It seems impossible to see the face of evil in the others trying to destroy your spirit, your joy. Good bless, because they didn't kill your soul I can feel it strong and pure.
My grandparents survived the schools and my dad was fortunate enough to escape them. I've seen this man's interview several times now as part of my education and activism work, and never once have I been able to watch it all the way through without having to stop to throw up from crying. His eyes and his voice are just like my family members' the few times this topic had been discussed openly, and it still feels like being gutted watching that pain coming back up. Jesus didn't die for me, my ancestors did.
Aw man..I feel like going through the screen and giving him the biggest bear hug & telling him, ' it's gonna b ok, please dn't cry.... :') !' his pain & horrible memeories at that stupid bording school makes me angry how the wy they treated them?! 😠 And he's absolutely right, we are all ppl, human beings! We should b loving them; not hurting them!
I hope whenever this man passes away he can find his family once more and once again speak the true tongue he was meant to before he was forced into those horrible schools. I'm grateful my grandparents still remembered our language and taught me. I only wish for other unlucky native children to learn as well.
This is so powerful. Thank you so much. The abuse you faced was horrendous. Your strength is immense and your culture is beautiful and deserves so much better❤️
The hurt and pain of having my language taken away, the beatings the yet our language was used to keep this country safe...the pain of growing up fullblood as they call us...ashame in on this christian country...
I have watched this video several times over the past 18 months, and every time it breaks my heart to hear the soulful pain and misery in his voice for the torture, neglect and abuse that was forced on young Native American Indians. It is bad enough that they were forced to separate from their parents, their loving families and their entire culture and way of life, especially at such a tender age, let alone that they were forced to have their hair cut (Hair is sacred) and denied freedom to speak their Native languages. It makes me heartsick and soul sick that I cannot undo this horrid miscarriage of justice, all done IN THE NAME OF "Chrisitanity". So twisted it is nearly impossible to understand, even for me, a 68-year old "white" Grandmother. I am so thankful this torture is no longer carried out, at least in the above manner. I wish I could just put my arms around this man (and all others like him) who have experienced such gross cruelty from "white people" and hold them for a very long time.
You can make sure this never happens again. Share with your people your feelings and hope about this.I am also sorry that your ancestors and nation left this for future generations of your race and religion to inherit. Blessings
Joyce Jeffries theres a lot of people to wrap your arms around and hug then. These devils will never stop until the Messiah his self comes back and ends all evil.
Shanawdithit, the last known Beothuk disclosed that the first white men who came to Newfoundland came from the good spirit, while later arrivals, as well as Mi'kmaq, came from the bad spirit. An invariable religious principle demanded that those Beothuk who made peace with either of these groups would be sacrificed to the spirits of their slain kin. These good spirited white people were undoubtedly Irish;) 🍀 For example; the Algonquian word for ‘one who takes small fish’ is Amoskeag. In Gaelic Ammo-iasgag means ‘small fish stream’. In Algonquian Ammonoosuc means ‘small fishing river’ and in Gaelic, Am-min-a-sugh means; ‘small river for taking out fish’. In Algonquian Coos and cohas mean ‘pine tree’ and in Gaelic, ghiuthas means ‘pine tree’. Merrimack River in Algonquian means ‘deep fishing’. In Gaelic Mor-riomach means ‘of great depth’. Kaskaashadi another Algonquian name for the Merrimack River sounds similar to Guisgesiadi, which in Gaelic means ‘slow flowing waters’ Nashaway River in Algonquian means ‘land between’ and in Gaelic naisguir means ‘land connecting’. Piscataqua River means ‘white stone’ and in Gaelic, Pioscatacua means ‘pieces of snow white stone’. Seminenal River means ‘grains of rock’, which in Gaelic is; semenaill Quechee matches the Gaelic work Quithe meaning pit or chasm. Ottauquechee River flows through a 162 feet deep gorge is similar to the Gaelic word Otha-Cuithe which means; ‘waters of the gorge’. Cabassauk River in Algonquian means place of Sturgeon. The Sturgeon fish have unfortunately fallen victim to environmental degradation. Similar to Gaelic Cabach-sugh. Attilah means blueberries and in Gaelic Aiteal means juniper berries. Munt means people and in Gaelic muintear means people. Monad means mountain and in Gaelic monadh means mountain. The suffix - nock is used in New England to denote hills and mountains. Cnoc in Gaelic means hill or rocky outcrop. Wadjak means on top, in Gaelic the word is uachdar. Monomonock Lake means ‘island lookout place’ and in Gaelic Moine-managh-ach ‘means boggy lookout place’. Pontanipo Pond means cold water and in Gaelic Punntaine-pol means ‘numbingly cold pool’ Natukko means cleared place (land) and in Gaelic Neo-tugha means not covered (by vegetation). Asquam Lake means ‘pleasant watering place’ and in Gaelic Uisge-amail means ‘seasonable waters’. Not all Irish are white. Inter racial communities long before it was accepted. This fact is on full display in Irish mythology ;)🍀
Man manipulates religion, to suit their own selfish needs. If it was done in the name of Christianity, it was a distortion because, If true Christian principles and doctrines were followed, it wouldn't have been carried out, in this way. It is my belief, that the greatest affliction of the human race is honesty. If people can't be truly honest with themselves, how can they be honest with anyone or anything else.
I watched this several years ago when I was taking a Native American Indian class. It is heartbreaking. My great grandmother was from the Nottoway Indian Tribe and she told a lot of stories about the atrocities committed against the Natives.
We hear you, your tears are felt, and I cry with you. Old man eagle, as a child, you named old for your deep waters of wisdom. So grateful for the filmmaker here and this gentle warrior elder's words.
I am currently studying the story of colonization in America, and honestly the suffering that Native people went through from that time to today is unimaginable. I just want to give that man a hug.
That opening statement really got me! How sad. I just can't imagine the pain and emotions that were experienced by this person and his people. Just heart breaking when people are mean to other people.
Thankyou for sharing your story. I can only imagine how painful and humiliating these experiences have been for you and other native peoples. I am English and do feel ashamed of what we as a nation have done to others and the losses mankind has suffered as a result. I pray that you regain your voices and hold onto your traditions, to pass on your culture. I know this may not mean much to you, I wish blessings and healing for you. You are a strong and courageous man to come through it x
I was touched by watching this and other similar videos. You might say that children can be cruel but in this case I blame the teachers, Administration of the schools and our own Gov't itself all of whom should all be ashamed of what took place. The Native American Language should be preserved and no person should ever be forced to give up their first language. Thank you RUclips for posting.
I remember watching this back at a program in Utah, learning the Shoshone language. I tore up watching this, empathizing with the poor Cree, who was forced into another culture, abandoning his tongue. We ought to remember our heritage, our culture. If best, use the technology we have to spread our languages around.
I just saw this 5-part series on Amazon yesterday, "The Trail of Tears" which includes this segment. I was sooo touched by everything, especially his story.
I'm so sorry that you went through this abuse. Just know what you experienced is NOT your fault. It was wrong! I thank you for sharing your truth. my you find peace and healing!
There is peace coming out of your heart, out of your soul and those words of yours are healing words. How is this posible in this rude and violent world - I am feeling with you hearing you and I feel peace at the same time. You are the ones who have lived and live the only human way of living. without you the world will stop existing.
Many of my Native friends tell me their story, my heart bleeds when I hear it. NDN's are treated well here in Europe, wish this was the case in the US.
My dad was taken from his parents and taken to Indian boarding school, he would tell us kids the same stories about Indian boarding school. Dad push us kids to get our education.to be a better person in the world. I love dad....
I'm so sorry you had to go through this, it breaks my heart knowing what the native American man had to endure, and that you had to deal with bullies! I can't stress enough that family of these mean spirited bully's need to get them in a good place. I was bullied all my life, in school, and at my job by black women. That left a scar in my soul that will always be there. I'm sorry
I hear you....... Thank you for your tender courage and for speaking and sharing the truth, your story. I feel such sorrow for this happening to you and all others. I send love, kindness and gentleness to the boy within who had to experience that and to the courageous gentle man that you are now. My heart is open to all of who you truly are- your beautiful language, beliefs, wisdom and ways of life. You are a true treasure to all on the planet... The time is coming when we all will honor and embrace the wisdom of all the First Nations. The people who could truly hear and live in the harmony that God intended and shared through the great spirit. Love to you...
Native people should never have to be accepted in their own land. The white should be bowing and scraping at your feet, begging forgiveness for what has been done to your people 🦋🦋🦋🦋
It takes lots of courage to speak up about intergenerational trauma and about residential school incidents. I felt him speaking about his abuse at those residential schools he attended, it breaks 💔you up to.. Every child matters ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
This really happened and I know it is difficult for the younger generation to relate. It happened to me, at the same boarding school, Wahpeton. I can see this man is just now begininng his healing from it. I thank the Creator, my family and friends, and my culture who have helped me to heal and understand what happened there. Try to understand that not all "whites" are evil. There were sympathetic "whites" who tried to help me then. They had no authority. I never forget them. Bless you Andrew
My heart goes out to you all(Native Americans). I saw the video. I guess we're not the only ones that went through a lot here in the U.S.A. All I can say is despite of what you went through, don't let it bring you down, but encourage you all to be stronger and hold your head up high because you have something to be proud of, your race, your culture, your heritage, and your tradition.What I'm trying to say is there is a higher power, and one must go within themselves and place all things into His hands so that it won't be a burden on our shoulders. Once we done that; then our minds will be free. Free from the painful past, free from what we all have experienced in the past by letting go, and let the higher power have his way into our lives. I've met a man long ago name warlito. I didn't ask him what tribe he belong to. He was in his late 50's. He told me stories of what his people went through; His Native American family and how everybody got killed for standing for what is right. Now he's the only one left in his family. I can only give him words of encouragement and offered prayer because prayer changes the outcome of a person and what there going through in life. Be encouraged no matter what's going on, He'll make it alright; but you haved to be strong, this applies to me as well.
We all heard you, I have dead grandpas and I really miss them so much and so I feel like any old man is my grandpa if I was there I would help you from the bottom of my heart
Very sad story, but a familiar one. A story that has been told thousands of times, from our Elders, brothers, sisters, Mushoms and Kokums, Moms and Dads, and children. What they did to us was very wrong, and money cannot replace that healing, money will not make this go away. White man thinks that if they buy us off, we will heal faster, and they will be exonerated, but the truth is, our culture sustained a major blow and we must fight to regain it. Thanks Andrew for sharing, heartwarming.
Andrew, just so you know, your mother never forgot about you for one minute. She, like you , had no choice. They took away your self esteem, your language, but they couldn’t take away your sole. You have to let this evil go. Rebuild yourself, you can do it, I have trust in you and you have to have trust in your self. You are proud and strong people, remember that, please. 🦋🦋🦋
This breaks my heart! My great Grandmother was Native American. I wish I would have known her. My Grandmother was Half Native American. I wish that she would have taught me more about her heritage. I have always been fascinated with the TRUE AMERICANS!
God bless you and everyone else. My great grandma would tell me same stories. The one that really hurt is about my great grandfather. She said he told her.... "They have taken every thing from me. They took my name, my language and my hair. The only thing they haven't took is my soul and she said that was the last time they talk.....
This just says it all... "Because we are a people, and we need to be accepted." I can't even begin to describe the awe I am in having just seen this man's strength!
Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends on here. May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊
This is something students will NEVER learn in school! Even today Native students suffer unequal treatment when it comes to learning and discipline. Most people who can't comprehend why Natives are suspicious of education don't know about these schools. The treatment of Native Americans in the past and even today (i.e. the Washington D.C. NFL team name, the difference between how the Dann Sisters and Cliven Bundy are treated in Nevada, etc.) Can the American people EVER develop empathy for Native Americans? No, they like their conquered to remain quiet and invisible.
I'm going to present this video at my school, along with a presentation about the mistreatment of Native Americans. I will never understand why the white people did what they did, but I hope I can bring you happiness by telling you that this video will be seen by my fellow students the first day of school.
Ive cried twice today. Once to this video, and once to the same stories told to me by a Comanche Elder. I'm a white American on the outside . This shit makes me want to puke. I'm really sorry. Time for truth and time to stand up to this bullshit... All colors... All people... Racism is so fukin old. Being in a state (OK) that's home to several tribes... PLEASE don't lose your culture, language or any of it. The prophecy of the white Buffalo will come to pass. Which Chief Phil Lane describes as an old worn out system crumbling. As a white man I stand with you and without shame and very proud to do so.
How can you not cry, listening to what was done to these innocent children - look at this man; look at the pain he was made to carry for his whole life. Listen to him. Know that he speaks this same story that happened to millions of children and relatives; take this into your own heart and ask, what if this was done to your people? Your language and culture? Your spirit? We need to know and face this history so it NEVER happens again - because it is STILL happening. I am glad these stories are being told, as hard as it is to hear them. I want to know.
This video was made in 2008 and its 2019 and I can feel his pain from long ago and I'm crying as I watch this. Judgement day is coming and the white man will pay for everything that he has done along side of his father-the devil!
I am watching this in 2020, and I feel his pain and I love this man. I am ashamed that it is a white man story, as I am a white woman. But my heart is with those who have been abused and taken advantage of. All those who were disadvantaged and vulnerable in some way. There is true evil that exists in this world. Jesus is not about this, Jesus is all about love and peace. I know that Jesus is crying about this, and I know that justice will prevail in the end. I take great faith in that.
@@pheonixaerialphotography8749 Yes, it is a shame that it was done in the name of Jesus. I am also a white woman. Let’s learn not the skin color that determines whether someone is evil or good! I ask everyone!
@@pheonixaerialphotography8749 I don't think Jesus would accept native people, as a native person, he'll damn us all to hell if he wanted to because we don't believe it in.
I feel you man.. Apache Pride, Native Nation!!! We will once again be strong in numbers. It's just a matter of time. Much love from Northern California!!
Thank you for sharing your story, my grandmother went through a similar experience. She remembers her name, but they called her Dora. The teacher told her that was her name now.
I was in the Marines with a Chippewa..he was a good friend of mine. I learned a lot from him, the navaho, souix, apache, and several others. They taught me how to survive in the woods and how to read the animals. I am part cheroke, my last name means trail or passage. Dont lose the right to speak your language, and teach your children to speak it as well. Peace brothers!!
What a brave man. Heartbreaking to see this beautiful soul speaking about the non-acceptance of his background. For many centuries, and still, this is the biggest problem. Instead of learning and showing our appreciation, we are being ignorant and violent to others. We damage the beautiful planet we live on because we think we own it. I hope that one day I will be able to understand a little of the wisdom from the native people. Thanks for sharing the video!
I hear you! My brother I’m so sorry my white descendants did this to you and others. I also have Cherokee descendants. I feel the sins of the father. You are a brave man.
Brother, I too went thru it in the 50's on the menominee rez, lm happy to say "they never broke my spirit". They did a lot of damage to lots of ppl around the world. I'll carry your message far and wide ... Naho
WOW! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING! I OWE YOU MY ETERNAL GRATITUDE! I PRAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT BROKEN WINDYBOY IS STILL HERE AND GONNA BLOW ME A HURRICANE!! I NEED HIM!
As a native I'm proud, I speak fluent choctaw , make beautiful beadwork and working on learning to make regalia. We still play stickball , hunt , and know how to cook outside down here in mississippi. They tried to kill our history , but I'm living proof its stronger than they thought. My ancestors suffered, but that suffrage wasn't for nothing because thanks to them our culture is still alive. Guarantee my kids will also keep the culture alive. Its more than a tradition ; its a way of life.
It would be great if you could teach other Ethnic groups how to speak your Language Trollge. Thank you for sharing. God bless you.
You should be proud. It's wonderful that you speak fluent choctaw and have mastered some of the arts and cultural practices of your ancestors, and are teaching your children. I'm trying to decolonize my mind and make amends to Indigenous peoples like you whose lands I occupy and whose people my own relatives "taught" in boarding schools. Bless you.
Thank you, Andrew windy boy, I am very moved by your courage, strength and integrity. You clearly express your Chippewa Cree heritage and language despite your trauma from the heinous attempts to eradicate it.
That is something to be very proud of, I hope you are kind to natives who were not afforded that 🙏🏼❤
America is breaking apart,soon you will have your home back. I believe that was also prophesied.
Choctaw is still good on OKLAHOMA TEXAS Border
I could feel his pain in my soul...
Me too, it's making me cry
I died a little in my soul..
@@shonamagouyrksaffold4109 Me too
Your heart weeps at the injustice of the child you were. You are a people and your voice will be heard
Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends on here. May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊
I cried so hard. It brought up a lot of memories and emotions from being bullied in middle school. Kids would beat me, make fun of me, put gum in my hair, throw my stuff in the dumpster, get me in trouble with the teachers, teachers would make fun of me. The worst kid tried to drown me by pulling me under in the deep end of the school pool, but the teacher didn't believe me. Nobody believed me. I had no friends and no social contact. It messed me up and I'm still trying to recover from it over 15 years later. What he endured was a horrible injustice and I wish I had the power to fix all the wrongs.
It’s okay to grieve your inner child but also remind him/her that it wasn’t their fault and just hold them. It helps.
I cried 3 days after reading Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. That was about two yrs worth of reading by the time I got to that. Just too much. Europeans went thru it when Christianity arrived in the earlier centuries of AD.
HE WAS ABUSED!
Same with my grandparents. Their hair cut off, 😠. ....
I'M PROUD TO BE NATIVE.
WE ARE UNIQUE!
NO ONE CAN DISPOSED OF US &
MY NATIVE TONGUE SAVED THIS COUNTRY!
ANDREW WINDYBOY YOU ARE ONE OF A KIND , WE LOVE YOU THANK YOU FOR SHARING YOUR STORY. NOT YOUR FAULT.
Same happened to my grandma and her sisters....they were mean to them
@@landinyglesias6553 me too
Calm down there bud
I’m white, born white, and everybody in my family was white leading back to the mayflower. But I disagree with this treatment. God bless native Americans.
You’re beautiful, special, and you should be allowed to practice your unique culture freely. The oppression of your culture will not go unnoticed. Sending love your way❤️
I hear you brother as a Scottish man with no native tongue because of it being wiped out by the English our day will come ......... stay strong
Robbed of our native tongue, land and links to our Ancestors...
But the Flower of Scotland will never forget....we' ll come back
one day.....staying strong!
So sad 😞. The Jacobites never deserved that. It was a beautiful, interesting language
And Gaelic is such a beautiful language, too! Shameful what happened to it!
Beyond heartbreaking...now that it's been established that intergenerational trauma is real, it makes sense why we younger generations of Natives have such a hard time feeling like we belong anywhere. My heart goes out to all the people that were abused so terribly in boarding schools. 😓
Freya Gem...of course it makes the kids homeless. This is always what power lit does everywhere. Break the people, steal their culture and you can rule them.
Holocaust was second this was first holocaust
I hear you. Your pain is so deep and you are brave for talking about it .
Very brave and beautiful man with an awesome soul .
@@1006kathleen But where is the human rights concerns that the US government always preaches on other countries? Why the US government doesn't show any of it for him and his people?
@@truthsower4560 because they’re giant hypocrites.
@@truthsower4560Great question ! During the 20th Century,when studying for one's citizenship test, accounts like Mr. Windyboys' past were never in those workbooks, most of colonial history is left out, because if you knew what was the real history of America, you'd have second thoughts about becoming a citizen,and want to go to an alternate country. Because it's very triggering,and is a reminder of why you had to leave your native country. People should know what they're committing to. The workbooks need to be rewritten to explain the entire truth.
This is the most painful thing I have ever watched. My heart aches for this man and all first nation peoples who were forced to suffer such indignities. I can't fathom such cruelty, which encompassed even so much more evil than this. But I do believe the time has come for the first nation to rise and prevail.
Yes. honestly, it may be our only hope>
😭😭😭 Much respect my Native neighbor I understand why my family hide our native blood for so long now. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼 let us pray for peace and love Many Blessings to all. We Must Heal for ourselves and future generations
Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends on here. May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊
@@marcusgorski3285 thank you
@@indianangel39EarthAngelTyee I feel so comfortable getting to know you more as a friend, it will be a pleasure to exchange emails with you or WhatsApp or maybe SMS..I hope you can understand me better...thanks for your attention you given me.. can I ask you a question! do you check your email address regular 🕊💙
My heart breaks for this man and his people :,(
I wish I could have been there to stop them! I wanna cry when I hear what happened. Native American culture is beautiful and is my favorite culture. Their respect for the land is admirable. And their language is very beautiful!!! 😖😖😖😖 If I was there I would have done all I could to protect him!
My heart hurts so much after listening to this 💔 The cruelty, and brutality is so unforgiving. I am so sorry this happened to you and I hope you never let go of who you are. You are a very beautiful, strong man. Sending much love to you!!!
I could feel my hand starting to raise to wipe his tears, then realized what my body was instinctively about to do. This brought tears to my eyes. I just wanted to hug him so bad.
I cried watching this. I felt the pain, and the child still hurt ing despite all the years that have gone by. NOBODY deserves to be treated like this, NOBODY! Remember that others can take everything from you, but not your soul. The spirit can't be vanquished. God bless.
My dad went boarding school up at Flandreau in South Dakota. He ran away three times, and each time he ran away, they would bring him back. Each time this happened, one of the sisters would make him go to the chapel, make him kneel down on a board, hold out his arms so his body formed a cross and beat him, and all the while he was being beat , the nun always said " Jesus Loves you Tom and this will make you clean "
My dad knew how to get away though, he'd follow the river and make sure to say in water, run in every puddle, throw off his sent from the dogs chasing after him. He walked 50 miles to his grandfathers house were he was safe till they would come and take him away again. The nuns and priests where mean but the teachers their were nice to him and eventually, he was moved to a school closer to home and it slowly got better for him but he hats religion to this day and detests Catholicism.
fcking bitch Nun / they used to beat My Grandma for speaking her language and having spiritual experiences that were not Christian / I dont know if they laid her out like that but they beat her /its really sad what they did to Culture it wasnt the Church it was the Gov't the Gov't
My Elder told me that
Chibo Mato
I'm so sorry your dad was treated that way. I don't blame him at all for hating religion especially Catholics. The priests and nuns are pure EVIL and look at the current pope, his evil is visible. I don't know how they can claim to worship my God. Everyone has the right to be who they are, who they were born to be. That's the way God (your spirit guides) intended us to be. No one has the right to take your heritage and language and dignity from you. Your people were treated wrongly and the injustice you've suffered makes me ashamed. I don't know how to make things better for you and your people. Tell me, please.
Dawn Threader
Read my comment to Chibo Mato. I am sorry for what your grandmother suffered as well. It was wrong. Our forefathers were wrong. Money and power make men and women feel strong, they have to make a show of their superiority over others. Damn them all!
This is what I'm talking about when I say that these atrocities are still very fresh too many of us. It is so painful for me because my dad endured a life of an orphan while on his own land as his people were dying around him I remember his stories of atrocities and the microfiche at the library proved it.
@@2uconner you are absolutely right.
I feel your pain deeply, I am Cree from Saskatchewan. I hear you my brother.
this is heartbreaking. So many of us have been sheltered when it comes to knowing and understanding what these indigenous people have suffered even in modern times. I'm glad you told your story. It needs to be told. I hope at some point you'll find that you are worthy of being treated with kindness and understanding. You are a creation that deserves love and respect. Bless you.
I heard you...I heard you with all my heart!
Thank you for your words....I find you very beautifull...you and your voice and your spirit !!!
I'm so sorry you suffered so much.
but I'm glad that you have endured, and live to tell us your story! thank you.
This is shocking. Such inhumanity and cruelty. The Lakota People say we are all relatives, I am not a native but I believe if a people lose their language and culture then all of us lose something, all humanity is diminished because we have lost a part of ourselves. Mitakuye Oyasin, we are all related, we should not treat relatives this way. I am so sorry Old Man Eagle and all who have suffered this shame.
Breaks my heart to see him cry and remember :(
Same bro that hit my heart when he start crying
These crimes were for me the last reason why I left the Catholic Church,I am resigned from the Church..My Church is the earth;
Be strong.
mag57able me too. Respect
Are you going to leave America as well?
@punit p the way America came to be.
What the hell does being Catholic have to do with being an American? Catholics were persecuted as well in this nation, founded by protestants it was.
Catholic church still is the demon of mankind..destroying the most precious gems of the earth that shine the greatest light..much healing sent to you ..so sad.
Holy crap. Super brave. Thanks for telling that story... as terrible as the pain is. We need to hear this. It is shameful what our people did. I wish you well and hugs for healing. I not only accept you... I admire you. We are not worthy.
Thank you for posting this. All Americans need to hear these messages. This is unbelievably shameful, but hardly surprising. However, ignoring these inhuman actions - mostly perpetrated on Native Americans by Christians in the name of their "faith," is not the answer. Americans must face the actions of their people, truly understand how awful it was, and apologize to native peoples not just with words, but with deeds, actions, and a demonstration of their respect. This is the only meaningful way I know of to put these horrible chapters in our past together.
I am so sorry, so deeply affected by your pain, that continues to haunt you. I am sickened to think that you were beaten because you talked your native language, and it is a terrible shame that many children suffered and were abused at the hands of those in power at the residential schools. They were cruel beyond human comprehension and I am disgusted to think that my own bloody race could impart such cruelty to little children. I pray, that somehow, through Great Spirit, that you find peace and inner healing in this lifetime 🙏🏻
Wow. I definitely cried. Can't believe this stuff happened in such recent times. My heart goes out to this man. :(
I love you Old Man Eagle with my heart.
I'm in tears oh my God.....I can't stop crying so much for this sad but brave man....I just can't stop the tears flowing T^T
It's hard to see the wound of his heart. There is just one thing real revolutionary in this world: to be a good person. I can feel the tears of this man because of pain and incredulity. Incredulity because It seems impossible to see the face of evil in the others trying to destroy your spirit, your joy. Good bless, because they didn't kill your soul I can feel it strong and pure.
My heart goes out to this guy.. I pray God will heal the scars of his broken soul and make him whole.
My grandparents survived the schools and my dad was fortunate enough to escape them. I've seen this man's interview several times now as part of my education and activism work, and never once have I been able to watch it all the way through without having to stop to throw up from crying. His eyes and his voice are just like my family members' the few times this topic had been discussed openly, and it still feels like being gutted watching that pain coming back up. Jesus didn't die for me, my ancestors did.
Oceans of love to this lovely man. Thank you for sharing your important and tragic story.
Very sad to watch. I want to give him a big hug and tell him, "You are loved. I'm sorry you went through this. You are loved."
Aw man..I feel like going through the screen and giving him the biggest bear hug & telling him, ' it's gonna b ok, please dn't cry.... :') !' his pain & horrible memeories at that stupid bording school makes me angry how the wy they treated them?! 😠 And he's absolutely right, we are all ppl, human beings! We should b loving them; not hurting them!
I hope whenever this man passes away he can find his family once more and once again speak the true tongue he was meant to before he was forced into those horrible schools. I'm grateful my grandparents still remembered our language and taught me. I only wish for other unlucky native children to learn as well.
This is so powerful. Thank you so much. The abuse you faced was horrendous. Your strength is immense and your culture is beautiful and deserves so much better❤️
The hurt and pain of having my language taken away, the beatings the yet our language was used to keep this country safe...the pain of growing up fullblood as they call us...ashame in on this christian country...
I have watched this video several times over the past 18 months, and every time it breaks my heart to hear the soulful pain and misery in his voice for the torture, neglect and abuse that was forced on young Native American Indians. It is bad enough that they were forced to separate from their parents, their loving families and their entire culture and way of life, especially at such a tender age, let alone that they were forced to have their hair cut (Hair is sacred) and denied freedom to speak their Native languages. It makes me heartsick and soul sick that I cannot undo this horrid miscarriage of justice, all done IN THE NAME OF "Chrisitanity". So twisted it is nearly impossible to understand, even for me, a 68-year old "white" Grandmother. I am so thankful this torture is no longer carried out, at least in the above manner. I wish I could just put my arms around this man (and all others like him) who have experienced such gross cruelty from "white people" and hold them for a very long time.
You can make sure this never happens again. Share with your people your feelings and hope about this.I am also sorry that your ancestors and nation left this for future generations of your race and religion to inherit. Blessings
Joyce Jeffries theres a lot of people to wrap your arms around and hug then. These devils will never stop until the Messiah his self comes back and ends all evil.
Shanawdithit, the last known Beothuk disclosed that the first white men who came to Newfoundland came from the good spirit, while later arrivals, as well as Mi'kmaq, came from the bad spirit. An invariable religious principle demanded that those Beothuk who made peace with either of these groups would be sacrificed to the spirits of their slain kin.
These good spirited white people were undoubtedly Irish;) 🍀 For example; the Algonquian word for ‘one who takes small fish’ is Amoskeag. In Gaelic Ammo-iasgag means ‘small fish stream’.
In Algonquian Ammonoosuc means ‘small fishing river’ and in Gaelic, Am-min-a-sugh means; ‘small river for taking out fish’.
In Algonquian Coos and cohas mean ‘pine tree’ and in Gaelic, ghiuthas means ‘pine tree’.
Merrimack River in Algonquian means ‘deep fishing’. In Gaelic Mor-riomach means ‘of great depth’.
Kaskaashadi another Algonquian name for the Merrimack River sounds similar to Guisgesiadi, which in Gaelic means ‘slow flowing waters’
Nashaway River in Algonquian means ‘land between’ and in Gaelic naisguir means ‘land connecting’.
Piscataqua River means ‘white stone’ and in Gaelic, Pioscatacua means ‘pieces of snow white stone’.
Seminenal River means ‘grains of rock’, which in Gaelic is; semenaill
Quechee matches the Gaelic work Quithe meaning pit or chasm.
Ottauquechee River flows through a 162 feet deep gorge is similar to the Gaelic word Otha-Cuithe which means; ‘waters of the gorge’.
Cabassauk River in Algonquian means place of Sturgeon. The Sturgeon fish have unfortunately fallen victim to environmental degradation. Similar to Gaelic Cabach-sugh.
Attilah means blueberries and in Gaelic Aiteal means juniper berries.
Munt means people and in Gaelic muintear means people.
Monad means mountain and in Gaelic monadh means mountain.
The suffix - nock is used in New England to denote hills and mountains. Cnoc in Gaelic means hill or rocky outcrop.
Wadjak means on top, in Gaelic the word is uachdar.
Monomonock Lake means ‘island lookout place’ and in Gaelic Moine-managh-ach ‘means boggy lookout place’. Pontanipo Pond means cold water and in Gaelic Punntaine-pol means ‘numbingly cold pool’
Natukko means cleared place (land) and in Gaelic Neo-tugha means not covered (by vegetation).
Asquam Lake means ‘pleasant watering place’ and in Gaelic Uisge-amail means ‘seasonable waters’.
Not all Irish are white. Inter racial communities long before it was accepted. This fact is on full display in Irish mythology ;)🍀
Man manipulates religion, to suit their own selfish needs. If it was done in the name of Christianity, it was a distortion because, If true Christian principles and doctrines were followed, it wouldn't have been carried out, in this way. It is my belief, that the greatest affliction of the human race is honesty. If people can't be truly honest with themselves, how can they be honest with anyone or anything else.
It breaks my heart to watched this man. Every language is beautiful and amazing to me.
why doesn’t buzzfeed ever interview people like this ?
Because they don't have the guts too.
I watched this several years ago when I was taking a Native American Indian class. It is heartbreaking. My great grandmother was from the Nottoway Indian Tribe and she told a lot of stories about the atrocities committed against the Natives.
Kate Gunn Timmons lovemynativepeople😍
I'm glad she had the strength to share 💛
We hear you, your tears are felt, and I cry with you. Old man eagle, as a child, you named old for your deep waters of wisdom. So grateful for the filmmaker here and this gentle warrior elder's words.
I am currently studying the story of colonization in America, and honestly the suffering that Native people went through from that time to today is unimaginable. I just want to give that man a hug.
Awww :( When he cried I wanted to give him a hug. I hope someone gave him one after telling his story :(
I love you, my brother. Nya:weh' for sharing your story with us. Now your tears belong to all of us and we can help you ease your pain
That opening statement really got me! How sad. I just can't imagine the pain and emotions that were experienced by this person and his people. Just heart breaking when people are mean to other people.
Thankyou for sharing your story. I can only imagine how painful and humiliating these experiences have been for you and other native peoples. I am English and do feel ashamed of what we as a nation have done to others and the losses mankind has suffered as a result. I pray that you regain your voices and hold onto your traditions, to pass on your culture. I know this may not mean much to you, I wish blessings and healing for you. You are a strong and courageous man to come through it x
I was touched by watching this and other similar videos. You might say that children can be cruel but in this case I blame the teachers, Administration of the schools and our own Gov't itself all of whom should all be ashamed of what took place.
The Native American Language should be preserved and no person should ever be forced to give up their first language. Thank you RUclips for posting.
I remember watching this back at a program in Utah, learning the Shoshone language. I tore up watching this, empathizing with the poor Cree, who was forced into another culture, abandoning his tongue. We ought to remember our heritage, our culture. If best, use the technology we have to spread our languages around.
I just saw this 5-part series on Amazon yesterday, "The Trail of Tears" which includes this segment. I was sooo touched by everything, especially his story.
I hope he is doing okay, I can’t even begin to imagine what it must feel the pain he must be feeling right now
Aw man. this was heart wrenching. i just want to give him a big compassionate hug :(
I'm so sorry that you went through this abuse. Just know what you experienced is NOT your fault. It was wrong! I thank you for sharing your truth. my you find peace and healing!
There is peace coming out of your heart, out of your soul and those words of yours are healing words. How is this posible in this rude and violent world - I am feeling with you hearing you and I feel peace at the same time. You are the ones who have lived and live the only human way of living. without you the world will stop existing.
You're brave for speaking about your experiences. May you be free from suffering.
And your hair is so beautiful!
POWERFUL Clip from this film. I use this film every semester with my pre-service teachers. Thank you for sharing it and telling his story.
Many of my Native friends tell me their story, my heart bleeds when I hear it. NDN's are treated well here in Europe, wish this was the case in the US.
My dad was taken from his parents and taken to Indian boarding school, he would tell us kids the same stories about Indian boarding school. Dad push us kids to get our education.to be a better person in the world. I love dad....
I'm so sorry you had to go through this, it breaks my heart knowing what the native American man had to endure, and that you had to deal with bullies!
I can't stress enough that family of these mean spirited bully's need to get them in a good place.
I was bullied all my life, in school, and at my job by black women. That left a scar in my soul that will always be there.
I'm sorry
I hear you....... Thank you for your tender courage and for speaking and sharing the truth, your story. I feel such sorrow for this happening to you and all others. I send love, kindness and gentleness to the boy within who had to experience that and to the courageous gentle man that you are now. My heart is open to all of who you truly are- your beautiful language, beliefs, wisdom and ways of life. You are a true treasure to all on the planet... The time is coming when we all will honor and embrace the wisdom of all the First Nations. The people who could truly hear and live in the harmony that God intended and shared through the great spirit. Love to you...
How sad when he said, " We just need to be accepted."
Native people should never have to be accepted in their own land. The white should be bowing and scraping at your feet, begging forgiveness for what has been done to your people 🦋🦋🦋🦋
It takes lots of courage to speak up about intergenerational trauma and about residential school incidents. I felt him speaking about his abuse at those residential schools he attended, it breaks 💔you up to.. Every child matters ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
I hear you my brother. I hear you. Creator feels your pain. I send love to you. Love and respect. tok'sa gifted one.
omg this made me cry so sad yet so true,i give thanks and respect to the elder who spoke out in this video.
This really happened and I know it is difficult for the younger generation to relate. It happened to me, at the same boarding school, Wahpeton. I can see this man is just now begininng his healing from it. I thank the Creator, my family and friends, and my culture who have helped me to heal and understand what happened there.
Try to understand that not all "whites" are evil. There were sympathetic "whites" who tried to help me then. They had no authority. I never forget them. Bless you Andrew
My heart goes out to you all(Native Americans). I saw the video. I guess we're not the only ones that went through a lot here in the U.S.A. All I can say is despite of what you went through, don't let it bring you down, but encourage you all to be stronger and hold your head up high because you have something to be proud of, your race, your culture, your heritage, and your tradition.What I'm trying to say is there is a higher power, and one must go within themselves and place all things into His hands so that it won't be a burden on our shoulders. Once we done that; then our minds will be free. Free from the painful past, free from what we all have experienced in the past by letting go, and let the higher power have his way into our lives. I've met a man long ago name warlito. I didn't ask him what tribe he belong to. He was in his late 50's. He told me stories of what his people went through; His Native American family and how everybody got killed for standing for what is right. Now he's the only one left in his family. I can only give him words of encouragement and offered prayer because prayer changes the outcome of a person and what there going through in life. Be encouraged no matter what's going on, He'll make it alright; but you haved to be strong, this applies to me as well.
We all heard you, I have dead grandpas and I really miss them so much and so I feel like any old man is my grandpa if I was there I would help you from the bottom of my heart
This poor man breaks my heart - I hope he finds some kind of peace one day.
Heartbreaking experiences shared by such an inspirational and brave soul
Very sad story, but a familiar one. A story that has been told thousands of times, from our Elders, brothers, sisters, Mushoms and Kokums, Moms and Dads, and children. What they did to us was very wrong, and money cannot replace that healing, money will not make this go away. White man thinks that if they buy us off, we will heal faster, and they will be exonerated, but the truth is, our culture sustained a major blow and we must fight to regain it. Thanks Andrew for sharing, heartwarming.
Andrew, just so you know, your mother never forgot about you for one minute. She, like you , had no choice. They took away your self esteem, your language, but they couldn’t take away your sole. You have to let this evil go. Rebuild yourself, you can do it, I have trust in you and you have to have trust in your self. You are proud and strong people, remember that, please. 🦋🦋🦋
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This breaks my heart! My great Grandmother was Native American. I wish I would have known her. My Grandmother was Half Native American. I wish that she would have taught me more about her heritage. I have always been fascinated with the TRUE AMERICANS!
I wish I was native American. I love their culture, and just everything they are. I feel I have some sort of connection to them.
God bless you and everyone else. My great grandma would tell me same stories. The one that really hurt is about my great grandfather. She said he told her.... "They have taken every thing from me. They took my name, my language and my hair. The only thing they haven't took is my soul and she said that was the last time they talk.....
This just says it all...
"Because we are a people, and we need to be accepted."
I can't even begin to describe the awe I am in having just seen this man's strength!
I hear you Old Man Eagle
It’s okay sir I feel your pain I love you where ever you are my heart goes out to you.
I’m so sorry you experienced this terrible and inhumaine treatment at the boarding schools. Bless You Sir❤️
Hello 👋 how are you doing? Hope you’re having a good day I was dropping a comment when I come across your profile, I liked what you shared , but we are not friends on here. May the lord be with you and your family 🙏🕊
I hear you, and I weep with you.
I love him and wish I was there to help him when he was young.
so sad, gut wrenching, brought tears to my eyes, this should never of happened.
0:00 The beautiful peaceful face of broken hearted sorrow.
13 years..this is old school as it gets on RUclips.
This is something students will NEVER learn in school! Even today Native students suffer unequal treatment when it comes to learning and discipline.
Most people who can't comprehend why Natives are suspicious of education don't know about these schools.
The treatment of Native Americans in the past and even today (i.e. the Washington D.C. NFL team name, the difference between how the Dann Sisters and Cliven Bundy are treated in Nevada, etc.)
Can the American people EVER develop empathy for Native Americans? No, they like their conquered to remain quiet and invisible.
I'm going to present this video at my school, along with a presentation about the mistreatment of Native Americans. I will never understand why the white people did what they did, but I hope I can bring you happiness by telling you that this video will be seen by my fellow students the first day of school.
im learning about this in school right now
I'm asked to watch this video for a class in university.
I Agree 100% With You. Be Proud Stay Strong. You Know Exactly Who You Are. Beautiful People.
Ive cried twice today. Once to this video, and once to the same stories told to me by a Comanche Elder. I'm a white American on the outside . This shit makes me want to puke. I'm really sorry. Time for truth and time to stand up to this bullshit... All colors... All people... Racism is so fukin old. Being in a state (OK) that's home to several tribes... PLEASE don't lose your culture, language or any of it. The prophecy of the white Buffalo will come to pass. Which Chief Phil Lane describes as an old worn out system crumbling. As a white man I stand with you and without shame and very proud to do so.
This is heartbreaking, I cannot imagine the pain of being forced to lose your own culture and language T T
And the fact that other kids bullied him so much too! No decency whatsoever in those kids for gaining pleasure off of someone else's pain!
How can you not cry, listening to what was done to these innocent children - look at this man; look at the pain he was made to carry for his whole life. Listen to him. Know that he speaks this same story that happened to millions of children and relatives; take this into your own heart and ask, what if this was done to your people? Your language and culture? Your spirit? We need to know and face this history so it NEVER happens again - because it is STILL happening. I am glad these stories are being told, as hard as it is to hear them. I want to know.
I applaud this man's courage to speak out about this. I admire his strength.
This video was made in 2008 and its 2019 and I can feel his pain from long ago and I'm crying as I watch this. Judgement day is coming and the white man will pay for everything that he has done along side of his father-the devil!
I am watching this in 2020, and I feel his pain and I love this man. I am ashamed that it is a white man story, as I am a white woman. But my heart is with those who have been abused and taken advantage of. All those who were disadvantaged and vulnerable in some way. There is true evil that exists in this world. Jesus is not about this, Jesus is all about love and peace. I know that Jesus is crying about this, and I know that justice will prevail in the end. I take great faith in that.
@@pheonixaerialphotography8749 Yes, it is a shame that it was done in the name of Jesus. I am also a white woman. Let’s learn not the skin color that determines whether someone is evil or good! I ask everyone!
@@pheonixaerialphotography8749 I don't think Jesus would accept native people, as a native person, he'll damn us all to hell if he wanted to because we don't believe it in.
My respect for native american people, the Real american.
I feel you man.. Apache Pride, Native Nation!!! We will once again be strong in numbers. It's just a matter of time. Much love from Northern California!!
this man deserves the world and much more.
Thank you for sharing your story, my grandmother went through a similar experience. She remembers her name, but they called her Dora. The teacher told her that was her name now.
Thank you so much for sharing your personal painful memories. I am so sorry this happened to you and countless other Native people. This is so sad.
I was in the Marines with a Chippewa..he was a good friend of mine. I learned a lot from him, the navaho, souix, apache, and several others. They taught me how to survive in the woods and how to read the animals. I am part cheroke, my last name means trail or passage. Dont lose the right to speak your language, and teach your children to speak it as well. Peace brothers!!
What a brave man. Heartbreaking to see this beautiful soul speaking about the non-acceptance of his background. For many centuries, and still, this is the biggest problem. Instead of learning and showing our appreciation, we are being ignorant and violent to others. We damage the beautiful planet we live on because we think we own it. I hope that one day I will be able to understand a little of the wisdom from the native people. Thanks for sharing the video!
I admire and respect your openness and dignified response to those who maltreated you. You are a beautiful soul who speaks the language of the heart!
I hear you! My brother I’m so sorry my white descendants did this to you and others. I also have Cherokee descendants. I feel the sins of the father. You are a brave man.
Brother, I too went thru it in the 50's on the menominee rez, lm happy to say "they never broke my spirit". They did a lot of damage to lots of ppl around the world. I'll carry your message far and wide ... Naho
WOW! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING! I OWE YOU MY ETERNAL GRATITUDE! I PRAY FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART THAT BROKEN WINDYBOY IS STILL HERE AND GONNA BLOW ME A HURRICANE!! I NEED HIM!