Creative Hearts & Minds of the Nez Perce (Nimiipuu) | Native American Documentary Film

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3 жыл бұрын

The film "Creative Hearts and Minds of the Nez Perce takes you on an educational adventure. Learn from the Nimiipuu historian/storyteller Nakia Williams about the deep relationship the Nimiipuu have with the land in North Central Idaho. Take a trip up Hells Canyon with Stacia Morfin: story teller, dancer and founder of Nez Perce tourism. Listen to Roger Amerman and learn about traditional horse masks with the Appaloosas Pisaqus and Mioxat. Watch as Mikailah Thompson, a young bead artist skillfully shares her contemporary and traditional vision of this art. Follow high schooler Brandon McHone as he begins his pilgrimage as a modern storyteller by using the medium of film. Take a journey, watch an eagle soar, follow the Middle fork of the Clearwater river . Creative Hearts and Minds of the Nez Perce.

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@snitchbstudios 3 жыл бұрын

I'm Brandon. Thank you everyone for watching the documentary and for your kind words. It means a lot. I'm glad you enjoyed it. Edit: If you have any questions, feel free to post them on this thread.

@huckfinn2850 2 жыл бұрын

Brandon the musical piece to go with this was on point. Thankyou for making this educational film about the Nimiipuu their story of the past and the present and the hope for a better future.

@Elessar011 2 жыл бұрын

Hello, I was born on the Yakima valley reservation, I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and I am non-tribal. Both of my parents have Mexican blood but I have always felt a strong connection with the land and nature. This video is well done and I'd like to learn more?

@switchbackimage5966 2 жыл бұрын

#KiowaProud film maker here! A-ho!

@deborahmcsweeney1650 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@1HorseOpenSlay 2 жыл бұрын

This is so wonderful.I am from this area and there is very little information about the true history.I am an artist and basket maker,so this was very inspiring 💛☀️💛

@melindanb21 Жыл бұрын

Brandon Continue your work in documenting OUR history told by OUR people! I loved your video💯💜🥲 ✊🏽 🪶

@thelistener9196 Жыл бұрын

Lovely, keep up this work. We all need to see and hear.

@guylainedeschenes2399 7 ай бұрын

bravo we need more movie made by the people that we dont forget and its time to returned to the roots of mother eart she is the heart of us all thanks for your beautiful people ✌❤

@m.3591 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up by the Nez perce rez in the 1970’s. This is wonderful

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@shannonmisquadis 11 ай бұрын

This is beautifully told. Thank you for sharing. ❤

@beedubb7755 11 ай бұрын

Great job Brandon!

@AhJodie 11 ай бұрын

I love this! Thank you for making and sharing! Love to you!

@tk1950 10 ай бұрын

Hope you can submit this film to film festivals

@1wildberry7 Жыл бұрын

Brandon, this video is so well thought out and it demonstrates pride in your work with this presentation of the Nez Perce history and on to the present day. I love history and although I am from New England I have a special curiosity for all Native Americans across the country particularly the Nez Perce. I have raised Appaloosa horses most of my life and find it admirable the pride they took in their horses and even practiced selective breeding through gelding inferior stallions and spaying mares as well, which I find quite a feat due to the fact spaying is an invasive surgery. I absolute love the format, no narrator just people telling their stories in their colorful attire Be proud of your work Brandon, I will be looking forward to more!

@aurawright2130 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video! Thank you!

@soph-ia- 3 жыл бұрын

I got emotional listening to Stacia. Excellent work. This is beautifully made.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sarah!

@alissalee9466 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing Indeed 🌈

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Alissa!

@lukemathisen7242 3 жыл бұрын

Congratulations to Brandon on a outstanding video!

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Luke!

@user-pm9pt3hi6g 5 ай бұрын

Congregation Brandon very good presentation.People must know more this amazing nation.You must be very proud to be one of this tribe.

@luise_be 10 ай бұрын

This is so inspiring! Love that documentary so much! I'm a filmmaker myself, just started out and I am very interested in native cultures and their traditions. It's my goal to make a documentary like this one myself one day. Thank you for this one!

@jenniferlench2233 2 жыл бұрын

What a beautiful dapple grey!

@randystover9276 2 жыл бұрын

Brandon the world needs a young man like you now more than ever. There's an epic story of your people waiting and crying to be told. An Epic Brandon!

@karenshannon3967 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Brandon, thank you for the documentary. It was very informative. I watch everything I can about the different tribes. I heard how Chief Joseph and his people had their horses stolen and killed. This made me cry because i would have never wanted anyone to take my horses from me. I have seen one of my horses being held by 2 of my ancestors. Only have some Native American Indian through a great great grandmother from Canada and New york area. They NAI'S had a feather in their black long hair and were holding and brushing my horse. They had on buckskin. One of my kittys was on a rock watching. I was told, in the dream, that my horses,cats and dogs were being cared for. Every animal that I keep or is taken from me will be mine forever. If I give or sell an animal it will be no longer mine. The Creator of the Universe made us all, and we are to take care of the animals and all of the earth and all of the creations. We are humans and animals loved and are kin. The most precious times of my life were with my horse while walking through the woods and running him across the fields and above all, talking to my horse. I thank you for all the pictures and all the beadwork. The pieces are made with love and skill. I was thinking if I could buy bead work, and the lady came on saying she has sold some of her work. I am so happy that their are many Appaloosa horses being raised. They could tell us many stories about their ancestors just as we do. I have watched this video 2 times and will find it again. Hope you continue with your gift of telling and showing your beautiful people. I am very proud of you.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comments!

@debbie7326 Жыл бұрын

A beautiful and amazing documentary 🥰

@morelslady 9 ай бұрын

Well made film. Imagine if we all wanted to go back to our roots and tap in to where we came from in different parts of the world the Bible says sufficient today are the cares there of we don’t have time to go live in the past we gotta live in the present life is but short, the flower blooms for the day, and then fades away the grass grows, and then Fades away, so do our lives. Forget the past let’s live for the present, and for the future.

@Katseye102 2 жыл бұрын

This was wonderful. Could watch this for hours and not get bored. Fascinated by Earth people (Nez Perce) and their lives.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@bonitacurtis8053 Жыл бұрын

Very nicely done video.

@medicineheartds9631 3 жыл бұрын

I love your video. Thank you and all those that share from your beautiful culture. Well done Storyteller 👏.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Merlin-ur1dz 5 ай бұрын

The great Chief Horse love it.❤

@victorlopez-eq3yl 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you brothers and sisters to all the elders thank you

@sherrykendrick1765 Жыл бұрын

Tansi Brandon . Love this video. From a Cree.

@javdetsh 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Brandon, for the film. Imagine I learn your Niimiipuu language from home in Russia and the material like this is quite inspiring )

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your reply!

@barachi3303 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this really amazing Film.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@elzilrac Ай бұрын

I'm so glad you made this and shared it and it found it's way to me too. Thank you for sharing these stories with us.

@cheryldahl9192 2 жыл бұрын

My grandmother said I had an ancestor who was Nez Perce, so it's fun to learn about my people :)

@gerrycoleman7290 2 жыл бұрын

The Nez Perce are a great people. We as non Nez Perce people can learn a great deal from them to heal our spirit.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! Thank you for your comment!

@shadow_hillsgrandma8224 2 жыл бұрын

I had a blue roan Appy for 33 years. When he crossed he took part of my soul with him to Heaven. No human words to express my grief for my baby. After 20 years I cry just thinking about him or seeing an Appy. 😭😭💔💔💔😭

@Merlin-ur1dz 5 ай бұрын

Great people with love to all ❤

@msea4764 2 жыл бұрын

What an excellent and informative documentary. Thank you for all of your efforts toward this project. Great job Brandon.

@ademirjoao2032 Ай бұрын

Parabéns Brandon!!! Gostei muito do vídeo e espero ansiosamente que nos apresente outro trabalho seu sobre os fascinantes Nimiipuu, só que dessa vez, de uma forma mais abrangente e com um conteúdo cultural e filosófico representativo maior. 👏👏💚🙏

@lauraelainemathisen2838 3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful and inspiring film. McHone captures the true spirit of the Nimiipuu Nation. This thoughtful documentary film authentically explores Nez Perce art, culture and storytelling.

@tylerbstudt Ай бұрын

Beautiful documentary. This really helps me as I didn't grow up on the reservation or have anyone to guide me. Wasn't until I was 27 that my bio-father belongs to Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indian. Wasn't until now that I'm 36 learning my roots I didn't know were there. Things like this really help! Love that I'm learning some of the Anishinaabe language. Now to watch more of your content!

@blossom1643 Ай бұрын

Hi Brandon! I did enjoy your film Thanks for sharing! That’s a beautiful place & those horses are lovely creatures!! Growin up I hung out with my cousins too & we loved to be outside every day riding bikes swimming in the creek & “creating” stuff. Best of luck to you with your films! I think you’ll do well! ✌️

@hitv6819 Жыл бұрын

That little girl squatting in the grass is so cute😄

@rkesler1036 2 жыл бұрын

Great videos Love the leopard Appaloosas Native American men are so handsome

@judithgraham7218 2 жыл бұрын

Thank God your still here I’m native and Irish people ask me what part Indian are you I say the best part Thankful

@Rebecca-zr3lu 7 ай бұрын

Blessings in an abundance of the faith. I salute you. 😘🙏 Grace and peace be unto you and to this place. Thank you. God bless you. Will you believe and receive Jesus Christ as your LORD and personal saviour??? I do. 😊

@martinjenkins8270 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful people, beautiful culture, beautiful place. Just beautiful really. Thank you for that

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Martin for your kind comments

@mayjersey4776 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this precious documentary!

@eleanormattice3598 3 ай бұрын

Good film, well done. Thank you!

@davidlloyd2225 11 ай бұрын

0:11 gorgeous horse❤️🇬🇧💯 0:21

@mikestone9129 2 жыл бұрын

Very well done. The Nez Perce are awesome people with so much history and heritage. Their story needs to be told.

@juanschommer2253 2 жыл бұрын

Beautifully done, great job

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

@laurajane2791 2 жыл бұрын

Brandon. You’re extremely talented. Shows how compassionate you are with your choices. You’re going to be asked to make a documentary of some sort. Good luck.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

We will pass your comment on to Brandon.

@srigging 2 жыл бұрын

Great documentary....just the beginning....continue your creativity & passion to share with the world. Excellent❤

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@joshuabrande2417 2 жыл бұрын

Everything presented lifted my spirit greatly. Thank you and keep up the great work.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Joshua!

@FilmerOfBobcats 2 жыл бұрын

The road cuts show that there was considerable volcanic activity in the area. It looks like layers of hardened black lava as well as layers of ash. That makes for rich soil!

@enriquegutierrez4068 5 күн бұрын

Most excellent.

@davidlloyd2225 11 ай бұрын

6:15 my spirits finally gave me a slap❤️🇬🇧💯 7:01

@Jill-hl2ev 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful documentary on the Nez Perce people and their beliefs

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jill.

@koreysmith3635 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding, Brandon. Thank you for sharing a bit of your family heritage, cultural and history...so. very special.

@gilbertgarcia5605 Жыл бұрын

Inspiring .

@truthandgetthrough 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful documentary. Enjoyed watching, I have always been fascinated with the passion of the Nez Perce since learning about them when I was young.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your comments!

@laurinorton6471 2 жыл бұрын

thank you.

@terpinator24 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for doing this! 💗 I live in Boise and I homeschool our 2 youngest kids: This is very special to share with them.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jennifer! We hope you will also enjoy "Camas: Sacred Food of the Nez Perce" available on this channel on January 15th. It features Nez Perce tribal members Josiah Pinkham, Lee Bourgeau, Vivian Henry, Tiyana Casey, and Roger and Preston Amerman.

@JohnMelland 8 ай бұрын

Bozhoo, Sabé Indigenekaz, Migizi Dodem, Boise Idaho, Indingeba. Hello, I'm Sabé (They, the Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Oma, represent Honesty in the 7 Sacred Teachings). My Dodem or Clan is the Eagle 🦅, and I live in Boise Idaho. I'm John Stephen Melland, my legal name, I'm from Williston North Dakota, and I'm Annishinaběk aka (Ojibway, Ojibwe, Ojibwa, Chippewa), and Cree Indian and French, from my mother's side. Norwegian from my dad's side. His family came from Melland Farm, Norway. My great grandparents immigrated to the United States in the 1800s. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Abe Interesting link. The spelling is different but there's no written language. Everything was passed down by Home Schooling and the sharing and retelling of important knowledge, information, wisdom, and the stories of many different things, passed down from generation to generation, until the flood of immigrants and Americans, diseases from all sorts of places and foreign people. Genocide and the inhuman treatment of the natives continues in some places to this very day. I have homeschooled my teenagers on the road when their mom was doing travel nursing. It's Fantastic and I Highly commend you for taking on the task and in my humble opinion, will have your kids smarter than learning what's in school. Especially in today's environmental conditions and political climate. With this internet, you can learn trillions and trillions of things, free of charge, and no dang application to a college to suck your bank account dry. Lol. Thank you for reading and sharing your journey. I'm out in East Boise, Blue Valley Trailer Hood. Lol. Have a fantastic day.

@susie5710 2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@JohnMelland 8 ай бұрын

Boozhoo, Sabé 👣 Indigenekaz, Migizi 🦅Dodem, Boise Indingeba. Chi Miigwich Nenepoo, Merci Beaucoup, Thank you, Muchos Graçias, Ah Ho, Dunka, Spaceba, Arigato, Comsomniida, Salam 💐🌹🏵💮🌸If there's a gorgeous place in the states, it has to be Northwest Montana and Northern Idaho. 💐👍😍👍👣🦅🐢💐

@davidlloyd2225 11 ай бұрын

10:20 but my saxon/celt loves❤️🇬🇧💯 10:44

@name-ey5it 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@TheLeh1964 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful. I live in Pacific NW, and felt emotional seeing the places. Appaloosa, bead work, beautiful people.

@kaynine1834 2 жыл бұрын

What a wonderful video. It was always a dream to visit the US and especially meet with the native american people. I am very fortunate to ride with my own horse in a nature reserve, I then feel spiritually so connected. Greetings from South Africa👋

@mekiaogborn9229 2 жыл бұрын

Love this!!!!! Loved the music at the end too. Wow. Thanks for sharing 👍

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mekia!

@barbstrand2207 3 жыл бұрын

Well done. Thank you!

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@lisaoloughlin6476 2 жыл бұрын

Love your film, so beautiful and personal, really great to see and learn and appreciate your history and present, thank you for sharing and creating

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@cherylmillard2067 2 жыл бұрын

5:18 The gentleman Nakia Williamson to the far right in the group photo looks very much like Chief Joseph or Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt. . . . .and 7:44.

@pontiacaztec917 2 жыл бұрын

Appleonasea!!!.

@tash12xii 3 жыл бұрын

This is amazing 🥰

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@davidlloyd2225 11 ай бұрын

7:44 i claim my mother's Williams❤️🇬🇧💯 8:02

@stephanearthaud8308 Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is about sharing something that makes a culture. An art. A production, a team, tribe, or nation whatever thé word. And, if there, were only one culture, one nation... It would be less intéresting, less subjective. I liké subjectivité, also. I use m'y objectivité to create subjective products, that suit me or thé customers I wish I would find

@lolopassvisitorcenter Жыл бұрын

Brandon did a wonderful job.

@garyfrye485 2 жыл бұрын

There's no mention of Chief Joseph their war time chief. And the Nez Perce were responsible for the Appaloosa breed. It was bred for its speed and stamina.

@ninetyseven7656 2 ай бұрын

🎉🎉🎉

@Sheboss333 2 жыл бұрын

Muy hermoso, muchas gracias! 💙✌🤗

@larrybird76 2 жыл бұрын

We as Native and First Nations people need our lands back.

@coyotedust 2 жыл бұрын

How do you buy this stuff?

@devinkii1727 3 жыл бұрын

I've been aware of my Nez Perce/Nimiipuu heritage for a long time, and I really want to learn more about it but I'm worried I'm too pale, or not native enough. I don't want to disrespect anyone's culture, or invite myself into a space that's not for me, but at the same time I want to know more about that part of my family/heritage. I don't know anyone from that part of my family which sucks, I don't know if my grandfather had other children, or siblings, for all I know I could have family on the res and not know it, all i know for sure is that my grandmother is buried there. My father and I where never close and the few chances ive had to ask him things, he never had an answer unfortunately. But back to my point, would it be disrespectful for me to try and learn more, or to reach out in some way?

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

A way to answer your questions would be to contact the cultural resource council at the Nimiipuu tribe. Call the tribes direct number at 208-843-2253 and ask for cultural resources .

@marlenemcgovern1045 2 жыл бұрын

Same here. My family descendants of Chief Joseph. Sensitive about intrusiveness being half Irish and Niimiipuu. But Iam willing to listen. Willing to embrace my other tribal family. Next spring is a journey.

@kawi_queen 2 жыл бұрын

Great video . Would love to learn more

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Contact Nakia Williams Cultural Resource Council at the Nez Perce Tribe to learn more!

@debbieappelhans9055 2 жыл бұрын

@@lolopassvisitorcenter Love to learn more about the Osage Indian tribe and other people, Osage Indian is part of me from my second great grandparents grandmother's side late 1800 early later parts for the 1960s

@martharomeroibarra8282 2 жыл бұрын

HERMOSO DOCUMENTAL!!!

@chinasalgado9854 2 жыл бұрын

thats my grandfather richard halfmoon and nancy. i am nimipiu

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

We were honored to share your families collection of photos in the film.

@davidlloyd2225 11 ай бұрын

8:20 and i tell everybody im a storyteller wats happening❤️🇬🇧💯 9:02

@davidlloyd2225 11 ай бұрын

9:40 i want 2 live with my crows❤️🇬🇧💯 10:07

@andrenewcomb3708 2 жыл бұрын

The Appaloosa is known as a Leopard Appaloosa.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed the Appaloosa's!

@pfrost6745 2 жыл бұрын

where can I find the beadwork pieces? I love her work.

@timothymccarthy7747 2 жыл бұрын

Motion

@raphmaster23 6 ай бұрын

I sometimes wonder how things would have been if the Native tribes in Europe werent forced into Christianity.

@satsumamoon 2 жыл бұрын

I wish the eradication efforts never happened. What a loss. What a loss. Imagine, if all the tribes were left as they were and proper peace treaties were made .

@silasxiii 2 жыл бұрын

Tribal peoples were eradicating each other for hundreds of years before the colonists showed up. European / Christian culture is actually responsible for preserving many native American tribes who would have been completely destroyed by more powerful tribes had the colonists not been here to help defend them.

@jenniferlench2233 2 жыл бұрын

Are you a descendant of the great Chief Joseph?

@timothymccarthy7747 2 жыл бұрын

I want a skin type shirt, but I already had a kung fu one. Oh, well. Tray hole

@TahoeJones 2 жыл бұрын

Whites provided the horses.

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

The horses with the regalia are taken care of by Nakia Williams the Nez Perce interpreter and historian in the documentary

@TahoeJones 2 жыл бұрын

@@lolopassvisitorcenter : I should have been more specific. The Spanish brought them through Mexico where the Apache stole some, bred them and copied the skills of riding through observation. And Apaches didn't ride into battle, they dismounted to fight. My guess is they used common sense, and realized how stupid it was to take such a valuable animal into battle. Needed those horses to leave afterwards.

@headdragondavidaustinsimmo4025 2 жыл бұрын

Your tresspassing on puma king Aaron Neville land river people

@taliesin8192 2 жыл бұрын

MASKS : Take off the fuckin masks !

@astarastgermaine4863 2 жыл бұрын

Very impressive, thank you for your creative hearts and minds and preserving your identity and expanding into this new time in awakening awareness. 💙💛💚🙏🏼🤎❤️

@lolopassvisitorcenter 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you