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as a native american, WE STILL EXIST. we never stopped existing. i’m eighteen and everything that’s wrong in my life stems to this. the colonization and genocide of the native americans/canadians. all of our issues as people only slayed after being killed off savagely. and the people who think we deserved it and stuff were severely misinformed and indoctrinated into believing lies. thank you for shedding light on this issue.

This channel mastered narrating stories in a way that makes you feel you uncover the mystery yourself

Although I was born and raised here, my skin color often leads people to ask where I'm from. I understand their curiosity. However, when I once asked a young man the same question, he responded angrily, declaring himself a proud United States citizen. It surprises me how deeply some people's egos are affected, to the extent that they seem to forget their entire history.

Great content! Love your independent journalism spirit!

I remember in 5th grade while attending a catholic school I first learned of the trail of tears only as a foot note by my social studies teacher Mrs Harris, but it moved me so much that I did a whole report of the Nez Perce Tribe specifically on chief Joseph and I concluded with his now famous surrender speech and his one before the President at the time Rutherford B Hayes. “I am tired of fighting. Our chiefs are killed. Looking Glass is dead. Toohoolhoolzote is dead. The old men are all dead. It is the young men who say, “Yes” or “No.” He who led the young men [Olikut] is dead. It is cold, and we have no blankets. The little children are freezing to death. My people, some of them, have run away to the hills, and have no blankets, no food. No one knows where they are - perhaps freezing to death. I want to have time to look for my children, and see how many of them I can find. Maybe I shall find them among the dead. Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.” “It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. Too many misinterpretations have been made; too many misunderstandings have come up between the white men and the Indians. If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. Give them the same laws. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect all rivers to run backward as that any man who was born a free man should be contented penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. If you tie a horse to a stake, do you expect he will grow fat? If you pen an Indian up on a small spot of earth and compel him to stay there, he will not be contented nor will he grow and prosper. I have asked some of the Great White Chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me. I only ask of the Government to be treated as all other men are treated…Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other then we shall have no more wars. We shall be all alike - brothers of one father and mother, with one sky above us and one country around us and one government for all.” *note- This happened in 1984 where the school library and local library were the main resources for any information. Also what I had been taught was Chief Joseph had been forced to leave his home in the Pacific Northwest and was sent far away to a reservation and then he resisted and tried to get him and his people back to the Pacific Northwest. Learning so little about this in class and not much more was offered in the libraries about this is when I realized nations will go to great lengths to protect their perceived image as being good. This of course led to stop blindly trusting my government, which over the years I learned about not just the US Dark Secrets but those of its Allies, and even its enemies.

Thanks for telling stories that too many would have silenced, and for prioritizing free journalism over sponsorship 🌼

Great video bro keep it up 💯

Your work is excellent - please keep going. Thank you!

FBI:- " Yep, he did it again. *Rank him up.* "

I’m so happy this topic is being covered because even if you know the history, it’s never always the complete story due to erasure. I’m happy to hear that Indigenous Americans are preserving and encouraging research on their languages.

You videos are delectably simple and richly enlightening. Please don't stop making them, keep up the good work!

Thank you for making this ❤

It's a bummer that sponsors are afraid to back you. I have learned more from you than any history class I've taken. I appreciate all that you do and I am proud to support you through the Newsroom! Please keep fighting the good fight, Johnny!

5:37 "treaties and justice be damned" its quite scary how accurately Johnny said that

I was requesting this content for years. thanks for bringing this story to life.

Thanks! I really love this. You should sell your Maps I love the visuals

The fact that we get "NATIVE AMERICA" on KZfaq by Johnny Harris is truly a gift. 👏👏👏

if sponsors are afraid of you it means you are doing the right thing. it's an honor to support you! keep up the great work

Thank you I love this keep making more like this

Facts that we don't know. Thanks for making such videos 👍🏻

I'm really glad you are putting your sources out now. It makes these videos a lot easier to trust. I love what you do.

Johnny! It's your old Vox colleague -- I've been a fan since day one and now a member of the Patreon because of this video. What you're doing is so important and I'm rooting for you every step of the way!

I’ve been looking for a story like this. Can’t find it anywhere. Glad you’re speaking out. It’s IS history indeed

this is amazing... keep making amazing stuff

I just saw this, heard the advertisement, stopped the video, became a patron and came back. It is so so SO important for this kind of historical content to be out there, freely (kind of?) available to the public. If I have to be one of the ones to pay for it, so be it. Keep doing you Johnny!

Such quality journalism is vital and deserves our support. Thank you so much, Johnny Harris, for your excellent work in this field.

Thank you for your honesty lots of this not taught in school's

I love the work you do. For all the years i have watched. You create very good content.

I would love to see you cover this same topic in Canada’s history. As always, love your videos!

My Seminole great great grandmother (Age 4) was one of the last of her people to be shackled to a boat sent to Louisiana then forced to walk to the Oklahoma territory orphaned. She lost everything lived with the tribe and was beaten to assimilate to American life. We were the Hvteyievlke of the Oklahoma Seminoles. Thank you for the unspoken truth of our history ❤

I LIKE HOW YOU COVER THE TOPICS, COLOR, AND DETAILED ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ THANKS JOHNNY.

I learned a lot from this week, thank youb

I’ve grown up in Oklahoma, and though I’m not native, it’s really encouraging hearing you tell the story of the communities around me. Looking forward to part two of this!

I just had a son, he’s two months old now. It’s not easy to afford all the expenses of a little one, but supporting your work is one of the few things that I’m certain will contribute to inherit a better world to my child. Thank you for being a candle in the dark Johnny, please keep shining with all your soul.

Thank you for being courageous enough to speak on this 👍🏿👍🏿

Excellent job! Have been interested in learning about the realism of our history, and just what I was taught in textbooks. Thank you very much for the effort and passion that went into this.

Hey Johnny! I wrote my senior paper on the topic of Native American removal and symbology in US institutions. I have several maps and documents that show the context of the removal of Native Americans in the Midwest/Illinois region. The Potawatomi tribe was relocated from the Chicago area all the way to Oklahoma in the Trail of Death which occured around 1838. This entire trail is still marked today and I'd recommend speaking to Dr. George Godfrey about this specific topic if you'd like to know more. He has a lot of wisdom about his ancestors and what they endured.

Thank you Johnny! Wanishi, Mvdo!!! It’s been pretty easy to tell you we’re working up to this topic, and I’m not disappointed from the results. I’m a member of the Seminole tribe of Florida and a descendant Delaware Tribe of Indians/Lenape. So many of my family’s stories come from initial contact. The Lenape were initially on the coast of Delaware and Pennsylvania and even into New Jersey and New York. There are many contemporary issues that arise when trying to be present in our homelands from a lack of financial resources to CPAIN issues of identity. Native issues are issues that we deal with every day, but I’m always happy to see support towards native peoples on the internet. I hope the next video brings in The McGirt ruling which shows how Native people never gave up our sovereignty. The Lenape people are eventually were pushed right into Cherokee territory and now are subject to their jurisdiction. The fact that dozens of tribal nations were piled on top of each other and told to figure it out is so baffling to me. But we did, and now other tribes all across the U.S that are still in their traditional territory are also claiming to express their sovereignty. All that to say I hope the next video talks about how we are still here, we did not “loose”. Many tribes still hold onto their sovereignty and their culture. We feel we won, we are the living proof that the U.S failed at trying to erase our ancestors. Keep up the good work Johnny! Side note, its so disappointing this kind of video isn’t being sponsored, this kind of topic is never discussed at this level on social platforms.

i appreciate you not sugar coating anything!

Really admire your video truthfulness

Hi, I'm from Nubula. This is a topic I regularly feel powerless in my effort to describe how unfair it all is- and so you coming in and talking about it like you've been in these videos is a huge deal to me. Thank you.

I appreciate the effort done to shine some light about America's difficult past in a manageable way that still acknowledges the pain, the past and a bit of the present. I believe work like this can help move the conversation forward. -from a Sioux tribe member 🤘

Thank you for this video

I am from Montana, witnessing the injustice in present day. I lived next to and my father was born on the Crow reservation. I now live in Ecuador. The indigenous people here are integrated into general society. They ARE "the people." They own shops. They grow food sold to the rest of us. They wear traditional clothing. Their cultural events are community wide and enjoyed by all. I wish the Native Americans in Montana would exchange community members and leaders with Ecuador, in a cultural exchange. Natives of North America need to see what happens when they ARE equal.

Native American (Navajo) right here! I was born and raised on an “Indian” reservation, then moved to the southern states (Tennessee/ Alabama). Which after learning the history here, it’s so sad to see many towns/ cities/ counties with Native American names that were once home to a thriving community of Native Americans (especially Chattanooga, TN)…. yet no sign of Native Americans AT ALL. And even the local people are always so fascinated with meeting me because I’m always the first “real Indian” they’ve met. It seriously pains me deeply when I think about it.

Thanks for all you and your team do Johnny

Keep up what you are doing

Please keep making these kind of videos.

Thanks! Damn with no sponsors. Here's my contribution for your wonderful story telling. 🙏✌️

I remember learning this in school and how truly terrifying it must’ve been for the natives to be driven out of their land by the big US government. You’ve helped me learn a little more about the situation than school ever taught me✨✨

Around the time of the American Revolutionary War, the term "Americans" was used to refer to European settlers living in North America who were fighting for independence from British control.

Good job! Pearland, TX

It comes to remind us how every piece of history was written by the winning side of the story.

Great video. As an Muscogee American, we are taught Oklahoma State History in our high school classes, but with new laws in Oklahoma I'm afraid the forced removal of the First Americans is left out of the history lessons. This video does a great job of telling that story.

6:36 you are forever a legend thank you

Thanks you broo u open my eyes

been following your channel, and you’re storytelling history in a whole new level. ✨ 17 to 20-minute video never felt this short.

The only channel I have all notifications on for. Absolutely phenomenal content. I have learned so much!

*VIDEO IDEA* Could you please make a video like this for every country/continent where the native population has been pushed out? That would be SO interesting, and I think it would do the world a lot of good to realise that it isn’t just America that has this problem. I’m swedish and I’ll admit that I know a lot less about the Saami people, for example, than I’d like.

Thank you for sharing ❤✨🪶🐢 #Niiji #Cherokee

Every video just keeps getting better and better. Love how you talk about real issues and topics and you keep it unbiased. Absolutely love what you guys are doing. Keep it up ❤

You are doing very important work. Thank you so much for what you do.

Great video!!

Very interesting video!

Regardless of what the sponsors might say, being political and telling the truth are not the same thing. Based on what Ive seen of your content and what I know, you are just telling the truth with a bit of opinion included and that is admirable, respectable and solid content. So, I really respect the fact that you didn't bend or alter your presentations to suit the opinion of said sponsors. Keep up the hard work.

Very moving and sad story. Insane how history and time just tucks these events away to be forgotten. Thank you for bringing this topic and injustice to light Johnny.

Same story happening in palatine nowadays

Badass presentation!

Thanks! Keep asking for support and explaining why and the money will be there. No need for other brands to support you because you're your own brand with supporters now. You know this

At the 5:37 mark, There's a song by a prog metal band named Protest The Hero called Little Snakes, and it talks about this entire thing - in fact that particular album is entirely a critical analysis of America, but the starting lyrics to the chorus of that song is "We can make an exception, And they can make some concessions, Because there’s gold in the Black Hills" And I'm not comfortable putting the rest of the lyrics here as they quickly get VERY powerful. This band does not hold back it's words and this song has a VERY strong message behind it. I do recommend checking it out. Thanks for everything you do Johnny.

You have amazing personalitys man...love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩

Mind blowing 🤯 even tho I knew this but it’s layed out perfect 👍

you gotta respect how much effort he puts in his videos.

I love your videos Johnny and crew! Beautifully designed and animated.

Keep the good work johnny.

Wow, what a great documentary that's so relevant for today.

As an immigrant who a few years ago became a U.S. citizen, I consider this incredibly important history to know and share. Thank you for compellingly covering a painful and ongoing part of U.S. history. Would appreciate your assessment of what is being done and what could be done to address these past wrongs.

Hey Johnny, I've been following you since your VOX - borders series and I'm really glad to be learning so much from you!! Happy to be able to support you, keep doing you!

This country started in darkness and deceit and regardless of its disgusting history, the very ones who's ancestors did this don't care enough to stand up and do what is right to correct it. Simply stated, they got a head start on other races and they obviously would like to keep that head start, which brings us to where the country is today.

If this video outraged you, remember THIS IS STILL HAPPENING TO 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸

Man, all of your videos are done so well. This was more informative than when I learned about this in school 16 years ago. I literally feel like I am learning something new from all of your videos.

Thanks for the hard work you and your team put into making these videos for us

I support independent journalism!!!! thanks for the great content without a sponsor

Great video Johnny, keep it up.

Thank you for creating such an informative and thought-provoking video on the history of the United States and its treatment of Native Americans. The use of illustrations really helped to convey the message clearly. It's important to acknowledge and learn from the past, and your video provided valuable insight into a topic that is often overlooked. The emotional impact of the video really made me think deeply about the issue. Keep up the great work Harris.

Thank you! Thank you!

I never knew i like history..thanks to you makes it so interesting

From politics to economics Geography to history Science to philosophy Johny Harris covers every single topic. Literally an all-rounder💪👏❤

Johnny. i cant imagine the emotional rollercoaster you must have gone through doing all the research for these series. I salute you.

And they don’t say “ Free Native American “😂

Thanks you for sharing you land with others, we will all be one people soon.

Thanks for the informative & unbiased content. Keep up the good work 🙂

Thanks for making these videos.

Oh wow… this is incredible… I live along the trail of tears in Georgia, as a descendant… thank you for this insight 🪶💖🪶

Awesome video thank you for the truth

Thank you for this. As one who's elders suffered in this. It means the world that we are not forgotten

Love your content. Thank You

Everybody DID NOT walk! And Everybody DID NOT leave! WE STILL HERE BECAUSE WE ALWAYS BEEN HERE…🏹🦅🌎👍🏾🔥

Always love this content! Excellent video.