Living Without Water: Contamination Nation

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VICE News

VICE News

8 жыл бұрын

There are tens of thousands of Americans living without clean, running water on the Navajo Nation today. This is because decades of uranium mining have contaminated the majority of water sources on the reservation.
VICE News travels to New Mexico to find out how people are coping, and if there is hope for the future.
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@DonaldTrumpMAGA
@DonaldTrumpMAGA 8 жыл бұрын
This makes my stomach turn. The original natives of this land do not deserve such isolation of resources.
@DonaldTrumpMAGA
@DonaldTrumpMAGA 8 жыл бұрын
+798unionpipeliner u evun lyft breh?
@DonaldTrumpMAGA
@DonaldTrumpMAGA 8 жыл бұрын
***** you see that the problem is that that is their native land. Now I'm all for expanding their civilization, but it holds a lot more of a spiritual significance to them. You would understand if your people were more in tune with the land. Not trying to spread any hate, just stating the facts
@martinmaxey2064
@martinmaxey2064 8 жыл бұрын
Then sell everything you own and give it to them. Stop making other people pay for it. Get a job and stop crying
@davidwellman7114
@davidwellman7114 8 жыл бұрын
+Martin Maxey ,Got a little pent-up hostility going on there, Marty? I'd hate for you to ever be exposed to any unpleasant truths, or have any experience for which you were unprepared...guess one man's 'crying' is another's humanity...
@DonaldTrumpMAGA
@DonaldTrumpMAGA 8 жыл бұрын
Martin Maxey I wonder if you would be saying the same thing if this was your original land and the area that you were isolated to shows no resources. And not only that, they aren't out rioting and looting like the blacks, even though the Native Americans have it just as bad, most likely even worse. I am employed, I pay my taxes , but wouldn't you agree that companies should have been held responsible for their own actions after completely abandoning their work and scratching off any evidence of them even doing it? No one is crying for anyone, they are people, they have survived for this long, and they can in fact fend for themselves evidently. But when outside influences take what they want and then dissipate , no matter who they are, they are terrible business practices and borderline inhumane actions. You wouldn't be saying this if you didn't have any water to drink lol. Ever been hungry before?
@allenjoe8298
@allenjoe8298 7 жыл бұрын
I come from Tuba City, AZ on the Navajo Reservation. One of the largest towns on the Navajo Nation and get this, There use to be an open pit uranium mine within 3 miles of the town. They closed it off long ago but there is a massive pile of lead gravel covering it. Two of my grandparents have been affected my cancer and odds are my parents are going to develop cancer too. Those who stay on the Navajo Nation are older and don't use technology and the younger generation just leaves the problems behind. This needs to change.
@cranko518
@cranko518 6 жыл бұрын
You need to get our Preside to attention. He would not anyone to have to live with that danger there.
@TheAndsinpants
@TheAndsinpants 6 жыл бұрын
Trump? Trump and Zinke have sold off Bear's Ears to private mining companies, that is being protested by Navajo's and Utes alike. They don't give two shits about Natives. If anything, they're part of the problem.
@melodydelgado2399
@melodydelgado2399 6 жыл бұрын
Allen Joe your story reminds me of the movie thunder heart, watch the movie, this is very sad. My family on my mother's side is Shawnee, I was called little weasel.
@oddish3022
@oddish3022 6 жыл бұрын
Same I lost some family from the radiation too
@oddish3022
@oddish3022 5 жыл бұрын
@Wilson nope
@nathanjohnson2108
@nathanjohnson2108 7 жыл бұрын
The United States is growing with technology and on our Navajo reservation has over 50% still without water. None of our leaders in congress are doing anything about it.
@allenjoe8298
@allenjoe8298 7 жыл бұрын
It's because the Navajo's want to do it themselves. The Navajo Nation is technically a "soverign" nation meaning We're in a grey area of being in the USA but not apart of it. We have our own laws, We have our own government, we have our own regulation and we loath outside influences. It is taboo, considering how such arrangements panned out over the last century you can't blame our leaders. I do however think that this problem needs to be solved, but because so many of the youth leave for good, because of work or because of housing, most of the time it just can't be done. I myself am attending College but plan to go back to make a difference in my community.
@islandgirl9479
@islandgirl9479 5 жыл бұрын
Congressman are not good leaders if they were things with get done right for our people They are to busy arguing back and forth with each other.
@arias6720
@arias6720 5 жыл бұрын
Allen Joe Bro wish you the best and that you proper.
@ApacheChief
@ApacheChief 4 жыл бұрын
The Almighty Dollar 🙏
@Brett_S_420
@Brett_S_420 4 жыл бұрын
@Ed Lill Immigrants actually add to revenue way more than the cost. With half of the fortune 500 paying 0 in tax or even getting money from the government maybe Republicans could cut some corporate welfare programs or quit making the country spend more than half of all discretionary spending on the military to spend that $ at home.
@mvs3553
@mvs3553 8 жыл бұрын
Shouldn't the government be held liable and responsible for the cleaning up of the uranium mines , since most uranium production was initiated through government contracts.
@lesliemandic9673
@lesliemandic9673 5 жыл бұрын
Ever heard the term Indian Giver? That's us white folk, or anyone with $$
@chrissnyder3430
@chrissnyder3430 4 жыл бұрын
Can't sue the Federal government. I mean, you can try, but most courts will throw it out. Sad but true.
@sharursharur4881
@sharursharur4881 3 жыл бұрын
Hell yes they should.
@duelenigma7732
@duelenigma7732 12 күн бұрын
Bush 2 used dirty weapons in his BS Iraq war . Ya poison people for the greed cause .
@richmikesell7166
@richmikesell7166 8 жыл бұрын
It's a cryin' shame what people do to other people, all in the name of profit and war.
@_osvaldo___5529
@_osvaldo___5529 8 жыл бұрын
I like how the guy said the so called united states
@cheeriomartinez
@cheeriomartinez 8 жыл бұрын
oh America... I love you but you gotta get your shit sorted out.
@cheeriomartinez
@cheeriomartinez 8 жыл бұрын
+Mitchell Grajeda America. Where you from!? step up. represent ese.
@jeremiahgarcia7398
@jeremiahgarcia7398 8 жыл бұрын
+cheeriomartinez east la. ahh. estoy jugando
@cheeriomartinez
@cheeriomartinez 8 жыл бұрын
i was just messing with you man.
@skellymom
@skellymom 6 жыл бұрын
True. And, so much shit we have. Will take a while to sort out.
@vanessa-gv1sj
@vanessa-gv1sj 8 жыл бұрын
I can't even watch this with out crying. What bullshit is this. How is this allowable... My heart goes out to them...
@TheNeeenha
@TheNeeenha 5 жыл бұрын
@just watching Videos ...just harder..fracking is destroying the water table in so many places...here in Ohio whole communities have poseined well water
@vengesaimuyambo4514
@vengesaimuyambo4514 7 жыл бұрын
its always native people that suffer ,, America , Australia you name it.
@WhizeCracker
@WhizeCracker 5 жыл бұрын
Canada
@laylacarter9004
@laylacarter9004 5 жыл бұрын
@@WhizeCracker i was just going to say that. I'm Canadian it's shameful they're the rightful owners of this land are the natives
@monstaro19
@monstaro19 4 жыл бұрын
Yes many ppl suffered from Europe's poorness n greed
@laylacarter9004
@laylacarter9004 4 жыл бұрын
@@monstaro19 agree
@LymanBear
@LymanBear 4 жыл бұрын
"lets go get drunk off gasoline.... heyyy why am i poor?" "lets sign this contract that says this land is mine! all mine! wait....you say i have to build my own water system MYSELF!? cmon white man, do it for me!"
@isaiahvavages1946
@isaiahvavages1946 4 жыл бұрын
Water truck lady I love people like you this world needs more people like you
@huitzilopochli1976
@huitzilopochli1976 8 жыл бұрын
God damn it America
@MerpSquirrel
@MerpSquirrel 8 жыл бұрын
+Eddie Anthony They actually refuse Government help, and they dont pay taxes and many of the reservation heads make millions off casinos and other items they can run without paying taxes on the income. But you cannot expect a government to help them that they are not willing to contribute to.
@boby5923
@boby5923 8 жыл бұрын
+Merp they took there land
@MerpSquirrel
@MerpSquirrel 8 жыл бұрын
joe bell 250 years ago. Tell me a government that didnt take land or claim something themselves. This is not unique to the united states. Plus to be fair most of the land was actually sold to the United States government by nations like France and Spain.
@dzeepndlovu626
@dzeepndlovu626 8 жыл бұрын
+Merp wow man your comment says it all...you guys went with your laws and claimed land from America to Australia.
@Gala-yp8nx
@Gala-yp8nx 8 жыл бұрын
+Merp Land that nations like France and Spain didn't actually own.
@CNX625
@CNX625 8 жыл бұрын
I find it so disgusting how America likes getting into other nation's problems but can't fix their own. As an American myself, I feel disgraced about America's history, and America's complete ignorance. >:(
@FinsterCS
@FinsterCS 5 жыл бұрын
If you feel disgraced about America‘s history, I suggest you read it.
@rebekahhakeber5093
@rebekahhakeber5093 4 жыл бұрын
Your personal ignorance is astounding. Native land is governed by natives. They have their own laws and if we go break laws on reservation land we pay the consequences set forth by the tribes. They have to report murders to the federal government- they had to choose to clear their land for their casinos... Not saying they have a great life or that it is moral. I am saying spreading half truth and lies doesn’t fix the problems.
@coast.cutter7552
@coast.cutter7552 4 жыл бұрын
Perfectly said.
@coast.cutter7552
@coast.cutter7552 4 жыл бұрын
@@rebekahhakeber5093 and how did they get that land Rebekah? Your ignorance is outstanding.
@rebekahhakeber5093
@rebekahhakeber5093 4 жыл бұрын
Bill Arrow by being the ones who conquered it prior to the Spaniard Danes and English arriving ? Might want to check you own IQ sir. Mine is just fine.
@Mom_sBasement
@Mom_sBasement 6 жыл бұрын
"Can we mine uranium on your land?" No different than giving them blankets infected with smallpox.
@trikelyfe6090
@trikelyfe6090 4 жыл бұрын
The fact that you think European settlers did this on purpose is laughable. People with smallpox were NOT allowed on the ships for what I think are obvious reasons.... however that may be they carried the virus unknowingly... I dont condone what was done to the native people but smallpox wasn't purposely given to anyone.. Europeans had developed antibodies that the natives hadn't because they hadn't been exposed. And Europeans that made it back started seeing cases of syphilis that wasnt known to them before.. I suppose that was done intentionally too? 🤣🤣
@GIZMOmcabr
@GIZMOmcabr 4 жыл бұрын
It's been documented. Read a book or do a Google search. You look like a dumba$$.
@chrisgarcia8592
@chrisgarcia8592 3 жыл бұрын
@@trikelyfe6090 you do know in residential schools they integrated children who had tuberculosis with children that didn't killing off thousands.
@chrisgarcia8592
@chrisgarcia8592 3 жыл бұрын
@@trikelyfe6090 you do know in residential schools they integrated children who had tuberculosis with children that didn't killing off thousands.
@nelly411
@nelly411 8 жыл бұрын
This is truly disheartening to see true Americans go through this. Here in Australia we've got one of the largest uranium reserves in the world, there were setbacks because it caused great issues with the indigenous people here too. This is due generally because they also tend to live in rural outback areas away from the major cities near these reserves. That being said the need for uranium has dropped pretty much with the popularity of nuclear energy, it was a careful consideration of the Australian government to have a plant built here but thank god that never happened, I have to give credit where it's due though at least it's less harmful than archaic coal
@fanmanabc
@fanmanabc 8 жыл бұрын
+blade mckenzie Thank god for the advancement of nuclear energy moving from fission reactors to fusion reactors :D
@jjwtcs9451
@jjwtcs9451 8 жыл бұрын
Stop kissing your own nations ass. Have you seen what your neighbour, New Zealand is doing? Sure kiwis have migrated to Australia, but the colonists have NEVER forgotten the first people since the first national laws.
@LuisMejia
@LuisMejia 8 жыл бұрын
This is very similar to what is happening here in my country, El Salvador. The only difference, is that here, there is still enough water for everyone, the problem is how it is distributed. You can live in a poor neighborhood and not have running water, but 1 mile from that poor neighborhood, it is a "fancy" residential with big houses for the wealthy, and they have water always.
@BigRigAly
@BigRigAly 8 жыл бұрын
really? what else is el Salvador's problem? :) I heard violence in el Salvador is rising.
@LuisMejia
@LuisMejia 8 жыл бұрын
farrukita Martinez Oh dear. Latin America problems in general are worst than you think, specially here in Central America. El Salvador has a lot problems, including extreme poverty, the highest rate of homicides in the world, etc etc. Yet, with all those problems, we are very nice people, we export a lot of software and good people, but corruption and lack of education has done damage to our society through decades.
@BigRigAly
@BigRigAly 8 жыл бұрын
Luis Mejía F well I think Latin America is beautiful :) well I have family that lives in mexico, but I love Latin America no matter what :) and yes I agree with you. Your people are really nice jeje I have a friend who is Salvadorian and he is really nice :)
@fredbeer6950
@fredbeer6950 8 жыл бұрын
I think El Salvador has a gang problem more than a water problem
@tmina32
@tmina32 8 жыл бұрын
That poor activist guy is red like a lobster due to the sunburn, lol.
@Alcidedable
@Alcidedable 8 жыл бұрын
+RexCroatorum he is trying to fit in with the native lol.
@theteacher2694
@theteacher2694 8 жыл бұрын
+RexCroatorum whites have sensitive skin.
@colonelsanders4006
@colonelsanders4006 8 жыл бұрын
+The Teacher *gingers have sensitive skin
@Research0digo
@Research0digo 7 жыл бұрын
Yep.
@skellymom
@skellymom 6 жыл бұрын
Radiation exposure of another kind. The sun.
@1337BananaL33TVostok
@1337BananaL33TVostok 8 жыл бұрын
Everytime there is a report on natives it's often about living conditions and it's always tragic. Yet these are the most patient and enduring people i've seen.
@VICENews
@VICENews 8 жыл бұрын
VICE News travels to New Mexico to find out how people are coping without access to clean water, and if there is hope for the future. Read "The World Is Running Out of Water" - bit.ly/1Hd3jwN
@mobspeak
@mobspeak 8 жыл бұрын
+VICE News TY for shining a light on this.
@greywindow6127
@greywindow6127 8 жыл бұрын
+C Morel 2yya
@flaplaya
@flaplaya 8 жыл бұрын
+C Morel That's a good idea.. What about a simple rain collection system for each of these households too.. Deep wells and miles of pipe are very expensive but not rainwater cisterns.
@alishan8466
@alishan8466 8 жыл бұрын
+fla playa it doesn't work because uranium mining also contaminated the whole environment as bad so you don't use even rain water
@flaplaya
@flaplaya 8 жыл бұрын
Ali Shan So even the clouds that blow in from other places are contaminated with Uranium from the four corners?
@malcolmgoth1749
@malcolmgoth1749 5 жыл бұрын
Should bottle their water and have it delivered to Washington....
@FerrariTeddy
@FerrariTeddy 8 жыл бұрын
cough cough flint cough cough
@theultimateapex
@theultimateapex 8 жыл бұрын
Fantastic reporting. What an important issue that is not typically a focus. Keep up the good work Vice.
@gregparrott
@gregparrott 5 жыл бұрын
I sympathize with those who live in contaminated areas. But, I question the backhoe operator's claim that the ground is too hard to work. As can be seen, (3:57) the ground is dirt, mixed with medium sized rocks. The backhoe operator simply needs to switch to a narrower bucket to tear through it. If he wants a wider trough, just cut a second, parallel trench placed a foot off to one side of the first trench.
@giovannifoulmouth7205
@giovannifoulmouth7205 8 жыл бұрын
Meanwhile, spending billions to fight ISIS.
@giovannifoulmouth7205
@giovannifoulmouth7205 8 жыл бұрын
ArabMusic23 nope
@iriemindz
@iriemindz 8 жыл бұрын
+ArabMusic23 I agree with you.
@sixtysyxti3235
@sixtysyxti3235 4 жыл бұрын
Isis steals oil from our pipelines.
@ali.e7860
@ali.e7860 3 жыл бұрын
@@sixtysyxti3235 your oil outside of the us?
@breanna2122
@breanna2122 6 жыл бұрын
this was 3 years ago. I wondering how things are now...
@lorenaatencio4227
@lorenaatencio4227 7 жыл бұрын
so what are steps we can take as a people to help our communities to get our water cleaned up to make our Water Resources safer or to help with the transport of clean water to the areas that don't have clean water and to help keep some of our youth on our raises instead of leaving to try to make a better life for themselves where they don't have much opportunity I don't live on the road but majority of my family on my mom's side does I want to know what I can do as an individual to help out
@Jaem-ml4lx
@Jaem-ml4lx 8 жыл бұрын
great timing vice!! so all of a sudden you show up and the water people show up after all these years of waiting for video and water
@Gala-yp8nx
@Gala-yp8nx 8 жыл бұрын
I've been aware of this for some time and I must say it makes me ashamed to call myself American. If I were the Navajo, I would sue for at least 250 billion.
@Shawnne01
@Shawnne01 8 жыл бұрын
This is so darned sad! Also, the water table has dropped in these areas. It's even worse than when this video was made.
@garethevans9789
@garethevans9789 5 жыл бұрын
It's kind of tragic how oil pipelines crisscross the country yet piping water seems almost impossible.
@ralphy1989
@ralphy1989 3 жыл бұрын
.02 cents a gallon of water 10 dollars for a gallon of unrefined crude.
@ralphy1989
@ralphy1989 3 жыл бұрын
Isnt impossible just not profitable.
@andremp03
@andremp03 8 жыл бұрын
Wow, this doc is very informative. I can't believe people are having to deal with this in 2016!
@cosmophonic12
@cosmophonic12 8 жыл бұрын
What about casino revenues used to get basic needs on their land?
@javierr.castillo1101
@javierr.castillo1101 5 жыл бұрын
If you're been to the Res. Only a chain link fence blocks the way to where uranium was mined. The wind easily blows contaminates right on through the fence.
@marchillis6079
@marchillis6079 3 жыл бұрын
Its so sad. I see it every day and hear about it from across our rez. Our lands. My area is running out of water (Ft. Defiance). I'm an avid hiker and its just too dry, our forests are dying. This gentleman and elder vet is dealing with uranium contamination just over the state line from my area. Out west, there is severe drought and just up the road from there, its contaminated from the coal mines. We're all Navajo and our conditions continue to deteriorate.
@MaximusXXX77
@MaximusXXX77 5 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, but sad for those folks.... would be great if VICE could return for a 2019 status update on this situation!
@thepleblian2079
@thepleblian2079 8 жыл бұрын
In America...
@shiddy.
@shiddy. 5 жыл бұрын
I had to haul water 30 miles myself for a few years ... greetings and sincere support from Minnesota
@brothernaed8529
@brothernaed8529 8 жыл бұрын
heartbreaking ...
@juanio7036
@juanio7036 4 жыл бұрын
This is heartbreaking😡
@jamiesuzette666
@jamiesuzette666 6 жыл бұрын
Is there an update to this story?
@chrisbye8164
@chrisbye8164 8 жыл бұрын
thanks again vice for another informative video.. keep up the great work I love your channel
@FreshLyte
@FreshLyte 8 жыл бұрын
Rad-X and RadAway. Problem solved.
@bendricknez2317
@bendricknez2317 8 жыл бұрын
+ThunderForce I wish it was that easy
@amisfitpuivk
@amisfitpuivk 8 жыл бұрын
I've been awake for over an hour and haven't played fallout. Thanks for fueling my addiction
@damawsomedan
@damawsomedan 8 жыл бұрын
or a water distiller
@damawsomedan
@damawsomedan 8 жыл бұрын
Why is that
@severianocastillo
@severianocastillo 6 жыл бұрын
Hahahahaha good one 😂😂😂
@garrchristopher3950
@garrchristopher3950 6 жыл бұрын
I live in San Diego, never been to New Mexico and plan to live the rest of my life their. I've also been learning about the Navaho. This mess just pisses me off.
@onioncontrol
@onioncontrol 5 жыл бұрын
My dad lived on the Navajo reservation for a large part of his childhood in the 1980s. They had no running water, and no electricity.
@christiansobber5237
@christiansobber5237 8 жыл бұрын
wow and its such a beautiful place ..... such a bummer
@jasminepina9058
@jasminepina9058 6 жыл бұрын
such beautiful an valuable people
@PopsShack
@PopsShack 8 жыл бұрын
I get the whole contaminated water thing, and I can see how that's a problem. But what's the big deal about having running water in the house? I'm in Australia an my parents haven't had running water in the house since 1979. Many Australians in rural areas rely on rainwater and when there's not enough rain, they truck potable water in.
@BigMamou367
@BigMamou367 7 жыл бұрын
They can put water and or septics above ground. Once or if they can even find uncontaminated water.
@allenjoe8298
@allenjoe8298 7 жыл бұрын
That is far more expensive due to pumps needed to run it not to mention how prone such system are to failure and need of maintenance. And as the video said, 70% of Navajo's are unemployed and scattered. Building such an elaborate system for one house is entirely inefficient. Though the concept you mention is implemented in larger Cities where the benefit outweighs the cost. The cost of building the existing infrastructure primarily comes from grants and the Navajo Nation itself so they really need to penny pinch. And to answer the question of uncontaminated water, (atleast where I come from) A large part of the Navajo Nation relies on deeeeeep ground wells, so far down that uranium hasn't reached dangerous levels yet.
@wangtie9602
@wangtie9602 5 жыл бұрын
GOD BLESS YOU SISTER. YOU REALLY HAVE A HEART OF LOVE.
@sundancesoza2575
@sundancesoza2575 5 жыл бұрын
(Sundance) Water tank can also go above ground. If they cant dig and break rock get someone that can operate that backhoe.
@sixsicxsicks666
@sixsicxsicks666 8 жыл бұрын
happy thanksgiving !
@JonysiguelVEVO
@JonysiguelVEVO 8 жыл бұрын
I loved this video, its high saturation and contrast... it's a welcome change, most vice reports, though highly informative, are so frigging depressive!
@buk6708
@buk6708 8 жыл бұрын
It looks awesome in 2560x1440 resolution, 60-70fps
@mochans
@mochans 8 жыл бұрын
Agreed....and George's sunburn really pops.
@wkm3868
@wkm3868 5 жыл бұрын
You can only tell when you binge watch like you and I 😂😂😂
@jmc4935
@jmc4935 5 жыл бұрын
For the "100 gallon figure is too much" crowd -- first Google search result from USGS.GOV (US household): How much water does the average person use at home per day? Estimates vary, but each person uses about 80-100 gallons ofwater per day. Are you surprised that the largest use of household water is to flush the toilet, and after that, to take showers and baths?
@twistfinger
@twistfinger 8 жыл бұрын
The photography and production in this is fucking awesome. I love whatever you people did to to make the sky and scenery look so fucking awesome.
@bbdawise
@bbdawise 8 жыл бұрын
And to top this off the EPA spilled several million gallons of toxic waste water out of an abandoned gold mine in Navajo territory last summer... Last I heard the governor of Colorado had declared a state of Emergency and vowed to sue the EPA. Haven't heard anything since. Are you going to talk about this VICE?
@MrDavster
@MrDavster 8 жыл бұрын
reporter:"did u know it was contaminated?" guy:"ive been drinking that water for about 15-20 years"..... lol
@Gainzville55
@Gainzville55 6 жыл бұрын
Lmao
@colleennewholy9026
@colleennewholy9026 6 жыл бұрын
I've lived with similar contamination. Sometimes you gotta do what you gotta do. Death by thirst is quicker than death by cancer. You gotta make your choices
@MaximusXXX77
@MaximusXXX77 5 жыл бұрын
NettoHikari Oh yes, it’s all very funny...isn’t it?
@chuckaboomvape1432
@chuckaboomvape1432 8 жыл бұрын
I have no words. Just disappointment and anger. When will the injustice, disregard, and suffering stop?
@DidntKnowWhatToPut1
@DidntKnowWhatToPut1 8 жыл бұрын
You should have sent a sample of that water to someone with a gamma spectrometer. They'll be able to confirm what is in it, and in what quantities. Would have been interesting to see.
@gapsfire23
@gapsfire23 8 жыл бұрын
hits too close to home. even with the recent and ongoing of the Colorado mines contaminating the San Juan river. it was just sad at this year fair by Shiprock, corn and vegetables all gone. harvest this season took a toll on family's who depend their lives on the river and it's products.
@shanehutchings707
@shanehutchings707 5 жыл бұрын
I found myself in tears.
@TheGuniverse2k
@TheGuniverse2k 6 жыл бұрын
This is so wild.
@taylorrc29
@taylorrc29 5 жыл бұрын
wonder how they bought the cars in the driveways
@MYSNiPERiSHOT
@MYSNiPERiSHOT 8 жыл бұрын
this is so sad...omg
@Arikiatrukido
@Arikiatrukido 8 жыл бұрын
i can't take this shit any more, i can't do shit to change it.....and this for me only creates depresion, i know things are bad, make a video when somone makes change.
@buk6708
@buk6708 8 жыл бұрын
There is a lot of optimism. There are many charities bridging together to end this. They are setting up huge water networks that bass polluted sources.
@joneshugh
@joneshugh 8 жыл бұрын
+Taru " I Love to Change the World......"
@bobdole7851
@bobdole7851 8 жыл бұрын
+Taru lol if there was positive change it wouldnt bring the same numbers) thats why everything is so positive, shock value draws in viewers, more viewers, more money
@NotTheMan100
@NotTheMan100 6 жыл бұрын
Fucking drama queen.
@dcnclark4575
@dcnclark4575 4 жыл бұрын
I do not have water were I live either as well as hundreds of my neighbors.We have two water company’s where you can have water delivered for 6cents a gallon or haul it for your self for 2.5 to 3 cents.I watched this video and was wondering if like my neighbors can have an underground tank or like we have a large above ground tank. Either way your all in our prayers
@lifesentencesuxsodoesplayz7861
@lifesentencesuxsodoesplayz7861 5 жыл бұрын
I don't know anyone who uses even close to 100 gallons of water a day
@thepranksters9841
@thepranksters9841 2 жыл бұрын
Can the water be filtered?
@Bookillzslowly562
@Bookillzslowly562 8 жыл бұрын
If they ever do get water down there it's gonna have fluoride in it
@rock_oclock
@rock_oclock 8 жыл бұрын
so, here is the windmill with the uranium contaminated water. i'm going to turn on the spigot, then you touch the water and put it near your face. that cool? yep, sounds great!
@Luis-0101
@Luis-0101 4 жыл бұрын
Darlene 'The Water Lady' Arviso is amazing! What an angel.
@amisfitpuivk
@amisfitpuivk 8 жыл бұрын
Is there not a way to build a crude purifier? A trough to catch the shit water, and an oil burning system or passive system that can evaporate the water and let the steam drip cleanly into a tank
@jonathansoldier3405
@jonathansoldier3405 5 жыл бұрын
I'm ojibway and this really upsets me to see other First Nations go thru life this way. On my reserve we still receive our water thru water trucks. So I really feel for them.
@edgray1517
@edgray1517 3 жыл бұрын
Where did the home owner without water get his shirt
@alfonsoflores9814
@alfonsoflores9814 5 жыл бұрын
I'm Apache descent no way in hell I could have you been used code talking for the military during war
@Fournier46
@Fournier46 8 жыл бұрын
8:10 - 9:08 WOW that is a frightening predicament they are in! The modern world is full of such complex situations.
@Wiseman478
@Wiseman478 6 жыл бұрын
6:11 what a world without chem trail would like 😲
@sizzlean9459
@sizzlean9459 8 жыл бұрын
and someone should tell that guy when the kid pulls on his cheeeks he is supposed to turn!!! LOL
@Ihavealltherightstuf
@Ihavealltherightstuf 8 жыл бұрын
I'm curious if VICE will cover the Gold King Mine spill that happened this August. Another contaminated water disaster to deal with. I just came back from a trip on Nov. 29th to visit my family in the Navajo Nation in San Juan County, Utah. They have not used the tap water since the incident but, actually travel 40-50 miles East or West depending on what city they decide to buy bottled water from and do their laundry.
@Ihavealltherightstuf
@Ihavealltherightstuf 8 жыл бұрын
www.google.com/search?q=gold+king+mine&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8#q=gold+king+mine&tbm=nws en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Gold_King_Mine_waste_water_spill
@joshn2342323
@joshn2342323 8 жыл бұрын
I looked into this. It seems the biggest problem is that these people are spread out too much. The Navajo people like to "live on the land" quite literally. There are literally hundreds of tiny "towns" all over the Navajo nation so of course it is not possibe to pipe water to each home. What they need to do is build 3 medium sized towns each with a population of around 100k. Then it would be practical to either build a pipeline/canal to each city or to pump ground water and use modern technology to clean the water. If that was done then I could see the Navajo people greatly increasing their standard of living.
@parkerflop
@parkerflop 8 жыл бұрын
+Nomis Anep If someone pollutes your land, demanding they pay up is not asking for a handout. Demanding compensation from those who benefited from this is
@sircharlesmormont9300
@sircharlesmormont9300 6 жыл бұрын
If they can't afford the infrastructure to supply clean water now, what makes you think they can afford to build 3 small cities and relocate everyone? Setting aside, for now, the historical baggage that comes with relocating indigenous people and/or forced assimilation, how would you even go about relocating so many people? Your solution seems much more costly and like a logistical nightmare! I think we need to take some money out of our overused, bloated war chest and use it to fix problems here at home: like getting clean water to the people of the Navajo Nation and Flint, Michigan!
@lifesentencesuxsodoesplayz7861
@lifesentencesuxsodoesplayz7861 4 жыл бұрын
I dont know how the avg consumption of water for the us citizen is 100 gallons a day! I don't even use 10 and that's for showering, drinking , washing and whatnot.....the only thing I can think of is the pools and watering of lawns and commercial and industrial usage that could possibly get the avg to that....
@melodydelgado2399
@melodydelgado2399 6 жыл бұрын
Can water be piped in? Why hasn't this been done? Is it too costly.
@damawsomedan
@damawsomedan 8 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't a countertop water distiller get rid of the uranium in their drinking water?
@WhiteGravey
@WhiteGravey 8 жыл бұрын
car battery + 12 volt electric pump + solar panel + water tank = running water for your entire house. why does he act like its someone elses responsibility to do it for him?
@hellohun7331
@hellohun7331 8 жыл бұрын
Would de ionization remove any low level radioactive pollutants?
@xl000
@xl000 3 жыл бұрын
This is so infuriating what the settlers did to the first nations. And still do.
@sentientdumpstersludge
@sentientdumpstersludge 4 жыл бұрын
Homie from digdeep had NO idea native families are living without running water, sometimes even electricity
@drested1793
@drested1793 6 жыл бұрын
Lived in NM all my life and never heard of Haystack.
@glolito321
@glolito321 2 жыл бұрын
Haystack. Home.
@leoniegureghian7156
@leoniegureghian7156 6 жыл бұрын
However do we accept, tolerate such living ways to our Native Americans? Why are previous & new immigrants R called Americans if they do nothing in rectifying the lives of our true Native ones? Where is compassion? And we are called civilized? Is this a joke? The more I read & learn about the hardship of our Natives (which is STILL going on) makes me real sick! This is not humanitarian ...
@jacobisaacs600
@jacobisaacs600 4 жыл бұрын
Because they are a sovereign nation with no real tax revenue...
@capmarketer5038
@capmarketer5038 5 жыл бұрын
Is there enough rainfall to install a rain tank on his house? Its cheaper and safer than a well.
@eventvisionsinc
@eventvisionsinc 5 жыл бұрын
Please help them, shame on America’s government. No excuse for this to be happening in the USA
@GIZMOmcabr
@GIZMOmcabr 4 жыл бұрын
This is so sad.
@ACMxxxx2
@ACMxxxx2 8 жыл бұрын
Dude was on the money when he said they need to rely on themselves. Look at where relying on the nanny state government has gotten them.
@ambersykora352
@ambersykora352 4 жыл бұрын
Why not build a large scale distillation unit on the reservation. A man found on KZfaq figured a way to make one large enough to create enough sterile water in large enough volume to run throughout the pipes continuously throughout an entire home, not just for drinking. You need no pumps, no nothing. It's a passive solar still. Just need a pump to pump from the storage tank unless it is high enough and can be gravity fed through pressure. This is the way to go, only way to remove radiation, chemical, bacterial viral etc contamination. Also the only way to remove salt ie., desalination.
@Calmdowndude
@Calmdowndude 4 жыл бұрын
I'm glad your channel doesn't silence some of our voices from the comments.
@breadtumor6063
@breadtumor6063 8 жыл бұрын
I'm kinda confused about this situation. Are the Navajo people drinking radiated water which is poisoning them?
@Research0digo
@Research0digo 7 жыл бұрын
3:32 - I saw all that caliche - man it amazed me how thick that one piece alone was - maybe 8"! If somebody really wanted to put septic systems in the ground a half stick of dynamite would do it easy. Problem is very little ground like that is percable. Every family need an Incinolet or two. The electricity to power it can come from one photo cell alone. Pentagon where are you?! You're f'ing your own Wind Talkers!
@mscheetz7988
@mscheetz7988 5 жыл бұрын
A reverse osmosis system for $200 would take out all the uranium for safe drinking water for each house hold. Way less expensive than building pipelines or hauling water.
@SmartMeteResistance
@SmartMeteResistance 8 жыл бұрын
The water wells are contaminated and all they do is put up a paper sign 5:29
@PaulOutsidetheWalls
@PaulOutsidetheWalls 5 жыл бұрын
7:13 that’s the solution: lay pipe!
@paulawilliams7030
@paulawilliams7030 3 жыл бұрын
Suggestion, perhaps they can contact Berkey Water filtration manufactures and get some Berkey donated to them
@RickDenny-ji7hi
@RickDenny-ji7hi Ай бұрын
Of course, I have no idea if anyone is reading these given that this video apparently was posted eight years ago. But I saw a piece on a gentleman who created a machine, they’re very large, and it draws drinking water out of the atmosphere, and if I recall, he’s on a mission to set these Self-contained, wind, and solar powered machines up in places like the Navajo nation.
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