Is there any move to offer reparations to different tribes for various injustices?

Reparations is not a competition. Every time ADOS ( not just anyone Black) requests restitution another races comes in and asks " what about us?" as if this is Highlander and there can be only one. This country owes restitution to both. We should be banding together to ask for what is owe not creating a competition about it.

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​@@stilettodivah"what about us" conversations are usually happening because those groups get forgotten about when it comes to representation and inclusion. It's an appropriate thing to say in conversations like that. Indians are very frequently forgotten about by the public when talking about civil rights and historical atrocities. It's not divisive to insist on being included in the conversation. What IS divisive is to tell those groups that the current conversation isn't about them or be dismissive by saying " it's not a competition".

Would have been nice if the natives did more to aid and free enslaved Africans. They could have gotten rid of the Europeans together.

Aboriginal American

In GA, they taught us that all the natives Died on the trail of tears then moved on. I quite literally would never have known about any other native tribes outside of that one incident if I hadn't researched myself. 90s education at its finest.

We learned so little about native Americans in our public education systems that I lived in Seattle for 6 years. Many of them not even realizing the whole entire city was named after an Indian chief 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️. Hell, almost every city surrounding Seattle is a native American tribe name. Issaquah, Sammamish, Snohomish etc etc. in my mind I don't even think about native Americans being all the way that far out, but duh they literally were on the whole continent. And yes I realized how ignorant that sounds but that's how little they had ever been mentioned in our history classes. And if we're being honest, I bet a lot of people here didn't know that about Seattle's name as well. We got a lot of work to do.

I’m white I had to teach myself about US history that wasn’t centered about my skin color it was really offensive.

That's by design. This is an illegitimate white supremacist settler colonial slave state after all.

Fuck yeah we're still here

This is crazy as I was watching this video I was thinking about the Sàmi people and similarities between their treatment and American Natives. The Sàmi are so interesting!

Wow what's your history? Never heard of yall❤

@@candyluna2929 The Sàmi are also called Lapplanders, we are the people from the movie Frozen who raise and work the reindeer. Our ancestors followed the caribou similarly to the way the Indigenous North American Nations followed the bison. We also domesticated caribou, which turned them into reindeer; they provided transport, milk and meat, hides, extra warmth, and could pack our summer lodges (very similar to tipis) while we moved to graze and forage. We spoke different languages than the other peoples of Scandinavia, they tended to make agriculture and livestock the base of their lives, but the soils began to be depleted by centuries of use. Farmers began converting our traditional lands into agricultural plots and livestock pastures and soon there was conflict over the pollution and use of waterways that were sacred to us for thousands of years. Our religious practices were not like the agricultural people (they were predominantly Lutherans or other Christian denominations), we still have Yoiks who lead and advise us. A Yoik is sort of a cross between a spiritual advisor and a mayor of a family clan. We still celebrate and seek advice from the ancestors through our Yoiks, we also incorporate worship of the natural world that provides for us. We might, for instance, offer grain and a cup of vodka to the spirit of our favorite fishing spot to say “thank you” for the meal we catch there. As land competition increased between us and the agriculture industry we had less and less land to graze and forage on. Farmers wanted our land because it hadn’t been worked to death. The government eventually set up programs to discourage and penalize us for living like our ancestors. We couldn’t speak our language, wear our traditional clothing, continue to produce our indigenous artwork (we use tin coated thread to decorate our clothing and home goods), and we were forced to convert to Christianity and speak the mainstream languages. Our kids went to government schools where we forgot our language, we forgot our ancestors and how to stay in contact with them. The government eventually gave us a choice between moving onto a reservation system or taking one way tickets to the United States where we were told we could get free land from the US government. It wasn’t really free, it was stolen from other Indigenous Nations by the Homestead Act. My great x 2 grandfather lost all of his reindeer and wound up homesteading in Montana, around a lake that is sacred to the Salish and Kootenai Nations. I grew up among them and still love them! Things are not great for the Sàmi but now they have government representation in Norway and are slowly becoming better organized to rebuild the herds and take back or seek compensation for the land that was stolen. I am hopeful, but it is difficult. Plants without roots don’t grow well and the problem ALL indigenous people face is that the people in power have tried to kill our roots by changing our faith, location, diet, clothing, education, medicine….everything!

@BennyFranks-pj3mg AHo!

That's really cool and I'm glad to hear it. I'm hoping in the future the tribes can all leverage more authority over their own people. Makes no sense why things are still the way they are.

Yes it was You just weren't paying attention Or your family didn't have encyclopedias

There is also the Spanish, a shipwreck that ended up in southern tour to Santa Fe from Florida. And from what I hear in Alaska, the Russians poked around up there in the 18th century. You have to realize, that although they might have seemed powerful, these nations had limits and it took allocating the resources from the natives to push further into their territory

US history tends to gloss over the genocides and the atrocities as a footnote, while emphasizing the march of progress.

​@Big_Glizzy. Your comment reminds me of how the African slave trade got going. In the early years, Europeans depended on alliances and agreements with local African rulers for access to slaves. Europeans could not venture far into the African interior, because tropical diseases like malaria would kill them. As a result they stayed confined to the coast. At least until the British figured out quinine (tonic water) was an anti-malaria. Also, how we got gin and tonics.

And that omission was intentional, not accidental.

By design. Good on you for learning on your own.

Litigation around Chippewa hunting/fishing treaty rights in Wisconsin have actually been very significant in broader recognition of treaties

Why would you? That's trivial information.

Its time all white nations accepted our true history and stopped the obfuscation and bullshit. Countries like china are right to point out our hypocrisy.

i think it’s also because there’s a us military base in okinawan territory which played a huge role in the pacific wars

ABC here, i similarly often wonder how much mainland Chinese know about the 55 minority ethnicities there & how much Taiwanese know about the Formosan peoples

@@spicydogmemes Currently going to school where a large number of my peers are from China. I often hear them talk about "local languages" and how they aren't really supposed to speak them still, but they do anyway. That while they learn Mandarin in school, they'll speak their local language at home. I hear this and it reminds me of how the US used to treat native Americans and immigrants from non-English speaking countries. When you mentioned the 55 minority ethnicities, it reminded me of these conversations I've had, and it makes me wonder if some of my classmates are actually part of these minority groups. They've just been taught they aren't, and they have to conform to the national standard. Not unlike native Americans and immigrants in the US once had to. I could be wrong, though.

Same here.

I’m non native and I don’t feel sad at all. They lost, why have any mercy for them?

@DanBlabbers It sounds like you are saying you ascribe to the philosophy that might makes right, and by definition we should not protect anyone who cannot fend for themselves. What do you feel about protecting your elderly relatives, disabled people, children, animals, forests, and your own drinking water and the air you breathe? Is it safe to say any of these things can be destroyed or poisoned and you will say, "Oh well, I lost. Who cares? I will breathe some other air and live somewhere else. Even if I don't have the resources, they won. Oh, well." What would happen if your home was taken, through some means, say arson, or your family murdered during a home invasion, would you then still feel the same, or would you call the police and expect justice? An alternate view is that just because something can be done and gotten away with, does not make it right to do.

@@britaeirikr8609couldn’t have said it better if I tried

@@DanBlabbers you simply misunderstand history. The land wasn’t taken when they lost. They became part of the United States when they lost. The land was taken later, often as a race issue.

And yet, if you ask a typical Euro-American (or those who call themselves “mutts”), they wonder why the Indigenous peoples can’t just build up their societies and be successful like everyone else 🙄 Many of my coworkers believe that yes, we should be sovereign, but that means we should also take care of ourselves without help from the Feds. But how do people help themselves when they’ve been denied access to resources that were supposed to be theirs in the first place?

amazing still how much they’ve squandered it. red states are full of poverty and destitution

LOL, u are a FOOL to think the natives didnt set upon their fellow man, lusting for their game and resources before the white man EVER stepped foot on the Americas. they had been conquered by the Europeans for no more of a noble cause than they conquered each other

Every last inch of the Western Hemisphere was taken by violence from the people who were here first. Do you honestly think that the powerful and wealthy people who benefited from this evil would allow the truth to be taught in schools?

@@kertagin1Native Americans are not all indigenous. Lots of them were people who just wanted land. Native American is not a race. It’s a political designation. That’s why Indian is used legally.

Exactly! When most folks learn about native history, ita 1800s and later which is like apples to oranges

Can you explain the context? What did Nestle do exactly? I am only aware that they deliberately withheld clean water and murdered infants (indirectly).

@@Luci_S I was referring specifically to their business model of buying up fresh water rights and then withholding even rainwater from poor people who don't pay extraordinarily high rates for it. They aren't the only ones: For example, read up on the Cochabamba Water War.

DNA is an invention of colonizers. The original Indians don’t care about DNA or blood. Purity is a white concept.

Hesci!!

The US govt is, and has always been, by crooks and for crooks. It’s a bit ironic that there is so much racism and anti-immigrant sentiment coming from descendants of white colonizers who, let’s be honest, completely stole the land. If I think about it too long, it really upsets me😢

Right!? There are a lot of people that still seem to think all of the influence and idea for democracy came from Romans. Just baffling.

My Mom knew a lot about Native Americans. My husband didn't even realize he was Iroquois until my Mom saw it. Course she's 94 years old and was Validictorian when she graduated. I was raised learning about them and black people. Minorities treated like Slaves and Natives killed from Small Pox in blankets.

Folks like you make me feel seen. I grew up in the Salish/Kootenai Confederation in Montana. ❤

@@brooklynnchick I'm glad. My husband embraced his heritage. Had his Native collection on his wall. Including a dream catcher my GMA left me. Now my son has it all and it's on his wall.

Indians

Wow thats like finding someone from mexico and they claiming to be olmec.they dont exist.🤦🏽

@@elyaqui5324 not a very nice thing to say. My family traces its roots in the island for quite some time. My great, great grandmother talked about here grandfather with Taino features. Also, DNA testing showed some native blood. I am not saying that I heritage by blood but heritage as in family history. I wish I knew more but that knowledge was mostly lost with my grandmother. The comment was meant to say that keeping the history and culture is very important.

I'm from Sand Mountain in NE Alabama.

Canada and America are a mirror image of each other when it comes to the treatment of Natives.

in what ways is it different?

Hi 👋! your comment is always worth reading.. I pray God will give you a lot of beautiful days and you know God loves us so much!.... So where are you originally from? I'm Keith and I'm originally from Denmark

@@KeithAlexanderWallace Thanks for the kind words Keith! Denmark eh? Cool! I'm from Mississauga Ontario, but now live in Montreal Quebec Canada. Take care my friend! 🖖😎🤣🇨🇦🕊️

Libraries exist for a reason.

I'm still waiting for my white Irish Catholic slave reparations! 🇮🇪 🤣

Brits were pretty harsh to Ireland and Scotland for many centuries. My ancestors from Ireland and Scotland were brought over as slaves to work the coal mines.

​@@ozarkrefugee they actually civilised both the lands 😊 , always try to be grateful

​@Krankenwagen571 it's kind of gross to call the atrocities done to millions of people "civilizing the land"

@@qryptid especially seeing it was Irish monks who preserved many ancient Roman texts during the post Roman dark ages. The Aeneid would have been lost if it wasn’t for Irish monks. Ireland was called the Land of Saints and Scholars for a reason.

Continue those close ties with the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Wiyot,..... you guys inspire the rest of Indian Country.

Take a DNA

I'm pretty sure the Mikmaq didn't hunt buffalo. And I'm pretty sure the Lakota didn't beachcomb for clams and oysters. Indigenous people are as different as the white people who settled in North America.

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Hmm I don’t think we are ready for that truth

Great idea!

I don't think you know what connections means. Similarities, perhaps.

@@JoyFay because it isn't true

tell that to Republicans who keep trying to undermine mail voting

Mail-in ballots have been used as a solution for inaccessability to in-person voting, but unfortunaly they pose other issues. In the case of tribal members who don’t speak english there’s no translators available to help like there would be at the polls, so people may make mistakes that cause their vote to not be counted, or they give up on voting altogether. The postal system itself might also make things complicated, they may operate in very specific hours and have much sooner deadlines for people to send ballots in than elsewhere. BTW for anyone interested, American Apartheid by Stephanie Woodard is an excellent book that covers many Native rights issues including voting rights

me: [hears about book] also me: "WHERE?! WHERE IS IT?! I WANT IT!" ​@faust5423 (I'm ok, this is just normal for me when it comes to learning) (and I do know where to get the book)

Are you aware that the Lakota actually took the black hills from the Cheyenne?

"Caucasians" are from the Caucasus and there are nations not recognized by the UN, but on the genocide list for eradication. Look at the Chechens, Armenians, Abkhazians, Circassians, Ossetians, these are the Caucasian tribes from the Caspian to the Black Seas.

"The Caucasus , is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically been considered as a natural barrier between Eastern Europe and West Asia." - Wikipedia. All Caucasians are white so that's a little redundant, I'd keep it simple and say as a european american. But yeah old stuff is hella racist.

@@antmanatthemoment7233 no I didn't know. Humans are complex, forming alliances and fighting wars or taking each other's possession, no matter what race. But I still see the aftermath of White settlement as a very dominant part of US history, so I wish we would be more aware of all sides of history

@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket yes, I know where the Caucasus is, I just thought "Caucasian white" was the correct term. :) But either case, I'm glad to learn about our relationship with history. My hypothesis is, every human is "racist" in the sense that we trust what we were raised with and often don't trust what we don't know. But we have a choice of how we approach our fears, and how we take on responsibility. I didn't personally take native American land, and shouldn't live in permanent shame about it. But at the same time, I can choose to let down some of my inherited unconscious bias.

Native Americans are colonizers. That’s why they accepted the governments offer and agreed to be indoctrinated in their schools. There were independent communities of free people who never made deals for land. They agreed to blood quorum which is a colonizer purity concept meant to exclude. It’s o impossible to keep DNA isolated in a small community. The original inhabitants were genetically diverse. So it’s clear Native Americans see another group of colonizers. They don’t even live in accordance’s the values they teach

Lose the fight and play the victim card 😊

They have a record of each black family still and received more some real indians

@@Krankenwagen571 Are you always so racist?

@@charcat1571 we ain't livin a fairy tale

I’m native Oneida and agree wholeheartedly! I get that other minority groups have experienced some hardships but none compare to that of native/ African Americans. The fact that I gotta press one for English is very telling.

Nothing changed in 1960

This land still belongs to Americans. Wars and conquest happen, and have been happening, for thousands of years, and the Indians aren't innocent victims in all of it. The American Continent has been under new management for centuries. It's probably time to move on. Or, just sit there complaining in those hell holes called "Reservations" and hope the US gubmint will finally do the right thing out of the goodness of it's heart. Good luck with that.

It’s like that across much of the new world/lands settled by European powers. Hell natives in the Amazon still often come into conflict with ranchers and companies wanting to take their lands.

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To live and past your culture n traditions to your loved ones , kids n grandkids. So they know where they come from who they are, how we got here. Tell the stories of our parents, our people, our ancestors. Never let die and vanish into thin Air. That is how we empower our Nation as a people , children of The First Nations upon this land we call The America's from the north to the south from shining sea to sea we are children of The First Nations.

Research and learn the law and take the government to court to enforce the treaties that have not been honored.

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Hispanic is a white washing term, where if you teach a native Spanish, it erases their identity. Also, there are plenty of white Hispanics who love to pretend they're not white when it's convenient but magicly become white when it benefits them.

You're a Mestizo.

You're mostly Native American and European with some African.

@heraldomedrano1417 that's not what my dna said but ok. Doesn't matter. All descendents of people who suffered the consequences of 1492, unite.

Hispanic means speak Spanish. Mexico etc ARE America, so people with geographical origins there are Native Americans. DNA doesn’t include legal definitions of nationality.

This was already done. Termination era of the 1950s. Disastrous. Reservations were liquidated by the government for far under market value and given to white owned corporations while the indigenous people were sent to the city slums.

Well, you must have missed the influence Native Americans had on the Renaissance / Enlightenment. There is a great chapter about this in the scholarly book The Dawn of Everything by David Graeber and David Wengrow (chapter 2 I think).

Why

You are talking out of your ass and pushing an agenda of your own. You are deliberately misunderstanding what this video is about, or you didn't pay attention to it and just posted a comment because the idea of this video alone triggered the shit out of you