I really hope there is a massive resurgence in the native tribes, somehow. It's so insanely depressing to think about this culture disappearing.

Wow as an indigenous person I always cringe when looking at comments, this is so compassionate and full of empathy. Makes my heart happy, people are willing to learn about our culture ❤️

"If we can begin to realize that our differences enriches us, then diversity is something good. Otherwise, diversity is just the walls that separate us." Thank you for these words that I consider being wise words!

I am Cree, from Saddle Lake Cree Nation, in Alberta, Canada. It's interesting to learn about other tribes, and to see that we are all one, battling the government to this day. Sad,,,and it's Native land..Thanks for sharing..

As someone who lives on Turtle Mountain reservation.. Not every native American on the rez lives in total despair like this. Some of us do happen to have education, jobs, and live normal lives. Still, the US government did uproot our ancestors and left us on all the most undesirable pieces of land in areas with no real economy.

My friend was from the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. He moved in with me in Chickasha, but then his family guilt tripped him into going back to South Dakota to support them all. He was the only one who had a job while living in a trailer with 6 others who had bad addictions. My friend committed suicide after his mom committed suicide. I knew him since we were both in 6th grade at Riverside Indian School. Hello from the Comanche tribe.👋

That guy is like a treasure trove. Kudos to this Oglala and to you. Great video. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 ❤

I’m a reconnecting Indigenous person. Thank you for these videos and for showing so many that we are still here.

I’m so happy you started this series on visiting Native American reservations. As a member of the Navajo Nation, I find it extremely interesting to learn about other nations/tribes. Thank you for your work, you’ve earned a new subscriber!

I'm from South Africa and I have always been fascinated with the tribes in America. Their pride in their culture has stayed with them through all the years of slaughter and oppression. They really are a strong people! Much love from South Africa💜🇿🇦

I loved hearing Roger’s stories. Thank you for sharing your culture with us. I pray for the native communities to thrive and flourish 🙏🏼

This has become my new favourite channel! I'm hooked.

I visited the Lakota Reservation two years ago. My first stop, intentionally, was Wounded Knee to pay my respects. I never knew the full story until visiting this very remote place and studying later about the actual facts. As a non-Indigenous American, I feel that the massacre at Wounded Knee is the most shameful event in the history of our nation. I was struck by the fact that women were found as far as two miles from the site, frozen to death with their children. It is a shame that school children are not taught about what happened at the Knee, every American should know what we did then and what we are not doing now in Pine Ridge for the Lakota.

Thanks for posting this. I learned more about Native Americans in the last 45 minutes than I have in the last 56 years.

I was so honored to take this journey with the 3 of you , Phil’amayaye 🖤♥️🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅♥️🦅🦅🦅🦅🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶🪶

A year ago my husband and I drove through Pine Ridge. I had never heard of it. We stopped at the Wounded Knee memorial. I felt sick driving all the way back to Colorado as I reflected on the way the indigenous people were treated by the US government. The poverty there is heartbreaking.

Thank you for this. I was born on Pine Ridge. My last name is He Crow. I was captured by the Catholic social services and adopted out in 62. I did go back and found my family 9 brothers and sisters. No one knew I existed my mother didn’t tell anyone about me. So thanks for this series.

I am so happy to see grandpa Roger making it onto Peter’s channel! I am glad he told how the older natives had the language beat out of them and how he is teaching the grandchildren to speak Lakota. The twindians are blessed they will learn three languages❤ and a bit of Spanish😉 Could not have chosen a better crew to lead you around Pine Ridge!

"Our differences enrich us" What a profound statement! Your doing a great work Peter Santenello, Gods Speed to you and yours sir! Thank you!

All my love to your tribes and I pray that you all get the chance to teach your culture to the world. We must not forget!

What a great teacher Roger is. The amount of education you can get from him just watching this video is amazing.

LOVE THIS!! I'm a lifelong resident of the Pine Ridge Reservation and I appreciate visitors sharing their experience of our beautiful homelands, the good, the bad & ugly.

Roger and Darwin were such kind men. Many thanks

Talking about the historical trauma is so essential… so grateful for the voices who are beginning to bring healing within the tribes. May God cover each person in the journey of healing from the past trail of tears. That each person is special… and deserves to be treated with dignity. We owe so much to the people who formed the roots of this nation. I am seeing Natives who are educated, professional, and capable. They are passionate and intelligent. I love that people are taking control and not waiting for white man to make a way… the Natives are doing this on their own. They are strong and will grow wiser and stronger.

I spent a couple years living in a Karuk Indian Reservation in Northern California when I was growing up. They were kind and loving and caring and treated me as though I belonged. I love this series that you're doing showcasing Native Americans and their culture and struggles. Thank you.

as a mohawk of tyendinaga mohawk territory in ontario growing up on and off the rez it makes me happy that someone like peter is learning the culture of north america that was "cut off" (not saying its fully gone as a lot of youth are picking it up now and keeping it pure) but its great to see someone share the culture with the world and share that we aren't gone!!!! its also awesome to learn about other rezzes across turtle islands land, PLEASE KEEP UP THE REZ VIDEOS AND SHARE TO THE WORLD OUR CULTURE. and as a fatrezdog u can feed us and we'll follow u home and protect u from all the deadly rowdy aunties tryna get some lmao. To whoever reads this thanks for taking ur time to learn about the culture stay safe and have a great one!

Thank you for opening your community and your hearts to us. Very moving video. Be well, and be blessed.

I sponsor an elder from Pine Ridge and I wept throughout the video. America needs to see this. Thank you for making this video.

That’s the rez my dad is from. We still go back every year at least twice for ceremonies. I really want to thank you for making this series, and showing us Natives as we actually are. I hope you go to the Navajo rez because that rez is huge and has so many differences from us Lakota or the Crow. Americans tend to see all Natives as the exact same people, and we’re far from it. I’m so happy you did this!

I am from India and I find the Native American culture absolutely fascinating. Just love the rituals they do for each special occasion in life and the respect they have for nature. It’s just absolutely beautiful.

It was so good of Roger to spend so much time with you when he was not well, that's real dedication. Great of Darwin to participate too.

I'm German and for me it is very interesting to see this view on Natives life because this is nothing we were learning in school.

Absolutely loving this series you are doing on the Native American tribes - love listening to them explain history and life on the res these days. Much respect to them and their ancestors. Thank you Peter

My grandfather was Oglala and had family on both pine ridge and rosebud reservations. He talked about the schools they put the young into where they were beaten and worse, and how he was forced to give up his language for English and his religion for Christianity. It was heartbreaking to hear this old sweet man talk about the horrible things he had been through. It's sad that things haven't gotten much better 120+ years later.

Peter, if you want to know how far your videos have reached the world, here I am watching it from Indonesia, I LOVE the way you put those scenes, great job

"We are not indians. We are not natives americans. We are olders than these both concepts. We are children of the Earth. We are the people of the Source" ... These are the real human beings, from any countries, any colours, any flags, but related from hearts to hearts to the Heart where we come from

The Native American Reservation looks fascinating. Despite being the poorest, they’ve had the best picturesque landmarks worth visiting.

As someone who grew up in pine ridge. And hasn’t been back in years it felt nice to see this video In my recommended. It’s something I can show people about where I come from. And it was nice to see my home from a different perspective with my old high school teacher roger

I’ve been to Pine Ridge several times over the years. The Native people are always so kind and welcoming.

im from the oglala sioux reservation and i appreciate you showing how it is down here we are not bad people we all just had a different way of growin up

It's a real privilege to be able to see this Lakota reservation. It was fascinating listening to Roger and Darwin. I hope they live long and prosper. 🌟

All my peace and love to all the indigenous people in North and South America. May you rise up again to the heights of your ancestors.

Thank you for your consideration. My grandpa was half Lakota and half Irish. He was orphaned by prejudice at 3. He was raised by his grandmother Lakota Then the depression happened and he had to go to the Boys Town at 9year old. Something to think about this. I think that the Great Father is watching and smiling and Tears. Aloha

My wife and I starting watching your video's couple day's ago! We love the way you interview your guests and get the right information of what's going on! Thanks for all you do!!

Really enjoyed this video. Father Klink is a wise man. "In the sense if we can begin to realize that our differences enrich us, if we can learn to humbly respect those differences, then diversity is something good". "Otherwise, diversity is just the walls that separate us". Amazing enlightenment. If only it were that easy, what a great place our world would be.

I was a RN in Rapid City, S.D. Many of our critical care patients were from Pine Ridge. I never knew the terrible damage alcohol could do to people before I worked here. My patients were victims of domestic abuse & alcoholism. I loved working with them, but so many were beyond any help....very heartbreaking ares.

As part of an outreach program with my high school back around 1993, I visited that cemetery and the site at Wounded Knee. It still looks much like I remember it. I spent that week living on Lakota land, at an episcopal church. We went to build houses, but instead were asked to refurbish the church. It was used as a community center, and so the thinking of the host family was that we could benefit more people that way. I ended up volunteering to mow the tall grasses in the overgrown cemetery. I'm not a believer, but when I entered that church cemetery I remember asking permission from the spirits, just in case. The community was grateful because they could better honor their ancestors. The host family were wonderful and kind. I was shown many things new to me. I learned many things and made some powerful memories. It was also the first time I tasted buffalo, fresh off the prairie. It was not lost on me the honor which that meal represented from our hosts. My father told me as a boy, that I am 1/16 Cherokee. Most of my native history is lost. I know that my great great grandfather was a medicine man, but I don't know much more. Obviously the Lakota and the Cherokee are different nations, but in my mind they are still more similar to each other than to the world in which I grew up on Long Island, NY. Whenever I think back on that time with the Lakota, I am grateful for the opportunity and the insight that it gave me. Thank you Peter for this video and the memories it brings back.

I have my daughter captured back in 2011, ever since she's been there at standing rock, I have beautiful grandkids and I hope she will teach her children Navajo language...

Thanks for doing real journalism on what life on the res actually looks like. The locals' authenticity and openness to share their culture is hugely valuable for the rest of the world to see. Appreciate the grace and respect you showed in their spaces, says a lot about your character that they were so transparent.

Nothing but respect for the natives

Father Peter was amazing for such a short time on screen

As a young kid growing up on the West Coast of Scotland I was always fascinated by the Native American culture which of course entered my life via the Silver Screen of Hollywood and the multitude of Westerns that portrayed them through a one eyed often parochial vision. My dreams of visiting America were finally realised in the mid 90’s when as a Sapper in the Royal Engineers I was lucky enough to be attached to the Parachute Regiment on an Annual Exercise based in Yakima Training Facility via Fort Lewis Washington. On arrival in Yakima I was taken aback by the pure beauty of this rugged untouched part of the US. I also felt VERY conflicted as I realised very quickly that the live firing exercise area we were on was also sharing land with traditional Native American Burial Grounds. In the end I told myself that as a soldier from Scotland perhaps these Warriors simply looked at me as a modern equivalent to them and that my deepest sympathy for their plight (and ultimate demise as a Nation under the boots of both the British and US Armies ) might somehow have given me a pass of some sort. Whilst I know this is most likely wishful thinking on my part I am sincere in my respect and regard for what the First Peoples went through in the latter end of their turbulent demise. Thank you Peter for this short but educational insight into these wonderful human beings Ad their ongoing struggles with getting what they deserve. God Bless you both. 🙏🏼❤️✝️❤️🙏🏼 May your hair blow free in the wind and your feet walk on the earth that you rightfully call home

We started opening our sweat to people coming from prison, drug addiction, etc. we had good success teaching them to walk the Red Road. We mentored them. A great support system for them. We are here to help one another in love & kindness. Sending love to all. ❤️ A’ho

I was doctor in the ER at Pine Ridge in 2017. One of my most cherished memories was taking care of Dennis Banks. He and Russell Means founded the AIM (American Indian Movement). He was a true American hero.

Thank you for this amazing journey ! Indigenous people of USA with their culture, history, beliefs and traditions always have been fascinating to me, as long as I remember and it is wonderful to have that opportunity to hear what people of those lands has to say today ! ❤

Man, I think I’ve probably written over a dozen research papers on Native American tribes (issues they have faced/are facing) in both high school and college, but nothing ever beats the raw footage of walking around their communities and seeing it for yourself. I actually hope to one day teach history so that these stories don’t ever get lost in time, or stay exclusive to one particular culture because their story deserves to be told all over.

I have never heard it voiced so eloquently and perfectly how I feel, as Father Klink put it. What a wise man.

Your work is SO important! Keep doing it. You show us a side of America that we don't often see. And you are professional at it.

Really a damn shame how in Canada and the USA we can't treat properly the people who lived here first.

Peter, thank you so much, especially for this episode of your journey through the reservations. I’m 88 years old. My paternal grandfather - George Peter Schmitt - was born in 1868 to a couple who immigrated from Bayern. They were devout Catholic. My grandfather, before he married, worked for the Jesuits on the Pine Ridge Reservation. As a very young child, I heard many stories about the time he spent there. Red Cloud was a much admired person to my grandfather. He told us he spent as much time as he could with Red Cloud and listened to his stories. One of Grandpa’s most treasured possessions was a beaded deer hide knife sheath, a gift from Red Cloud, which he kept in a dresser drawer carefully wrapped in tissue paper. I so appreciate Roger’s knowledge of the Lakota’s history and his generous sharing of it for those of us who want to know. Thank you again, Peter.

0:11 really hit me hard. What a beautiful truth.

Thank you for the videos you share. I have a friend who will soon be a grandmother to a Seneca and Choctaw baby girl. We are designing a quilt to honor both tribes of her ancestry. It’s a heartwarming and enriching experience as we learn more. Thanks for all you do and for all the wonderful people who open up their lives to your viewers.

My husband is Ojibwa, his mother remembered the schools not allowing them to speak the language. My best friend who was also Native told me her ancestors called it "blood memory" when the generations seemed to feel the traumas that the previous generations suffered within themselves. My husband's family grew up very poor and yet his mother was one of the kindest, sweetest people I knew. Her life was not very long because of diabetes complications..wish I knew her longer.

I'm Lakota. I live 60 miles from Pine Ridge. Thank you for filming here. Love your channel

Here in Finland we have the same kind of thing as a sweat lodge called "Sauna". The aspect of it is spiritually similar, meditative and calm. We heat rocks on the "kiuas" and pour water on them that creates steam and warmth called "löyly". There are stories that back in the days the american natives and Finnish immigrants got on so well, because they had the similar shamanistic culture roots.

I found this very interesting and informative. Thank you.

I am a Caucasian who had the privilege of being raised by the people of the Salish/Kootenai Nation. I’ve been all over the world and never found as much acceptance as I feel among my adopted Native family. It’s an honor to learn from them.

Peter- GOD Bless you, brother. My heart is greatly relieved by your representation of our people. The first time I discovered your work was about a year ago and I believe your representation of all subjects is so mind expanding. My people are from Hunkpapa and Oglala. Thank you.

I visited Pine Ridge in 2014. It breaks my heart to see such poverty in our country. My 7x grandmother was Lenape from Pennsylvanian. I’m sad I had no knowledge of this until I was an adult. Thank you for your programs Peter. Blessings, debby

Great video dude ! There are so many misconceptions about Natives, it's awesome that you took the time to do this video. The father/daughter duo were so sweet. We need more ppl like you !! 🙏❤️

Hello Peter, great job on your video presentations about Native American tribal life! I also traveled through the Pine Ridge Reservation a few years back on my own video/photo journey. I toured Wounded Knee on the same day and was given a personal tour of the mass-grave Cemetary by two great young ancestors of the victims from that horrible day. I was instantly changed and horrified by what had taken place there in 1890. I then drove on to the Pine Ridge Reservation. As a strange twist of fate would have it, my van broke down as soon as I pulled into the Reservation. As I started to feel a little panic set in, I said a prayer for help, and immediately I heard a voice coming from behind my van. A man said to me, "stay in your car and put it in neutral and I will push you to an open lot of a closed-down church around the corner." When we got to the church lot he told me his story of why he wanted to help me and that I was not in a safe place in Pine Ridge and being a white man to boot. He said that he became a believer in Jesus a few years back after being an alcoholic most of his life. And that is why he came to my rescue when he saw that my van had broken down. He then offered to tow my van to Chadron, Nebraska where he knew some guys that had a shop that could fix it for me. Luckily for me, I had a tow strap and he towed me the 50 miles! I gladly paid him $150.00 to tow my van to Chadron. The strap broke 3 times during the trip, but we made it there safely! I am very grateful to the man that went out of his way to help a stranger. That day gave me new hope for humanity that we are all connected more than what meets the eye.

I subscribe to Darwin and Angel's channel. They show how important their families are to them and how they take care of each other. Roger and Vita are the best grand-parents to the twindians and Darwin makes it back to the Navajo Nation often with Angel and the boys to be with his mom and other relatives. We can learn so much from people like them. Great job Peter and especially Roger!

I spent several months working on both Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations back in 05-06. This was an excellent show for me. Thanks

Yes, Peter, another great video, thank you. Thank you. Peter, may God bless you.

From a tribal leader of the Cherokee here in Oklahoma, the tribes that rely solely on the federal government are poor and will remain poor until they take control of their futures.

Wow, this man is so full of knowledge. It's amazing learning about the culture. I love this, thank you for these videos.

I'm a subscriber to Navajo Man and Lakota Bae. I loved this video. Thanks Roger for taking us along.

Such an informative video! WOW! Thanks for sharing ❤

Way to go Granpa Roger. Thank you Peter, you couldn’t have had a more intelligent/knowledgeable Chaperone 💜 Great vlog 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Thank you, Lakota, for inviting us in for sharing and inspiring others to look at the old ways with respect and honor. I wish I knew what my people's old way was.

This was wonderful and very generous of these people to show us and talk to us all about their home. Beautiful cultures, beautiful people. ❤️

Exceptional video production! Keep up the great work! MAHALO

Proud Oglala man here. I love seeing my birth place get some love. I was raised in Wounded Knee.

As an Irish native we know how it feels to have to rebuild our culture and try to keep our language after it was forced out of us and made illegal by the English . Love this video and the Irish always have a special place in our hearts for native Americans . We don’t forget how they helped us during the famine .

I love this segment!! Thank you for sharing!!!

So humbling to hear that good hearted mans stories ( and he had a good sense of humour too ) very interesting and educating. Thank you for posting 🙏

Thank you Peter, Dar and Roger! Of all the cultures, I find Native Americans most interesting and most needed to understand from their perspective. I really appreciate seeing the Reservation and learning from them.

I visited the Pine Ridge reservation in 2000 and met people from the Oglala Lakota and it was surreal coming from native Yucatec Maya lineage in my country in Belize I felt at home and a connection. Forever humbled by this experience. My heart is with the Lakota people.

This is the 5th video I've watched now of this series.... I am absolutely treasuring these opportunities you've given to see, hear, understand a perspective that is not always seen or conveyed through traditional informational sources... I am ever grateful for your work and for the people you've introduced us to that have shared their communities.... so much respect ..thank you! 💞

Awesome! Thank you Peter, Roger and Darwin .

What an honor to be given a tour with the most famous Lakota I’ve ever heard of or seen. I’m grateful for the real history of The Reservations. So many different stories go around to suit their narrative so it’s awesome to see and hear from the Source. Love opens the heart and the heart can heal, educate, open perspective and overcome all. Blessings

Thank you for the Sunday content episodes as always Peter. Stay safe on your travels being a 'man of cultures'

just found this channel yesterday and i,m finding it such an education into how the indigenous people have lived and how they are living now. I really love how respecful you are peter towards these folks. its also so evolved that people have their own religous and tribal backgrounds but not seperate or cast division toward each other. so much can be taken from the attitudes towards people here. thank you so much. so inspiring and I subbed too.

Another great documentary. As an Irish emigrant working in Saskatchewan I had some great nights with Lakota and Dene people, we seemed to share an automatic connection based on our shared historical trauma as victims colonisation. Some of the lads even knew a few of our old Irish rebel songs.

I lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation just outside of Pine Ridge village at the Wolf Creek School housing for a number of years. I was married while living there, Both my children were born while we were there, even raised on the reservation for the earlier part of their lives. They still have Pine Ridge in their blood, and in their heart. It made me smile when you passed Pizza Hut and were surprised we had one in the village😂. Working there was my part time evening job, my wife was a speech pathologist at the Wolf Creek School up the road. When my 1st child was born we had a regular babysitter we used in Batesland and I worked for the Shannon County School System as a “at home school tutor”for their students in the Wolf Creek School. When my 2nd child was born we decided I would stay home during the day and instead work at night… that brought me to Pizza Hut lol. My family and I lived in Pine Ridge for a lil over 4 years, I even earned a college degree there at the Oglala Lakota College with an associate in Elementary Education. It broke my heart to leave Pine Ridge, it still does even after 20 years later. To this day I still have very reoccurring dreams of returning to Pine Ridge, leaving this life behind and never coming back. Pine Ridge constantly calls to me, it’s never far from my thoughts… just barely out of sight at the edge on my consciousness. I can go on and on about my life’s chapter in Pine Ridge but I’d like to end with this… my wife and I were always made to feel warmly welcomed. Never EVER no matter where I went or whom I was with did I feel unwelcome or in danger. They are a good people, strong hearts… kind souls! Pine Ridge and it’s people has left an imprint, an indelible mark on my mind, my body and my soul. While my body may be a thousand miles away, the larger part of my heart and soul still to this day remains in Pine Ridge… I feel almost broken, torn in two on the inside and My dreams almost haunt me, tease me but certainly always serving to remind me of that. I will always love and cherish my time there, no matter how hard it may have been at the time. To all my friends and family I had to leave behind in Pine Ridge, you are always remembered and very warmly loved. Thank you for welcoming us into your homes and lives. Mitakuye Oyasin

This is fantastic. Thanks everyone who appeared on camera and worked on this. Father Klink's message was so true, everyone should take time to realize his message in their lives.

Glad I found this channel. Very interesting information .

Thanks homie I watch your videos and u keep me going

This man was so gracious to open up to you and show you around. What a great wonderful human. I learned so much….much more than from my history lessons!

I've been to the Pine Ridge and Rosebud reservations, and I believe the depiction of them in this video is pretty accurate. I worked as a physician in the Res clinics, and got to know a number of the locals and learn about their issues. There are many very poor people on the Res, a relatively smaller middle-class population (similar to Darwin and Jack, I suspect) and a handful of more affluent people, who are mostly the tribal leaders. It's a very different culture from most of the US, and difficult for non-natives to understand. It can be difficult even for the natives to explain, as you could probably tell from this video. Darwin and Roger often struggle to explain to an outsider why something in the Res is the way it is. Fascinating place, and excellent video.