I wish I liked the cold, I'd move there and be fine living in poverty.

Say let me ask you something first of all they should of never let you on the REZ your journalism is the worst people like you always think u are better then everyone else that is until something happens to you then you cry and want the compassion you didn’t show to my people nick I don’t know if you are Native American or just another white guy doing a whole lot of criticizing of my people yes I’m proud Native American Indian your storytelling here only tells of the bad side of my people you should check yourself because it’s people like you your not part of the solution yet your part of the problem for siting here pointing out the bad part of the rez yet you don’t say what are you doing to help the plight of the Shoshone or any tribe for that matter it’s easy to get in your car and drive through the rez and critique every damn thing you see yet it was the white government that has always put us on these lands you need to go back and read history for what it really is young man !! Have you ever lived on the Rez you must not know our true lives we are a proud people we’ve done what others could not which is to make something out of nothing I can’t stand to sit here and hear u talk like you know what your talking about my mother father they were hard working people my mother proud of my uncles mother they worked the land yes nick there is poverty and a lot of it self brought on but this is how much u know about my people there is hope in a lot of our young people that they not forget who they are so that they don’t repeat history by falling in the snares of life nick you told one side in every culture nick there has been some form of Adversity that as a people they have had to overcome so you can get in your car and drive to every reservation in the world yet like I told you before for one you don’t know nothing about my people two poverty is everywhere and the biggest one NICK JOHNSON what have you done for the Native American Indian if it bothers to the point that you made this silly video if your not part of the solution nick Johnson than your really part of the problem for the mere fact that your just driving around picking out poverty if anyone is poor it’s you for not seeing the true beauty in my yes my people please don’t even say your native cause whenever you ask any white man they say I’m Cherokee when in reality all they are is colonialism at it’s finest Shoshone my brothers should not let this character even on the Rez I bet if you would of told them what you are doing they wouldn’t have let u on sad case of a man

It's looks kinda empty there my friend... is it because even though the population there is moderate? And there is such a large amount of land ?

I don't like your reference to Indigenous people as they and them and you comment that they kind of like it like this living in poverty such a biased comment. Typical comment.

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Other than your monthly tribal check, right?

@@markpatceg5582 FYI the per capita checks are royalties from the oil wells. It doesn't come from the government

I moved there with my parents in 1991 I believe it was. We were from TX, had lived in Nebraska before and in Idaho before. Moved to Shoshoni and the first person we met was our neighbor who was from the same town in Nebraska we had lived in. She was a teacher. Then we met a young couple and their 2 small kids from TX. We moved there because there was supposed to be a job starting my dad was going to work. They told him to go there and it would start in a few weeks. We got there the end of June, and I got a job at a new restaurant/Steak house that was opening the next week. I loved the job, loved the owner and another lady there. The job never started for my dad, and sometime in late Aug I asked someone at work what the gates were for at each end of town. They told me, oh we have to close the town off at times in the winter due to snow and white out conditions. I went home that night and told my parents, I was moving back to TX lol I wasn't getting stuck in snow and unable to leave. We left in Sept. It was a beautiful area. And it looks so sad and run down now.

we lived there during that time as well , and so many good people in that little town, not to mention a good school!I miss the people !

I agree that all too often the tribal elders are just as corrupt as other politicians, and don't do much to help their people. They are exactly like other humans,mostly in it for themselves, and like everywhere else, there are the exceptions.

On another reserve they called the police on me because I only went in to get warm in the winter (wasn't buying anything) as I was waiting for a bus by the highway but it was running late. It must have went by while I was in trying to get warm so I was walking to someone's house got a ride to the house wasn't there half an hour and the police showed up and said the local gas bar had called on me. I hadn't done anything wrong. I sure was mad. I never went back there

Pretty biased comments from you.

@@rogern9696 Are you a First Nations person? I'm just telling some yes some of the things that have happened to me as a 1st Nations person and how it's not always so rosy and kind.

So sorry to hear your experiences. I too am from Canada, and live next to a reserve which has its own set of issues. I think one of the biggest problems is the clear hoarding disorders and obesity/health issues that many on these reserves seems to have - which I've seen a lot in drug-addicted/welfare households. A lot of generational sin going on, that's for sure. Change starts in the home. When the family breaks down, so do values and morals. The government doesn't realise this, and I don't think your people fully do either. There must be something that can be done, but what?

@@laurac.405 The head Native chiefs need to do something with the drug problems and suicides, my people need help NOW not tomorrow. No jobs doesn't help matters neither, so sad what is happening everywhere.

Is that really true Mike that people are shamed for wanting a better life? If that's true then I don't see much of anything getting better.

This series of videos on reservation life should be required study in all US schools. I'm sure that some do-gooder liberal ( and conservative) kids would want to join a modern movement to help, but they just don't know. I personally never knew how little interaction between US citizens and tribal nation citizens exists. And I still don't understand whether casinos are a help or a curse.

@@jamesconner3437 I should have been more clear, my comments were directed to the native american activists who get on TV and rail about how sports teams names are " offending Indians". We got 99 problems on The Rez, and that aint one of em. Those people do NOT speak for the majority of native americans .I have, in fact, witnessed white church group volunteers on a Rez, digging water line trenches , and setting phone /power poles , and i cant tell you how much it was appreciated.

@mikebryant614 Thanks for the response. Understood, but I get even more upset with "white" copy-cats who haven't researched before copying.

So true. No one really cares about optics but performing activism is all about show. But actual help- oh goodness that costs money- scary socialism. Brainless people

So true ❤

​​@@carinarilk89I prefer to be mean with money.💵😉

Or happy and nice with money 🤗🏛💰

That's because us poorer people tend to not take anything for granted including social interaction

I wouldn't care about money ither if I got free land a free house free food and free education! I need money for food and mortgage lol

I think part of the problem is being so remote and isolated...Like any other small isolated town. There isn't much to see and learn from. That can be taken in and passed along.

Where's all that casino money? So much blame is put on the American government (which is fine, except, at some point they have to accept some of the blame of their current situation), at what point do tribal leaders say...hmmm maybe we should help OUR OWN PEOPLE. Good land? Humans turned the desert southwest into thriving metropolises. BS.

@@jahmanborneo1343 I won't be able to do the situation a proper explanation in a comment so I encourage you to speak to some Natives and they would be happy to discuss. We're talking about many people in many areas, so there isn't a single answer. I can say that corruption is common, and theft or control of the money by a single or group of families happens frequently. In my experience they aren't blaming the government at all and are trying to do better against the odds. The history is incredibly heartbreaking when you actually meet the people and learn about their culture. Some of the most kind, thoughtful and generous people I have ever met in my life and the least deserving of what has happened to them in the past.

what about inner city blatts...they pretty nice too?@@aracnadei13

what about all the horrific crimes your government has committed, why don't you mention that ?!?

i share your sentiments, its shameful

i cant stand how they are wrecking the country now...Its 10 -50 times worst what they are doing..

those indians are free to go do what ever they want just like anyone else

And what they done RECENTLY in Maui to naitives there.

And what it’s doing to us other Americans.

Ok Mike!

Nick's comments are typical of visitors to this area. Live here a while, you'll understand more. Scott will not demean the unhealthy aspects of his culture and people. Truly honest and frank conversations need to be had to fully address the issues. Some are not issues at all, just perceptions from outsiders. Like the inner cities, impoverished regions and nations, etc. most need to leave if they seek a better (different) life. Neer-do-wells tend to promote neer-do-wellness!

Had a Native American college dorm mate and your post portrays the exact bent of his thinking at the time, the early 70's. The game is the game. Same as it ever was, I guess.

It really is horrible how so many Indigenous people follow the playbook of non Natives. I was hoping it would be the other way around. Greed is one of the worst afflictions of the human species.

It is the same in WV. People need to free their minds. Idk how many times I've heard, "You've got above your raising." When you come from poverty, you just have to work harder & longer to break the chains.

Boozhoo I'm also a Red Lake member and you are 100% correct

I'm South African and I agree with all your sentiments with regards to Nick and the Native peoples of the US. Well said.✌🇿🇦

When you're given everything all because of your ancestry, you don't appreciate it or value it. One generation after another being given everything, don't take pride in their homes, their yards, their vehicles, their pets, their kids, their bodies, their homes look like garbage dumps. My ancestors came to this country with only a dollars in their pocket, no relatives or family here and they worked hard to make a life for themselves and their families. Some people are generationally lazy and have no desire to better themselves.

@@moondancer334 Your comment shows a lot of ignorance about what happens to a people when they have been conquered and a foreign way of life is forced upon them after their lands and freedom were taken from them and they have been herded onto reservations like zoo animals. Just imagine if China invaded the USA and you were herded into some sort of camp which was usually the most inhospitable land in the country, your name taken away, you were punished for speaking your own language, you were fed unfamiliar and sometimes rotten food, and sometimes no food at all due to corruption of the people distributing it, you were handed drugs or alcohol by the greedy newcomers which your body could not tolerate, also foods which your body could not tolerate well, your children were forced into re-education schools far from home, etc., etc. You equate your voluntary situation with that of these people, and there is no comparison. I was an immigrant also, but I came from a culture that was not far different from American culture, and so it was reasonably easy to adapt, and I wasn't herded onto a reservation and told I wasn't allowed to speak my language. Most people have been conquered at one time or another, and it takes many generations for the conquered people to adapt, sometimes after huge losses and tragedies, and the American Indian's plight is fairly recent as far as history is concerned. It will eventually work it's way out, but in the meantime help is necessary. Your situation is voluntary and you've been lucky--that's all. So get a grip!

Never heard of you

I would personally love to hear some of your ideas about why poverty is so prevalent on the reservations. Having been to the Wind River Reservation and also spent some time on the Navajo Reservation, I have my own impressions, which are likely very superficial, but would love to know more.

A friend of mine lives in Powell. He loves it. The only time I hear him bad mouth Wyoming is when I mention Green River. He calls it Green Liver because of all the alcoholics and meth heads who he says live there.

Haha. He just whitened it up

Really, bad pronunciation bothers you. Go to the black hood and listen to them

Richardpetersob, how disgusting if you making generalizations about a group of people. You’re looking in the mirror believing that everything you see looking back is superio. Go wash, rinse, and iron your sheets. Then put them in. Fixed it for you.

Won't be long before the Indians are further forgotten. With the influx of the Illigals receiving benefits they never worked for or earned.

When you have nothing you have nothing to loose. Perseverance is baked right into our DNA.

@@tundrawomansays694 That's sort of like my zen philosophy and why I personally live a very spartan and simple life: If I have nothing much I also don't have much to lose, and therefore I'm more free in many ways than a rich person is. In fact, I live in fire-prone country near national forest land, and a year ago my area was evacuated for 12 days due to fire danger, so we didn't know if our houses would still be there when we were allowed back. While people lamented over their potential losses, I had everything I treasured in my car (very little) and didn't care if my house was still there. I admit it would have been inconvenient, but there was nothing about that house or its contents that I felt a sentimental attachment to. It all depends on how you view freedom, and above all things that is the most important thing to me. My family went through WWII in Europe and lost everything but the clothes on their backs, but most of them survived, and that was the important thing. Everything else turned out to be completely unimportant.

The US welfare system is the reason many Indians are stuck in this situation as well as black people who live in the ghettos. The welfare system was designed to keep people poor. Before the welfare system was implemented, these black ghettos didn’t exist the way they do today. If you rely on the US government to take care of you, this is how it will look. There’s a better way than relying on daddy government. John Stossel has a special on it explaining this.

Perhaps!! Ifns you on reservation s you needs better s education toos understand the treaties of s Americans natives !!. There's nodoubts you have mores comings toos you all's !! As natives As Americans!! Holds Ups government feet's toos 🔥 you nodoubts have consulutts boards ons your reservations , Middles man's that deals with government s ! It's a good s starting s place hopefully you'll goes support your tribes needs ! As natives Americans are aprouds people's !! So this is beings spokes with reals respects toos yous all's!! We feels your losses , lands waters ECT. Don't let noones takes you prouds spirits ! Or your cultural s ways as they're so awesome delightfuls amazing unmatched any where's without doubts your dance s as spiritual beliefs ect. Bless you all's forevers thank you

God helps those who help themselves. 🙏

Reality Check: You are not native Americans as there was no America prior to my ancestors creating America. White people are the true Native Americans. As for the treaties, we are still paying you folks for nothing.

@@greybone777 that's why native Americans are still here!!

True story

So all transactions have to be weighed ? I suppose it could work…

Never heard of Totnes pound before.

What’s a Totnes?

Why are there so many houses boarded up with so many homeless people?

@@griswald7156 A small town in Devonshire, England that is steeped in history and, unlike a lot of what the UK has forgotten, heritage

Some do not want help. The govt has an entire agency, BIA, that spends billions to help them, offers only jobs to natives. They own many casinos in AZ, across the nation. You have to understand there's corruption in their culture too.

@@zenawarrior7442 The American native dilemma is quite recent as far as history is concerned. Most people have been conquered at one time or another in the past, and it takes many generations to adjust. Now imagine that China conquered the USA and your house and land taken away, you were herded onto a camp on the most inhospitable land in the country, given foods that you were completely unfamiliar with and which your body could not tolerate (diabetes is extremely high on the rez because of that), sometimes rotten and at times no food at all because of the corruption of the people who distribute it (like the BIA), you were not allowed to speak your own language, your name was changed against your will, your children were torn from you to be sent to schools for re-education, and for good measure drugs and alcohol were distributed amongst your people by greedy "traders". I ask you, after all that help from those who conquered you, would you still want more of their so-called help? Yes, there is also corruption among tribal elders since they are human beings with human tendencies, but that does not negate what has been done to them, and just like other conquered people in history those who survive will eventually lose their culture and forget to blend in with the rest. Their dilemma is fairly new in history and also unique. To make matters even more complicated, even today the American Indian does not own the land he lives on. Instead, it was put "in trust" of the government, so to borrow money to build any sort of business is almost impossible. Now tell me again why they might not wand "help" from our government.

@@zenawarrior7442 They own the casino on the Wind River REz. Pretty much ran it into the ground. It was nice when it first opened. it's not now.

@julianziolkowski2586 when you say "mission work" were you pushing whitewashed jesus on them?

Yeah and so is Jackson but you have to have money to live there.

true that especially when the tribal government is as corrupt as the federal government which imposes rules and regulations which those tribes have to follow in order to have casinos. and part of the problem is that the federal government makes it so the people of those tribes are laa to to get anything from gaming revenues if anything at all. and the tribal governments don't fight to change that so all members could prosper. but I fact find way to keep gaming revenues from their people, find way to line their own pockets and bank accounts. I know as I live in a rez with at least five casinos and a vast majority of the members are still in the poverty level. and people who know this tibe I speak of assume that all the people are rich are wrong only a few get that money. I bet last time a per-capita of gaming revenues was paid out was back in 2009. nothing since then, and there a tribal members who qualified for per-capita and turning 18 to get that money that was put in a bank. but they're lucky if they can get a decent amount considering the interest it should've gained being held till those individuals were of age to get the money. because tribal council has now made it so they can dip into that account. sad that I often heard the chairman and others in council say we're native americans and take care of each other. but yet they really don't. perhaps they did back before tribes became white (no offense intended) but I always see native people trying to be native or indigenous. guess we truly have forgotten who we are.

Too bad people only live to 18 in Russia, CNN said so

Eli from Rusia has interestin vids ,also Traveling with Russell and Bald and Bankrupt 😊

@@WANDERER0070 Thank you for the information. I was watching her video of her family living in Russia. It was like bringing back memories where my grandmother lived in a small town in Texas, and I would visit her during the summertime. Her house was old, and she lived on a dirt road. I was brought up in a Los Angeles suburb. It was way different from the way I was brought up. My father wanted me to see how he was brought up in a small town when he was a kid, Now I know why he would say save every penny that you earn.

Yep, shout out from Owens Valley, California, tell my homie Tom Shomin there "Ahnee" from Paiute Nation

I visited a area in Montana with 5 or 6 streets of natives living. It's was really stark and a lonely place. That's all I remember. It didn't feel right.

You're lucky you escaped with your scalp!

@@goombah226 ok

Browning.

So its about THE people doing something with the land and community...

I think you’re right. Financial education and encouraging young people to go to trade school or college would be of great benefit. Family is great, but sticking around, getting fat, and dying by 50 in squalor is not a life.

In Wyoming? Not much grows. Stolen land with gold to this place. Crime against First Nation.

American Indians were given rations of often rancid beef and weevil-full flour by the US gov't as payment for their land when they were forced onto reservations. Indians were not used to wheat flour yet that was almost all they had to eat. Consequently, diabetes is rampant. Also, most Plains Indians were not farming cultures. They were hunting/gathering (mobile) cultures. They never wanted to learn to farm (a sedentary lifestyle) which goes against cultural values. They'd rather live the old way.

No one is forcing them to stay there. They could go anywhere in the country and get a job, just like the rest of us can.

Don't forget,poverty,education,lack of health care,lack of jobs,just to name a few.

@@johnjaco5544 They have schools. Scott said that they have three clinics so they have health care.

Iron Maiden summed it pretty well in their song Run To The Hills: White man came across the sea He brought us pain and misery He killed our tribes, he killed our creed He took our game for his own need We fought him hard, we fought him well Out on the plains we gave him hell But many came, too much for Cree Oh, will we ever be set free? Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes Galloping hard on the plains Chasing the redskins back to their holes Fighting them at their own game Murder for freedom the stab in the back Women and children are cowards, attack Run to the hills Run for your lives Run to the hills Run for your lives Soldier blue in the barren wastes Hunting and killing's a game Raping the women and wasting the men The only good Indians are tame Selling them whiskey and taking their gold Enslaving the young and destroying the old Run to the hills Run for your lives Run to the hills Run for your lives

They need some outreach programs to curb down suicide to help native american communities.

Good!

Yes, since the US effectively legalized violent crime against Native Americans, thousands have been murdered.

Does pepper still live in Riverton?

As far as I know.

They are on reservation land.But what difference is there if you own? A person should feel pride in their home rented of owned.@@LilyGazou

Wow yay!! ❤️❤️ Roger!

​​@@REAPERLIFE-ky6xsWho the fck are you? How do you know what he reads? What rezz are you on?

oh well@@REAPERLIFE-ky6xs does that bother you? it doesn't bother me

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Riverton is nice but now that I know white prior took it over just because they are the majority is deplorable to me. I hope the natives get it back from white supremacists.

These people respect and honor their heritage. I'm not predjudist and would welcome one as a friend.

They support their high school basketball and track athletes.

That's why many young people choose not to. Native Americans are also going extinct in general, since the fertility rate is still dropping and the trend doesn't look to be reversing anytime soon.

Neither Trump or Johnson care about these people

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Maybe because it was people outside the reserve who stole their land and stuck them on this poor land in the first place. If someone stuck you in a cage you would be looking for someone from outside to open it.

Native Americans are conquered people; reservation are not allow make there own decisions; without going thru Washington DC gov agreement to any demand.

@@rapier1954 Just shut up with that BS. Nobody is forced to stay on the reservation. Not to mention all the perks, like free college, that a lot of the tribes still get. But that has nothing to do with what happens ON the reservations. The people there can build whatever kind of life they want with each other. Look at the Cherokees in NC. They are thriving. But keep blaming alcoholism and battery on dead white guys and land that nobody wants to farm anyway.

@@rapier1954 Da don’t have to stay there .

​@@chloeew4627They are not equiped to your way of life.

Hope you’re enjoying your thanksgiving weekend!

@@NickJohnson Hope you are too! I am very thankful I get to watch these videos too!

Glad you enjoyed it!

I have the best channel you're right 😉

I sincerely mean it. You learn a lot about this country. If you're ever back in Eastern Iowa, I'd buy you lunch. Stay safe and have a great holiday season.

We need a movie

@@charybdis8113 We'll leave using the outhouse in January out lol