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They don't let nobody else tell their story, they go to school, get educated and they do it themselves and that makes it more truthful and more fascinating.

here i am, In New Zealand, waiting in line to get car fixed and decided to learn about American Indigenous people. Thanks for the video, very well presented and explained.

Pre-Colombian Americas is fascinating to me. The fact that countless civilizations and tribes emerged out of the Americas with little to no influence from the cultures of the Old World makes Indigenous Americans truly a unique race. Then when you look at the more recent discoveries in archeology regarding the origins of the indigenous Americans, their history becomes ever more mysterious. The trade routes, cultures, religions, languages, environment, and day to day life of the Americas during Pre Colombian times deserves more attention; as the inhabitants were living in sophisticated societies and had developed ways of life that were completely different from that of the Old World. In the Old World there were and still are a wide variety of civilizations and races which allows for a diversification in learning from one another. Whether it was through war or trade the peoples of the Old World learned a lot from each other. Where as in the Americas, it was only the Indigenous peoples and their small number of domesticated animals when compared to the Old World, that had forged complex and distinguished societies.

I appreciate documentaries, and people in general, that show the holes in different theories instead of just painting things black and white. This was so good because it was a very general, yet also specific, history telling. It showed many different perspectives, views, histories, and also sciences. This was very very good. I'm no native American, but my 3 great grandfather down to my grandma, grew up in the Navajo nation. My 3rd great grandfathers parents and older siblings passed away due to sickness while living in modern day Arizona. Him and his other 3 siblings were made orphans. And the nearby native tribes, not wanting to potentially get sick themselves would come and bring meat and roots, and sometimes bread and leave it at their door. Eventually the chief of the tribe said, eh frick the precautions, and went and told the children they could live with his family. So my grandma's side of the family, back to my 3rd great grandfather, all grew up speaking fluent Navajo, and living in their native traditions. I'm very grateful for the journals that he kept from age 11, so that I could know the struggles they went through. I'm even more grateful for that chief, who they called chief pa, who was so charitable to take a bunch of white orphans under his family and preserve them. I literally wouldn't be here today if it wasn't for them. My mom still has some of the old turquoise jewelry given to my 3 great grandfather by his adopted family. Very special to our family now. Infact, during WW2 my great grandfather (a mechanic) ran into a native American marine after the invasion of Okinawa. He soon found out that he was a direct descendant from that chief who had saved his great grandfather, and they enjoyed the rest of the day together chatting in Navajo.

I took a Native American course at university, and it was the best course of my life. I have the huge respect to the Natives.

Today's grade school curriculum just glosses over everything! As an anthropology graduate, I'm glad to see a documentary of such quality and depth. and I hope kids see this.

Grandma was full native, even spoke her language sometimes, it’s nice seeing this and learning even more of my ancestry

I appreciate documentaries, and people in general, that show the holes in different theories instead of just painting things black and white. This was so good because it was a very general, yet also specific, history telling. It showed many different perspectives, views, histories, and also sciences. This was very very good.

This is an absolutely stellar, gorgeous series. As an archaeologist, it's one of the best I've ever seen. This should be required viewing in every American school curriculum. Thank you for making this.

They like to act as if these people were just lost and clueless... There were probably even professional guides during the land-bridge days, and even afterward that walked back and forth, and/or North and South multiple times within their lives. They probably had trade, and many different tribes likely knew what was going on to the North and South as people came and went occasionally...

Fantastic production quality! I've been very interested in Native American history lately, so this really hits the spot. Thank you for making this!

Finally there are great documentaries. I could ask what took so long but I'm glad to be alive to see these documentaries.

As a Scotsman l have always felt a connection with native Americans .watching from Scotland peace and love to all

I think this is the first documentary I've ever heard that actually acknowledges native Americans ways of life before Columbus. thank you for that

I have enjoyed this tremendously this is the ultimate history class very impressed with comments with educated indigenous people brought it home for real thank you❤❤❤

I’m only 36:26 in & love this video so much. I feel like I’m being transported back in time. Can’t wait to watch the rest and learn some more of such amazing peoples. ❤

As a Native American History Major at The University of Oklahoma (2009), I must admit, and this is rare for most media, I'm impressed with this presentation. I'm not entirely satisfied with all the facts, but this was done really well.

I believe we are just scratching the surface when it comes to archeology because we are still finding so much and still have so many questions. I love archeology and history documentaries and love to see the stories unfold.

Very interesting and informative! Thank you so much for sharing! Have an amazing day

Wow, I am truly thankful to have found this after watching our abandoned history. I will watch this every day to learn every thing that I new was true really is. Thank you 😅

Stuck in the hospital, can’t sleep, hate the tv so I jump on my phone and came across this three part video came on and I’ve been overjoyed with the delivery of the information, the re-enactments (very well done) and the obvious deep dive to gather all the information… the deep dive for the information, organizing, recording, editing to create not one, but three separate videos, to reach these final products. My hat is off to you!!! You delivered a supreme compilation that we call can learn from! I can’t wait to see more!

I find it absolutely fascinating to think about the kind of situational awareness, and the intimate knowledge of the plants and animals, weather and seasons, etc, etc…that indigenous people had to have to survive in their environment.

Marvelous documentary ...Thanks from the bottom of my heart

I clicked the video expecting 10 minutes of something interesting, and stayed for 3 hours. Very well produced and extremely interesting.

New archeological discoveries continue to push the timelines back. There is so much history hidden from us.

Love watching documentaries like this.

We are very excited and really like your creative ideas, made it enjoyable to watch and keep watching, hope you continue this great idea forever.

This documentary is shockingly good, and very in depth. Brilliant.

When you do not have tv, you have a great deal of time to explore.

Thank you for helping, sharing, and thriving ancestors and allowing us to become due to your work, wisdom, and testing what would work, what we could eat, and our melting pot cultures ❤

Excellent Documentary. Thank You

We haven't scratched the surface of what really happened in our ancient history.

I'm chickamauga and we are taught that we arrived in the area known as Brazil on boats and barges from an island that sank ,and we traveled north to the lands of the mayan people and after a time we continued to the northern lands .

Answered a lot of questions. Thanx

EXCELLENT!! Just wow, everyone needs to see this...what a wonderful respect and way of life. Will we return...WE must or we will not survive.

Thank you for all your work. This is an epic saga and should be shared with all our children...

Although I am grateful for the recognition of the indigenous peoples who were here before Columbus in the Americas, It always baffles me how historians continue to overlook the indigenous people of the Caribbean islands! The Arawak-Taino and Caribs have been erased from history books and always forgotten in the historical updates of the facts. This is especially disappointing, Especially, when they were the first indigenous people to encounter the Spanish who traveled with Columbus and later European who came to claim lands and resources that were sacred and important to our ancestors and inhabited by our people.

Thank you for the video! Very interesting.

Thank you for the fruitful information. It is nice to finally be taught the original story of America (South and North). Amazing. ❤

Thank you so much for this trip back to my childhood! These memories had both my mother and I in tears as we remembered all these wonderful places spent with our family!

Its super refreshing to see native American archeologists.

Wow, this is wonderful. Thank you.

Excellent. Loved this. 👍

This should be taught in every school across America

After watching this again all I can say is thank you so much for making this documentary. Hearing your story from your point of view is like drinking a cool glass of water in the middle of the desert.

Peace and love to all indigenous people around the world. I hope someday we will live in a world that respects indigenous people more.

thank you for sharing this videos

"We were always here" Not even 10 seconds later "Our ancestors navigated by the wind and stars to find this land" Truly, one of the statements ever made

I just finished reading “1491” and “1493” by Charles Mann. Exquisite timing in coming across this video. My DNA says that i am about 13 percent indigenous Puerto Rican, i.e., Taino/Arawak. I wouldn’t presume to identify as Indian, Native American, etc. But reading these books and watching shows like this drive home that this story is part of my story. Thank you.

I will forever appreciates this channei. I think it would be great if there were only 10 million people in the world , or less . I'd love to live in a place with abundant natural resources , no war , and a meditative lifestyle . And some nice cannabis sativa stands .

As a Social work student, I am benefiting from thesse documentaries

I LOVE THIS SERIES❤️ THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SHOWING US MORE❤️ 3 hours all together yesss!!!

This is such a high quality documentary! I'm so impressed especially with the actors' portrayals of the diverse different nations.

This was amazing!

Back in the early 80's, during a history class at the U. of Houston discussing the origins of native peoples, one student stated what was the common knowledge at the time, that people came ONLY via the Bering strait. I voiced my opposition, told him that that could not be the only way and a heated discussion ensued. I only had the little bit I read about how people from mainland Asia populated Indonesia, Japan, the South Pacific, The Philippines, and Hawaii (and let's not forget Easter Island). It had to be by boat, by sailing, by getting in their ships and canoes and rowing through scary seas and getting there. I thought, why couldn't there be another way for people to come to North, Central and South America (reverse Kon Tiki anyone?)? Traveling by boat is faster, you can carry more foodstuffs and cover more distance than by walking (you can fish and eat while traveling). You think Asian people were waiting for Columbus to sail the Atlantic in 1492 before they took to the seas into the unknown hundreds if not thousands of years before? You look at the map and it made sense, to me, that some people just sailed from Siberia or Kamchatka or other points to North America and then followed the coast into Central and South America. Those explorers are lost to history, all we know is Columbus, Magellan et al. But much earlier there were some courageous individuals, names and feats unknown because they left no writings. Who knew 40 years later I would have the satisfaction to learn that non Beringian voyages were actually part of the explanation? This fine video points out there were people here earlier than the Bering walkers. In fact, as it stands today, the oldest evidence of human presence is not in North America but in South América, near Tierra del Fuego. And that's as far as you can get from the Bering Strait! How could that be? Duh! There was no ice sheet on the South Pacific, just its inmensity. There is more to be researched about the origins of the First Peoples (and for gawdsakes, stop calling them Indians, Indians are from India! Thank you, Cleveland Guardians). I am so grateful for this video because it tries to knit together archeological dogma and more recent advances made through DNA and fresh findings. And it's refreshing to see Native Peoples scholars explain their own history.

"Hey Victor!!!!" ❤️❤️❤️ Thank you so much Dr. Evan Adams for narrating this series! It's so amazing to learn indigenous history from a familiar voice. Keep up the great work! "Tell me what happened, Thomas. Tell me what's going to happen." 🔥🔥🔥

I love visiting the Cahokia site. It's beautiful there. Lucky to have it only a couple hours away.

Thank you for sharing

Thanks for following me with a full documentary of achitecture talent appreciated it ❤

A beautiful documentary, however for people who don't realise that ancient Egypt's monuments were built 5000 years ago, please include the the BC or whatever you use now, and that the wonderful rich Americas civilizations of Mayans etc were in the 1400 AD. This helps place the development of them in historical time frame. Thank you for the amazing insights into these great cultures.

i really appreciate the fact that INDIGENOUS commentators are presenting this history

People we all come from the same source and it’s good to get a history lesson so that we can treat people of all ethnic backgrounds the same and learn to love one another. These people had so much knowledge to share and it’s a shame that most of them were wiped out as people started colonizing America.

My ancestors were the Anasazi , I have yet to learn what Tribe my maternal Grandmother was from. I've had the opportunity to visit a few Pueblo Ruins... I feel my ancestors are pleased to be with me. Thank you I found this documentary quite interesting, If only Humans would remember how to care about one another and their Communities. ✌️❣️🌶

These videos are so amazing the amount of work put into these is insane. And they just do it for the love of spreading knowledge.

the amount of work put into these is insane. And they just do it for the love of spreading knowledge.

These guys have some seriously impressive farming skills 👏

This is by far of the best documentary I have seen on Native American people. There’s so much depth and more so I loved how they had representatives (like academics, doctors and professors) of their own culture or (tribe) to talk on Native & American culture and history.

glad to finally find a documentary that involves evidence and stories from a different perspective other than what we're taught in school wish they would include this in curriculum now would have loved it when I was in school 🏫

Young lady with very strong emotions and a heart of light. For the darkness always wants to put out the light

Beautiful natives. Thank you

I have Black Foot Tribe blood from my father's side and have recently been learning about everything native American. I'm extremely proud to be able to say that I have Native ancestors.

Read the book 1491 several years ago and it opened my eyes to the real history of the Americas. New discoveries and knowledge are always bringing us closer to our real history. Too bad we don't have the educators to teach our youngsters where we really came from. Might help us to know exactly where we're headed. I always had the feeling that the indigenous peoples of the Americas were much more advanced than our current "oh hum" population. Hope we can all make it through the next several decades. Apparently in today's world, gender adjustment is more important! Keep up the good work..... outstanding presentation.

Few shows i like to rewatch... This is one of those !!! 😊😊😊😊

It's refreshing to hear Native people speaking science. Finally!

Go to Albuquerque, they have tons of fish in the middle of the city, the irrigation ditches branch off from the rio grande, can’t guarantee the water is clean😂 but it was the first time I ever caught a carp, catfish, bass, pike and walleye in a metro area lol!

Thank you for sharing all this knowledge, I have learned so much about our beginning, and look forward to learning more. cheers

Love my Ancestors Awesome documentary ❤️🙏🙏

Thank you 👍🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💚💚

🙏🤟🙂 (9 mo ago) I commented:"Thanks for posting more of this series and history regarding Native American populations/culture in general. There is comparatively so little reliable history content re. early and pre-colonial Americans, on KZfaq and elsewhere. This channel continues to be the best place for diverse and well produced world history content on KZfaq." Still true. Thank you again for this and the 20-ish hours of other excellent related docs youve added since then. 😊

This is a history that needs to be shared before it's lost ..I'm sure alot has been lost as many stories were lost before having a chance to be told.

Thank you , this documentary shows me the narrative of Columbus discovering america a confined view for european expansion of territories already discovered

Fantastic doco so enjoyed it, thank yous!👍🏼💯🌻🌽🍚🌾🌱

Fascinating ..what a great documentary..thanks 👍

I appreciate this well made and informative presentation. Thank you for taking the thorough time to produce/edit this video; great title and educational focus. Glad this came up on my autoplay!

Very enlighten

It’s very nice this man is narratin this

One of the best documentaries on indigenous cultures and history of the America's. I'm so sorry so much of it was lost. I am so happy to see so many indigenous Doctors and that they are able to share and create such a great documentary and reminder that these people's existed and exist.

One of the most interesting things is near the beginning, when relating the various origin stories, to find out how many of them involve a flood story. Just about every culture has a flood story in their origin. Just further proof that, no matter how much we have separated, how much we have changed over the vast years since we began, we are all one people at our core.

Ojalá puedan subtitularla en español, se ve muy interesante e importante para nuestras culturas americanas

The natives were always here! In the Americas!

Very informative, and valuable information, I am very grateful to have experienced the opportunity to utilize the skills thereafter! Thank you for your time and consideration!!!

This video is of exceptional quality. Thanks for airing and sharing this show for your viewers!

Holy S, this is amazing. Indigenous archeologists? Centering indigeneity? This is what I've been looking for. THANK YOU. We need this.

@dutchsinse I too had a hawk, leather jacket, and worked the "lights" at a underground night club. Yes, those were some amazing lights.

Thank you for this documentary, it's so informative and fascinating.

Great video. It’s unfortunate that all the haters here don’t realize that this is a story that Is continually being written and rewritten. Thank you so much. Great production.

The languages spoken at the beginning were so beautiful and pleasant.

This is really a good documentary. I’m enjoying it and I’ve learned a lot. I found very interesting when they were talking about what crops and things came from all over the world. They went to Egypt and even some Middle East areas. However, the entire continent of Africa produced absolutely nothing that traveled. I found that to be very interesting that the lap of humanity brought nothing. I thought that was interesting but the whole program is very good very well done.

This is true living. People these days are just alive.They can't live without their internet,phones,fast food,or materialistics. They only take from our Earth without giving back.This great documentary has so much meaning & depth.