I’m a quarter eastern Shoshone and a quarter Arapaho. This was super cool to watch. My family lives in crow heart Wyoming ❤

I would love to go there and feel this man’s spirit. I know that sounds crazy but I feel things deeply . My Grandmother was half Seminole

A man of honor, faith and wisdom. A great American.

Very much enjoyed this program.I am very proud of my quarter of Cherokee blood that runs through my viens.God bless all our proud red brothers and sisters.

My g-g-uncle, George Morris, a Welsh/Menominee/French Canadian fur trader among the Shoshone on the Popo-agie, knew Washakie and spoke highly of his wisdom in his journel.

Our Great Chief! Much Honor, Respect, and Gratitude for him, our Leader and Teacher. The Tribe will always miss Chief Washakie!!! Prayers and Smoke! OOS! (AMEN!)

Great program. I used to live in Big Piney Wyoming with my Grandfather, we looked to the east and the Wind River mountains are all anyone could see. Stunningly beautiful. I miss those days and my grandfather. RIP Washakee

Thanks for the tribute to this beautiful and wise brother. Learned a lot. Thanks

It's weird, i, as a little half white, half Shoshone kid can remember swimming in the Sweetwater River, wading into it in 1992 in the summer after my mother had finished doing the Sundance to pray for the health and safety if my brother and sister and I, feeling the glacial coldness of that good water, and the fishes I could see underneath. (Even remembering now with 34-year-old- eyes.)

Great piece on the Shoshone and Chief Washakie. My father was a building contractor in Casper, and had hired a Shoshone, Gordon Whitting. Both him and his wife retired south to Arizona in the late 60's. I remember his wife had made my father an Indian beaded belt, before they left for Arizona.

SHOSHONE PEOPLE ARE VERY BEAUTIFUL. I think all American natives people are great people...I am only 5 % not much. Could an Indian spirit be inside a person from the past? In 1976, I visited the west with my family when I was 16. I felt like I been here before.... It was very interesting about Washakie peoples...and Shoshone...won' to tanka...to all. thank you...I have relatives are full blood native American.

He was my great great great great grand father! I was taking from my people

Washakie’ Along with Chief Joseph’ and few other Notable Chiefs were true Spiritual Leaders. Recognizing the Creator. Always Strong and Brave in Battle, but Forging peace when possible. My Last Custom Acoustic Guitar Build was Named after this Great Warrior and Human Being. The Lable’ inside Proudly States-The ‘Washakie’

My Great Grandfather Chief Piapot (1816-1908) was the last Great War Chief, a Medicine man and Treaty signatory of the Plains Cree. He too fought the Blackfoot. Many great deeds should remembered....Here's one people might relate too.....After Custer was massacred, Sitting Bull went to him for refuge with the cavalry hot on his heels. The Canadian Mounted Police told them to leave Canada. I am positive Washakie and my GGrdfather knew each other. Hiy Hiy

What a GREAT, respectful, intelligent thinking man ! If only all could be that respectful and caring. The chief was buried with full military honors, that alone speaks volumes.

What a beautiful soul, such an honorable, noble man RIP

My grandfather took a building off of Fort Laramie before it was a National Monument. The family lived on Horse Creek.

I'm from Pocatello Idaho next to Fort Hall Shoshone - Bannock Reservation

A amazing man and leader, right to the end when he takes his last breath.

This channel has so many good documentaries.

What an awesome and impressive documentary.

Great documentary about a Nation and a magnificent warrior

Reminds me of my grandfather...Thank you for sharing!

Just recently I travelled thru wind river and the hot springs . beautiful. I imagine the people are as beautiful as the land. I would have liked to smoke with Chief Washakie . Washington deal breakers !

This incredible man gave Shoshone land to the Northern Arapaho, after the Massacre at Sand Creek. He showed love to his enemies. Truly remarkable.

My grandfather did the carving of Washakie for the Thermopolis hot springs.

Such a sad story, but what a great man. I've been to the site of the Bear River Massacre. It's pretty sobering to think about what happened there.

When we read books or comics in my childhood in India. We never new the white man as America . But the real American's are the Natives who leave there! God be with the Natives!and keep them happy and safe!

That was so beautiful- thank you!

Were still here and getting stronger once again

He was the type of leader the US needs now, a defender of his people, endowed with wisdom, a true statesman.

You can see the great wisdom, goodness and rye humor in his wonderful face. What an incredible leader, and honorable man he was. I wish I could have known him. Thank you Wyoming PBS for making this documentary about Washakie a true hero to his people. A man all humanity can look up to as the very type of leadership missing in our present day political parties of inept, greedy, corrupt, weak and compromised criminals in power in our States, Washington, media, Wall Street and mega-corporations. None of these pathetic fools could stand-up next to this great man.

I enjoyed this quite a bit..Ive always been interested in Native American history,but never heard/studied much about the Shoshone in particular.Very interesting,thank you Wyoming PBS.

you have now the respect and admiration of many White people . You hold the true human values. May you be an example for our children, and our children s children. Your wonderful spirit, strength and sense of humor puts me to shame. I don't know how to atone for everything you endured as a nation and as individuals. This world is mad, From a resident in France/Austria and Ireland.

Courage is always better than fear ! Good man to follow .

If anyone had a just right to complain about mistreatment by the government, it is the Native American tribes. Live in peace and trust the word of the honest heart.

what an awesome man. he seemed a true leader thinking of only the welfare of those he loved.these kinds of men are missed today

I am Eastern Shoshone from Wind River Reservation, I related to all these people on this document. :)

True warriors will never be forgotten good and bad

The best station I love documentaries and all the history thank you so much

Danbuska DAMN SKIPPY! I’m only quarter Mountain Shoshone but that is how I’ve thought of myself all my life. My grandmother was the most important person in my life until I got married. The wisdom and values she taught me have been integral to who I am. Washington DC needs too pay attention to the wisdom of indigenous peoples all around the world! Harmony with the earth and each other, is what people need at this time.

I really enjoyed this program, thank you,,,

Thank You Chief Washakie

Thank you. My heart hurts but I must believe our God will somehow make this right.

Total respect honor integrity...indigenous

This was beautiful. Wonderful Chief

Native Spirituality and Strength.

I'm from England and I'm fascinated with indians..

My great-grandfather was at washakie funeral.

What a wonderful man and blessings to his people.

I respect all Indian's and Nature of our Land! Blessings to all 🙏

A great warrior chief.

HOW,Thank yous for sharing, Peace and harmony.... Really nice job interns,assistants, archival,audio engineers,narrators,voice,actors,pianist, flutist,music,maps,helicopter pilots,Wyoming, tribes and tribeswoman. Producers of and Wyoming pbs.org and family and beautiful scenery, pictures and artists

I'm proud to say I have a grandson who married a Shoshone girl giving me 3 beautiful great grand children, They live on the Wind River Reservation at Fort Washakie, I think that's right.Anyway, he is Hawaiian, Mexican, Phillippino, and Pokiki, mix that with Shoshone and you get beautiful, strong, intelligent children.

Thankyou so much for sharing this story. Educational and vert deep.

Chief Washakie was a great leader, his priority was for the survival of the Native American, his tribe the Shoshone. Not only was he a great warrior, negotiator. He showed great humanity, he allowed a rival tribe who were in abject poverty to live on the reservation that he was allocated by the US government? I have the highest respect & admiration for this great Statesman & spiritual leader of the Shoshone people. May Chief Washakie always be at peace & may his soul rest in eternal rest.

Background music is nice👍🏼

My family my tribe our honor 🐉

When I look at photos of washakie and compare them to my mothers step father George wesaw who I grew up calling grandfather and still so to this day, I definitely see the family resemblance. I just wish I knew how closely related they are.

Still we are all still to love each other and see thru the crap what time is has put us thru

Wow, died at 96 years of age? In those days, a great accomplishment in and of itself.

Hello from Wales in Brexit Britain ✝️ 🇬🇧 Respect 🐺

I AM AN INDIAN FROM INDIA THAT IS BHARAT. THE SAD HISTORY OF THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN , STARTED WHEN THAT WHITE EUROPEAN ( CHRISTOFER COLUMBUS ) CAME TO THAT COUNTRY. THE WHITE MEN WHEREVER, HAVE THE TONGUE OF A SNAKE ,& IT IS AN INSULT TO THE SNAKE TO BE COMPARED TO A WHITE MAN. THESE WHITES ALSO CAME TO OUR COUNTRY INDIA , THEY RULED FOR ABOUT 200 OR SO YEARS, THEY PLUNDERED OUR WEALTH , BUT THEY COULD FINISH US .THIS YEAR 2018 INDIAN BUSINESS AND ECONOMY IS ON SOUND FOOTING .WE WILL CROSS THE AMERICAN ECONOMY BY 2050. THE PETROYUAN WILL MAKE THE AMERICAN DOLOR VALULESS BECAUSE THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS RUNNING ON DEBT. AND THE DEBT BUBBLE WILL BUST ANY TIME SOON. AND AS CHIEF SEATTLE SAID THE LAND THE WATER THE TREES THE HILLS AND VALLY IS A GIFT FROM GOD , NOT TO BE PLUNDERED BUT TO BE CHERISHED WITH HUMILITY. MY HEART GOES OUT MY SOUL BROTHERS THE AMERICAN NATIVES WE ARE WITH YOU FOREVER.

God why can't we just love one another!

I love and respect all Great Native Indian Chiefs , their people , history , culture and ways of life , even the past was not so simple when Columbus and the crew came over the ocean , manipulated and forcefully implanted themselves here to help kick start the world into the complex matrix of deceit that it has become today .

I’m so in love with History..... but especially American... well.......because that’s what I’m, I have been very lucky on occasion to be able to fill in and teach it at night at the University level, what a great honor.

Before I even watch this film I think it is a total atrocity that befell all native American people by the hand of whites. I am classed as a caucasian, a white person, & I wish to extend my hand and heart to all native American people in friendship but mostly in sorrow, to say I am sorry for all that came to you due to whites. I would of Loved to of lived your peaceful ways in touch with mother earth.

Washakie has pendorielle in him, he's my grandmothers uncle. Pokerjims from Flathead Montana.

Hello Kristi... I too am enrolled eastern shoshone of the wind river reservation and I wish more respect and honor were attributed to our people. The move "wind river " was a fictional movie that was close to truth. More non fictional media needs done, especially before the European invasion and genocide.

Merci Beaucoup.

Is An Honor To Get To Know One More Of My Estraordinarys Warriors Heros Brothers My Race The Originals Native American.Is An Honor To Ear His Life History An Extraordinary Person I Am Happy To Look Like Him.

Thank you.

They are my people love to the Chief.

His face is strong and kind.

Love learning about the old west my dad grew up in Nebraska

It's all about Mother Earth and Time to Care again!

If they had LISTENED to the 1st Nations people, already on this continent, we'd be living a totally different way of life.....One where we respect Mother Earth and each other. One where we could roam freely and not have barriers to this beautiful land and all this crime. What George Washington and men like him did is shameful, yet, he's our nation's greatest hero? Really? He and his kind broke their written word 8 times! 8 treaties were broken. Look it up! Greed and the ability to run over a peaceful people is sickening to me and I'm only part Cherokee! My entire family, except one, was wiped out due to George Washington and his ARMY! I say its time for a NATIVE AMERICAN to be PRESIDENT and totally change our way of life! Crime is killing us all!!! Hatred and jealousy rule every man and woman. I live in Mississippi- about a quarter-mile from the Choctaw Reservation. It hurts my soul to drive thru the reservation and see the trash piled up around each house and down the sides of the roads.....It's as if their souls have gone. They care the least for Mother Earth if all the trash is a sign. All the Choctaw people care about is their two Casinos now. When I was a kid, I learned how to make jewelry, make arrows, ride a horse and hear the stories around the campfire while they danced. My son is 18 and has never seen a dance or heard a story except for the ones his great-grandmother has told him. The women of my family taught him how to find medicine and food from the land. Life has left the reservation and now they just trudge on as if asleep. You never hear of someone offering to pass on knowledge like when I was a kid. You hear a black man say his people were/are treated bad......BUT, they don't live on reservations with barely anything left to them but, the basics! Where I'm from, 1st Nations people are considered drunks and non-educated even by those same black people!!!! My son's grandfather is from North Dakota and yet, has NEVER offered to take my son to meet his people. For that matter, he's never taken my husband- his own son!! We, as a people, are dying in our souls. We are no longer connected to the Earth and hear her sing. Do you have a spirit animal? A name? Do you know your own history and have you heard the stories of your tribe? Or do you think the old ones are crazy or just telling made up "stories?" (Lies) We, even if we are only half or part or whatever.....are losing what is left of our connection to our tribe and this Earth. We're losing the knowledge that has been verbally passed down since the beginning of time! Have you EVER heard the stories of your people? Been to a pow-wow just to listen to the old ones? If you haven't then, George Washington has won! He wanted us gone and our way of life destroyed! He put us in the worst places he could find and called them Reservations!!! Reserves- like we were some kind of wild game to be corralled into a corner. Look this up- Washington was losing against the 1st Nations tribes because they had united as one tribe!! The government needed a sure-fire way to control the Natives. Their solution?? The Buffalo was killed, to extinction, so our ancestors couldn't feed and clothe themselves! After a few months of freezing and starving.....It was no trouble to round them all into reservations when the government promised food, shelter, and clothing to all the chiefs. Our people were starving and freezing to death without their main source- Buffalo. We used the hides for Tee-Pees, the fat for cooking and many other things. We used its hides for clothing- made yarn from its fur. So, taking away this one animal was the way they took the "savages" down. They said, "No food if you fight back." Then, they introduced alcohol. If you're drunk you don't care. That's still working on the Choctaw people today!!!! Most of them are alcoholics because their genetics can't handle the stuff. It isn't natural! We've all fallen into the biggest deception ever planned. Even white and black people are being deceived now. Our government has complete control over all of us.....If we fought back they'd just stop the food and we can no longer farm! None of us can take care of ourselves anymore......we're all reliant on the government for food, clothing, and shelter. Can you make your own clothes? Build a shelter? Grow a garden or forage for plants that grow in the wild? We're all in this mess together! Don't think you're separate or not affected due to your race......Why? Imagine if all the foreign countries banned together and cut off our food supply! The USA gets 90% of its fruit and vegetables from outside the USA. Let that sink in......Scary isn't it? Today? We are all so lazy and spoiled. Without a cellphone for 2 minutes and we're complaining to the world on Facebook!!! This is George Washington's reality.......sucks doesn't it? LOL

That man is great.

God bless him

Excellent

The USA would be such a greater nation if they connected with the Native Peoples!🇦🇺

Beautiful horses.

Lovely story!

So sorry blessings to all of you and more 💔 no we should all Love understand the situation of time!

its crazy because im both Shoshone and Blackfoot

Honor and Respect this leader and his people

Thank you

Been hunting out of Dubois 9 times. Crowheart butte is a welcoming site.

Well worth watching.

Peace through submission is not peace it is servitude and imprisonment... "Give us your freedom, submit to "our" will and we will protect you" It all sounds very familiar.

Good values and living in tune with nature not respected by the new comers to the local ones

Long live the Tribe!! Remember also the classic Satankhai's words in Macahan family story: - I'm getting older, then comes another time... God luck with your hunting!! I worship You 2!!

good story not often told.

He's informing that he's wise which makes our family cry

So sad the way the Native Americans have been treated all these years; constant broken promises. It used to be said that white man speaketh with forked tongue. Government speaks with many, many forked tongues flapping in the wind. Thanks for sharing.

To think of the love he showed for his land and people. What foresight and wisdom

A wise and amazing man.

So sad how history is so quickly forgotten. Elders so quickly ignored. Everything will repeat itself.

Very good. Very good.

Real Peoples, love of every thing, all knowing G S.