Losing a Mohawk/Cayuga brother like Robbie Robertson hurts.

Regardless of any justification, the bottom line is that Native Americans started European settlers on their tobacco usage. And consequently, hundreds of years of tobacco-caused cancer and other diseases. And the Natives always blame the white man for diseases.

Thank you for the reminder. the gift,and respect

My great grandmother was documented as 1/2 Cherokee. I have been proud of my heritage but didn’t know about making pottery. Thank for being my inspiration

What beautiful, strong work she has created.

I want to know all of the plants that have been smoked ceremonial. I just found a plant (common weed) Clasping Venus Looking Glass and Google says it had been smoked ceremonially. ❤

If people make a ceremonial prayer with the tobacco when they smoke , it will break the addiction. So many of my Ojibwe friends smoke

I know where a old large sacred Cherokee pipe is kept. It was in the back room of a museum. I contacted all tribe and Cherokee museum elders but no one wrote back. That was in 2015. It was in the possession of the Indian Agent or that time. It could be repatriated. But to who?

I’ve often felt inclined to say a prayer before smoking pipe. Thanks for this video

Enlightening…

Amazing video, thank you

Wado great performance!

Osda ! ♥️♥️

My hometown. Vinita.

My grandmother is Council member of our local Cherokee committee but it’s slowly dying. I’m 21 and living in California it’s is my dream and destiny to become closer to my ancestors as well as my cousins and I pray that I find my path towards this fulfilling journey

Now lets do the one on marijuana and opium.

Wado

I do grow my own 'nicotinia rustica' seeds. The proces of creation is like a prayer to me. And give away seeds to friends to spread sacred awareness :)

I smudge . And I was blessed by native chief

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Osiyo wado!

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO

Random finding this video. Beautifully done.

Ah ga u e la.

This is such a beautiful story! I love it!

Brilliant video and i loved the story of how the sun came. I have dug my own clay and will make a cooking pot with the animals that travelled to get the sun on the outside.

because I am part native with common sense and understand that we live in a modern society governed by money and commercialism it is necessary to accept these unfortunate modern realities nevertheless they are a sacred bar for tobacco however it is produced remain sacred

IAH eladi tawodi

This is really cool. I wish the Cherokee language was passed down through my family. Unfortunately the Cherokee blood is quite diluted now. It was my 3X great grandmother that was full blooded. I did go to Cherokee, NC for a few hours while on vacation in Gatlinburg though. I thought it was wonderful. Would love to learn the language and lullabies.

why is it that the way we speak the language in ky is a lil deff

blessings (: please can you post the words in Cherokee ? i would like to learn this to sing to a child give thanks

osiyo vgineli ale anadalv, wado nasginai adayotaedi

osiyo, agidawado invitsaligu tsitsalagi

Wa'do

This is my Aunt, Lila Sixkiller, and Anna Bell are my grandmothers siblings. I was raised with Iva Oolosta this was my great grandmother.

Commercial tobacco is NOT tobacco any more; it is ground up plastic, wood, designer Xanax & other mood altering chemicals - very little tar & nicotine, if any - pure GMO garbage - the designer drugs are the addictive substances...fyi

Anna revived *Oklahoma* Cherokee Pottery. Anna Belle Sixkiller Mitchell was an incredible woman and I'm greatly looking forward to her art exhibit this fall at the Cherokee Heritage Center. Still, we should not forget all the Eastern Band Cherokee potters active in North Carolina during the 19th and 20th centuries, including Iwi Katalsta, Maude Welch, and the Maney and Bigmeat families.

Y chromosome studies & the 9 allelle repeat dna studies prove that the American Indians did not cross the bering land bridge and that we didn't come from africa. We were created here & have always been here! we are are not muslim, we are not mormon, we are not jewish, fairy tales vs. science. we have known all along we came from here.

Thank you to the producer of this video. I have both undocumented Choctaw & Cherokee ancestry & have started taking pottery classes in Ca. My goal is to duplicate Cherokee style pottery & this video was helpful. My mother was born in Braggs, Ok in 1911 & my grandfather worked for a Mr. Mitchell around 1916, so I wonder if any of their family & my family ever crossed paths.

Thank you ( Wado )

this is awesome. I worked a bit with Ryan a few years back and could see he took the heritage very close to heart.

Wow, the woman speaking in this video looks like my grandmother did, except she has longer hair.

THANK YOU VERY INFORMATIVE FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

I would like to know where I could watch the whole documentary. Thank you!

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Sgi!

My mom sing me to sleep but it was usdi waya little wolf

My mom sing me to sleep but it was usdi waya little wolf

Saurkraut is a pickle eaten all over the old world, but it's not a Cherokee food. Show us how to make traditional stuff like Kanuchi, fried wasp larva, ramsons eggs, grilled fish, black drink, gunvhi kayvsequa, bean bread, gotegewi, fried milky corn, how to dry meats and wild foods...

I have been at odds with the anti smokers for a long time. It seems no one knows the truth about tobacco. I am 1/8 Cherokee and I had my first cigarette at age 9. I'm in my 67th year now, and have found pure organic tobacco, the Natural American Spirit marque to be the best. I commune with God all of the time, and God governs my use now. God says stop and I stop. God says smoke and I smoke. All voluntarily. Is it a habit or an addiction? It is difficult to say, however I would say that I love being addicted to God and that I will not change. I should make a video to tell my story. Maybe I will someday. Anyway, I'm so very happy to learn this. I encourage you to continue to make and share all of these videos. I'm subscribing now. Thank you so much for making this information available to me.