Born again savage | Chief Clarence Louie | TEDxPenticton

This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. First Nations peoples are starting to regain their sense of being in some areas of Canada although in some regions they are still barely surviving.
Chief Louie has been praised for his accomplishments with the Osoyoos Indian Band but his vision as to what is ahead is compelling.
Chief Clarence Louie is a bold new generation of First Nations leader, leading his people to economic independence.
His message to government is that of economic development trumps social programs on reserves as it fosters hope of a better future for all.
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[@rusroyce]

guys please do a bit of research on Chief Clarence Louie, truly an inspirational individual

[@SittingWolfParanormal420]

He's actually not a recognized chief that I'm aware of

[@tashunkawitko5984]

Well said, so it is! Think about! THIS COUNTRY HAS BEEN SICK EVER SINCE THE FIRST INDIAN TREATY WAS BROKEN. And the sickness goes on and on and our wounded knees of all colours seem not to heal at all.

[@thomasmiller1774]

Same thing on our Cherokee Rez. Great speaker. We are getting stronger.

[@shadow3brigade3SBX3]

Thank You Chief Clarence Louie for making us Think about the Truth.

[@Psychiatrick]

Clarence Louie; chief of the Apple Orchard Nation! LOTS of "Canadian" apples!

[@rosemariemontague4130]

This was excellent.. well said! The time is now, and the voices are becoming louder, and awareness needs to continue being raised. There has been an open wound for way too long, and all people need to work together to heal this wound that effects everyone of us. Thank you for your words, focus, and persistence!

[@Aiphiae]

Man, I've been saying this for years. Land claims and money are not the solutions to the issues North American Natives face in the USA and Canada. What can help them achieve parity is access to essential services - especially education. There's no reason First Nation culture can't thrive as an integrated aspect of US or Canadian society.

[@marielloyd8594]

Chief Louie, you speak only and fully the clear and obvious truth. When I found out from an elder all about the phony boundaries, the so-called "residential schools" prisons and places of death for children - his kids got taken, but they had hid him from the kidnappers...I was devastated. I do what I can- got arrested at the indigenous led Tar Sands Action holding the hand of a guy who was in A.I.M. Support the Wet'suwet'en and other resistance movements for their rights. My moral life until I die depends on it.

[@ghostkeeper6218]

Excellent!! You are an inspiring speaker. Thank you.

[@jeffpedersen899]

Thanks Neighbour, good to hear your passion and perpective again. From Quebec, glad to assure your messages echo through all those schools, villages and communities between here, our Kelowna Accord and there, future generations..!

[@ravennelson827]

In 1945 In Alaska the first non discrimination law in the nation was born, from a native woman two decades before Martin L. King , It was a Thlingit Elizabeth Peratrovich....Whispering Raven Thundering mountain

[@melaniemcnalley8891]

Thank you very much.

[@rosemarysims3331]

Gratitude

[@armandoromero3339]

the same can be said for the US and Mexican border. There are many tribes that are split across that border. My own Yaqui people are on both sides. The Pima, Tohono O'odham, and Apache also exist on both sides. When you look even further south the Mayans are split between the Yucatan in Mexico and the various countries of Central America. those "international" borders aren't our borders

[@ellanina801]

💔 I am so sad that this is what has been done to Native People. And the abuses that still continue. Those borders arent my borders either. They are imaginary lines meant to control people like animals.

[@kathyabeauty]

Great speech!

[@TuwinDiane]

Wonderful and the XIT in the background is inspiring as well. Love it! Thank you!

[@MelanieNLee]

I'm from Queens, NY, USA. I'm part-Mohawk and part-Cherokee, but I mostly identify as African-American. I'm proud to note that in his speech about justice, Chief Clarence Louie referred to, and quoted, three African-American men of the USA--namely MLK, Jesse Jackson, and Barack Obama.

[@chrisberan3886]

A truly an inspiration. He could well manage an oil pipeline if the Indians own it. He has proven his skills as a chief and CEO.

[@popstone116]

Only 39k views in 8 years. People just do not want to take their heads out of the sand. I have been one of those people, but not anymore.

[@curtistrinder7641]

Love this!

[@ManyHeavens42]

I just offered sanctuary at the Indian reservations,for anyone Chastised by the American Government, We are Offering Freedom Back.and A New Life

[@HayakaOskola]

Powerful!

[@jonathanbaynes7101]

Brilliant

[@badboy95ca]

although i don't agree with him on some of the things he has said i respect him as a person with native ancestry on one side of the family, as he is cleary speaking from the heart

[@nebreprah]

I'd agree with that. Agreed.

[@howarddrake2544]

How about taxing the Church and using the funds to better conditions on the reservations?

[@micheleleimbacher5867]

Don't trust any of the politicians and the "citizens" of Canada must take a look in the mirror and give back the rights. Chief Louie - you should become Prime Minister of Canada.

[@blader45bc]

Chief Louie has done an excellent job of turning his reserve into a productive, self-sufficient organization. He was not content to provide mere basic sustenance for his people. He created a profitable business. I dispute his assertions that his land was stolen. FN's claim lands far beyond their villages. They were hunter-gatherers without horses, carts, roads. They could not have strayed far from the village. Louie has shown that natives can be self-sufficient without endless subsidies. He has helped bring pride and self-respect to his people. Handouts are not the way. Pride and self-respect must be earned.

[@blader45bc]

Again, how much territory could natives cover with no carts, no horses or donkeys? If they inhabit one area and abandon it to move on then did they still 'own' the abandoned land? So much land was uninhabited that 'ownership' was not an issue. 'Ownership' is an issue today only because the settlers have made the land valuable through cultivation and mineral development. Regardless, these issues were settled two to four hundred years ago using the laws of the day. Who are we today to judge decisions made so long ago? Natives are lucky the newcomers did not use Indian law. Indians were constantly fighting with each other. A victorious tribe would kill or enslave all the men and divide the women and children among themselves.

[@blader45bc]

Sorry but I can't keep up with all your name changes: American Indians, aboriginals, FN's. It's just too much. You make some good points. We should honour treaty obligations. I disagree with your concept of ownership, and I don't believe taxpayers today should be liable for issues that were settled 100 to 300 years ago. And it does not serve indigenous people either. The continual expectation of unearned riches is hampering self-development and self-responsibility. The chief and his cronies will decide who is a true tribe member and who is not. The reserve system should be abolished.

[@blader45bc]

Why are you doing this? Are you a paid advocate? Funny that I read dozens of comments and see dozens of videos from people who did not attend the schools. I have a strong hunch you are a paid member of the victim industry. Paid, ultimately, with my tax dollars. Cece Hodgson has described you people well. " That is great but in the next line the famous residential schools come up. For heaven's sake put that to bed. It is the past. The people talk and they know many lied and lied to get some of the millions and millions the federal government handed over without argument. Why aren't Canadians asking questions? When is it going to end? I went to a residential school for ten years. Those were the best years of my life. I now get calls from all over Canada from former residential school students who want to give the other side of the experience. We know some lawyers sure jumped on the money wagon, encouraging natives to report their abuse. The more they lie in their accusations against residential school, the more money the lawyers and the do-gooders make in fees assisting the natives to put their stories together. Yes sir, it has been going on for too long. Now some people are waking up; the ones who went there and loved the nuns. They want all these messy lies to stop. So the movement is going on."

[@blader45bc]

If anyone here is ignorant it is you. You invent and cherry-pick and dwell in your perceived injustices.

[@blader45bc]

"First Nation funding doesn't come from taxpayers". Lol. If you say something that ignorant how can I take you seriously?

[@23ofSeptember]

Future Governor General?

[@leiajay7333]

Hey clarence louie are we related? From my 3 great grandmother mary louie of colville? No idea if you'll see this.

[@heikegoshen2393]

When you point one finger, your remaining fingers are pointed right at yourself.

[@jenpighinbc]

Is there a transcribed text to accompany this?

[@annetteredd7403]

When the day of judgement comes,the European people got a lot to answer for when they meet the almighty God or Allah. You can't void them of not one inhumane act they bought upon the whole of humanity.

[@CDA129]

I like him and much of what he says. What I don't like is the one sidedness of it all. What has and is happening is a world wide event that will never end. The tribes robbed, killed, and kidnapped members of other tribes. Most were nomadic, constantly moving into better areas, pushing others out. American continent before the Europeans was not a sweet happy place where all Indian nations lived in harmony with each other at all times. Most all native tongues have more words to describe war than they do work, play, or love. Their are still South American rain forest Indians killing neighboring tribes for control. Humans of all colors, races, ethnicities, tribes, etc, have always fought each other and taken over. It is a sad reality.

[@nebreprah]

disjustice is always apparent, anywhere.

[@nebreprah]

I would never point my fingers elsewhere.

[@rubytuesday7653]

All the white people in Anadarko Oklahoma should be made to watch this speaker.🔥

[@nebreprah]

they are seen they are not manifest.

[@curtistrinder7641]

The last place you should look for justice is or justice system!

[@nebreprah]

is?

[@Galimah]

Why do non of the Ted-talks "indians" look anything like the old photos of natives?

[@carolinaquanonne597]

O. K. Draw enemy

[@Ace098654]

Good speaker. I hear a lot of truth. There also is much you don't know about. John Cabot registered Canada for England. Natives did not register the land first. Viking were here in the year 1000 some time before most Natives....

[@heikegoshen2393]

Canadian Dream? Like fracking?

[@carolclark5776]

The queen mother could not even look after charles and andrew. Charles ruined diana.

[@nebreprah]

why would you do that

[@markerwinargenti]

ZZZZZZZZZZZZ.....

[@GWARCUM]

So what s new about this ? People have invaded other lands all through History, the Romans , the Persians, The Mongols. I grew up next to a Reservation in Saskatchewan....There is no accountability. The money goes in and disappears. When a Chief doesn't pay the fire department fees and someone dies ...its my fault! But if you ask that chief where that money is he plays dumb, but he has a nice new truck. ( that's where my tax money goes) Then when a Rez has poor housing and millions are sunk into it every year ...Its my fault. Even though there is a diamond mine right on the Rez ...but hey its easier to collect a cheque and do nothing then go to work right? "What happened to Indian time doesn't cut it "...That is a Louie quote. " I don't believe in out dated treaties that mean nothing" that's another one. But hey....Its always someone elses fault. If your life sucks ....You suck! ...not the people around you.

[@donna.g7442]

Bob Smith you are correct. I Iike to tell several stories to put the problem into perspective. 1) In the movie, "Dances With Wolves", the good Indians took the land from the bad Indians, the Pawnee, several generations before the historical period of the movie - and that is why the 2 bands were enemies. Indians were usually warring tribes. long before Columbus. 2) Read "Life At The Bottom", by Theodore Dalrymple. He documents that 1in 6 households in Britain rely on welfare, generation after generation. Welfare dependency is learned: it is not racial. etcetera I am a fan of Chief Louie, but he has neglected to tell the truth in this video.

[@Ace098654]

Yes please don't forget Tax payers pay Health care and Education. Maybe you will loose that gift if the protesting and interfering does not stop.

[@Ace098654]

@@dylanr8481 You read too many books. Everyone should pay their own way. I pay for my Family and you should pay for yours. You forgot to take your medication lately..

[@Ace098654]

@@dylanr8481 Yes i did work hard. Because i had to pay for the lazy people who lived on Government welfare. Don't be so sarcastic, i never picked on you once. If the shoe fits , people should wear them. What i pay for products at stores, we all should pay the same. No exception to the rule. I send my children to University and i pay for it. A native i worked with said his children go free. That is not the way it should be. I am not picking on anyone. Right is right and fair is fair .... FACT. Oh and it is none of your business where i live . I paid my way.

[@FirstLast-qf1df]

This dude's white