How the Government Turns American Indians into Freeloaders

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[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

"If I'm a socialist, what does that make you?" ....not ...a .....socialist?

[@emmettfrancis]

ahahha

[@bulldozer8950]

“It makes me, a capitalist” Wow. He do be spitting facts though

[@TheBest-go4kg]

I think she was insinuating he was fascist

[@BryonLetterman]

I don't understand why she thought that was an intelligent rebuttal

[@vaderbuckeye36]

it's like the playground insult " I know what you are, but what am I?"

[@jhk0428]

"we are a starved people", says the Indian woman with a BMI of >40

[@synecdoche8783]

actually poorer people tend to be fatter because processed, artificial foods are cheaper, its the irony of the modern age

[@TheGuy030770]

jhk0428, she is just as wide as she is tall.

[@MuDkipzCHancelLOr]

@@synecdoche8783 Only if you are comparing prepared food. My diet is about 23 bucks a week. Chicken, rice, beans, potatoes, and eggs/ Pretty sure the frozen foods section would give you two bags for what I pay for a week. So, ya. False statement.

[@synecdoche8783]

@@MuDkipzCHancelLOrso your argument is your own diet, good statistical evidence. poorer people tend to have bigger familes, they work longer hours so they don't have time to meal prep, they have to provide for more people (more kids on average) poorer areas tend to have less grocers and warehouse clubs, and more megamarket chains which provide discounts for franchised products that are more often processed if this wasn't true then all the americans wouldn't be fat

[@synecdoche8783]

@UCR_X_f4YWUITfmyaO-uUByA you must have never been to a poor area have you? what the fuck do the kardashians and vegan foods have to do with being poor? get out of the fucking suburbs

[@tiff2070]

I am a full Native American women who grew up on the Navajo Reservation and I completely agree with Mr Stossel.

[@mansfieldlou]

"If you think the government is the answer to all your problems look to the American Indian." ... Henry Ford

[@soldsanity]

Henry Ford did not say this.

[@dogguy8603]

​@@soldsanityalthough Russell Means did say "if you want a example of the failures of communism then look at an Indian reservation"

[@NinhLyUK]

3:17 - "Your Indians are thriving." - "Our Indians are working!" You couldn't have asked for a better line to highlight this entire video.

[@MoetChandonHollywoodlifestyles]

The blatant racism is appalling.

[@NinhLyUK]

@@MoetChandonHollywoodlifestyles it's not racism if the person is saying that about his own people. It also disproves that it has anything to do with race as his tribe chose to work, as opposed to relying on the government - and they have prospered because of it. The same goes with any race (black, white, asian) that chooses to work instead of relying on government handouts. Where is the racism here? In fact, don't answer that - the fact that you had to immediately play the racism card indicates that you don't have the education to understand that not everything is racist.

[@johngallagher2746]

Ninh Explains: The Rules of Capitalism!

[@morganfreeman8390]

@Ninh Ly Omg! I love your channel. Keep up the good work!

[@NinhLyUK]

@Jeanne Dillon "My cat's breath smells like cat food" - Ralph Wiggum

[@cydra-evolution5623]

This is so sad. Native Americans used to be self reliant.

[@NS_5350]

Now they've been forced into communism.

[@yamahantx7005]

I remember when I was 14, saying our lifestyle is not sustainable. My sister asked me 'So what do you consider sustainable?' Nomadic tribe living. You settle on a piece of land, enjoy its fruits, and move on before you cause permanent damage. You style have nomadic tribes in deserts today (Bedouin). In the US, there were many, including the Sioux. Does it sound like fun? No. There's definitely no universal health care in that scenario. But it is sustainable.

[@coalblooded303]

Not anymore. It's sad how being treated. And how they've almost given up. Some of them

[@yamahantx7005]

@@timm.3079 Life is a balance. If you want, I'll put you in a cage and pay for your health care. Are you willing to sacrifice autonomy for a promise of safety? Whether someone wants sustainability, or ease of living, there are sacrifices to be made.

[@yamahantx7005]

@@timm.3079 I think each person should decide for themselves how important it is. I tend to buy above average levels of insurance, but I never go for the max. Again, what do you want? Autonomy, or a promise of safety?

[@rogergoode5698]

I have a friend that is Amish and let me tell you, he, his family and other Amish families in his area are very wealthy. They are very industrious and hard workers and have earned every penny they have made.

[@belindasmith8735]

Roger they are good hardworking people

[@Freight_Train]

I passed through an Indian reservation travelling and stopped at a grocery store to get some food. The prices were literally 3 times more than what I had back home. I couldn't understand how anyone could afford it. Then I saw that everyone in front of me in line had a special card (like EBT) and didn't have to pay with anything else. Made sense after that.

[@whiteowl87]

The United States calls them 'domestic dependent nations'. A tribe can't use land as capital, and what is more anti capitalist than that? I'm hearing to become capitalist the indian tribe must dissolve.

[@begayty6342]

That's true. I'm a navajo and alot of us depend alot on the US government. Maybe one day we will see an uprising progression in our works.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@begayty6342 I know a few native friends here in Canada. Im asian myself, and the culture differences between our two people in the same country is massive. Native Americans have so much potential. Their culture is amazing. But what the government does with their handouts is reminiscent of those old ass british colonial tactics, where they would purposely make a country dependent on their economy, and then eventually subservient.

[@jkknight9209]

@@honkhonk8009 That's what really breaks my heart. Amerindian culture is terrific and our guvvies are STILL screwing them over and doing everything they can to cripple them!! Assholes, inertia and bureaucracy doing what AIB does. This woman pisses me off. Especially when she yaps about 'we are a STARVING people' while sitting there in Macys Generous Woman line probably with a freaking beautiful office in DC, demanding a massive credit card for everything for nothing like a brat. She gets pissed when she's asked to THINK. And then on top of that, her blowing off doing that weirdo science-y thing like observing other groups of people who suffered some truly heinous shit but overcame it and flourished and then 'hmm, what's their successful action?'. Instead, she's just all "I'm OFFENDED!" . . . . oh bugger. Now my head hurts. This pisses me off so badly when I think too much about it. PS: Whatever this lady paid for her haircut, it was way too much. Petty as hell, but true.

[@honkhonk8009]

@@jkknight9209 Reminds me of what Biden just passed right now. Apparently their giving out CRACKPIPES to black neighbhorhoods, because that somehow promotes "equality"?? Degenerate fuckers threw thousands of minorities into poverty by flooding the streets with drugs, and now their doing the same thing all over again. Atleast with Trump, that dude was just loudmouthed.

[@jackofalltrades7469]

I have 6 adopted brothers and sisters, all are Cherokee. Most have college degrees, all have jobs, all are doing well. The secret, they have not depended on the government.

[@kaloyanvelev139]

If you have a job and use money to live, you are dependent on the government.

[@timm285]

Kaloyan Velev what does this even mean

[@bighands69]

+Kaloyan Velev That makes no sense at all.

[@tobiasreaper9701]

Jack ofalltrades r/thathappened

[@MGonz-cc9mf]

@@kaloyanvelev139 suuuure...... and it was the government who made me get a job and buy things. It wasn't at all my desire for better quality of life.

[@joemunch58]

"We are a starved people in a rich nation." She doesn't appear to me to be starved.

[@garrysekelli6776]

and bread

[@fascistswan3470]

Jane Doe ebt isn't riches

[@doubledanzaXX]

Plus size woman using Very interesting choice of words

[@gregoryeverson741]

well she did work for the Trust Fund group, so im sure he has a few bucks

[@Knightrem]

Indians are genetic predisposed to obesity.

[@edw.1411]

This video was right on! In 1972, I stayed on the Onondaga Indian Reservation near Nedrow, NY for two days with a friend of mine who was studying "Indian Culture" at the University of Buffalo. His professor was also a "big wig" on the reservation. Never in my life had I seen such poverty. Yet the surrounding communities in Onondaga County were well off. At the time, since I was only 18, I too blamed the bad treatment of American Indians for this. Yet nothing, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING, was preventing them from getting jobs in surrounding communities where the economy was thriving at the time. The reason for this is that, as Stossel tells us, EVERYTHING on an Indian Reservation is controlled by the Federal Government! Nearly 50 years later I drove down through Route 11A from Nedrow, NY to Cardiff, NY and the poverty of the Onondagas is just as great, perhaps even greater. If you grow dependent on the federal government for all your needs, you will likely remain a total failure.

[@SouthsideTile]

Yes sir, I live right off the Cattaraugus Reservation in the Southtowns of Buffalo, and it's the same game with a different name. Houses in shambles, drunks laying down in the middle of the road (have seen this MULTIPLE times), not a single bar in the surrounding towns can stay open because the Indians get their checks and can't handle their firewater and get angry at white man when they have too much to drink, causing the establishment to close down due to drunken Indians scaring and harassing away any paying customer. The local beer store is ALWAYS sold out on Friday after work, because the Indians don't work (for the most part, there's always exceptions) and get there to clean house before I can get a 6-pack after work... Truly is a shame, the complex they suffer from. But at this point, 250+ years later, they have no one to blame but themselves. But hey, maybe they'll start another tire fire or block off the thruway to demand more money from NYS because, white man bad. Just like orange man bad 😆 😆 pick yourself up people, we can all be great in this beautiful land!

[@shazzadhasan3970]

well it was/is a nice little socialism experiment. it never works

[@stephanieturner-rodriguez8314]

I live in Buffalo ny and im Native i have been here my whole life and i also attended UB you make a lot of Stupid claims about the 5th most SEGREGATED city in ALL OF AMERICA natives and blacks around here can not find decent jobs because buffalo is run by the OLE BOY NETWORK its not about what you know here its about WHO YOU KNOW if you were from here you would know that so for future reference talk from experience more and not so much from your ASS! Aho i said what i said!!!!

[@ws5273]

If someone comes up to you and says “I’ll give you all this money, but you will own nothing” then you have sold your soul to the devil

[@rhondaserges5136]

Sound familiar ..

[@diaryofanangrycaptioncalla2832]

absolutely true and that is the exact nature of our entire country at this moment. the property taxes on a home now is ridiculous, you'd might as well rent because there is no benefit to owning a home anymore. Which defeats the entire purpose of being an american in the first place.

[@bobdurham2719]

I give money to poor folks, mentally retarded folks all the time, with no conditions attached. I tell them, Jesus did it for me, so I do it for you. I often take them to electric company and pay their bill Have paid rent to landlord. Cause if I give it to them, it might not get paid. I have paid for a bus ticket to send homeless girls back home. I take them to bus stop, buy a seat on bus, give them 20 bucks for spending money Done that three times. Makes me feel Good. It's called charity from the heart. You should try it.

[@jkknight9209]

Jareth: I ask for so little. Just fear me, love me, do as I say and I will be your slave. - The Goblin King, Labyrinth

[@derekwelborn445]

Scary words: I'm from the government and I'm here to "help" you. There's always strings attached...around the wrists and eventually the neck.

[@Pomiferous]

They lure you in with the benefits.

[@nujackswing6370]

If you take A Native's Land, you Break the Native Spirit, you tell them Not To Dance, If you Do, we will Kill You, you build Liquor Store at the Gates of the Rez, If you find Minerals, you move the Rez, you Say Okay, Slavery is Over Now, So Get A Life... I'm Confused about all this, What about the Treaty. Love Self, Peace...!!! Oh! You had Yellow Stone Disease an We're Moving you to a new Location... This One knows Nothing about the Plight of the Indigenous & the Degradation , Chaos & Despair...

[@nujackswing6370]

It is very hard to cultivate a tree if it is kept within the Darkness of Despair & Cut Off from the One's True Culture of Life... They teach Us to Live in Fear, because they are Afraid w/ Weakness... It's so hard to Love Self, when Love seems so far away. W/ hard work & prayer, One must learn to be Born Again to Embrace their Spirit of Life, & Live Again.. We must learn to Respect the Responsibility of this Great Gift called Life..!!! The game they play is to Destroy it & take it away.... To have Peace, One must fight for Freedom, yet Pray for Peace..!!! Love Self, Protect Life, Plant a Tree of Life... Be that Tree... To be Cultivate...!!!

[@user-hs4dm9xq5e]

yup, Raegan quote

[@magiccarpetride4700]

Absolutely was! And this POS interviewer does not have an iota of a clue. Trail of Tears was only one of MANY horrid lying situations the government thrust upon the Natives. Hard to raise healthy children given their experiences and loss of hope, and no way out...and that just continued on. Hell, there are many WHITES that understand that sh%t!

[@dapoppa2256]

Our tribe also rejects that kind of handouts, our chief says those who are in the white mans pocket are the living dead, Men without dreams.

[@patriottroll1764]

What tribe are you from?

[@dapoppa2256]

@@patriottroll1764 Lenape also called the Leni Lenape, Lenni Lenape and Delaware people... Today, Lenape people belong to the Delaware Nation and Delaware Tribe, my people are of the Potomac region of Maryland.

[@pauld.b7129]

Plus it gives people an incentive not to work. If you get a job, your government benefits get cut, so your basically working 100% harder, but not getting much more due to the benefit cuts. If we just changed that right there, it would be highly beneficial. Should allow them to keep full benefits for the first 6 months of working. That way they can accumulate a small savings before their benefits evaporate. Although I don't generally agree with handouts, many tribes have land that is basically useless. They can't farm it, mine it or raise much livestock without buying feed from outside. And some are too off the beaten path even for casinos. I've worked on ranches all over the west and been to many reservations.. although I lean conservative, it's a plight I sympathize with. I'm sure it's depressing growing up in a town where everyone essentially just does drugs and drinks and there's no opportunities. Handouts aren't always bad, but it is if it becomes an incentive against work. There should be a way to help people, while still promoting hard work and entrepreneurship.

[@dapoppa2256]

@@pauld.b7129 This government victimizes people, and keeps them like pets. It is a very strange practice to pretend to help someone, only to keep them trapped in a handout life they can never shed.

[@pauld.b7129]

@@dapoppa2256 well they also demand that life from the government. If the US gov cut off aid to tribes under the notion of breaking dependency, there would probably be riots lol. The way the reservations were set up was never supposed to be permanent. It was basically just getting natives out of our way so we didn't have to contend with contested territory. Then we just kind of left that issue on the back burner for 100+ years because there wasn't enough support to address it. Now it's become a cultural issue and a social issue, on top of a moral one frankly. On the issue of slavery, I think differently. We did our best to correct those wrongs already and it's in the past. The issue of Natives really have been put on the back burner and nobody has taken responsibility or attempted to correct the wrongs done. And there were some. I know alot of history, and would generally contend that to the victor goes the spoils. But in our situation, our victory was never completed. We never assimilated the natives and kept them separate in psuedo nation's dependant mostly on government. While they don't HAVE to live or stay there, they feel it's their cultural land, even though it may not actually be. So we now have this deeply ingranined issue to deal with in the modern day, where it's much harder to address things that happened 100-200 years ago. Reservations were partly to placate natives and make them think they still had their own land, and partly to concentrate them out of our way. These are just the raw facts of the situation. Even as a conservative, I've got to admit that there are wrongs there that should be corrected. Do we as a nation OWE then anything? No, not at all. But I think as a nation, we should do what's right not because it's owed, but because it is the right thing. Not saying I know exactly what that course of action is, but inaction is certainly immoral.

[@aquaox7453]

"We are a starved people!" Comment section: *Cracks knuckles

[@robertmills2375]

A starved people. Maybe but certainly not thirsty people.

[@johnrambo2876]

She isn't starved🤭

[@DrCruel]

@@johnrambo2876 That's because she's part of the privileged porcine class. The limousine Left.

[@questioneverthing1892]

You're a Navajo right? No, I am an alcoholic. 🤣🤣

[@hairypancake4425]

⭐️ Gold

[@walkinbeauty7273]

Not funny, sad

[@capncake8837]

@@walkinbeauty7273 Both.

[@aramondehasashi3324]

The reason that lady wants government money is because she'll be the one handing it out (to herself and immediate family) Every Native American i've met that wasn't living on a reservation was doing well coincidence?

[@kathryncastanares525]

Exactly! All of my family (thru marriage) wouldn't dare go live on the reservations and are doing exceptionally well. There are so many who just want to be able to own their own land, and build buisnesse, but their leaders are telling them it would be a disaster for them all. They are living in run down homes with no water and five people to 2 bedrooms. While the leaders are well off and living very comfortable in beautiful houses etc. Its disgusting. They take up most the money for themselves and friends around them first. Which is what Venezuela and every other socialist place. People dont understand that it won't make everyone equal. Not even equally poor. It will just narrow the divide down to rich and poor. There will be no middle class anymore. And instead of rich corperations, it will be rich government who gets control over EVERYTHING.

[@rustypliers74]

That's why I left my Rez

[@akirak1871]

Humans unfortunately fall into this "crab bucket" mentality where they seek to drag down anyone who starts to get ahead - "you think you're better than us?" and so on. And it's not a racial thing; it happens on Native American reservations, black ghetto areas in the inner city, and impoverished Appalachian coal mining towns. I'm not going to pretend to have a magic solution right here right now, but I think a good start would be to de-emphasize the racial/cultural collectivism. Everyone is an individual, not merely a member of some collective.

[@deejo2]

@@kathryncastanares525 You're exactly right. And lately we're seeing the very same thing happening in our gov't. The politicians get rich while "supposedly" working FOR the people. They only need us for the votes but they're even getting around that now too by cheating in the polls. It's a real thing. Check into how many dead people voted democrat in the last several elections. And not just dead people. Anyway, it's a real thing. The main point is they're trying to make ALL OF US more & more dependent on the gov't so they can have more money & more power. Check out a politician's net worth before they went into office & then a few years later. The worst part is that people are buying into it. Everyone wants their "freebies." They're NOT free!

[@fyyl1p]

@@CarrieGerenScogginsOfficial Pretty sure that the fact that it's not their own land and the draconian rules governing its use were covered in the video by Ben Chavis. You're repeating a point made in the video while calling the whole thing false information.

[@terrymoore159]

It's so true, my Dad is a Santee Sioux. He always told me reservations should have never been created.

[@toofast1120]

@Hrishi Alda their

[@leonarddiaz7941]

Millions of dollars spent to keep the original people poor… who is getting rich? Washington bureaucrats?

[@herzkine]

Yeah but that genocide happened...

[@kathyalex778]

It makes zero sense that people want to have their own sovereign land and government...but still be dependent on the actual government to fix all their issues 🤨Talk about lack of responsibility

[@MSBowen-pk6ww]

@@herzkine it was a long time ago! Grow up and get over it. The facts are what they are. Let's also point out that Native Amrican's were fighting neighboring tribes and killing them off. So how is it that the white man as you guys put it doesn't have the right to take their land thru war? The native american's had no real claim on it any more than anyone else. It odesn't matter who was here first or not the facts are what htey are. So get over the line that they use to hold themselves back. If they would leave the reservations nad actually strike out on their own in America they'd be better off. The fact is not one of them dealth with the war between the white men and the Natives. Also I will point out that Spain came here first to the Americas not North America perhaps. They're not white are they? yet everything is our fault! I'm sick of it. I'm so sick of it. Stop being entitled is what I want to say. Let go of the bitterness it will hold you back. Get out and stand on your own two feet like the rest of us in America! Don't sit here and say we don't do enough for you, i'ts time you stood up on your own two feet just like the rest of us.

[@gagealdrich6128]

If every American (thats what we are btw) acted like those who put up powerlines, we would have the best economy in the world.

[@honkhonk8009]

My buddys grandma is from Germany. His grandma used to say, "the natural and most healthy state of mind is tension" I fully agree. If your not working, improving yourself, or working towards any goal, your not LIVING.

[@friendsoftheamazonjungle]

"we have chosen poverty, so we can be free" an old Afghan saying

[@TheRoomforImprovement]

If I’m a socialist What does that make you? John Stossel: Honest.

[@masonreppeto882]

XD

[@jesuschrist2612]

Wahid Rashidov ok Wahid 👌

[@jesuschrist2612]

Wahid Rashidov I know Wahid 👌

[@YouAintGotNoTegridyBoi]

That woman is one dishonest bitch. Would love to backhand her smug face.

[@darkone12491]

I can't believe she honestly thought that was a good counter point

[@PickelJuice659]

Moral of the story : Work Hard & Don't depend on the GOV

[@elpresidente3397]

Yes but that doesn't work ,I say work hard and depend on the government a little . My parents work hard with 0 government and their company suck. The Mormons are on foods stamps and medical . Plus they go to banks and get loans for their huge growing companies .Look Trump he is always getting money from the government for keeping his staff at at his golf course or home for protecting . Not getting government subs is a mistake . Working hard and not depending on the government is like from the 1950s .

[@Novastarr101]

The government owes "EVERYBODY" in America.

[@Plentymoon]

I've been saying this for years this is why my family left the reservation years ago they knew they'd never get anywhere if they didn't.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

you look white

[@Plentymoon]

@@Thomas_Oklahoma that isn't a picture of me.

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

@@Plentymoon What is your point, you want the Natives to not be Native and abandoned their culture and what they fought for?

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

@@Plentymoon This video is just creating stereotypes of Native People. Look at my channel and see Natives fighting for sovereignty, for justice and creating economic development while trying to help each other and everyone else. Do you actually believe the crap this stossel says? BTW, Whites are the biggest beneficiary of welfare in history and look at them now, at the top of most categories.

[@nekomancer4641]

@@Thomas_Oklahoma he's saying they should gtfo from lands they are told to "own" but actually don't.

[@mattknauf3996]

self reliance is the best thing for people to have. go lumbees

[@humzahhassan4521]

matt knauf if that’s the case now I’m not advocating for socialism let’s let middle America keep suffering right now because the manufacturing sector went overseas

[@alexthomas7668]

Don't hate on my Lumbee tribe

[@dystopian2153]

@@alexthomas7668 my son is Lumbee!

[@alexanderthomas6263]

@@dystopian2153 ima lumbee too

[@dystopian2153]

@@alexanderthomas6263 they're beautiful people. :)

[@fredbob3128]

"if I'm a socialist, what are you?" Jesus, what is she, five?

[@mackenziewhethers1257]

fred bob I'd have replied "A right wing libertarian"

[@howdydocowgirlcowgirl181]

My response woulda been "I'm rubber, you're glue..." All kidding aside, I'd say, "Me capitalist, you ignoramus"

[@tricesimo]

Successful.

[@maitreyas.4902]

I know you are but what am I?

[@user-ut9ln4vd5m]

No one would've answered "American"?

[@krishnanunnimadathil8142]

“Indians have the highest poverty rate in America” Well, the real “Indians” are the single-highest earning group in all America! Same name, different people, different government policy: different results.

[@herzkine]

They are the reason mAgA Trailer trash doesnt have jobs anymore too, you take the educated who wanna work...living whats left of the American dream...

[@CarrieGerenScogginsOfficial]

As a Native American myself, I find this video to be full of complete lack of knowledge about federal laws on reservations. I notice he does not denote that the socialist programs centered around the reservations are more Democrat bureaucracy, and not something that the Native Americans actually asked for. I would add that they would not need food stamps if the government had not made farming the reservation unlawful, and ridiculous laws prohibiting even digging a well on the reservation, so in essence, it is like living on government owned land, because they are not allowed to erect any kind of business on it. If they are not allowed to even dig up enough for them to grow their own food, and sell for profit, dig a well for water, put in a road, and the list is endless, then what are they to do for a living. My suggestions to the reservations was that of greenhouses, only to find out that there are federal laws prohibiting it. So, how dare you act like the Native Americans are enjoying this, or that this is not induced by Democrats in our government. I think that the Native Americans should file suit against the state, to kick the US government off of their land, and remove all of their rules and regulations stopping them from being able to make a living on their own land. BTW, this is the most offensive load of false information and idiocy that I have found on the web. Why would anyone share this with the public?

[@bunnystrasse]

So the GOVERNMENT is preventing Indians from making themselves rich on the reservations?

[@oxolotleman7226]

The Amish are wealthy because they know how to bake

[@TheGuy030770]

Oxolotleman, There is a lot of Amish here in North Carolina. Up north a bit, there are entire towns that consist of Amish hand-made furniture. They do make some furniture that will last a long time.

[@alex-cj9mb]

They make great things like tables and blankets and they charge a fuck ton

[@officialpennsyjoe]

@@alex-cj9mb Rightfully so charged that much.

[@mossyourlocalbleachbottle2098]

Oxolotleman and leather working Trust me it's fine leather

[@GirlofNicky]

Oxolotleman LOL

[@chellebelle534]

High poverty High illiteracy High drug / alcohol addiction They haven't improved themselves unless they leave the rez.

[@sirmount2636]

They sound like concentration camps.

[@Exposed-rb5wr]

The United States should never have taken their lands and should acknowledge the broken treaties. Deal with the consequences.

[@tankerd1847]

Hmmm... No. How about they live like American citizens like the rest of us? Make your own money, buy your own land. The chances that the USG will ever give them their land back is literally zero, so why not get with the times?

[@Jwmusic93615]

Thank you John for giving my tribe recognition like that. We often get hated on by other tribes who are federally recognized and told were not true natives bc the federal government doesn't recognise us, only the state of NC does. I agree with you 100% on majority of the video the only thing I wanna point out is a bunch of lumbees want to be respected and looked at as natives instead of a bunch of mixed breeds. Our pow wows are beautiful, our woman are gorgeous, and our elderly are very wise. In many of our peoples minds, becoming a federal tribe would get us that. I myself would love that but I'm not willing to give up my tribes land to the government to do that. Hopefully other lums won't either. Our ppl strive and I'm so proud to call myself a Lumbee Native American.

[@HistoryHub97]

Love you. Be proud.

[@fascisthippieforever5762]

More power to you my brother ✊ never let others take you down they just jealous you guys live better than the rest of us in these reservations/reserves

[@boblob2003]

"We are a starved people in a rich nation". That's funny, she doesn't look starved.

[@mikeschiavoni5973]

Lol, if she is starving i would hate to see the fat ones.

[@davec.3198]

Woman is 100lbs overweight.

[@richardhenry1969]

@@jacob9080 No, you're still here. We didn't steal it, we migrated here but you're still here so..

[@genghiskahn9233]

boblob2003 the cheaper food has more fat therefore there bigger

[@Chris-fj6pr]

Larry Riffett defiantly said it the best and couldn’t agree more

[@Deanrules1000]

That's what happens when you are dependent on the government. You remain in poverty.

[@theguy8394]

@04#?20tivo !?32#? The government should just stop spending money in the reservations and let the people deal with it.

[@yamahantx7005]

They are dependent on government because the government doesn't allow independence. These 'reserves' don't belong to the people living there. If it did, they would be allowed to take a mortgage against that land for a business venture. They could create opportunity. A 'reserve' is land owned by the government. If the tribes were allowed to buy and sell land, they could have a real discussion about how to run a reserve. They could decide for themselves how much land they need, where they need it, and when to sell it.

[@jonalarcon8564]

David Dean.E Damn straights your right!!!!!!!

[@djpoolservice]

Yamaha NTX700 your statement is false! All Indian lands are controlled by tribal leaders who are very wealthy while keeping the tribal members poor! Come to Arizona where the majority of the state is owned by several different Indian tribes and learn the truth!

[@yamahantx7005]

@@djpoolservice I'm talking about who owns the land, not who controls the land. Yes, the tribal leaders control the land, but they still can't sell it. If you can't sell it, you don't own it.

[@SamuelMarks2]

"I take Umbridge at that Sir" 😂

[@Alien2799]

Excellent! This video needs to be shared everywhere!

[@cannonloose3153]

She certainly doesn't look STARVED, as she claims, yet that's because she works for the government

[@Alaska-Jack]

Cannon Loose: that’s too true lol well said !!

[@waynelust9431]

It’s the same in Canada. Some tribes that have embraced capitalism have done very well, those always looking for handouts are living in poverty.

[@rainy905]

Finally, someone said it

[@PrairieNightMoon]

Indians did not destroy and pollute. Before Europeans came, they lived well and in harmony with the land. They were rich! They were rich until Europeans took their land to abuse and pollute while shoving them onto insufficient plots of ground. When they fail to embrace European destructive ways and play the Europeans' game, Europeans call them lazy and poor.

[@PrairieNightMoon]

@ProudNationalist Revolt What's done is done. Everything is so far gone that it can't be undone now but the fact remains that it was wrong.

[@cameron4562]

The problem with the reservations in the US is the bureaucratic red tape. All reservation lands are held in a "trust", they don't own it and they can't use it. Its not the handouts its that they own nothing in their land. They can't put up their property as collateral to start a business. They can't do anything even if they wanted to.

[@nitish523]

True. Capitalism helps but you need to smart to start your own business but crony Capitalism is the enemy of Capitalism as well as government interfering in people's life make the society poor coz government says we will look after you, and you lose the incentive to come up on your own.

[@cryptoroofer730]

My mother moved us off the rez two decades ago. My family is relativity wealthy now, compared to my rez family who have not improved their lives at all. The reservation and government assistance is a trap.

[@johncase1353]

Like blacks and welfare. get rid of welfare and blacks will have to work.

[@davidwholly5209]

"We are a starved people, in a rich nation." John Stossel really had to bite his tongue after THAT one.

[@bryanfedor2982]

The Lumbee tribe ought to be an amazing, shining example to all. I had no idea who they were before but imagine if we all did!

[@GamingWithNikolas]

@nikto45 who wouldn't fight for free stuff? They don't have any free stuff but they're doing really well. This is just like how the government ruin College for everyone by jacking up the prices.

[@kennethhunt248]

I'm lumbee and don't want anything from no one. Not saying there isn't someone that doesn't but you shouldn't label all of us the same. I've bought my home, my own land and worked hard for it. Exactly how do you know if we are mixed and what percentage is Indian or not? And this is to the professor of lumbee indian affairs.

[@GamingWithNikolas]

@@kennethhunt248 proof? It's hard to trust people were using their word because there's so many liars.

[@kennethhunt248]

@@GamingWithNikolas what kind of proof do you want? A picture of the deed to my land? A picture of the title to my Silverado or my wives mustang? Everything i have is paid for. I guess you can look it up at the county courthouse. It should list what i have and had. I had my own business till February this year. You can find that by my DOT number. Just Google DOT 2956566. That's my business. It might still show being in business.i have 3 a.c., tractor,Silverado, mustang, house, 2 boats all paid for. I sold my semi truck. It too was paid for. All can be verified by yourself it is public records. How about you? Can you say the same thing?

[@kennethhunt248]

@@GamingWithNikolas NO RESPONSE??

[@FortuneZer0]

Thats why you are not allowed to give bears treats. It creates a dependency that destroys the indepence of the animals.

[@Dave_The_Musical_Fisherman]

Have we not learned from yogi the bear

[@timjones3498]

Same thing is happening to the youth of today,

[@Dicknballz52]

Love it

[@rustylove3033]

Good point

[@judywright4241]

FortuneZero --I wish someone had the guts to use that comparison....wait, TRUMP might, he’s like a better dressed Kramer from Seinfeld!

[@vitamind_forme3850]

This really gives me a different perspective on personal achievement

[@dinosaurizedanarmystore8629]

thank you Mr Stossel, great content. That heavy woman is not starved.

[@karentiger5117]

This something that i learned from my teacher: You dont give people money to get people out of proverty. You give people jobs to to get them out of property. If you give a homeless money they wont learn how to spend money or save money but if you found a way to give them jobs they will learn to save up and not be in poverty

[@valways3735]

Yes jobs or education.... I would say education first.

[@randomnerd9088]

@@valways3735 Education is only as important as what you do with it. Cobblers and butchers are just as valid careers as psycholgiistcs or architects, and the former are much more accessible to broach

[@richardpayne9249]

Old saying: give a man a fish he eats for a day, teach a man to fish he eats a lifetime....

[@Dawn737]

The US government paid the Cherokee chiefs $5 million, and they agreed to that purchase. It's equivalent to nearly $150 million today. However, most kids don't learn about this in school. They learn about the Trail of Tears, where Cherokee who refused to move were forced off their land, but they don't learn about the purchase. Many Native American tribes (such as the Sac and Fox Indian tribes) were paid for their land, and their chiefs agreed to the prices at the time, but because the land was then developed and became more valuable, Simon and Schuster decided to tell American schoolkids that the land was never paid for.

[@Redmanticore]

so government should just give jobs?

[@Zizumia]

My father is an Electrician and has worked on houses in Indian Reservations. He said one house he worked on was brand new and had these brand new expensive carpets installed. An Indian lady was sitting there, eating chips. Every time she dropped a chip, instead of picking it up, she just rubbed it into the carpet with her feet creating an oil stain. He said these stains were everywhere and she did that because she knew the government would just replace her carpet for her.

[@christian_person5058]

anna belle don’t the native Americans understand that they want them to be dependent, so they will die ? The government is still controlling them, keeping them on reservations, it simply genocide! These people need get of their a$$ and take control of their community! They live tax free on the reservations, they get scholarships for college, but are poor and isolated! They are segregated from the rest of society!

[@janoycresva276]

anna belle Are you joking or are you just that ignorant? What about the Americans living in America who never raped or murdered Indians or the Indians who weren’t murdered 100 years ago? As for colonization, if it wasn’t for colonization, Indians would still be killing & raping each other for land. Then again, you have to be really ignorant to say that a hypocritical & violent moron like Malcolm X, a rapist & domestic abuser like Martin Luther King Jr, or a black supremacist group as vile as the KKK are “badass”.

[@Dark-uk4oz]

Coath Genova MLK a rapist? Since when? And Malcom X changed during the last few months of his life. You're stretching this and assuming they are part of a black supremacist group for defending Native Americans.

[@mackjeez]

@anna belle This is elusively referring to North American Indians. Facts: Indians only settled in 3% of what is known as the U.S.A. Indians were tribes within tribes, according to historians they were actually in civilization decline due to constant wars, malnourishment and disease, this was before the Europeans came. The Indians hadn't even invented the wheel yet and were living in the stone age. Raping of Indian women by European was not common and heavily frown upon, the European settlers were highly religious and the act was unacceptable while raping within tribes was very common, they would kidnap women from other tribes rape and kill them. As for sexual need of the European men, the Europeans would bring boatloads of women into the continent from Europe, there was a whopping 3:1 ratio, meaning there was 3 times more European women than men settlers. Bet you didn't know that most Indian traditions came after the European settled into the land, from the headwear, clothing, embroidery, loom-weaving techniques, beadwork, horse riding, sculpting, carving, painting , drawing, basketry, to the dances, to the folklore...etc.. .`

[@janoycresva276]

Dark MLK was known for years to be a pervert who’d have sex with prostitutes & beat them. As for Malcolm X, he was a phony akin to people like Louis Farrakhan. I’m not stretching out anything, I’m speaking the truth.

[@samgharai9798]

You're literally the most important reporter in the history of reporting. Please don't ever stop JS!

[@kiutpi]

Getting paid for a land that was stolen, and for a contract that the US goverment made with the people to pay for their stolen lands is not a handout. That barely a fair payment for stolen lands.

[@user-wx1oy6zn7u]

“If you want to see an example of failed socialism, go to an Indian reservation.” - Russell Means

[@michaelkelly6667]

Please don't feed the squirrels! (They forget how to fend for themselves)

[@PrairieNightMoon]

michael kelly Indians did not destroy and pollute. Before Europeans came, they fended very well for themselves and lived in harmony with the land. They were rich! They were rich until Europeans took their land to abuse and pollute while shoving them onto insufficient plots of ground. When they fail to conform to European destructive ways and play the Europeans' game, Europeans call them lazy and poor.

[@kilors206]

PrairieNightMoon we’re not Europeans, we’re Americans, and if you can’t defend your land you don’t deserve to have it

[@PrairieNightMoon]

@@kilors206 It was Europeans who came. Taking advantage of someone just because you can is not a virtue.

[@kilors206]

PrairieNightMoon no but it’s the way of life, if the roles were reversed they would’ve done the same thing, it sucks that’s what life is but it is what it is

[@PrairieNightMoon]

@@kilors206 Thank you for admitting it.

[@deplorablechump8758]

Darn, the more I watch John Stossel, the more I love him!

[@lucasbispodossantos5074]

"If you are dependent on the government to survive, you are no different than a politician's pet"

[@conchitasofia]

I am so glad that someone is finally linking handouts with more poverty and a worse outcome. Thank you Mr. Stossel. The reservation has its own laws and the US GVT is not allowed to intervene in their government.

[@peterk8909]

Conchita C I've seen a PhD, actually a Black man with two Phds who demonstrated quite well how the welfare system did the same thing to Black males. "Trust your government".

[@thejam7129]

Peter K which article was it?

[@peterk8909]

thejam7129 Honestly couldn't day. I just use the info to form an opinion.

[@desertrose2085]

@@peterk8909 Thomas Sowell?

[@getyourgameon1990]

The Netherlands have some of the most "hand outs" and is doing much better then America

[@blakebreckenridge]

"I'm from the government and I'm here to help."

[@stanislausklim7794]

😱

[@maxdembroski7956]

That’s how you know to run like hell.

[@MrDuplex97]

" I neither want nor need your help "

[@elgrigorio1]

Look for the hills, run to them and help yourself.

[@waggawaggaful]

Once you're trapped on the plantation, it's hard to leave the plantation. The only way they can continue to "survive" (if you can call it that) is keep getting more "handouts" forever.

[@StephanieQuake]

I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone's that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.

[@EmiliaGradel]

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[@Edinkrama]

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[@Karagoldberg7]

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[@Dukaamoses]

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[@lvteachme973]

This is exactly what happened to the Black Communities.

[@christophermonty5992]

BULLSHIT

[@evanhdez]

Chris Monty I used to live in Watts a few years back and all the black people were on welfare. The government paid a big portion of their rent and they were all on food stamps. That made they really dependent and the neighborhood was really bad. A lot crime, a lot of poverty. If the government would have just stayed out the people would forced to look for jobs or open businesses. And the economy in that place would thrive.

[@christophermonty5992]

@@evanhdez I owe u and all who read my comment an apology.The statement I made was pure ignorance and if I offended anyone I'm very sorry.Im in Canada and had NO right to say that.I am truly sorry.

[@evanhdez]

Chris Monty No need to be sorry. If you believe it’s bullshit then that’s great. That’s the great thing about free speech. We can have a discussion on why you think that is bullshit. I don’t know about Canada but here in the USA you can call bullshit on anything and it’s totally ok. I wasn’t offended by your comment but I did disagree with it.

[@bsamaniac305]

Redpilled

[@vashts1985]

"i take umbrage at that sir!" LMAO

[@munkyman33]

AKA: I have no meaningful rebuttal to your point.

[@TheFortressMaximus]

She doesn't even understand, or maybe she does, Stossel's interview style. He always plays Devil's Advocate, even with the Capitalists in this interview.

[@henmich]

Outrage culture.. so much easier than facts.

[@claymorexl]

@ 7:11 Someone of that girth claiming they have been 'starved', thats just precious.

[@Maddteddy049]

you sir are a national treasure! im a thrilled to be alive in your time.

[@coalblooded303]

I'm 1/4 Cherokee . They want any people who will stand up and who could live off the land gone. It only takes 1 generation to lose everything.

[@stormykitten9957]

I am Cree, and my family didn't get any handouts, no grants, nothing from government. My aunt was told our tribe was not reconized in the United states, my ancestors are buried on a tree line in Michigan. She has more Indian blood than Elizabeth Warren, and she got it. All my aunt applied for was grant money to help pay for college, to better her career. We managed to do well without assistance.

[@themeparkenthusiast771]

Joe Me Lol so socialism = Nazi Germany now? What an ignorant comment from an ignorant person. Learn the difference between socialism - democratic socialism - and communism before making stupid comments like that bud.

[@asaps0cky378]

yo pierre True, Joseph Stalin also killed 20 million people in similar fashion. I’m not saying Nazis are good, I’m just saying Russia was just as bad.

[@IsmaelHernandez-ep7cp]

The world would be better without indian reservation.....casinos

[@shinku5463]

Government dependency is the new firewater.

[@adamjaeger4189]

Again John Syosset highlights another excellent point . less government ,more independent.

[@DoACarl]

Nothing beats an Honest living...

[@christophercampbell184]

"I take umbrage" - while she's smirking.

[@613harbinger316]

Well, taking umbrage is a fine response if you don't have a good counterpoint. It doesn't mean you've gained the upper hand in the argument, though.

[@terencejay8845]

Take, take, take.

[@terencejay8845]

'We're so poor, we can't even afford to tidy our yards.'

[@timtyler3791]

Clean up you f yards and stop rapping the rivers and land

[@mr.giraffe7076]

Our = tribal owned = not individualy owned

[@burnttoast2615]

Mr. Giraffe it doesn’t matter you can cut your fucking grass and plant a few flowers. Not decorate your lawn with broken down cars, shattered glass and aluminum cans.

[@JuanGarcia-bd1rm]

We’re so poor we’re gonna name our soon poor bear

[@cooldudicus7668]

@@burnttoast2615 If they do that, it may be taken away. There is no private land there. This is a warning to all Americans about what will happen if capitalism and private property goes away. That warning applies to you, Millennial and Gen Zer.

[@robichard]

God bless John Stossel for exposing all this “bs” !

[@mironyuk]

The More you give, the More they take!!!

[@krusty6246]

“We are a starved people “ She didn’t look like she’s been starving

[@kenik2023]

You caught that too huh😶

[@2bc359]

Dumb...🤪

[@orangie9]

Unhealthy junk food!

[@leefrancis4565]

The Food Stamp Squaw.

[@westin76]

@Harsh Grewal people are always dieing what's your point ?

[@UsmanBello]

I am exactly 1/4 degree Oglala Sioux Indian myself, and I have never ever taken an entitlement due to my status as a member of my tribe in my entire life. My BMI still may be >25, but I take pride in myself in being able to earn a lot of money and swim with the sharks here in Washington DC. My indigenous status does not define me, it's my willingness to work hard that does.

[@Jay_in_Japan]

Hell yeah brother

[@carlwhitehair4282]

I’m Navajo, we get no money, we never had. We fought your wars, look up codetalker, 60% of us live off the rez because we all work. It just show how many would pick on the less 1% race in this continent. This video is using a fake tribe that is 96% European/African & 0-1% of unknown native Americans. And also get do get hand out. Look up lumbee housing grant. They also lying to congress & media that they are the lost tribe. A lot fake tribe out there (racial shifting).

[@vincentanderson1171]

So when is United States government is gonna step up for what they have done and pay forward. We want our money and we want it now every Native American with the tribal ID should be getting some kind of cash and it better be quick.

[@cjgirard121]

The Lumbee aren't natives. They have little to no native blood. They're mostly black and white mix. Most have less than 1percent blood quantum.

[@chadachord1011]

"If I'm a socialist, what does that make you?" Uuuuhhhh....not....a socialist. 🤔

[@btsnake]

She probably thought that was the comeback of the century

[@treerat7631]

Not a idiot like you

[@Dawn737]

The US government paid the Cherokee chiefs $5 million, and they agreed to that purchase. It's equivalent to nearly $150 million today. However, most kids don't learn about this in school. They learn about the Trail of Tears, where Cherokee who refused to move were forced off their land, but they don't learn about the purchase. Many Native American tribes (such as the Sac and Fox Indian tribes) were paid for their land, and their chiefs agreed to the prices at the time, but because the land was then developed and became more valuable, Simon and Schuster decided to tell American schoolkids that the land was never paid for.

[@btsnake]

@@Dawn737 if it was a forced sale of land that would still be a problem in my opinion. But then they might have to talk about how the government can still tell you to basically take any price they'll offer and kick you off your land, and they wouldn't want to have to give up on eminent domain

[@billyholmes3]

Black people should watch this because democrats have been doing this to them sense the 60s

[@UltraWideGigachad]

since* and yeah agree.

[@seantheguy1391]

Billy Holmes prior to that most black families were married and at least half of them owned businesses.

[@jamesbrice3267]

Should have listened to Mr. X.

[@MGonz-cc9mf]

Black unemployment was lower than white unemployment prior to the civil rights era. Also fatherless homes in the black communities were much lower too

[@chongjunxiang3002]

Since Jim Crow is illegal?

[@Imbadbambam]

She sure af don’t look starving to me. 😂

[@ZedOne99]

You hit the nail on the head with this one. I can't believe I just now scrolled across it. Government=Supression, Reject Handouts.

[@ajitkirpekar4251]

If I wanted to destroy my enemies and ensure future generations are trapped in the same misery - I convince them to become wards of the state. Nothing does a better job of causing a permanent underclass like welfare

[@hleland4546]

Yep and there using the same playbook on another ethnic group as well.

[@jeremiahedwards7357]

"I take umbrage at that sir!" I died laughing.

[@HubertofLiege]

Jeremiah Edwards it’s a treaty right!

[@tsipher]

she doesn't even refute it, she just takes offense to it. She cannot explain how many people are prosperous or how people have thrived under her programs. it's pathetic.

[@randyneilson7465]

Take all the umbrage you want, but it's the absolute truth.

[@narnia1233]

If she finds socialism offensive then maybe don’t implement socialist policies? Hello, is this thing on? Is what I wanna say.

[@1gbayfisher]

It goes without saying that handouts create unsuccessful communities. North American gov should have cut the handouts to the natives decades ago.

[@datgreedymouse6860]

I love john stossel for this

[@Thomas_Oklahoma]

Why, he doesn't take into count of institutional racism or historical trauma that still effects the Natives, he just wants to make this a political game of "because of lefty welfare"?

[@mrawesome2742]

When she claim to be starved and the cameraman purposely panned out to show her whale like proportions I almost spit out my soda with laughter 🐳

[@softb]

ً dick

[@RyanJones4444]

Jesus that's fucken rude

[@araci88]

The moment she says "we are starved people", but she is fat. XD 7:11

[@JasonAlexzander1q47]

To answer the title of the video. Yes it does john stossel! You go john stossel!

[@cartyrdeyager3283]

That guy he interviewed was very charismatic

[@RyanRSchell]

That was the most epic fake outrage from that lawyer. “Well...I take umbrage with that.”

[@johnyoung5858]

ill be damn, if you replace the term "indian" with "African American" you would describedetroit,newark,chicago,dc,etc

[@PatrickBaptist]

masons started murika and will be the death of it too.

[@theemojimovie1025]

John Young Native American

[@iscreamcandytv9642]

John Young exactly

[@mikeissweet]

nunchaku101 Could unions and rising production costs priced Detroit factories out of the market?

[@humzahhassan4521]

If u replace that with the word white U get West Virginia

[@AndySaenz]

My sister in law is Native American, and she’s not a freeloader. She works very hard to make her money just like most hard working Americans.

[@Inspirer888]

Once a proud and spiritually connected people, our ancestors embraced a profound sense of oneness with nature. We held our cultural heritage close, respecting the interconnectedness of all living things. However, the tearing away of our spiritual bond in a belittling manner left a lasting mark on our collective memory. The impact on community and the unfortunate truth is that our people are not alone in this experience. Many cultures have faced the same misunderstandings, as others failed to grasp the essence of our beliefs and practices. The benefits once granted became a twisted curse, as the same mindset that led to our disconnection continued to be inflicted upon us. The struggle to recover our identity and regain a sense of spiritual wholeness persists. Imagine giving a business to a newborn baby and expecting success. It defies common sense. Similarly, we were handed the weight of cultural loss and had to navigate its burden without proper guidance. Poverty, violence, and negativity have become unfortunate hallmarks of our existence. They are not inherent to who we are but are instead symptomatic of our societal struggles. One cannot ignore the prevailing narcissistic attitude that permeates our society. Blinded by self-centeredness, judgmentalism, and ignorance, the majority fails to recognize the impact of their actions. We have become a reflection of this attitude, mirroring the unresolved issues that plague our nation. Our struggles with poverty, violence, and pain are inextricably linked to the larger societal fabric.

[@user-jl9eg3nb8j]

What a load of crap. You had a life expectancy in the middle 20s. When people got injured they were put out into the wilderness to die from exposure and wild animals because not even their own family was willing to share Food anymore to a person who couldn't work. Tribes would attack rob rape and take all the food and all the women and girls back with them. Just stop with this noble savage lie.

[@uiolax1967]

Has anybody heard something called self sufficiency 🤔🤔

[@theguy8394]

That's what they used to do

[@jasondeaver2117]

@@theguy8394 👏👏👏

[@VincentGonzalezVeg]

well the reservations werent part of land of the original tribes they were the least fertile lands available to pen the people in

[@longliveliberty1220]

Self sufficiency isn’t something the government knows.

[@PrairieNightMoon]

@@VincentGonzalezVeg Indians did not destroy and pollute. Before Europeans came, they lived well and in harmony with the land. They were rich! They were rich until Europeans took their land to abuse and pollute while shoving them onto insufficient plots of ground. When they fail to conform to European ways and play the Europeans' game, Europeans call them lazy and poor.

[@fhuber7507]

"We" have "helped" native Americans so much that we have taught them to not know the pride of working and producing and improving themselves.

[@herzkine]

So like Trailer Park muricans but too educated to vote Trump?

[@pollypurree1834]

You see it also in the black communities that are government subsidized

[@Motomurphy]

John's videos always get you thinking

[@jkknight9209]

I nearly died laughing when she said "We are a STARVED people". Totally inappropriate. I know. And outrageously funny, if you look and think about it in terms of a few of the ahem, perceptics of this video. OW. LOL!

[@mylazymood]

This is so great! I'm a Northern Cheyenne of the Northern Cheyenne Reservation. Our people are so pure and have such an astonishing history, especially how our people came back to Montana after the government moved us to Oklahoma. My great great great Grandfather Dull Knife has once said on quote "We can no longer live the way we used to. We cannot move around no more the way we were brought up. We have to learn the new a new way of life. Let us ask for schools to be built in our country so that our children can go to these schools and learn the new way of life". My grandfather did not give any intent for a povertous country. He wanted us to expand ourselves and learn the new way (Capitalism basically) so that our people can live on. Many would argue and talk about the treaties, but what have they done to improve abuse, poverty, and literacy? We need to become far more dependant on ourselves and stop blaming the government.

[@mylazymood]

To clarify, I only speak on the behalf of my people and not including our old allies. I speak for my own only.

[@ramtrucks721]

Caleb Redgrave I had a Native friend... His grandpas name was... Dog shitting backwards

[@lolouro2266]

have you all forgotten the massacre at wounded knee? I know times have changed, but its quite sad to see natives joining the white man's army for imperialistic conquests, propping up dictators, and killing in the middle east... robbing countries of their mineral and remaining oil reserves. Remember the 7th calvary and the church did the same to native ppl destroying their culture, creating missionaries, forebading to speak their tongue, cutting their hair, and killing thousands in genocide. Even now navajo land is being raped of coal and uranium being burnt in powerplants, with toxic remains left to poison the people. it is a fact that the u.s. military created the 7th just to kill natives which they called heathenous savages!! never forget. imho their is no honor for a native wearing the cross or dancing in a military uniform, fighting for a white mans war!

[@lolouro2266]

GoreQuill NachoVidal who taught you to talk like that nacho libre? is that what you teach your kids??!! lemme guess u are married to your cousin billy joe?? and you go to church thinking u will be saved. well guess what, you wont be, cuz you have a black soul and jesus will never save someone preaching the devils work.

[@gorequillnachovidal]

+Lolo Uro So you continue on with your racist schtick. Got it. Enjoy it behind a keyboard you coward. Crawl up into an assball and watch real men live.

[@Dimitri-Jordania]

6:46 I *LOVE* how civil all of his arguments are....if only all political discussion could be this civil....

[@blankjo9113]

Any sane person will acknowledge that creating reservations is not for humans.

[@cindland]

Gee, I always had to “fend for myself”. I grew up white middle class. We lived paycheck to paycheck. Our family didn’t have land. My parents finally became homeowners when all the kids were out of the house. We could afford rent and car insurance and not much else. I had to work as a teen and after high school and in college and business school. I never got a handout.

[@BowgFrowg]

Now keep going until you start the new cycle with your children

[@randyg22152]

“Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian!” ~Henry Ford

[@soldsanity]

Henry Ford didn't say this.

[@kgc89]

This video reminds me of Crazy Elizabeth Warren who claimed to be Indian. LOL!!!

[@clarenceeugene9692]

Sure are a lot of blue-eyed light skinned natives in the Lumbee tribe.

[@Gamerteamguy]

Jay Rayton that was a very rare occurrence. Turns out racist white cowboys don’t find native women sexually attractive

[@snacks744]

Lol

[@Maddteddy049]

oh! how DARE YOU!!!! she says as she clutches her pearls.....

[@ajc8815]

Native Americans are BUSINESSMEN by trade. They thrived when they traded goods with other Tribes and Europeans. They thrived when they owned cattles, ranches, hotels, etc. Natives had more economic freedom hundred years ago than today because of the meddling Federal Government.