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How did Native Americans end up on Reservations? We explore the complicated relationship between the Indian Nations and the United States of America. This episode unpacks the legacy of Treaties and their effect on modern legislation. We answer the most important question: why do Native Americans continue to live and grow their families there?
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[@garybigwolf5239]

Lakota here. Once I was talking with some nonindian friends and the topic of reparations came up. "When do I get mine ?", I asked. Confused looks all around. They were talking about black reparations and had no idea of all the broken treaty promises. One even thought that I got money just for being Indian. This turned into a long and hopefully, educational conversation.

[@citizenwolf8720]

Is there any move to offer reparations to different tribes for various injustices?

[@stilettodivah]

Reparations is not a competition. Every time ADOS ( not just anyone Black) requests restitution another races comes in and asks " what about us?" as if this is Highlander and there can be only one. This country owes restitution to both. We should be banding together to ask for what is owe not creating a competition about it.

[@othelliusmaximus]

​@@stilettodivah 💯

[@Hi_Im_Akward]

​@@stilettodivah"what about us" conversations are usually happening because those groups get forgotten about when it comes to representation and inclusion. It's an appropriate thing to say in conversations like that. Indians are very frequently forgotten about by the public when talking about civil rights and historical atrocities. It's not divisive to insist on being included in the conversation. What IS divisive is to tell those groups that the current conversation isn't about them or be dismissive by saying " it's not a competition".

[@HatesRacists]

Would have been nice if the natives did more to aid and free enslaved Africans. They could have gotten rid of the Europeans together.

[@ScreamingStar64]

As a Black American, I can say that your history, and the history of Native Americans in general, were waaaaaay under represented in my education. I'd say about 85-90% of what you covered in this video were news to me, and that's a lot, since I'm such a history geek. I really appreciate the way this series helps to spread awareness in what is basically a big black hole in American history books. More, please!

[@andregonzalez1496]

Aboriginal American

[@MechakittenX]

In GA, they taught us that all the natives Died on the trail of tears then moved on. I quite literally would never have known about any other native tribes outside of that one incident if I hadn't researched myself. 90s education at its finest.

[@chenanigans]

We learned so little about native Americans in our public education systems that I lived in Seattle for 6 years. Many of them not even realizing the whole entire city was named after an Indian chief 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️. Hell, almost every city surrounding Seattle is a native American tribe name. Issaquah, Sammamish, Snohomish etc etc. in my mind I don't even think about native Americans being all the way that far out, but duh they literally were on the whole continent. And yes I realized how ignorant that sounds but that's how little they had ever been mentioned in our history classes. And if we're being honest, I bet a lot of people here didn't know that about Seattle's name as well. We got a lot of work to do.

[@ghostlytavern129]

I’m white I had to teach myself about US history that wasn’t centered about my skin color it was really offensive.

[@yacobz]

That's by design. This is an illegitimate white supremacist settler colonial slave state after all.

[@brooklynnchick]

As the descendant of a Sàmi man (the Sàmi are an indigenous nation within the modern countries of Norway, Sweden, Finland and portions of Russia) living in the United States, I gotta say that NOBODY in Indigenous Nations has gotten a fair shake, especially Indigenous Americans. Love to my Indigenous brothers and sisters, we are still here guys! ❤

[@tommychong1173]

Fuck yeah we're still here

[@xr2kid]

This is crazy as I was watching this video I was thinking about the Sàmi people and similarities between their treatment and American Natives. The Sàmi are so interesting!

[@candyluna2929]

Wow what's your history? Never heard of yall❤

[@brooklynnchick]

@@candyluna2929 The Sàmi are also called Lapplanders, we are the people from the movie Frozen who raise and work the reindeer. Our ancestors followed the caribou similarly to the way the Indigenous North American Nations followed the bison. We also domesticated caribou, which turned them into reindeer; they provided transport, milk and meat, hides, extra warmth, and could pack our summer lodges (very similar to tipis) while we moved to graze and forage. We spoke different languages than the other peoples of Scandinavia, they tended to make agriculture and livestock the base of their lives, but the soils began to be depleted by centuries of use. Farmers began converting our traditional lands into agricultural plots and livestock pastures and soon there was conflict over the pollution and use of waterways that were sacred to us for thousands of years. Our religious practices were not like the agricultural people (they were predominantly Lutherans or other Christian denominations), we still have Yoiks who lead and advise us. A Yoik is sort of a cross between a spiritual advisor and a mayor of a family clan. We still celebrate and seek advice from the ancestors through our Yoiks, we also incorporate worship of the natural world that provides for us. We might, for instance, offer grain and a cup of vodka to the spirit of our favorite fishing spot to say “thank you” for the meal we catch there. As land competition increased between us and the agriculture industry we had less and less land to graze and forage on. Farmers wanted our land because it hadn’t been worked to death. The government eventually set up programs to discourage and penalize us for living like our ancestors. We couldn’t speak our language, wear our traditional clothing, continue to produce our indigenous artwork (we use tin coated thread to decorate our clothing and home goods), and we were forced to convert to Christianity and speak the mainstream languages. Our kids went to government schools where we forgot our language, we forgot our ancestors and how to stay in contact with them. The government eventually gave us a choice between moving onto a reservation system or taking one way tickets to the United States where we were told we could get free land from the US government. It wasn’t really free, it was stolen from other Indigenous Nations by the Homestead Act. My great x 2 grandfather lost all of his reindeer and wound up homesteading in Montana, around a lake that is sacred to the Salish and Kootenai Nations. I grew up among them and still love them! Things are not great for the Sàmi but now they have government representation in Norway and are slowly becoming better organized to rebuild the herds and take back or seek compensation for the land that was stolen. I am hopeful, but it is difficult. Plants without roots don’t grow well and the problem ALL indigenous people face is that the people in power have tried to kill our roots by changing our faith, location, diet, clothing, education, medicine….everything!

[@brooklynnchick]

@BennyFranks-pj3mg AHo!

[@kamaur01]

My wife and I read about The Great Law of Peace at a museum in Denmark that had an American history section. We were shocked that it was our first time hearing about this. This was mot covered at all here in the United States.

[@ThefirstTubba]

PBS turning into my new source of American Indian information n history. Miigwetch ❤️

[@britaeirikr8609]

Such a bitter pill to swallow! I am non-native and this makes me sad. I want to watch because I want to know. At this moment, I only have empathy to offer. I am glad that you are making these videos. Thank you.

[@cpaul9269]

Same here.

[@DanBlabbers]

I’m non native and I don’t feel sad at all. They lost, why have any mercy for them?

[@britaeirikr8609]

@DanBlabbers It sounds like you are saying you ascribe to the philosophy that might makes right, and by definition we should not protect anyone who cannot fend for themselves. What do you feel about protecting your elderly relatives, disabled people, children, animals, forests, and your own drinking water and the air you breathe? Is it safe to say any of these things can be destroyed or poisoned and you will say, "Oh well, I lost. Who cares? I will breathe some other air and live somewhere else. Even if I don't have the resources, they won. Oh, well." What would happen if your home was taken, through some means, say arson, or your family murdered during a home invasion, would you then still feel the same, or would you call the police and expect justice? An alternate view is that just because something can be done and gotten away with, does not make it right to do.

[@j4k3yz5]

@@britaeirikr8609couldn’t have said it better if I tried

[@elimartinez7704]

@@DanBlabbers you simply misunderstand history. The land wasn’t taken when they lost. They became part of the United States when they lost. The land was taken later, often as a race issue.

[@jenniferburns2530]

Thanks for providing education about Indian history. As a white person in Wisconsin, I learned almost nothing in school about treaties, tribes, or basically anything related to past or current native peoples.

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

And that omission was intentional, not accidental.

[@HatesRacists]

By design. Good on you for learning on your own.

[@seebasschipman293]

Litigation around Chippewa hunting/fishing treaty rights in Wisconsin have actually been very significant in broader recognition of treaties

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

Why would you? That's trivial information.

[@paulclissold1525]

Its time all white nations accepted our true history and stopped the obfuscation and bullshit. Countries like china are right to point out our hypocrisy.

[@beaconofchaos]

I appreciate the inclusion of the map with the label unceded territory for land that was directly stolen because often the Eastern coastal tribes get overlooked in these discussions because of how long ago all ours was taken.

[@pony3284]

Exactly! When most folks learn about native history, ita 1800s and later which is like apples to oranges

[@Nariasan]

I live in Japan. There are two native populations here: the Okinawans and the Ainu. I'm a foreigner living in Japan. I'm sad to say I know more about the Ainu than the Japanese do. I'm a teacher here and, when I mention the Ainu to my students, I get crickets and blank stares, which just shocks me. There is some more knowledge about the Okinawans, but that's because Okinawa is almost seen as different from the rest of the Japanese islands (I'm on Honshu, in the Kansai region... Okinawa is considered an exotic travel location, even though it's technically the same country).

[@S3lkie-Gutz]

i think it’s also because there’s a us military base in okinawan territory which played a huge role in the pacific wars

[@spicydogmemes]

ABC here, i similarly often wonder how much mainland Chinese know about the 55 minority ethnicities there & how much Taiwanese know about the Formosan peoples

[@PokhrajRoy.]

The Cold Open made question what we’re taught about the US (we never learned about Native Americans in detail) and I’m here for it.

[@Feathertusk]

Right!? There are a lot of people that still seem to think all of the influence and idea for democracy came from Romans. Just baffling.

[@nancyvillines4552]

My Mom knew a lot about Native Americans. My husband didn't even realize he was Iroquois until my Mom saw it. Course she's 94 years old and was Validictorian when she graduated. I was raised learning about them and black people. Minorities treated like Slaves and Natives killed from Small Pox in blankets.

[@brooklynnchick]

Folks like you make me feel seen. I grew up in the Salish/Kootenai Confederation in Montana. ❤

[@nancyvillines4552]

@@brooklynnchick I'm glad. My husband embraced his heritage. Had his Native collection on his wall. Including a dream catcher my GMA left me. Now my son has it all and it's on his wall.

[@davruck1]

Indians

[@hughjaass3787]

T.Y. my fellow Native American Brother. My family tree & DNA is Creek. I appreciate your teaching of accurate history of our people. My family is from Upper Creek Tribe. In fact, in 1826, my Great (×3) Uncle, was in DC to help create the Washington Treaty, with Pres. Adams. Needless to say, this treaty was broken by US, as have ALL other treaties the US Gov has signed with any Tribes since 1700s.

[@davruck1]

DNA is an invention of colonizers. The original Indians don’t care about DNA or blood. Purity is a white concept.

[@sovereignslime]

Hesci!!

[@wisu3529]

The US govt is, and has always been, by crooks and for crooks. It’s a bit ironic that there is so much racism and anti-immigrant sentiment coming from descendants of white colonizers who, let’s be honest, completely stole the land. If I think about it too long, it really upsets me😢

[@TheZenGarden_]

There were even Haudenosaunee representatives that were on the second floor to assist the self proclaimed "civilized good christians" in the writing of their "constitution."

[@anthonyschueller1284]

So many innocents have suffered genocides, broken treaties, etc... but we both indigenous, and not must work together to make things right, and ensure these beautiful cultures and people can life and thrive. ❤😢

[@slk1451]

Im a Cherokee tribal member living here in the Nation and even though our people went through hell I think we are on the right path now. Our chief is standing up to our governor and our culture has been revived. Wado for the video.

[@1midnightfish]

Thank you, 'm an Italian living in London and I know so little about all this

[@colinleat8309]

It's like this here in Canada in many respects.

[@writerconsidered]

Canada and America are a mirror image of each other when it comes to the treatment of Natives.

[@TheInfintyithGoofball]

in what ways is it different?

[@KeithAlexanderWallace]

Hi 👋! your comment is always worth reading.. I pray God will give you a lot of beautiful days and you know God loves us so much!.... So where are you originally from? I'm Keith and I'm originally from Denmark

[@colinleat8309]

@@KeithAlexanderWallace Thanks for the kind words Keith! Denmark eh? Cool! I'm from Mississauga Ontario, but now live in Montreal Quebec Canada. Take care my friend! 🖖😎🤣🇨🇦🕊️

[@brigjack7789]

Modoc/klamath here. Thank you for providing this information and inform the general public about tribal land.

[@climate_anti-hoax]

Continue those close ties with the Yurok, Karuk, Hupa, Wiyot,..... you guys inspire the rest of Indian Country.

[@AndrewMcColl]

It's interesting to compare and contrast how governments in the US and NZ have dealt with their respective native tribes. Both have treaties, but here ours is seen our NZ's foundational document. Sure, the Treaty of Waitangi/Te Tiriti has translation issues, but we also have active process that allows tribes to petition the government and get compensation or redress for past issues.

[@AnCoilean]

Similar in Ireland, throughout the colonisation of Ireland particularly during the plantations laws were passed to restrict where Irish people could live and farm. The most notable proclamation was Cromwell’s which tried to move the native Catholic population to the shitty bog and karst landscapes of the west. To hell or to Connacht was the option given to the native population.

[@colleenpeck6347]

I'm still waiting for my white Irish Catholic slave reparations! 🇮🇪 🤣

[@ozarkrefugee]

Brits were pretty harsh to Ireland and Scotland for many centuries. My ancestors from Ireland and Scotland were brought over as slaves to work the coal mines.

[@Krankenwagen571]

​@@ozarkrefugee they actually civilised both the lands 😊 , always try to be grateful

[@qryptid]

​@Krankenwagen571 it's kind of gross to call the atrocities done to millions of people "civilizing the land"

[@AnCoilean]

@@qryptid especially seeing it was Irish monks who preserved many ancient Roman texts during the post Roman dark ages. The Aeneid would have been lost if it wasn’t for Irish monks. Ireland was called the Land of Saints and Scholars for a reason.

[@thesunnycmoreno8463]

Hi I'm a citizen of The Great Muscogee Creek Nation. I appreciate your video and your efforts toward educating people on our history. Thank you. Being publicly educated in the state of Oklahoma it is very embarrassing to say I was not taught the truth in school. I didn't know a lot of the truth until I worked for my tribe and to say I was shocked with disbelief is an understatement. I would love to see you provide more history on the allotments of the five civilized tribes the Cherokee, the Choctaw, the Chickasaw, the Seminole, and the Muskogee Creek. And yes we are still legally called the five civilized tribes. During the Indian removal act or what other people call the Trail of Tears, I wish more people knew the truth about the allotment lies. Below I've listed a movie that is very informative and accurate and it is the truth. I would be interested in the public watching this movie it's very enlightening, disheartening, and factual. The Dawes Commission, Written, produced and directed by Bob Hicks, "The Dawes Commission" films Executive Producer was the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and it was produced by Sandra Denney.

[@sandmtnirishred]

I'm from Sand Mountain in NE Alabama.

[@ParisLawLess]

Thank you my native brother for telling our history.

[@M_EYESTORY24581]

Take a DNA

[@danielvazquez2923]

Absolutely love this. Too long was Native American history hidden away. Thank you for shedding some light. I'm looking forward to this series!

[@lh3540]

This 10 minute video was more educational than all of my highschool and college state history classes. 😞

[@isabelab6851]

I am Puerto Rican with some Taino heritage. This is such an important discussion. Thank you for teaching us about your culture.

[@elyaqui5324]

Wow thats like finding someone from mexico and they claiming to be olmec.they dont exist.🤦🏽

[@isabelab6851]

@@elyaqui5324 not a very nice thing to say. My family traces its roots in the island for quite some time. My great, great grandmother talked about here grandfather with Taino features. Also, DNA testing showed some native blood. I am not saying that I heritage by blood but heritage as in family history. I wish I knew more but that knowledge was mostly lost with my grandmother. The comment was meant to say that keeping the history and culture is very important.

[@noahjohnson935]

For those who doubt this history, read Franklin's first draft of the Articles of Confederation. He specifically cites the Hautenashonee as "kindred spirits" to always be respected.

[@adrenalynn1015]

Ty looking forward to the rest of the series

[@thecaveofthedead]

It's astonishing that European descendants were able to make the richest country on Earth by stealing this land and yet still refuse to make a modest amount of compensation to the small population of surviving aboriginal Americans.

[@screamcheeese7175]

And yet, if you ask a typical Euro-American (or those who call themselves “mutts”), they wonder why the Indigenous peoples can’t just build up their societies and be successful like everyone else 🙄 Many of my coworkers believe that yes, we should be sovereign, but that means we should also take care of ourselves without help from the Feds. But how do people help themselves when they’ve been denied access to resources that were supposed to be theirs in the first place?

[@themarcusismael13]

amazing still how much they’ve squandered it. red states are full of poverty and destitution

[@diegoaespitia]

LOL, u are a FOOL to think the natives didnt set upon their fellow man, lusting for their game and resources before the white man EVER stepped foot on the Americas. they had been conquered by the Europeans for no more of a noble cause than they conquered each other

[@patrickfitzgerald2861]

Every last inch of the Western Hemisphere was taken by violence from the people who were here first. Do you honestly think that the powerful and wealthy people who benefited from this evil would allow the truth to be taught in schools?

[@davruck1]

@@kertagin1Native Americans are not all indigenous. Lots of them were people who just wanted land. Native American is not a race. It’s a political designation. That’s why Indian is used legally.

[@MultiPetercool]

Many native Hawaiians have opposed having tribal status. I don’t blame them. Hawaii was illegally annexed when the queen was forced to abdicate. Having tribal status would simply reinforce the illegal occupation of Hawaii.

[@asupremechieften]

THANK GOD THE DAYS ARE FINALLY HERE WHERE THEY ARE CREATING CONTENT THAT I HAD QUESTIONED ABOUT LONG BEFORE ANY OF THIS SHIT WAS GOING ON BACK WHEN I WAS A KID!

[@willmendoza8498]

Muscogee here, who really appreciates this series

[@thexalon]

"As long as the water flows and the grass grows" Nestle, Inc: "Don't worry, we can put a stop to that."

[@Luci_S]

Can you explain the context? What did Nestle do exactly? I am only aware that they deliberately withheld clean water and murdered infants (indirectly).

[@thexalon]

@@Luci_S I was referring specifically to their business model of buying up fresh water rights and then withholding even rainwater from poor people who don't pay extraordinarily high rates for it. They aren't the only ones: For example, read up on the Cochabamba Water War.

[@user-fc7is6jo2e]

Outstanding Presentation! Thank you to all of the people who took part in making and sharing this.

[@pescime33]

Your list of wars was hard to read with white letters on a white background. Interesting topic and I look forward to seeing more in the series.

[@WaterMan416]

I see Tai, I click. I love this series.

[@WhataMensch]

Reservations and the situation in Gaza have a lot of connections. Can origins do an episode on that topic next please?

[@Caterfree10]

+++++

[@JoyFay]

Hmm I don’t think we are ready for that truth

[@brooklynnchick]

Great idea!

[@Nala15-Artist]

I don't think you know what connections means. Similarities, perhaps.

[@kertagin1]

@@JoyFay because it isn't true

[@christinewittmann1806]

Niagara frontier public school kid (Grand Island, NY). We were absolutely taught about the Iroquois. Now, as an adult, I am just now learning about the intricacies of the Tuscarora nation in Niagara Falls struggling for a voice amongst the huge influence of the Seneca nation. It took forty years for me to realize that not all Native Americans have had the same experiences.

[@guyfaux3978]

I'm pretty sure the Mikmaq didn't hunt buffalo. And I'm pretty sure the Lakota didn't beachcomb for clams and oysters. Indigenous people are as different as the white people who settled in North America.

[@PokhrajRoy.]

Voting has to be accessible for everyone. Shouldn’t there be mail-in ballots?

[@themarcusismael13]

tell that to Republicans who keep trying to undermine mail voting

[@faust5423]

Mail-in ballots have been used as a solution for inaccessability to in-person voting, but unfortunaly they pose other issues. In the case of tribal members who don’t speak english there’s no translators available to help like there would be at the polls, so people may make mistakes that cause their vote to not be counted, or they give up on voting altogether. The postal system itself might also make things complicated, they may operate in very specific hours and have much sooner deadlines for people to send ballots in than elsewhere. BTW for anyone interested, American Apartheid by Stephanie Woodard is an excellent book that covers many Native rights issues including voting rights

[@TheInfintyithGoofball]

me: [hears about book] also me: "WHERE?! WHERE IS IT?! I WANT IT!" ​@faust5423 (I'm ok, this is just normal for me when it comes to learning) (and I do know where to get the book)

[@stoonookw]

Please PBS, more of these videos!!!! It's so nice to see actual representation on your channel. ❤❤❤❤❤

[@nariu7times328]

Thank you for teaching me.

[@KGTiberius]

Always knew of the deep connection and inspiration from the native tribes. GREAT to see you bring it to light! Rich history.

[@knittingblackbelt40]

Thank you, PBS! This information is so important. Every US citizen needs to know.

[@amychen2504]

Fantastic information - especially the scroll on string part about all the wars.

[@pamelabatchelor9204]

This is beauty of social media. Education from the source. I thank you.

[@greeen0broccolli]

Thank you for this information.

[@Rotini-pasta]

Thank you for educating!!! This was very interesting

[@NCISfreak123]

I am furious this was not a part of my US public school education. This is ESSENTIAL to understanding the history of this land and how we got here!

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

Libraries exist for a reason.

[@GordonSan]

Very interesting. Look forward to the next episode.

[@JustJami74]

Please keep this content coming. ❤

[@phoenixr6811]

Love this explanation I learn something new 😊

[@videojameplayer1448]

This deserves so much more attention. How can the a nation this rich fail its native peoples for this long

[@ghostlytavern129]

Thank you so much!!! This was very educational and important!

[@Ph0_Sh0]

Thanks PBS for always showing the disparity in the history of the grounds we walk on.

[@mfg4919]

Wow thank you for this and starting this channel, we need so much more education like this fundamentally, so allies can help advocate for Native American issues and rights etc❣️

[@timkbirchico8542]

Thanks bro. Love and hope to you from a Liverpool man. There has been no worse crime against humanity.

[@sarah.s.flanagan]

I grew up in a town next to a large Seneca Nation reservation. Our whole 4th grade year of history was Seneca and Iroquois history. We ended with a trip to the museum on the reservation and a really cool tour of some of the government buildings where the guide pointed out all of the architecture/design choices that mimiced traditional architecture. I was really surprised in college to learn that this wasn't standard and most of my peers were unfamiliar, not only with their local tribes but also with the Five Tribes which seemed like a big deal.

[@nicolomeregalli1364]

Thank you so much, I'm european and very passionate about indigenous people (I also managed to met some and it was always a life-changing experience). I also love how people with a ancient-communal lifestile are so smart and politically organized even though history education often is so biased that represent the opposite. History class often shows european coloniser as justified for their action for being contextualized while indigenous people are seen as savage. I love how easily now (also thanks to you❤) we can access to a more clean and non-biased information about these amazing cultures :)

[@bigsadie5557]

This is such a helpful explanation 🤘🏼

[@justanotherwhitewoman...4307]

I'm so happy that I can educate myself as an adult cause they never taught this in school thank you for making these videos ❤

[@ley6748]

Very informative and eye-opening video

[@MisfitKotLD]

Like doesn't feel right, but this is truth that needs to be shared and addressed.

[@victoriastars6172]

Thanks ❤

[@petes9878]

Great Report. Well done. Well represented. Thank You :- )

[@windlessoriginals1150]

Thank you

[@trevinbeattie4888]

I already learned about some of this from Knowing Better’s “Indian Removal” video (a great in-depth review by the way; I highly recommend watching if you have a few hours) but it’s good to have corroboration from another independent source.

[@johnrivera922]

As a great man once said. “You gotta take the power back!”

[@worschtebrot]

I love PBS

[@ethomas6385]

Very informative

[@simmonslucas]

I live in Southern Oregon, The Modoc wars had major battles not that long ago.

[@MrJoeFuego]

Awesome presentation

[@BlueJayWaters]

When I lived in NM, I became quickly engrossed in Native American culture. From exposure working in hospitals from both patients and co-workers, to having to literally embrace its culture for the benefit of my ex-wife, who was going to school at the time and part of their curriculum was an exposition into Native life. What I heard and saw from the people there was a spectacular paradox. They had such pride in their culture and heritage, yet many lived off government money, rarely working or gaining higher education. They would be so open and willing to share their borders with travelers, but many homes were ramshackled and unkempt. As I grow older, I understand more the value the people there had was in life and experience over wealth, but it's still so shocking how unwell the lands are, the people are, and their treatment is today.

[@patrickblanchette4337]

2:29 So I’ve seen another map like this before in the past, but the unceded part didn’t match up exactly to this👆🏻 one. Is the map here accurate or just an estimate that can vary from study to study & map to map?

[@nathy0308]

Great video but so short! I wanted a deeper dive

[@nicoleheymannweltgestalter]

As a Caucasian white American, I grew up with the image of "cowboys are the good guys, Indians are the bad guys". But today when I look at our nation's history, I realize that's not true. And it changes how I can for example watch old movies like "Calamity Jane" with Doris Day. A charming musical from the 1950s, great song and dance, but one of the songs glorifies how the "black hills of Dakota" are the "home" of the white town folk, and that it's the "beautiful Indian country that they love". Knowing what I know today about Sitting Bull, I can't watch that movie with the same level of innocent enjoyment.

[@antmanatthemoment7233]

Are you aware that the Lakota actually took the black hills from the Cheyenne?

[@climate_anti-hoax]

"Caucasians" are from the Caucasus and there are nations not recognized by the UN, but on the genocide list for eradication. Look at the Chechens, Armenians, Abkhazians, Circassians, Ossetians, these are the Caucasian tribes from the Caspian to the Black Seas.

[@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket]

"The Caucasus , is a transcontinental region between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea, mainly comprising Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and parts of Southern Russia. The Caucasus Mountains, including the Greater Caucasus range, have historically been considered as a natural barrier between Eastern Europe and West Asia." - Wikipedia. All Caucasians are white so that's a little redundant, I'd keep it simple and say as a european american. But yeah old stuff is hella racist.

[@nicoleheymannweltgestalter]

@@antmanatthemoment7233 no I didn't know. Humans are complex, forming alliances and fighting wars or taking each other's possession, no matter what race. But I still see the aftermath of White settlement as a very dominant part of US history, so I wish we would be more aware of all sides of history

[@nicoleheymannweltgestalter]

@@GeorgeWashingtonLaserMusket yes, I know where the Caucasus is, I just thought "Caucasian white" was the correct term. :) But either case, I'm glad to learn about our relationship with history. My hypothesis is, every human is "racist" in the sense that we trust what we were raised with and often don't trust what we don't know. But we have a choice of how we approach our fears, and how we take on responsibility. I didn't personally take native American land, and shouldn't live in permanent shame about it. But at the same time, I can choose to let down some of my inherited unconscious bias.

[@yourcommrad2]

Marxist here im highly inspired by the spirit of the native americans you have face so many hardships and you are still going strong

[@J.A.Smith2397]

Tks

[@c-allanwats4239]

it would be interesting to see about the boarder and the issues caused from it to inter tribal relations and community.;

[@Pou1gie1]

@7:38 I'm so not used to seeing ppl happy in these old photos, especially non-Yt ppl, so it was shocking and nice to see these photos of ppl smiling.

[@KingMacuilmiquiztli]

Im Nicaraguan with Nahua ancestry, I stand by all my indigenous brothers and sisters 🙏

[@MS-qc3rh]

Great video. Graeber and Wengrow assess the abundant evidence of even older non-hierarchical large societies in the Americas and other geogs during the neolithic.

[@johnsieverssr8288]

We owe them.❤

[@JDoe-gf5oz]

You didn't do anything to them.

[@elimartinez7704]

@@JDoe-gf5oz misses the point. It’s the government who owes them, and millions of people directly profited from this genocide

[@forgotmyduck]

This was so interesting, I am from Illinois and I believe there are no reservations in the state (but correct me if I'm misinformed!) so most of what I know of the system is from Rutherford Falls. Does anyone know what he said after the part about last names? "Glare"? I replayed it and couldn't understand. Looking forward to seeing the episode on last names!

[@SuLokify]

Knowing Better has a great overview on this and other subjects, he talks about the relations and history of natives vs America

[@SuLokify]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2azZ6mAqJado7ssi=10-jL1uIdsYuEpNj "Indian Removal" two hours of unflinching facts

[@huitzilinf_art]

Very informational. A day doesn't go by in which I hate in which this government started and still works. I hope that videos like these really reach as much people as possible.

[@melreslor2114]

How did the reservations and the residents fare during the pandemic? Is any health agency keeping track? Were a disproportion of reactions to the covid vaccines distributed to the reservations? VAERS (CDC/FDA's tracking system) has data to the state level but not by county/zip.

[@serenerose8440]

I wish there was more easily accessible info on the different tribes, cultures and traditions

[@Ntv768]

try the tribes websites, they tend to be helpful.

[@josephbrisco3797]

Thank you for informing non natives On the reservation system. Awesome to have seen another Chickasaw on here. Chokma sister!

[@KGTiberius]

❓ IDEA: video series on the Nation(s) interconnections to each other, associative self governance (how do the nations interact with each other AND come together… one voice to the USA? or many individual nations representing themselves?), representation on the world stage (United Nations, Olympics…), and which other analogy is available (Great Britain and the commonwealth nations?).

[@cheesydawg371]

I'm glad you mentioned why reservations are important to Natives. I'm not Native but I do know what it's like to love your community despite it's problems. It's why I dismiss those " oh you're upset about *here?* Go live over *there* " type of comments. I criticize because I care.

[@CocoaBeachLiving]

In high school, I wrote a paper highlighting the treaties the Federal Government broke with native tribes, at the time I found over 400 (nearly all) broken. This research shifted the way I thought on this issue in a huge way. Truly, we're in this together and it's high time we all work together to right these wrongs. I know, it's a tough nut to crack, but for what it's worth, I will continue to do my part to educate friends and family, and vote accordingly.

[@suzannefurst3023]

Proud Seneca,Irving branch.

[@impossible_planet]

Can you do a follow up video on ANCSA?

[@bear3406]

A book that really helped me understand is called: 21 Things You May Not Know about the Indian Act. It is only 160 pages long and rife with information. One of the first books I read about First Nations. We all do better, when we all do better.

[@jacobborgmann7762]

I have a question about the Northern Border Are there any reservations that straddle the border of the United States and Canada? Do any treaties between the various peoples and the USA or Canada give special legal permissions to cross the border?

[@baneofbanes]

Yes. The Mohawk for example have reservations in both the US and Canada that touch on the border and actually have the right to cross that border without going through customs. In fact that’s often abused to smuggle drugs and guns and stuff.

[@jacobborgmann7762]

@@baneofbanes good to know Thank you for getting back to me

[@hermeticbear]

things I never knew or was ever taught about and I think a lot of people don't know about.

[@ceciliahayes2244]

❤❤❤

[@crystalcastillo7575]

The max we learned about this in schools was the trail of tears and maybe one treaty you mentioned . Our education system has failed us. And I'm sorry that it has failed y'all when y'all are the real Americans

[@michaelarrowood4315]

Great explanation of a subject that very few current U.S. citizens understand. There was an enormous amount of land expropriation here, both through wars and treaties (all or most later ignored by the U.S. government. Americans living today DO NOT like to think about any of that... don't get me started on the Mexican War...) In the scope of this video, it would be wonderfully helpful to the viewer if you could slow down (!) the map timeline presented around 10:32. There is a wealth of regional information presented there, but the pace is faster than the human eye can take it all in. PBS, you can do better with your editing! (PS the colors in the graphic are also somewhat confusion, and need explanation.) I love the video and its topic - but at 10:33 it it is WAY too short to be really instructional.

[@lunarsoul1737]

Ive only ever met one indigenous person irl and she only talks some of what its like to be Navajo but my staye has no reservations so there arent many indigenous people I can speak to or be educated here from (the Navajo girl moved here from elsewhere). I do really enjoy learning abou lt indigenous history and culture tho and where I live in presentations for classes and stuff at school that we choose topics ourselves I almost always do it on the Kiikaapoa people since they used to live on the land where I live today but my school and village teach nothing about them.

[@armageddonready4071]

A bunch of the democratic rules are Native American inspired. Great job, keep it up!!!

[@jaydmatacarita]

His "United statetian" accent helped me stay interested in this video. Do with this information what you will.