Native American reservations explained

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[@GeographyNow]

Glad to have this done this much needed reference video for the upcoming USA episode! Have you ever been to a native American reservation? If not, check them out! You can learn so much from them.

[@ChrisFan890]

I like your videos

[@howto302]

Ok

[@GeraldEatsSoup]

Stew

[@howto302]

@@GeraldEatsSoup Stut??

[@arvinroidoatienza7082]

You know, it's kinda make me sad that we have to make an entire video about them. If only they followed New Zealand's example and incorporated them into American society instead of forcing in these reservations. Im happy the Philippines is too far for the Spaniards to settle. Fun fact: they also used to call us Indians (Spanish: Indio) but it became discriminatory that it (and words like Indies) fell out of use.

[@tomwalsh6189]

In Ireland we remember the substantial donation by the Choctaw tribe to the starving Irish during the great famine in 1847. A monument stands in Co Cork commentating this grateful deed . Always remembered

[@serbkebab2763]

Why is Ireland committing national suicide by inviting in hundreds of thousands of African and Arab scammers? 20% of the population is now foreign born

[@ravinraven6913]

oh yea, and to this day, Ireland donates so much food to any one around the world. They knew what it was like, and never wanted to see any one else suffer. Choctaw did was most Europeans couldn't or wouldn't do.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

See, these are the kinds of stories we don't learn in history classrooms in the US. Good for Ireland to never forget such a kind gesture.

[@dennistate5953]

Today delighted to talk with my aunt who has returned to Choctaw reservation in recent years. A delightful, beautiful, spirited, smart, strong woman. God bless us one and all.❤😊❤

[@shilleaghlaw]

I remember there being a significant donation made by the Irish to the Choctaw during Covid since the reservation got hit particularly hard! Awesome that kind of relationship exists still.

[@onewhoisanonymous]

I currently live on a native American property 55 km or about 35 miles away from Russia. We are closer to Russia than to mainland Alaska. I hesitate to call it a reservation because under Alaskan law, it’s not considered a reservation because it is privately owned by the natives cooperation. I am a teacher on this island.

[@prion42]

There's no reservations in my state but the Shawnee own a plot of land near my hometown where they have powwows.

[@jordanjames2956]

So you live on Saint Lawrence Island?

[@GeographyNow]

Where are you? I would love to know more!

[@onewhoisanonymous]

@@GeographyNowSt. Lawrence island AK. There are two villages: Savoonga and Gambell. I live in Gambell.

[@secularsekai8910]

@@onewhoisanonymous Very interesting!

[@antons5302]

Since childhood, I've been fascinated by the Native American cultures. Thank you for dedicating a full special to it

[@dwaynefoley1020]

Came to say exactly this

[@hermesbandofficial8551]

@@dwaynefoley1020 same here

[@cookiemon_123]

Same, they usually don't get enough recognition and to this day they are still unfairly treated in some areas.

[@taberanta628]

There is a KZbin channel called, "Ancient Americas."

[@hermesbandofficial8551]

@@taberanta628 ill be looking into this if I haven’t already

[@EdgeXXI]

Greetings from the Tohono O'odham Nation, number three on your list of largest reservations. Our name means Desert People. The names Arizona and Tucson are derived from our language, Arizona meaning small spring and Tucson meaning black mountain. Thanks for your video.

[@ZhangtheGreat]

I know your people got split by the border and are still living on both sides to this day. I've always been curious how you communicate across what is now a recognized international border. Having seen only limited videos, the people portrayed in them were fluent in English on one side and Spanish on the other. Do you use your native tongues to communicate, or do you speak the Indo-European languages with each other?

[@laylowxalex]

Cool

[@WizardToby]

Many of our states, rivers, and landforms in the US have Native American originated names as well (like Mississippi, Minnesota, Wyoming, Missouri, Connecticut, etc). They named all these areas and the land before the Europeans showed up.

[@rino7789]

Iowa as well.

[@boodstain]

The whole state of Ohio too is an Iroquois name, I think it meant “Great River”

[@timmmahhhh]

Michigan gets its name from an Ojibwa (Chippewa) Indian word meaning "large lake."

[@glitchxero4687]

Florida has tons of indigenous names, or at least names of indigenous origin (many Seminole, but some are from other tribes or just named after the tribe itself): Okeechobee, Loxahatchee, Withlacoochee, Alpahoochee, Caloosahatchee, Choctawhatchee, Chatahoochee, Cocohatchee, Tequesta, Ocala, Miami, Pensacola, and many, many more. Some to many of them are anglicized to varying degrees, which is unfortunate, but I'm still glad I at least got that much to learn growing up. I really despise what was done to the native tribes in this country. The government tried to utterly wipe out their languages and cultures and faiths. Every time I think about those residential schools, my blood boils. I can't even imagine how it must make them feel.

[@sublime9525]

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Hawai'i, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.

[@IndigenousHistoryNow]

Another important factor of US-Indigenous history to mention is the boarding school system. For around a century, indigenous children were forced to go to boarding schools where the US attempted to forcibly eradicate all aspects of Indigenous cultures. There was a lot of abuse and neglect, a lot of kids died. This era is why so many languages have so few speakers and also why so many Indigenous communities struggle with inter generational trauma

[@user-wi4cs8sg8q]

Yeah and if I remember correctly there were a lot of natives in the southeast that adopted European-American culture and lifestyles but they were still forced off the land for gold deposits that were found around that region.

[@alexander6304]

Yep, it also wasn't exclusive to the US as well. Canada also played a part in doing exactly what was just described.

[@k-aw-teksleepysageuni8181]

@@alexander6304 Canada did it much longer and allowed it to be much more brutal tho too. RCMP helped the churches cover up mass deaths. THis happened until 1996!!! the USA had started closing boarding schools in the 60's and were all gone by the early 70's. Meanwhile thousands more died and were covered up and buried by my mountebank grin "LIEberal and Progressive CONservative" governments.

[@ATownDown32]

That was canada dude

[@IndigenousHistoryNow]

@@ATownDown32 it was Canada, the US, Australia, and New Zealand. All 4 of these countries had boarding school assimilation policies, but the US came up with the idea and opened the first schools. Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania was the first of these schools opened in 1879.

[@ixlzz]

As a law enforcement officer in Oklahoma, in my county, I had to be cross-deputized into three different tribal police forces so that I could respond to calls for service (or backup) in certain areas.

[@GeographyNow]

Interesting!

[@AbruptandOffensive]

And the craziest part is local pd/deputies have to respond but your agency can’t prosecute.

[@willynillylive]

Tribal police are not to be f with

[@AbruptandOffensive]

@@willynillylive Tribal police are mostly useless and corrupt. With Lighthorse leading the way. The only good tribal police are the ones who are cross deputized and cross train with the US Marshals. They are held to a MUCH much higher standard than normal tribal police. BIA is essential the FBI for Native Americans. They are a purely investigative agency who use local tribal police or Marshals to effect arrests on Tribal lands or enclaves.

[@Jamsomeone]

Some some tribal police are called Lighthorse, which is awesome 😎

[@GreenChicken266]

As a Native American, I'm glad someone is teaching others what we live on now.

[@hexkobold9814]

I'd love to see videos like this for indigenous / ethnic minority populations in other countries like Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Australia, Russia, China, etc!

[@crazypeopleonsunday7864]

Yes, Australia & Russia especially!

[@2x2leax]

Russian one has its own video, about the republics. Yes, the ones that don't have a republic needs its own video.

[@coyotelong4349]

Yep, and I would add New Zealand and Taiwan to that

[@mzee5533]

In Southern Africa we’ve the khoisan tribe. You find them in South Africa, Botswana or Namibia

[@josemanuelalvarezbilbatua7869]

We have none in Mexico. We are all just Mexicans

[@jacklazzaro9820]

Adding on to the language section, there’s been attempts to revive critically endangered native languages. Jessie Little Doe Baird is a Wampanoag linguist who has been reviving the Wampanoag language since the 90’s, and it’s seen some steady success.

[@invalidaccount6147]

Were those languages had their own scripts? Or script was never there.

[@anonimni1288]

Native Americans are really missunderstood people and im happy you're making a video about this

[@mike04574]

misunderstood how

[@somedesertdude1308]

​@@mike04574 idk bring Indians

[@citrusblast4372]

@@mike04574 everyone thinks theyre something else

[@gifthorse3675]

That’s because they do too much drugs

[@thekilla2885]

That's putting it mildly.

[@than217]

The Hopi trying to reclaim land from the Navajo Reservation has been a long legal battle for over half a century now, so I'm glad it got mentioned. And interestingly the ancient Apache-Navajo started their migration from Upper White River region of Alaska following a volcanic eruption from Mount Churchill.

[@rastus666]

The Hopi migrated to the US from Central America between 1300-1700 AD. Latecomers.

[@kingtachalla6181]

I wish we could unite like blacks , and other races instead of just tribal , imagine how powerful we could be 😢

[@sarban1653]

Bruh, Navajo have been living in that area for well over a thousand years.

[@lancebedonie6326]

I’ve been a part of that battle. Hopi-Navajo relocation.

[@MrStaybrown]

The navajo didn't take the land, it's where the government drew the lines.

[@mxss115]

I lived and worked in the Chickasaw Nation for years. During the initial covid times, the casino I worked at had to close for almost two months. In spite of them being closed, they didn’t lay anybody off and I kept still got paid, including getting 80% of what the average tip pool was. Consider my hourly pay was almost entirely consumed by taxes, tips were almost my entire income.

[@randytrevino99]

WinStar?

[@pinkiesue849]

wonderful of them.

[@phapart]

They got ppp loans from the us govt, it didn't come out of their pockets

[@Durant1974]

Same at Choctaw. I wish our Government did half the things the Nation's do for their citizens.

[@robertlee7606]

Where did they get the money, from the taxpayers via the government.

[@vertigo747]

I've always seen these across my google maps procrastination sessions and never really understood how the whole system worked, thank for explaining it so clearly. Can't wait for the US episode!! ❤❤

[@abcdefg91111]

You and i, are the same

[@wesselstienstra7020]

"Google maps procrastination sessions" OOF that's relatable

[@bubblitzbubba3501]

We are the same

[@itsjedu8403]

I thought that was just me 😂

[@prettypic444]

As a fellow Californian, I'm surprised you didn't mentioned the mission system. yeah, it was under the Spanish (and later Mexican) government, but it still had HUGE impact: many Californian tribes aren't federally recognized, and many Californians actually protested when father Junipero was sainted! the history of native suffering under the mission is a big, sad part of our state history!

[@wynntaylor1]

Juniperro serra was a grade A scumbag

[@ap9019]

Agreed

[@franciscomunoz2222]

@Pretty Pic @AP As a fellow Californian, I urge you to dig into the history of the Missions and compare it with what Colonel Freemont did to Native Americans as he was conquering California for the federal government, and what the State of California and the US government carried out beginning in 1849. You can still read it in black and white in the papers of the time. Compare and contrast who carried out the mass killings. The Mission system never did that.

[@basedkaiser5352]

Based part

[@D3ci]

Shiiraw'axne tongve, koy aweeshkone xaa tongve'xaarin xaa :)

[@MAVJ]

I served in the Marines with a lot of Native Americans, and they were some of the best guys. All had crazy stories, could give/take a joke, and were completely open to any and all questions we had about their cultures and perspectives of the world.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

Notorious drunks!

[@Ronin777z]

@@Bonzi_Buddyhmm and why is that I wonder?

[@Deathskull0001]

Honestly I would've appreciated a full episode on this. Native American culture is diverse and frankly quite a bit more ancient than the USA itself. As it's not as mainstream, I really would like to know as much as possible, but the book recommendation was nice as well:)

[@TheViolaBuddy]

My immediate thought was "Hmm, we're coming to the end of the UN member states... what if after that, we started on a video for each of the 574 federally recognized Native American tribes?" Of course, that's entirely unreasonable, but maybe at least a few videos would be cool, outlining either the largest tribes or else grouping tribes together by like "Pacific Northwest tribes" vs "tribes of the Southwest Great Basin" or something like that. One thing I have a tough time understanding is the differences and diversity across different tribes, because clearly the umbrella category of "Native American" is not a monolith and yet largely my impressions of them are largely as a single block of people.

[@justinarzola4584]

​@@TheViolaBuddy good comment, we see native Americans as a monomyth but really it's different tribes or ethnic groups who only share the connection of being on the north American continent.

[@sdrawkcabUK]

Also often overlooked in American history are the monuments left by ancient native Americans eg. Cahokia mounds, the snake mound in Ohio, Pueblo houses in SW etc.

[@BrandanLee]

Lizard Mound in Wisconsin, Maya's bones from ~14,000ya in Mexico, 30,000 year old footprints in White Sands, NM near the proving grounds...

[@user-wx2vq4qd1q]

these stayed because it's hard remove them. imagine all the shrines and villages and temples, these are easy to burn and demolish.

[@BabyMammothGoBoom]

In Hawaii we grew up learning about hawaiian history from ancient native hawaiian society and culture through hawaii's take over to now.. comparing that to where I live now in Pennsylvania, where I'm told at least the history of the lenape and Delaware weren't taught, it makes me proud to have been a local, which is what we called people from Hawaii who weren't native hawaiian :)

[@jasonrackawack9369]

As someone who was born and raised in Eastern PA I can ever imagine leaving HI..... let alone moving to PA on purpose....you are right the schools teach nothing about the native cultures here.

[@Intellectualrigor]

I grew up and still reside in Western PA, Not only did we learn about different Native cultures in the United States, we had an assembly with 2 ceremonies with local tribes. I depends on the region.

[@Jramirez2700]

I grew up in NJ and we learned about the Lenape!

[@BinglesP]

I grew up in Georgia and I remember learning in school about our state's aboriginal tribes(mainly Cherokee). Once in 4th Grade about how they operated pre-colonization, and sometime in middle school where we learned about how they were treated once the settlers came in, from their agreements with Oglethorpe to their prejudice as minority groups(it was very depressing, I think I remember being physically brought to tears from studying that). Never really heard from someone from there, though. Or, at least ever talked to someone who I knew descended from them. So, we did learn about them here, academically at least, but I never got to actually see the reservations or anything.

[@TheThOdOr1s]

Just letting future generations know that Geography Now reached the US and made a Reservations Video BEFORE CGP Grey released part 1 of his Reservations Series. Part 0 is been around for 3 years!

[@ravinraven6913]

part 0 has what? part 0 is the one before you start doing something....if hes called it part 0, then hes an idiot

[@Labyrinth6000]

I’m guessing he gave up on the topic. He’s infamous for not finishing up certain topics that are covered in “another time”.

[@chrisclancy6756]

Also, the Inuit languages are often seen on signs in Nunavut, Canada. The letters and symbols are really cool looking

[@noseboop4354]

The origin of those letters (formely called "Inuktitut syllabics") isn't the best, they were invented by English and French missionaries so that natives could read the bible. It was wildly successful at completely destroying the native religions, nearly the entire northern native populations are now christian or protestants.

[@BrandanLee]

@@noseboop4354 -- Correct and tragic. Repeated history of the Scandinavians and slavic folk, finns, sami... They come and "invent" a language, and all you get to read is their stuff. Currently doing it again across south america and Brazil, in the 21st century, with low contact tribes. It's their MO.

[@gagebrandon6674]

Along with Kachina dolls being originally Hopi, dream catchers were siouan, and totem poles were only constructed north of Washington on the coast. Both despite their being sold across different areas disregarding where they originate

[@GeographyNow]

True lol. It kind of seems like a lot of tribes like to "piggyback" off of other tribes.

[@michaelmetzger8802]

I understand that dream catchers are Ojibwe or Anishinaabe, but it isn't far fetched for contact and trade of customs cultures and all of that with nearby people. Who really knows at this point, so much was lost. One of my ancestors was Sioux and was adopted and raised by Potawatomi and married into the tribe, Who really knows where that one originates it is far back and part of the customs of both. Either way people who believe in pan-indianism blurred it all together so much it confuses many people naturally.

[@ortegaperu8510]

Hope they can preserve their culture

[@samsmith2635]

I Hopi they can too

[@uptown_rider8078]

Hopefully we can all preserve our culture

[@Trancymind]

Fun fact- All religions, cultures and languages will change over time. Humans are destined to change, why you ask? Because we have had unlimited perspectives from the people who lived in the past, the people currently living and the people who will be born into the future. That's why.

[@oqo3310]

​@@Trancymindyou can have your culture preserved through time even tho it was subject to change. Jews still have their culture despite it coming from millenias ago and having been subject to brutal discrimination in nearly every place of the globe they have settled in.

[@Trancymind]

@@oqo3310 The jews culture has changed since the beginning including the bible as well. Especially with translation of certain specific words in order to clarify certain sentences. If you look at the jewish religion, it has split into certain branches. Gnosticism is a religion older than the jews even older than the ancient egyptians. This religion doesn't value material things instead the spirit/soul of the individual as well as earths and the afterlife. This religion goes back when people had a simple language and lived in dwellings and caves.

[@rapportbuildingfirst8695]

Having visited the Navajo Nation in my trip to the US (I'm from Australia) last year I fully agree with his assessment of how good fry-bread tastes. I'm visiting Canada later this year and looking forward to having it again there. Interesting re the languages with their own writing scripts. I did the Navajo tree (more like a bush) on Duolingo during a lockdown in 2020 and was pleased to have a crack at speaking (mainly just 'hello' and 'thank you') when I was on the Reservations last year. But to discover that not all of the Native American languages (in the US - Í'm aware that the Inuit in Canada have their own script) use the Latin script was interesting.

[@Elmascapo937]

Australia is also a very interesting country

[@coyotelong4349]

Don’t any of the Australian Aboriginal languages have their own script?

[@rapportbuildingfirst8695]

@@coyotelong4349 to my knowledge they don't/didn't. They were all oral languages until Europeans arrived.

[@ravinraven6913]

people talk really weird here in youtube. like they are talking to someone already who asked them a question. Is this how your teachers taught you how to write paragraphs?

[@hersheysbar28]

​@@ravinraven6913 Buddy, your paragraph here is by far the least well-written. I would take a look at myself before commenting on others if I were you.

[@elijahrodriguez4744]

Hey Barby, my name is Hayden Rodriguez and I just wanna sy thank you for taking the time to make this video and educating more people about the indigenous peoples of the US. I would really like to see a series where you cover maybe not every reservation but a few major reservations individually.

[@ravinraven6913]

then why does it it say Elijah Rodriguez and not Hayden? I really think more people could use some more info on reservations. The concept to me to live on them seems stupid, I went through a few in Montana, and they were run down and dilapidated. Only jobs were at the Casino. Kinda sad that the Crow reservations are where the Cheyenne used to call their family homes for hundreds of years. Crow were the US scouts and stuff. So it would be nice to see what tribe was where and what tribe has moved into what tribes land It would be good to show people that its not only people of European decent that take over other peoples land. Natives been doing it for hundreds of years, only mad at them white boys because they couldn't beat them like they could beat each other

[@hyweldavies8450]

😊😊

[@Trancymind]

Rodriguez comes from a germanic tribe from southern sweden and northern germany. Interesting.

[@RapnFreshD]

i specialised in north american ("native") cultures in my cultural anthropology bachelor (minor) and there is so much to learn and so many stories and histories to tell, it's truly incredible and interesting!

[@SouthwestWoodcraft-pd7wk]

As a member of the Mescelaro Apache and Toas Pueblo people, I want to thank you for doing a great job on accurately portraying the reservations. I have been keeping up with your channel for some time now and am so glad this episode was made. Keep up the good work and it would be and honor if you came and visited the Toas Pueblo, the oldest inhabited area in North America.

[@robthetraveler1099]

4:06 Fun fact, Native tribes can establish casinos on their reservations even when casinos are illegal in the state that the reservation is surrounded by, e.g. Texas. The only casinos in Texas are on Native reservations.

[@CliffCardi]

That goes for most states. New Jersey requires special licenses, while many riverboat casinos operate on rivers between state borders. But native reservations are always fair game.

[@cashewnuttel9054]

Since the US already took so much from them some concession maybe allowed?

[@scottabc72]

@@cashewnuttel9054 Its not really a concession just a recognition that only the Federal government is allowed to pass regulations and laws on Native reservations. This is a legacy of the treaty relationship between the U.S. and Native nations that is codified in the Constitution.

[@jessallen7756]

State borders don't end at the waters edge of rivers.....State borders extend to the middle of those rivers.....Some states allow exceptions for socalled riverboat casinos, most of which aren't a boat at all, just a casino building along the shoreline of a river....

[@randymarshall7665]

takin it back one quarter at a time....8)

[@tiltiege7842]

Nice quick explanation. Knowing Better made a video some time ago, that goes into way more detail why this system is such a clusterfuck at times.

[@TriumvirSajaki]

When Geography Now gets to the reservations before CPG Grey does

[@sobs291]

Unfortunate that you didn’t address why most reservations are full of poverty. For example, since the land is federal, people in the reservations cannot purchase land and thus build wealth to pass down to their children.

[@JoshTalks11]

Can you elaborate? As in land outside the res or inside? I guess outside was because they didn’t want reservations to expand even though I think they should be able to. Inside, can’t they just make their own system of land ownership? I don’t think they’re beholden to US property rights on the res

[@krmendozaa]

@@JoshTalks11no, on the Rez. One of my closest friends lives on the Navajo Nation and it’s a really messed up, convoluted system. Homes are basically leased from the tribal/federal government so you cannot own the land. And it’s nearly impossible to get a loan to build a home from the ground up, so many (at least on the Navajo Rez but it might be similar elsewhere) live in trailers because it’s cheapest. Any housing you see is likely the equivalent public housing elsewhere that these families have lived in for decades.

[@krmendozaa]

It’s so sad how it’s so difficult to also open local businesses on reservations so they stay literal food deserts and/or only have access to wildly expensive or corporate fast food.

[@GeographyNow]

Uhh no idea where you got that from, that is not true, they do have the right to own property, under the Allotment Act of 1887, and Wheeler-Howard Act of 1930s, property ownership rights were established for individual land allotments, which could be owned and transferred similar to private property. Where the issue comes in is the numerous OTHER factors such as the negligence of allocating certain federal funds for things like access to ammenities and services.

[@Bundpataka]

@@GeographyNow Also a lot of allotments were small, poor quality, and native allotment owners often had to split the land between their children, reducing the sizes even more. And the allotment system was created partially to free up the remaining unallotted reservation land for white settlement, which many thought would allow for the natives to be assimilated.

[@chrisclancy6756]

I’m in education, which has recently privileged me to attend a meeting w Gilbert Whiteduck and members of the Mohawk, Algonquin, and Schenectady tribes. We participated in a smudging ceremony with a fire fanned by an eagles feather and passed a talking stick around to talk about our lives, our ideas for education, or our relation to native life. The whole thing was rather eye opening. The teacher I work with presented a project we’re doing in which students from a upper-middle class elementary school collaborated with a nearby indigenous elementary school in creating a song together. The kids played, did activities, had lunch together, and took time to write lyrics in groups. The lyrics spoke of the tragedies of the past while also speaking about a brighter future once we sort the information. The meeting confirmed to me that we can teach the future generations the truth in what happened and other sensitive topics without making anyone feel bad or uncomfortable! The truth may be ugly but it’s the only thing that will set us free from it

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@dkeelin]

When you get bored you should do something like this for Mexico and Canada

[@antonioyazzie4615]

Thank you for this episode! Happy you visited my reservation. Sending good thoughts from Navajoland

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@MoneyMikeMurray]

I've never seen your videos before but you sold me with this one. Very informative I loved it

[@HeisenbergFam]

Imagine how surreal it feels to live in your land, foreign power comes in with new technology and you are designated to live in special reservations

[@El-Djazir-Blobfish]

HEISENBERG YOU STARING AT MOST OF US

[@JJ_Five_Two]

Oversimplification

[@benji-pj4dp]

Because they were all handing out daises to eachother before westerners arrived?

[@DudeTotally1000]

​@@benji-pj4dp Don't you know that all native Americans were saints? The Aztec empire was basically a utopia 🤣

[@dkgamers1385]

Yeah armenians be like native Americans.

[@johngorentz6409]

I like your attitude: Ask. Don't assume you already know or that one answer fits all. And don't assume that one person speaks for everybody.

[@ettaplace6716]

Thanks a lot for covering this !! 👏🏻

[@ttime808]

Thanks for including the Pacific in this great explanation video! ❤

[@edibleandsentientautomobil5396]

I've been longing to visit a reservation for a long time! Thanks for the cool info

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@viniciuspaiva8932]

Here in Brasiil "indigenous" is usually the most accepted term

[@IvanHadlich]

Duuude! Awesome knowledge here. I had a brainstorming with my friend about this topic last year (I was f curious about it) and here we are! Thanks, awesome video.

[@samuelboston5121]

This was incredible work. The perspectives felt balanced and it was well researched. I enjoy this level of work

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@pckrichards7980]

Awesome, man. I’m not indigenous, but I’ve always been interested in these groups. Glad you’ve covered this.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@fernandez3841]

Most white Americans, "I'm part Cherokee"

[@stargazer-elite]

Well all humans are related to the first single called life soooo technically the truth we all are cousins to each other

[@willynillylive]

Lots of people probably are Cherokee

[@lingding-]

Most are

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

This is the thing I'm most excited for in the USA episode! I'm a history nerd in addition to being a geography nerd, so the major well-known US history kind of bores me just because I've studied it so much in school. I love learning about the cultures of the Indigenous population of different countries, so I'm super excited to learn more

[@DanielKolbin]

After more than half a decade of waiting, the USA episode is around the block :) Massive respect for you doing this series. I really wonder what will happen after Zimbabwe.

[@augustdavis4725]

As someone who loves the show Yellowstone, (who treats the Natives with such respect), I’m so happy you made this!

[@bj.bruner]

You've done what CGP Grey started but couldn't finish. Well done Barbs 👏

[@akucbol]

Great personality and storytelling that made this video interesting and easy to both watch and follow. Cheers! More power to ya 💕

[@thomasmoore5949]

You know that we still need informative books about Native/indigenous Americans, which can answer questions like the ones you answered here. You gave a very good stream of tangible information. I want to hear more about all aspects of Native American history, culture, language, and life. That book you recommended would clearly be a good start.

[@viniciuspaiva8932]

thanks for actually visiting the reservations for the video barbs, mad respects.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@viniciuspaiva8932]

@@davidmrodriguez8067 from Brasil bro

[@zionnobre3139]

2:01 One note is that there wasn’t an “ice bridge” connecting Asia and North America at the end of the Ice Age (Pleistocene Epoch), but a land bridge that different animals migrated across. This landmass connected both continents because of the lowering of sea level that was caused by glaciers and ice sheets all across the world during that time.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@Maurice-Navel]

I appreciate the care you took in creating this!

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@Gdavis135]

Thank you for this great video. Nicely explained!

[@carltonshell1964]

Sorry, Just FYI for anyone interested... I am Northwest Florida Mvskoke (Muscogee Creek), which is not on your map. During the Indian Removal act the mvskoke from as far away as "Little Tallasee" (near present-day Montgomery, Alabama) Joined with the Tribe in Pensacola, Florida where they remained with a group led by Osceola drawing the federal troops away from them down into the everglades and taking the name "Seminole". A lot happened between then and the 1940's and 1950's to try and become recognized, and finely in 1974, the State of Florida created the Northwest Florida Creek Indian Council under Florida Statute 285 to deal with Creek Indian issues, and in 1986 a treaty was finally signed and the Senate and the House of Representatives for the State of Florida passed concurrent Resolutions that recognized us as a tribe. Our land is not a reservation however, it is called "Tribal Land" and is composed of large areas of land privately purchased and shared among the tribe.

[@earthtomara]

Miigwech for making this video!! I think it's really important to acknowledge that not all indigenous tribes were the same or even symbiotic in any way. A lot of people have this weird idea that all native peoples have one look and one combined story. My dad is Dakota and my mom is Ojibwe. They were married for 20 years and even they couldn't get along lmao (it's funny because haha enemy tribes) If you like frybread and are ever up north, you should try to find some bannock bread. It's bigger, thinner, and I think it's baked? It's not the same of even comparable to frybread, but it's really good and deserves a try! Sidenote: In some areas that are surrounded by reservations, you can find some signs written in different indigenous languages. I live in MN and a lot of our welcome or restroom signs are written in English and Ojibwe.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@FrankTulloch]

thank you for the rundown King 🙏

[@GodfatherBoxSet]

Super cool video. My grandfather was born on the Seneca Res in North Eastern Oklahoma. He moved to Pittsburgh where the tribe is orginally from after his mother passed. We had family here that assimilated when they were being forced out

[@hotelworker812]

Great video! I have always been curious as to how tribal lands operate.

[@jordanwutkee2548]

You could do a whole episode just on the Native Californians, 'cause that's a whole 'nother ballgame. There are multiple dozens of tribes and sub-tribes. I live in the area of the Chumash people, whose language family is believed to be even older than the ones you mentioned, making them among the oldest inhabitants of the region.

[@johngreen6421]

I really like the video. Very cool. I am very interested in all your information and how much you covered. I look forward to check out more. Thank you

[@jhonyermo]

One of your VERY BEST. Thank YOU !!!!

[@HessianHunter]

1:43 Archaeologists held on to the 10,000 years ago Beringia theory for the arrival of the first Americans for a long time, but there's now convincing evidence that people lived at sites like Monte Verde in Chile and Meadowcroft Rock Shelter in Pennsylvania closer to 20,000 years ago and likely long before then. Linguists noted a long time ago that 10k years wasn't a realistic time frame to develop the extreme linguistic diversity of the continents from a single migratory group. The KZbin channel Ancient Americas has a fantastic video about it and other indigenous history topics.

[@danielzhang1916]

yes the sea theory has become more accepted

[@HessianHunter]

@@danielzhang1916 You mean the "kelp highway" theory, right? Makes a lot of sense once you consider that traveling long distances is far easier via boats than walking on land.

[@danielzhang1916]

@@HessianHunter I didn't know there was an actual name for it, but yes

[@rachelellebye5203]

So hyped for the USA episode!!

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@Flying_Ninja]

im excited for the us episode, it’s gonna be awesome 👍

[@rvnsprng]

Hesci estvnko Barbs! Thank you for making this video! As a Mvskoke man I appreciate seeing my fellow Native peoples getting recognition

[@BenDover-xv5il]

Can’t wait for the Indigenous Australians episode! Lots of history and geography to cover.

[@Bonzi_Buddy]

Ah yes. They have an average IQ in the 70’s.

[@poloclubb]

Like where they built a 5 star resort on top of a big concentration camp for aborigines 😃

[@Caleb.Brockie]

Love this video. I am part Native American from the Gros Ventre tribe (yes I know the translation of the name from French and they did name it). Our reservation is in Montana however it’s technically not our homeland. Our homeland is in present day Canada and when the border was established in the 1800s the Americans wouldn’t let us cross back into Canada

[@yamahaxs6501]

So much incredible information. Thank you.

[@willyhyena]

This may be your best one! I learned a lot! I love geography that's why i love you! But this one taught me! Thanks!

[@happyphoto200]

One of the craziest thing I learned about one tribe the Seminole Tribe of Florida is that they own the hard rock cafe brand.

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

I have heard about reservations for Native Americans in America. Good that you explained. 👍. There are Navajo and Mohawk tribes. Any country having a tribe is best. In my country India there are lots of tribes but there is no reservation land for them. Tribals in India are found in all parts. But in your country USA there are specific locations for tribals.

[@mohitshrivastava5412]

There is a reservation for them under the ST category 'scheduled tribes'. Don't spread misinformation

[@theawesomeman9821]

the Nagas from Manipur would like to object to your answer.

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

@@mohitshrivastava5412 the reservations in America and India are different. Here in America reservations means specific places for tribes to live. In India, reservation means seats which are reserved for Scheduled Castes or Tribes. The reservation can mean anything in India like seats or constituencies reserved for a special group of people. You are getting confused.

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

@@theawesomeman9821 Nagas were living in the Nagaland and Manipur region long before the Indian government recognised the area as theirs.

[@bhanupratap1063]

In India, Tribal people have autonomous district councils.

[@GeoJoeTravels]

Excellent episode and very thorough too! 🙏🌎💫

[@andrijherasymenko]

Love them Native Americans. From Ukraine 🇺🇦

[@lavarockz9380]

The Indians weren’t named after the country India, they were named after “the East Indies” which is what people called Indonesia at the time.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@8AlisaInez]

Awesome💚Thank you for the message! *acknowledgment by the Hopi Enjoying your Vlogs 😊

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@FreedomToRoam86]

Pretty good summary - thanks for the good effort.

[@Tclans]

Correct me if I’m wrong but wasn’t the word Indian derived from the fact they where looking to reach India or the indies by sailing west instead east. Thus landing on the American continent and naming the indigenous people Indians because they where under the impression to have hit India / the indies.

[@bluntscar7617]

The name India comes from the river Indus.The land east of Indus is India.

[@ManteIIo]

Yes, they used word Indians to describe peoples of Indian peninsula long before they reached American continent and that's the reason the name stuck with them as well as they thought they reached India from another side. That was the whole point of funding Columbus expedition, to find shorter and faster route to India by going westwards in order to avoid wasting several months by circumnavigating whole African continent.

[@jonathanborchardt891]

EN DIOS two words Columbus was lost not stupid. Mix up between Latin, Spanish, Portuguese, and English. Used to describe the innocent nature of Tanios.

[@19erik74]

​@@jonathanborchardt891I've also heard it pronounced los sin dios

[@Zeyev]

Thanks for the overview. I would suggest a deeper dive into some of the nations, but the selection process would take decades, no? PS. Like so many Usonians, even those of us with immigrant backgrounds, I have a story: my father was born in Comanche County on a reservation in a house built by members of the Kiowa nation. His father was in the US Army there. Like everything else with the People of the Land, it's a nuanced and difficult history.

[@nathangale7702]

Overall, this is a good introduction. I'm glad you encourage everyone to research the nuances further.

[@Freak_a_zoid]

Very well done. I’m Comanche and this topic is complex…I did enjoy your video and thought you did a very good job. Thank you for this video.

[@shaneeq]

An Amazing Video as Usual :))

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@jonathanbush6197]

Thanks for the useful info! Although there is apparently no official Native land in Virginia, there are still regions that hold many descendants from the same tribe, such as the Monacan tribe around Amherst. I used to deliver newspapers there, and on the few occasions that we met, they were always very nice to me.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@jonathanbush6197]

@@davidmrodriguez8067 These days I live in Lexington Virginia. Thank you for your good wishes which did cheer me up. I wish the same for you.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

@@jonathanbush6197 Smile that so lovely to know. Life is beautiful. How is the weather over there with you?

[@mstreemoon8117]

Thank you so much for recognizing my tribe, the Lumbee, on your map❤we often get overlooked bc of the whole state vs federal recognition issue.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@20thcenturytunes]

Bravo sir, well done, It is a complex issue and really needs to be talked about more - I've lived and worked in and around two reservations and find each has its complexities, like here by the Great Lakes and adjacent waterways its fishing rights that tends to be a serious concern. Yes, fry bread is awesome.

[@BougieAshr]

I’m a gen z Native American and I personally hate the term indigenous because it sounds so close to indigent (poor; needy). Native American is fine but I tend to say Indian more because it doesn’t take as long to say 😂

[@Luci_S]

Sister! Just use the short variant! NDN!

[@Trancymind]

Indian= India. I can tell you this, women from India are very attractive with their faces/eyes and curved bodies.

[@flyerboy991]

At this point every other educational youtuber is going to cover the reservations before CGP Grey lol

[@declanmuldoon2047]

Great intro to the indigenous peoples of the USA. Encouraged me to read up more on this fascinating history.

[@michaelschlegel8585]

Barbs, I’ve been a fan for probably about 6 years- since I was in college as a young/dumb geography major. I want to thank you for helping me get interested in the subject, and the great content you’ve provided. I was always curious how you would display the US eventually. As an American, I could not be more happy with how you represented us. The USA has done many wrongs, particularly to natives, African-Americans, etc. that you didn’t shy away from. I’m glad you gave the backstory on some of the people our country has historically forgot. We’re a nation of misfits, who often times seem like we hate each other. Again, don’t get me wrong, we have a million problems, but I’m happy to be here, and very grateful to be from here. I was always raised to do my best not judge, treat people how I’d want to be treated, and ultimately we’re all in this together. My parents always taught me no matter how we look or how we got here- we’re all Americans. I think you exemplified that. Thanks Barbs.

[@raguelelnaqum]

It'd be interesting if you could cover state-recognized tribes & nations, plus their reservations. For example, the Lumbee of North Carolina

[@lancebedonie6326]

I visited Lambee rez. I’m Navajo. It’s a beautiful country. I loved the lakes.

[@raguelelnaqum]

@@lancebedonie6326 What a coincidence, I've visited the Navajo rez & one of my close family friends is of the Dine!

[@ryanmcmanusoldcities]

Hey, Geography Now, have you read the book 1491 about the pre-columbian americas, I'm almost finished with it and it's really good. Among many things, it talks about how the pre-columbian americas were actually descently densely populated, and a lot more densely populated than most people picture them or what is generally taught in schools.

[@sunspotmill1291]

A bit of a starter pack for the upcoming US episode, huh? I'm all here for it!

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m David by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@krazeevideos]

Excellent research thanks for your educational video👍I'm from Canada and have been to gathering of nations it was awesome trip

[@PaulDidIt]

That must have been very hard to put together. ♥🇦🇺

[@coyotelong4349]

If you think about it, the UK’s equivalent of Indigenous reservations are the countries of Scotland, Wales & Northern Ireland 😅 (& unofficially Cornwall)

[@laceymosley5111]

So the Brits are like some type of Germans?

[@TheRareVideosXL]

Interesting content as always.

[@gnsmk357]

This was a well thought out and respectful 12 min 12 sec of good researched information. Great job. Great insight. A+ Video.

[@davidmrodriguez8067]

Simple music can make you sing, a simple hug can make you feel better, simple things can make you happy, I hope my simple hello will make you smile. I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days and I hope God bless you to have a great day. I’m Jason by name from Overbrook Philadelphia and you where are you from?

[@PaulSobon1]

As well, members of certain Indian Nations travel on their own National passports rather than their US passport to selected countries. I spoke last year here in Geneva with the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Representative to the UN. He entered Switzerland via Zurich on his Haudenosaunne passport; he showed it to me with its official entrance stamp by Switzerland immigration. The Haudenosanee (sometimes know as Iroquois) are officially recognized by the Canton of Geneva but are not yet recognized by the UN as an independent nation, so the visit protocol was a mix of official state business and “just another tourist”. I learned a bit about their nation during the Geneva welcoming ceremony. As Paul says, talking is the best way forward. The Representative wasn’t so clear, but I suspect he entered back in New York on his US passport rather than his Haudenosaunne.

[@willynillylive]

Your Indian id is us government federal identification and can be used as a u s passport because it is

[@SafavidAfsharid3197]

​@@willynillylivei don't think our indian ID or adhar would work in USA and your native reservations bruh. Its only work within indian borders.