Indigenous People React To Indigenous Representation In Film And TV (Pocahontas, The Lone Ranger)

[@Saphrina94]

You should have had Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron in the mix! The indigenous people in that movie are celebrated for protecting their land and heritage.

[@lucasbrunoz]

Literally my favorite animated movie ever

[@IamSteda91]

Doesn't fit their narrative..

[@Sapphire_Reacts]

that and brother bear

[@uriel4274]

Emma Nygaard my childhood movie🔥

[@kshatriyapa]

@@IamSteda91 what narrative?

[@zoelemire827]

2:54-3:24 "You should not ignore history, because then you don't learn." Preach.

[@janresendez7991]

Then why did they stop teaching history in schools?

[@tahataimur1859]

@@janresendez7991 which crappy schools are these?

[@JPNZ_MushrooM]

@@janresendez7991 we're waiting

[@michaelrowley5871]

@@JPNZ_MushrooM he was probably homeschooled

[@tanchuzhen9057]

The only thing humans learn from history is how to make the same mistakes twice.

[@TexasArmyVet]

Adam was completely right! How will we know history if it keeps getting banned

[@Neyobe]

I totally agree. History gets banned from a government that feels embarrassed or threatened, but doesn’t take into consideration of the people who suffered and lost their lives

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

Yes I agree completely! Same with the Civil War and the Holocaust. We should remember the stuff and not try and forget it happened, because history is going to repeat itself if we don't learn from it.

[@michaelrowley5871]

@@adal5212 I'll argue it. People still use the n-word pretty liberally. So its not history. Its right now.

[@barrybodiongan6684]

@@michaelrowley5871 people are using it because they are not taught the history of it.

[@stevenbuchanan22]

I'm native american portuguese irish thought as a kid indian red ... cartoons

[@jensanchez1267]

"i'm still trying to find my roots and they're so hard to be discovered because they were ripped out of the ground" this hit me

[@sarahtelles1931]

Why do I feel as if I have seen Callum trolling TYT videos

[@Thecircustapes]

I kinda feel that like my grandpa somehow is almost 20℅ native american but because of what happened before his birth now we know little to nothing about that part of our family

[@BlairMountainNetwork]

🥺 Agreed!!! ☝🏾THIS!!! 😭 (@Jen Sanchez, quoting Jonathan)

[@heyrobwest3908]

Yes like the people of Israel that world tribes split into 2 countries Israel and Judea I 13th tribe was created so that Judea and Israel both had high high priests. I'm not clear on all this but I do believe that Israel was conquered and the people or taking out of the country by the Persians. Then the Romans occupied Judea and controlled the country later somebody Romans maybe or another conqueror talk to Judeans out of their country. The people who re establish the country of Israel after World War 2 are not really Israelis they are Judaean.

[@doekid692]

I Think all my Family are Native American!

[@shmeggs12]

I’m navajo and my grandfather was a Navajo Code Talker and I am proud of that.

[@kiwedinikwe1087]

That's badass

[@matthieuwise5950]

Well for my part I'm French 😂😂 and proud to be

[@JPNZ_MushrooM]

SAME BRO

[@fleetwood7538]

I'm Navajo. I speak more Diné Bizaad than Spanish and French Respectively, but can still hold a simple conversation in all 3. I remember one time I was in Flagstaff & helped a French woman ask questions to the concierge in hotel. When she left I turned around and all the Natives were staring at me like, Ha'aatí? 🤣🤣🤣🤦‍♂️

[@izwald1]

Definitely something to be proud of.

[@soulpunker3870]

Pocahontas: 1. She was a child 2. The guy she saved isn't the John she got with 3. This John was actually one that tricked her

[@emildockter6775]

thats one theory that makes sense, there is so many others.

[@SuperUsername1212]

2 John Smith was more of a brother figure in her life... Also he didn't help them

[@limonade2544]

i think that even tho the movie is offensive it’s very appealing to children and it actually partly got me into history, and i later learned about the real story:)

[@benitoflakes8416]

4. She never saved anyone, her tribe just provided resources for Jamestown. 5. John never really interacted with Pocahontas, and in England he wrote a messed up love story about him and an adult Pocahontas. 6. Pocahontas was captured forced into marriage to a different white dude and was used to advertise Jamestown.

[@brileymehojah7298]

Actually, Pocahontas never saved anyone, the chances that John Smith and Pocahontas even met are very slim. He was known to have lied about knowing her

[@dayzed2]

Spirit and Brother Bear should’ve been included 🤧

[@martaalvarez4665]

True though

[@Jack-gp3xm]

Definitely

[@oaf-77]

Brother bear!

[@batorsagandszerelem4474]

Brother bear was okay tho. Just wish they got native american voice actors for proper representation instead of popular hollywood actors.

[@trueshy]

Where was Bravestar & Apache Chief?

[@Bookwormtalksabout]

I’m not Native American but I am fascinated by their culture and love their pride.

[@jayy2949]

Thank you for your kindness and not trying to copy being native cuz you appreciate it, I respect you for that

[@jayy2949]

@Shot Uce lol I'm a girl and don't swing that way other wise I would

[@indigenouspodcast2257]

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[@aarnzoo5124]

Me too, the way they take pride in looking after and protecting their homeland is absolutely admirable. Sending love to all native Americans 💞

[@laurenlaxamana7642]

Samee I'm am filipina.☺☺☺☺☺

[@shawnagayle5627]

Fun fact: Thomas in Smoke Signals is now a doctor and the chief medical officer at the first, First Nations Health Authority in Canada. Worked with him and absolutely adore and appreciate the work he's done.

[@martaalvarez4665]

I was thomas one year for halloweeen

[@rickgrimes7710]

Hey, Victor!

[@SuperUsername1212]

Yup lives in Canada with his partner

[@Sugarskulls_forever]

Shawna Morrison that’s so cool!!!

[@melanietoth1376]

This makes me so happy ♡

[@wayouttherestranger]

I kind of wish the reactors could have said what tribe they were from

[@oaf-77]

A lot of that is lost information

[@thatotaku151]

Yup

[@kingjay2945]

Most of us know what tribe were from tho

[@akorn9943]

@@oaf-77 Lol, what? I don't know a single native person who doesn't know what tribe they are; you identify more with that community than the idea of being indian as a whole, and remember, its only been four or five generations for most people since their tribes were thriving communities, so there's little way that such crucial information could be lost so quickly. The only people who don't know such a thing are the white celebrities that pretend to be 'native' to feel better about themselves: your Elizabeth Warrens and Johnny Depps, people who do't actually have indian heritage, they just political and social clout.

[@Seven_vii]

Shout out to my bois in hoopa

[@axelalexa1865]

They should have shown night at the museum, it had really good characters, and POC actors played POC historic figures, Sacajawea, Attila, and other people were represented well.

[@Kilopapa-116]

Urban Decay Attila was white. The Huns came from the Eurasian steps and there is written accounts from people about the Huns. Depicting them of being tall men with dark black or brown hair with a dark pale complexion.

[@axelalexa1865]

@@Kilopapa-116 oh wow, I didnt know that. I was taught that they weren't white, that they had tan skin. Thanks for correcting me 😁

[@Kilopapa-116]

Urban Decay there is a ethnic group in Russia who look like a mixture of European and Asian and they are supposedly the descendants of the Huns. There are meany different groups of ethnic people around the Eurasian steps that are all different but have similar roots and customs.

[@goemon9118]

The person that played Sacajawea wasn’t even a real native she was Japanese and white.

[@davechapman8939]

@@axelalexa1865 o1

[@Love-Alive]

"Speak English,You're in ""America""... Damn, that one was deep😔

[@davidlee7676]

anyone that says that is a idiot

[@Danny883YT]

@@davidlee7676 ikr, fun fact the US has no official language

[@nananananan4289]

@@Danny883YT even more due to the fact that they were the og americans

[@Danny883YT]

@@nananananan4289 ye. Btw I’m not Native American but ok

[@stephanusberzeninski337]

I'm Franco-américain and that's what my family was told.

[@FlashQuatsch]

Brother Bear and the Water Tribe from Avatar would be good examples of Inuit culture in media, I think.

[@OneDude7745]

Yes, they are. They may be two of the only ones people actually know about.

[@trysten6277]

ramireRamirez of what r u on

[@FlashQuatsch]

@jack ramirez Avatar the last airbender, imo way better than the blue things one.

[@JUANxxTNAFAN]

jack ramirez Avatar the show, not the dumb alien movie! Come on man

[@chilliam00]

Avatar: The Last Airbender did a really good representation of not just Chinese/East Asian culture but also South East Asian and to an extent Austronesian/Polynesia cultures. They actually did extensive research looking at all the influences. I'm so impressed they even used three different types of ancient Chinese script (from different time periods) in certain scene backdrops (like on a sign or scroll etc)! They know their stuff and really respect it. Representation culture wise is just as important as race wise.

[@polythenepam7821]

Everyone should read about the real Pocahontas. Her story/life was pretty tragic.

[@marlonharrison5511]

Right. We learn about her now in my History class.

[@jordanfogarty1015]

I read it. I loved the real story of Pocahontas

[@tswager9912]

My Native people don’t get enough positive representation in media and entertainment

[@taiyonatiare7918]

dont get enough representation at all

[@coolgirlemmy]

truth

[@pokemeg7478]

@Nate Mauratt just because you can find some doesn't mean it's enough. Positive mainstream media representation is nowhere near enough as it is

[@Gonk]

Well go out and make some, what are you waiting for? Hollywood ain't gonna knock on your door make it and put it on youtube or anywhere, if it's good it will rise.

[@pokemeg7478]

People are making some. But without funding or media attention it won't matter. Mainstream positive representation is what we're talking about.

[@lamis1053]

"The wolf will be allways the villain if little red riding hood tells the story"

[@jayy2949]

Nice! I've never heard that! Mind if I use it?

[@lamis1053]

@@jayy2949 no, you can use it if you want I think xdd

[@myself8840]

​@@lamis1053Yes, the winner is the one who writes the story

[@marlonharrison5511]

I thought Adam was fully White? and Brianna was MiddleEastern? Learn something new every day.

[@ThomasFoolery]

I KNOW

[@Psychol-Snooper]

Only ghosts are fully white.

[@abc98114]

Brianna does not look Middle Eastern. She looks Indian.

[@prosimian]

@@abc98114 Indians are Middle Eastern

[@rosh597]

>Middle Eastern, when it’s the Southeast Asia. Bruh

[@nesiannnblue2197]

Do one for Pacific Islanders! (N. Hawaiians, Polynesians especially Melanesians and Micronesians bc we're so underrepresented no one knows who we are)

[@StolasXB]

youre the assholes that always forward settle me in civilization games.

[@LoverOfReminiscing92]

Guam, Chamorro people

[@10k-l1r]

Kū kiaʻi mauna🤙🏾

[@Mextlatec]

Moana

[@InTheDecay]

Once Were Warriors?

[@Sapphire_Reacts]

im suprised they didnt include twilight since all of the wolves were indigenous people

[@4mydearlady]

Sapphire Morningstar No, they all weren’t. Some of the actors were Italian or Asian

[@joyholmes254]

Silver Sun Aenohr she means that the characters were indigenous, not the actors who played them.

[@dannywilson1743]

Eww Twilight

[@BabyBones11]

That movie is not about the "indigenous people " in it.. it's a fantasy story about vampires 🙄

[@Sapphire_Reacts]

@@BabyBones11 but the topic of the video is about the portrayal of indigenous people in films. So twilights should have been included so we can get their response on how their culture and people were represented in the film

[@roxymxck2442]

I don’t understand why we call other Asian-Americans ,Mexican Americans African-Americans why can’t we call whites , European-American ??

[@marcello7781]

I call them that way. Feel free to do that too.

[@theawesomemang123]

Great question! I ask myself that all the time. Still no answer though.

[@bobhatessinners8327]

well what i believe is if your born in america i call you an american

[@nasira3]

European people separate themselves from white Americans. This is because of the culture difference, they are in no way alike.

[@wuicy6227]

@@nasira3true

[@MaggieCandy999]

Such a huge missed opportunity not showing them Brother Bear.

[@FlashQuatsch]

That movie is so good 😭🐻

[@meganlodon]

@Marcus Charley WHAT (about Phoenix)!?! 🤯

[@ColdPai]

Brother bear was Inuit

[@yippehanako]

@@ColdPai which is native to north america. Aka native american

[@matildauebel7599]

@@ColdPai yes and?

[@anjaflaj]

Why is everyone sleeping on Spirit? 😭

[@gloomy.y]

Anja Poleti forreal man. people always have and always will

[@jbark678]

Prime DreamWorks

[@ln-zshirokitsuneva2141]

The Soundtrack was gorgeous!

[@anjaflaj]

And I agree with all of you

[@blueflare3848]

That movie was my childhood. I had it on VHS.

[@joannclark9500]

Just a little bit of fun trivia about the John Wayne movie “The Searchers.” My daughter once dated a Navajo boy who grew up in the Four Corners area of the reservation where the movie was filmed. He said that many Navajos where hired as extras, but not for main parts. In those days studios didn’t track or sensor dialog used by Natives in bit parts. Navajos actors were making jokes & wise cracks about the non-native actors in the movie, even so far as negating the size of John Wayne’s manhood. He found out about it & thought it was hilarious. Afterwards, studios began hiring Native People to sensor their own actors in order to keep everything above board. My daughters handsome boyfriend said that Navajos flocked to the theater whenever that movie was playing & had great fun confusing the non-natives by laughing at the strangest moments during the movie.

[@mariadavarinou8791]

This is the funniest thing I've read today, thank you so much!

[@Xstr8edgeX26]

That's awesome lol!

[@jayy2949]

Navajo ppl.... Those Dine have a sense of humor against all odds

[@letlovealwaysleaddonovan72]

Joann Clark how are you? I was actually in the comments section when I came across your comment here hope you're fine and staying safe?

[@siewheilou399]

There were Navajos dialogue recorded for that movies? Certainly sound track is separated and can be changed easily? John Wayne thought that was hilariois? But at the Oscar he wanted to pull her off the stage?

[@KuramiRocket]

Indigenous Zapotec here. And I felt all this so much. I wish I could speak my people's native tounge, but sadly my mom has forgotten most of it due to being embarrassed and still hesitates and doesn't really want to speak what little she does remember. My uncle and aunt know the language, but they live far away and are busy to teach us. I know my cousins also wish to learn our language. Despite this, still trying my best to reconnect.

[@jayy2949]

You can do it friend! It takes longer but you can do it!

[@AmigoKandu]

Benito Juarez was Zapotec.

[@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209]

Zepotec... from Mexico?

[@JoJoOnYouTube]

@@rhodesdrakethenieliii3209 yep, I'm not part of the nation but I am a descendant of them.

[@oonooooooooo]

the Peter Pan one shocked me I never even noticed! Wtf?!

[@ATD1990]

@okay but I DON'T KNOW because society has taught you what to get upset and offended by as you got older as children were innocent and as we get older due to societies conditioning we have become sensitive and offended soo easy...

[@iammaybeabro4598]

If you saw it on TV, they cut it out of broadcasts for obvious reasons.

[@iammaybeabro4598]

@okay but I DON'T KNOW Granted, you were just a kid, and you didn't know that it was wrong.

[@PGOuma]

@@ATD1990 as a Native American, I have the right to get upset at that horrible portrayal that makes the general population view you and treat you a certain way due to those horrible portrayals

[@BankruptMonkey]

It was edited out of the copies of Peter Pan I'd seen before. I think a lot of people had only seen copies where it was edited out.

[@iaakra26]

My state hasn’t adopted the name Indigenous Day,this is actually my first time learning that Columbus Day was changed to Indigenous Day. Learn something new everyday

[@vincentjosephpanes8678]

What state were you from? Asking a question as a foreigner.

[@oaf-77]

If they haven’t adopted the name change, was it changed at all?

[@heathert5455]

Yeah...I don't know if it went to Indigenous day or not. I never celebrated Columbus Day nor gave a shit about the holiday. The only holidays that I pay attention to are Independence Day, Turkey Day (Thanksgiving), and Christmas.

[@antmanatthemoment7233]

Is there any reason why both can't be celebrated?

[@iaakra26]

@@antmanatthemoment7233 I have no ideal

[@theodoregranda6971]

dreamworks' "spirit" should've been included

[@Ohmygatos35]

Love that movie great music

[@dayzed2]

I love that movie.

[@CanadianRM4]

John Natuzzi that’s because of Hans Zimmer, the legend!! 👌

[@charliaa]

@@CanadianRM4 don't forget bryan adams

[@stephaniekemple8755]

“She should be saying that to John Smith not her father.” So truuuuu

[@jonbertocchi173]

Its a kid movie. He wanted her lover dead. Its doesnt matter if johns people were bad. Stop being so stupid.

[@stephaniekemple8755]

@@jonbertocchi173 it matters, because they portrayed the natives as EQUALLY in the wrong, as the invaders, which is a bad idea to push, and sugar coats what actually happened. Just because it’s a kids movie doesn’t mean it doesn’t hold influence over children’s perceptions.

[@Jen-wf8yd]

Why?? What did john Smith do? Lmao

[@Jen-wf8yd]

She already had a talking with john Smith when she sung the little "colors of the wind" song to him 😂

[@aznmozez2214]

@@Jen-wf8yd EXACYLY.

[@sdshadrick]

Yes! We need more indigenous education on KZbin.

[@Maggoroni]

YESSSS

[@evyrichard553]

Check "Native React "channel. Really fun and deep and educational. Kind, positive, up to date with all the lingo, fads, humour. Am not native, profoundly sad and ashamed of what Europeans did to all the natives. So really glad to discover the beautiful spirit coming back to life. Mitakuye Oyasin.

[@CosmixKid]

Yes

[@mrs.christie9159]

@@evyrichard553 I was going to mention the same channel.!😁

[@landenmichelin4949]

Yes

[@micki_rain]

“Stuck on the reservation” hit me so hard.

[@SuperUsername1212]

You can leave??

[@micki_rain]

?

[@SuperUsername1212]

Stuck here i thought

[@francescabennet5222]

@@SuperUsername1212 99% of the time you cannot leave. Unfortunately.

[@k.d3983]

@@francescabennet5222 Why? Are there laws that prevents them from leaving?

[@nancyc5241]

Where my natives at?!?

[@FatalSpoon]

Right here

[@Unpopularmuffin]

YAAASSS BEEEETCH!! Lol ✋🏼

[@roseandstem8054]

Nez Perce

[@averydavis1012]

Caddo

[@emmadane8675]

Right here !!

[@neonrodenson1480]

I'm a Black man, but in recent years, I've shown an undying interest in Native Americans. First, I learned the historical aspects, as it is best to understand the beginning before you do the middle. Then, and since, I've been focused on the contemporary aspects. I'm really ashamed at my own ignorance and am absolutely appalled by the constant whitewashing and misrepresentation of such a great people...

[@ltea8570]

I like the older man’s perspective, in terms of how he thinks of himself. He defines himself by his experiences and his struggles without being victimized by them. I have so much respect for him when, regarding racial representation by Caucasian actors, he said “eh, I don’t really think too much about it.” To be confident that your value lies beyond your race is a difficult skill to have. Much respect

[@rachelbyrne8790]

so true I really liked everything he had tp say

[@BeautifulBri96]

While I like and agree with him on an individual level, movies (unfortunately) affect the general public. That's why it should be done correctly and have proper representation, avoid stereotypes, and display reality and truth that can encourage change for the better. It is make-believe but people don't always treat it as such. That's all I'm gonna say.

[@ATD1990]

I agree the old man is the coolest and seems to be a strong person by not getting upset..

[@PGOuma]

@@ATD1990 thats not what being strong means...

[@NeuroticBotanist]

@@BeautifulBri96 based

[@desiabalto1]

Columbus? Don’t know her 🤷‍♀️

[@martaalvarez4665]

ITS A GUY ITS CHRISTIFOR COLUMBUS

[@randomperson2899]

R/wooosh

[@lizxse4206]

@@martaalvarez4665 r/wooooooosh ×1000

[@mag1cg1rl_]

Tala Habern i- 💀😂

[@LauraGomez-wr8ir]

I guess this is a... Joke?

[@johnpalcon7570]

Thanks for using the term Indigenous

[@CR-zd7jb]

@John Palcon Why? I am confused when people just use the term “indigenous” in conversation because it’s extremely vague and I have no idea what race they are talking about. It could mean Indigenous to anywhere. I prefer Indigenous American or Native American.

[@LauraGomez-wr8ir]

@@CR-zd7jb I think he meant thanks for the using the word indigenous and not 'Idian' which is derogatory. And about your comment, indigenous is the general name, each community has its own name.

[@akorn9943]

@@LauraGomez-wr8ir most natives ppls actually won't have a problem with you using the word 'Indian,' many of us even use it to describe ourselves. Now ofc, it doesn't make much sense because our ancestors were born a pretty far ways from India x), but thats the name they gave us so that's the name we use ig. If you want to be sure tho you can always ask a native person first for clarification before you use the word!

[@nottechytutorials]

John Palcon I think of the word as politically correct term, amongst the plethora of other confusing terms. People can use whatever word they’re comfortable with, “Indian”, “Native American”, or you can use the specific tribe name.

[@butterflyh9308]

AMEN

[@mayrabonilla6444]

I’m not Native American but I understand how they feel and they should be respected. I have nothing but love and respect!! ❤️🙏🏼 every culture needs to be appreciated!

[@whoahanant]

Adam put it so clearly. To hide some of these things is also sweeping them under the rug. Its important to not forget that we need some of these to show the stark contrast from what was a few generations ago to us today. I love people showing what was normal back then vs what is normal now. Helps show history. I mean Walt Disney had a pretty good job done on hiding a different side of him. Makes it all the more interesting to learn who he truly was outside of his franchise. You can sorta see it in the hints in the franchise too.

[@felixaripa6482]

Omg smoke signals was filmed on my reservation. The Coeur d'alene reservation. We are the "Shitsu 'umsh." meaning the "people"

[@fleetwood7538]

I live in Seattle. People here KNOW that movie so well. I was surprised

[@miloishie8361]

Felix Aripa ngl julyamsh pw is my fav

[@kiannathaneal2244]

What about the movie spirit? I mean it was from the perspective of a horse but still

[@sheba8097]

I love that movie

[@angelisastands624]

Isn’t that a cartoon

[@kiannathaneal2244]

Angelisa Stands yea but I think it’s better representation than Pocahontas

[@Sl0w0]

I agree.

[@RYMAN1321]

The film that got me into loving horses at 7 years of age.

[@bi_panic_2874]

Smoke Signals was filmed on my Rez the basketball scene was filmed at my school 💜

[@neocelestia]

3:00 - 3:24 I think this might be one of the most intelligent things I've ever heard said on an FBE episode. Bravo Adam! Well said!

[@gabriellemills4630]

Hollywood needs more positive and ACCURATE native representation

[@waynerembert3116]

Dances with Wolves Last of the Mohicans Wind Talkers Skins Original Lone Ranger Bill Jack Walker Texas Ranger

[@kingofmc.donald9010]

Wayne Rembert thank you

[@tiapourier4713]

Songs my brother taught me

[@tiapourier4713]

Pine Ridge on amazon prime

[@rayhottinger3865]

that will only happen when it become profitable

[@liemduong6729]

This old guy is the best. I love him.

[@keyanahood2612]

"I love him father" Jean: "Disney" Yo:🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@lokelani7110]

Do a Hawaiian, polynesian, tahitian or Pacific islanders representation videos please

[@llovefood4927]

YES!

[@jackflynn4340]

yes !

[@uts4448]

I’m just curious. Why do we need to be represented ?

[@yippehanako]

@@uts4448 that's not what op is saying? They're just saying they want a version with those movies

[@vodoumyers]

@@uts4448 Because y'all are just as important as Native Americans

[@emmarodriguez1783]

My twice over great grandmother on my father's side was full blooded Apache, she spoke the language and my dad told me about how they would travel up to Oklahoma, we're from Texas, and go to the reservations to visit cousins. I wish I knew more of that culture and the history of my family to get an idea of where I come from. I know my hispanic roots and I'm proud of it, but with that aspect of my roots are lost to me because I've never really been exposed to it.

[@jwppowers]

My advice to you... Seek out Apache descendant Snake Blocker. He knows the Apache way of life inside and out. He'll tell you everything you need to know about your Apache ancestors. Peace out!!!

[@min.imilly]

I'm from Texas too and my distant Native American cousins/relatives live in Oklahoma as well.

[@KayKay114]

You are still indigenous to this land if you are Hispanic! I consider you to be anyways! This turtle Island did not have borders before, and we all shared the land!

[@pastelnut027]

My Great 4x grandfather was of the EBOC tribe, and I can’t help but be a bit sad at our families lack of pride of our Cherokee blood. It seems that I’m the only one interested which makes learning about my culture difficult. So I get it.

[@FanofAlmostEvery]

I wish they had talked about the movie Wind River. I feel it shows a major issue for indigenous people that no one talks about.

[@solojones1138]

Agreed!

[@evyrichard553]

Not all white are as blind as your situation as "Americans" . There is a lot of guilt preventing settlers descendants there to face the actions of their elders, and the origins of their wealth..

[@goemon9118]

The only part I didn’t like as an actual native was the main girl wasn’t even native. Still good tho.

[@kishapotts6869]

Oh that movie made me cry! As a native woman they did a great job with how real the pain is living in this world. When u lose a loved one in a dark way does sum shit to u. Never was a fan of jeremy renner or that Olsen girl. But I'm gonna say I'm glad with how they played their parts. Really did seem genuine. They're talented. I'm thankful for this movie. As dark subject as it is, it sure is real. I laughed how graham Greene n the grandfather were messing with each other when being introduced to the Olsen girl lol! The score to the movie is haunting as well! I recommend to everyone n anyone to check out Wind River. Gives u a modern perspective. Even for me.

[@jayy2949]

MMIW (missing and murdered indigenous women) are a huge problem we can all help solve

[@irishgrl]

Btw Johnny Depp does have some Native American ancestry. “Johnny Depp was born in Kentucky and raised in Florida, with a heritage that includes German, English, Irish, French, African and Cherokee. His racial heritage is particularly strong on his mother's side, and his great-grandmother Minnie was a full-blooded Cherokee.”

[@SanskarWagley]

This is so necessary, props FBE

[@musicluver44]

Johnny Depp has claimed his grandmother was Cherokee Im unsure if that is true or not. My niece is part of the Thompson nation in British Columbia and seeing how her people have been treated and portrayed hurts my heart.

[@akorn9943]

People have tracked his ancestry, and they weren't able to find any natives at all in his family tree. For some reason, there seems to be tons of white celebrities in America who claim to be native for no good reason. Now, it is true that he got several Comanches to help him prepare for that role, and he even got a Comanche elder to adopt him into the tribe, but saying that he himself had indian heritage was wrong.

[@ewq123ify]

@@akorn9943 exactly (i don't have to track (one of my great-grandfathers is 1/2 cherokee)

[@NotAfraidToQuestionThings]

It brings up an interesting point though. You have people that grow up thinking they are part native, identify with the heritage, then get to play a native, eveything is fine. Then someone finds out they aren't part native, all of the sudden the role was an outrage. People in the US are becoming so mixed and unidentifiable ethnically, cultural appropriation becomes more and more a silly issue. At least, from an outsider's perspective.

[@goldensuki]

@@akorn9943 I think the elderly guy that adopted him to a Comanche tribe did a really awful decision (though my great respect to Comanche people and their tribe) it does not mean if he’s a popular celebrity he should get enrolled they should track his ancestry tree and find out, they eventually did that and there was no trace of any Native American ancestry in his family tree.

[@miriamhavard7621]

It's not true that there's "no trace" of Native American blood in his family tree; just that it has been difficult to verify. That's not the same thing as "no trace".

[@taiyonatiare7918]

Please do this with Aboriginals from Australia or Islanders from the Pacific.

[@harrisdevon9919]

Ae ra. He nunui te koorero nei

[@taiyonatiare7918]

@@harrisdevon9919 lol kia ora or kia orana? im guessing its maori or ck island maori

[@kayleeabeyta5016]

taiyona tiare yessss

[@onlyone4665]

this is an american based youtube channel so it's not likely that they will.

[@nicholasclay4896]

I'd love to see that but there are literally none of them in The US

[@Jah_LEASE_yah]

Smoke signals was one of the only movies I remember growing up that portrayed native people as actual people who were complex and diverse. And there were real native actors in it! 🙌🏽

[@twallace6262]

Watch "Blackstone" about First Nations people of Canada. Written, directed and starring Native peoples of Alberta. It's INCREDIBLE.

[@Native_Beats_]

I gotta see that movie. I LIVE IN ALBERTA

[@lizsmegelsky627]

Nathaniel Arcand is smoking hot!

[@jayy2949]

To all 1st nations women in manitoba, stay safe it's crazy not ok up there

[@fuster6263]

As a Navajo, I'm surprised the alcoholism of navajos is not publicly shown in media

[@Native_Beats_]

Lol

[@Maggoroni]

@@annxbts true

[@animeXcaso]

Flags of our fathers?

[@iMattCi89]

12:36 "Speak English, you're in America." has to be one of the most ironic and dumb remarks I have ever heard.

[@pinkiesue849]

My grandparents on the Scandanavian side would not teach Norwegian to their kids. That way if they wanted a private conversation, they could just switch over. Eventually the kids started to catch on anyway.

[@TD-qg1bu]

I'm American (navajo) and European American ( Irish,English, polish) I'm glad more information is surfacing about Americans. I was only taught European American history in schools like about European American presidents such as George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. There is much to learn and share about American culture. European American culture is to new and is mostly surrounded with war, murder, crime.etc. So kind of hard to be proud of that. I'm learning more and more everyday about my American culture.

[@paytonvanwinkle4651]

Love that the producer and interviewer of the video was indigenous as well. Need representation on screen and behind the camera.

[@bradleywilliams9053]

As a native from Canada I love this episode

[@Damn_shvwty]

Brother

[@bobbyboo6408]

Cousin

[@deznutes6689]

As a native from Montana, I hate this comment section This one gets an exception tho

[@heathert5455]

What is your tribe and clan?

[@giaisnotawkward2579]

Same cuz!!!!

[@LoveisGod210]

......um no "Brother Bear"...just me? K, cool.

[@RosheenQuynh]

Is that good or bad representation?

[@tonkagarfield]

RoseOfTheNight4444 I would consider that good but I’m not First Nations.

[@xenaioaks5363]

It's a good movie... if you cut out everything related to the "bear" part. Beginning, snipes of the middle and the end

[@ncowboy677]

all us Navajos in the comment section really need to get together sometime after corona 😂 there are so many if us!

[@jayy2949]

Let me guess....Begay? Lol. If you don't gamble at least betting on a Begay for the winning shot in highschool sorts is a sure thing. Page 88 of the Navajo phone book im still on Begay..... So many ppl, in the tribe but that's a big family! That's always a joke going through arizona and new Mexico, the Dine helped my great great grandparents and grandpa (who raised me) during dust bowl so the Navajo ppl are always to be looked out for, after leaving Indian Territory my family would have died if not for the kindness that never goes away with this whole tribe. I pass this down to my kids. Nicest ppl with a hard hand dealt to them, amazing ppl

[@gamermapper]

Fun fact : the Navajo Nation is so big that it could be shown on the map as a state.

[@brunohammer7271]

I am brazilian, descendant of germans and indiginous people from three different nations, almost all of their culture is lost. I understand how these people from the video feel....

[@sateremawe]

perhaps it isn’t lost. perhaps you are simply not in touch with it.

[@xiaui556]

@jack ramirez go watch a vídeo called "1 to 100 years - Brasil" You Will get It that brasilians dont have a "face" we are THAT diverse

[@xiaui556]

claro que tem sempre os do contra, no video que comentei, cada pessoa do ano 1 a 100 tem literalmente milhares de rostos, cores e características entre CADA uma delas, eu que vivo no nordeste, aqui em CE metropole, da pra ver uma diferença nítida, fui pra santos, guarulhos, vi um misto também Aproveitei fui pra SP, e vi uma diversidade danada de cores e etnias, gente de todo tipo! Mas claro que gringo ignorante, "tosse tosse ^^^^^^^^^^^ " Acha que sabe mais que a gente que vive aqui, e eu não vou traduzir não, ele que se esforce no google tradutor, um bom ano pra nós e lave bem as mãos e sempre saiam de máscaras pessoas, vamos tentar ao máximo prevenir de trazer COVID para nossa família, mesmo que não der, o importante ê tentar

[@gottagocw7515]

@@xiaui556 falo tudo

[@amandams4416]

Brazilian indigenous right here ❤

[@minhaempresarecursoshumano3743]

Ai siiiim

[@Azev42]

Tmj

[@nickrocha1997]

@Amanda MS441 que legal

[@matheuslanerre2895]

Metade dos brasileiros tem descendência indígena

[@buriednavid]

i always thought brianna was south asian for some reason.

[@DinkLover69]

How do you know she isn't? A person from any race can be hindu dumb ass.

[@mimiyee28]

I think he meant Brianna was Indian (South Asian)

[@thoughtfuldevil6069]

Indian, you mean. Hinduism is a religion, anyone can be one (George Harrison was).

[@lgbtorion]

she is

[@Natalie-ll6bg]

Iron Eyes Cody: The Rachael Dolezoal of Native people

[@gamermapper]

Nothing wrong with that

[@stevencorrea8032]

How much makeup did he use

[@tayendedam6288]

I am indigenous and I think it's really important

[@martaalvarez4665]

IT IS

[@YourRyeBread]

Am i one of the few white peeps super happy this episode was made and hope theres so many more

[@quillclock]

wait few. . . ? i think you meant many im sure a lot of us pale faces loved this vid. . .

[@alexandern3160]

Virtue signaling much?

[@rythianblack]

I fucken died when Peter pan was the first one.

[@akviperkitty6]

I am of Native American origin. Blackfoot, to be more specific.

[@jwppowers]

I remember reading in high school that the Blackfoot was part of the Algonquin tribe. So, if what you said is true, I'm happy to know that the Blackfoot is still going strong. Oh, and I also hail from the Cherokee nation. Peace out!!!

[@gankuverymuch]

What Blackfoot tribe are you from? Siksika, Piikuni, Kainai, or Amskapi Piikuni? It’s always nice to see other Niistitapi on KZbin. I’m Kainai, from the All-Tall People and Fish Eater Clans.

[@gamermapper]

@@jwppowers I don't think that Alongquian is a tribe, it's rather a panethnicity (big ethnicity with several groups inside - like Slavs or Celts)

[@ckeesee6288]

Cherokee and Tuscarora on my mother’s side, Irish and Scandinavian on my father’s side with pride for both sides of my heritage.

[@skysmitd8319]

c keesee can you prove it

[@ghristophermyers666]

@@skysmitd8319 Uhm

[@jwppowers]

If that's the case, that makes you my tribal brother or sister. The blood of the Cherokee tribe runs in my veins too. Always cool to meet a fellow Cherokee. Peace out, brother or sister.

[@schiesspulver9205]

Adding information: 2019 was declared by UN the Year of Indigenous Languages. Little steps towards recognition and revitalization of Indigenous cultures but on the right way

[@darlingthimblemoon4658]

Tonto is Dumb in Spanish...

[@Danny883YT]

Ik

[@omaravilhosopontodevista8885]

Yeah, in portuguese too

[@guibredacalixto9086]

Or it could be dizzy in portuguese aswell

[@jayy2949]

Johnny depp lied and said he was some part Cherokee to get the role. After he admitted he's not at all. I'm still bitter

[@leen_art]

@@jayy2949 @Jay Y he didn't lie his grandmother from his mother side was either cherooki or half cheooki I'm not sure

[@imtruetome]

I wish they would’ve included red dead redemption, assassin‘s creed three, Night wolf in Mortal Kombat, Indian a cup board, and dances with wolves.

[@urbanwarchief]

The Cree love to make fun how the Sioux say buffalo "tatunka" with the horns

[@winnma1n70]

Where all my fellow First Nations at?!?✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽

[@defaultcharactertemplate7271]

Brianna's indigenous ? Damn, always thought she was half indian (the asian kind)

[@AndyRiesgos]

You mean the only kind lol

[@Jack-gp3xm]

@@AndyRiesgos no

[@shaktisoul93]

@@Jack-gp3xm Yeah.. go read.

[@payasiitos]

Jack yes

[@alexandrucristian8797]

I thought she was middle eastern

[@michaelcoz1485]

Can you do one for Hispanic Heritage month as part of central native

[@theosvult4857]

Spanish heritage is not only applied to Central America brother. It can be applied to western South America and even to the Philippines

[@PorshaSmith-bh7vu]

She should be saying that to John Smith not her father 😂 classic

[@clownparxie]

i don't know what percentage i am, but i do know that i have apache and cherokee blood in me. i wish i knew more about the culture, but living in texas, my latin culture is more widely celebrated.

[@jikenx9264]

Youd be surprised how much "latin" culture is actually just rebranded indigenous/afrikan aka mestizo culture. Latin culture comes from speaking spanish, having spanish blood and appropiating rebellious amerindian culture by hispanics to both appease the elite and quell the amerindian rebelliousness. Coupled w outlawing of amerindian culture, a few generations of rebranding and appropiation, nationalism.. you get the "latino". If you'r texan, chances are you might be nahua, apache, hopi, ask your grandmother about her grandmother.

[@jwppowers]

Always cool to meet a fellow Cherokee.

[@carolaguilar9136]

@Rietta Carson Exactly

[@shayuh1244]

Its always cool to look up parts of your culture :) I'm fairly certain cherokee nation has a website, I'm not sure if it's educational but i think its their lol, I've just started to try to learn about my roots so I understand :)

[@pcarebear1]

@@jikenx9264 Thanks for adding all that info! I'm 1/2 Honduran-Nicaraguan, you'll definitely be surprised how most of our culture (some may call it "Latin(o)) but I say all Latin America) is strongly Indigenous. Depending on what part of the country your family is from you also can have cool African influences too. I'm proud we still have Mayan and Garifuna (West African languages) in my country. My mom even learned Mayan numbers in school! I feel like a lot of Hispanics still find it embarrassing though thanks to the stupid $ "caste" like system we have. FYI: NO Latin American country EVER had a Columbus day we have Indigenous Day/"Dia de la Raza or Hispanidad"...that is some U.S. mess LOL

[@mariadaza3072]

In Anne with an e season 3 they are showing real representation of indigenous history in usa

[@thrillington2008]

I really enjoy Anne with an E and it's a historically accurate portrayal of the Native American culture

[@fatimazz]

Title: Indigenous people... Me: *IT'S SHOWTIME*

[@tendotpg3223]

I like that old dude, He knows enough to see that it’s supposed to be a comedy. “Do the character justice by making the actor Native” but you’d be more offended if the actor was native, because he name itself meant “stupid.”

[@jaycozad1282]

Happy Indigenous Day!!

[@petertingle4547]

Can y'all do a video with Hispanics/Mexicans? -Sincerely, a Hispanic woman.

[@kooscherries]

Agreed

[@darcycf4008]

Agreeed

[@rerohero]

Hola

[@CR-zd7jb]

Most Latin Americans are of Native American descent. There is a larger population of them in Mexico then in all of Canada and US.

[@RealMexFoodShouldntGiveUDrrhea]

Colton True. I felt like a dummy when I found out a few years ago that my grandparents are all indigenous people of Mexico. My paternal grandmother’s side didn’t even speak Spanish.

[@NightflowerJ23]

We Are Still Here!!! Thank you FBE!!

[@angrydoge1466]

Fun fact: Johnny Depp is part Cherokee

[@remwifeyy]

hes far from it tho

[@phoenixberenstitanspeakerman9]

@@remwifeyy he still is tho

[@BlackoutCreature]

@@phoenixberenstitanspeakerman9 He's claimed he is. This claim has been disputed by Native communities and there is no real evidence of him having any Native ancestory.

[@Lunaish03]

@@BlackoutCreature So he has to have proof? I mean, I'm white but I still have Cherokee and Sioux in me. Do I have to prove it too?

[@BlackoutCreature]

@@Lunaish03 If he's going to portray the role (with a big payday I might add) of an ethnic minority in a major movie over the objections of Native American communities who think he's full of it, then yeah, he probably needs to come up with a better justification then "I think my great-grandma was part Cherokee".

[@kaivalentino8871]

Hawaiians are lucky Lilo and Stitch is perfect

[@DWandLoZfan_and_Knuckles]

As far as I'm aware, as is Moana, which is Awesome

[@ragnarokxg2113]

Johnny Depp was adopted into the Comanche nation before Lone Ranger.

[@17chloen]

Surprised they didn't use Twilight

[@BabyBones11]

Twilight is a fantacy movie about vampires, not about Indigenous people 🙄🤦‍♀️

[@LenaleeLee]

@@BabyBones11 The wolves were Indigenous characters played by actors with Indigenous roots. They were also important characters in the story, not just the vampires.

[@jordynguilbert7595]

LenaleeLee movie was still mostly based around the vampires 🙄🥱

[@LenaleeLee]

@@jordynguilbert7595 Have you ever seen all 4 movies? They played a major role in the later ones.

[@ivetterodriguez1994]

That movie sucked in every way it could.

[@kyleenglot9184]

The last of the Mohicans is also a great film and was a major game changer on Indigenous representation. It showed the reality of life in the mid 1700's when the british and french were fighting each other. It's true that some tribes adopted or took in european frontiersmen. Chingachgook played by Russell Means who is a very strong and proud Native activist agreed to partake in that film. Wes Studi and Eric Schweig all full indigenous men who made very powerful portrayals in the film which wouldn't have been what it was without them.

[@shilohluscombe8152]

Wish the movie The Indian in the Cupboard was asked about

[@McClintonforThree]

I LOVE that movie.

[@xxxxxjw]

Shiloh Luscombe i lovedddd that movie lol

[@Melissa-wx4lu]

I have that whole book series. It's my childhood.

[@heathert5455]

That was a good movie.

[@kieranstark7213]

If the movie/books were remade, it’s title would’ve been “The Small Indigenous Man in the Cupboard”. But the fact that the Indigenous characters in the movie are called “Indians” is the only thing about the movie that sucked. Everything else about it made it timeless.

[@mad99lyon]

They should have watched Spirit!!

[@kozhuh513]

Navajo here ❤️ thanks for the shoutout

[@martaalvarez4665]

HEY I HAVE SOME FRIENDS THAT ARE NAVAJO

[@jhalona8967]

My people😭😭✊🏽

[@terrianabilly8336]

Yá'át'ééh 😊

[@helolange1132]

The message behind Pocahontas is great and really important, it could've been amazing if it wasn't for the fact they changed her real story like... No, they literally could've created a completely fictional character and done it in a respectful way man, it's not that hard

[@keljen2011]

Thank you so much for this video. I work for the Cherokee Indian tribe and it’s awesome that you include indigenous people today. Love y’all!

[@boopystonks]

pls do a video representing native hawaiians!! our way of life should be shared

[@nesiannnblue2197]

ikr, highlight Mauna Kea!

[@eternalbeing3339]

Have all of them drink some awa

[@MagiaGirl]

I mean...the real Lone Ranger was black.

[@jamesgomez9151]

Bass Reeves deserves more recognition, he has such an amazing story.

[@nigelkhan5331]

Indeed his life will make a great movie

[@Native_Beats_]

@@jamesgomez9151 where can I see this story?

[@zombieat]

The Lone Ranger is a fictional masked former Texas Ranger who fought outlaws in the American Old West with his Native American friend, Tonto.

[@vixendoe2545]

@@zombieat based on the true story of a person of color. And yes, he also lived among a native people.

[@WolfgangLunar]

Millennial Indigenous Yaqui and Apache here. I don't get offended like some Indigenous people do when watching these movies. I just find it interesting how media and Hollywood back then viewed Native Americans. Sometimes I am thankful for films like these because even though I enjoy them and grew up with them, it has sparked an interest in people around the world to learn the true history of Indigenous people and their culture. We are starting to see Disney turn the tides and create more realistic depictions of Natives just like in the movie "Prey", the new Predator film.

[@SKULLKR3W]

disney had no involvement in prey it was made by twentieth century before the merger

[@iainronald4217]

I grew up in a small town in between twelve reserves. We had that culture all around us. Smoke Signals is held in such high honour there. Even though I was one of only like 200/18000 people there who wasn’t indigenous or didn’t have indigenous blood I still learned the rituals, the food, the culture, the language--I learned to speak Y-dialect Cree. And, the depiction of indigenous peoples and aboriginals in mainstream media was something we all got offended over. One movie I’m disappointed you guys didn’t include was Wind River. It’s the closest you’ll come to a sociologically accurate depiction of modern Aboriginal culture.

[@doriis009]

What about Spirit: Stallion of the cimarron?

[@amandajubilation]

My question also!!!

[@frostrose221]

I wonder what they’d say about that But man do I adore that movie

[@ln-zshirokitsuneva2141]

I loved that movie

[@RYMAN1321]

And Brother Bear (2003)? Wish they’d do a Part 2 with those two films especially 🤞

[@SwordArt141]

They should have shown Dances with Wolves

[@charlenegrimmond1120]

Yo completely get that the Disney Pocahontas isn't the true story of Pocahontas but we need to remind ourselves that Disney is into making family-friendly films. The true story of Pocahontas has a lot of horrors. I guess they would have been better off making an original story without using historical figures.