Reclaiming Sacred Tobacco in Minnesota's Indigenous Communities | Full Documentary

[@Bronxtale12]

Great video me and all my homies from Winnipeg are helping clean the communities and taking care of the woman that are going missing and teaching the youngins abt their culture. we have serious connections that are helping out actually making a difference and dealing with situations that the cops turn away frm and pretend they don’t know about but we’re progressing that’s all that matters 💪

[@danyellechicago]

They need to do a documentary on the history of the real tobacco Indians that were seen when the Europeans first first came over the land that was filled with dark copper color, indigenous American Indian🪶🪶🪶🪶🏹🏹

[@CHIEFRAENKLOWESHTE]

@sosalinha_yt

[@options7377]

They're not called indian, Indians are from india. And yes, native Americans are dark. I hope you're not trying to say that. The first natives were black Africans.

[@NoYouNotBlack]

@@options7377 SHUT UP NOBODY FALLIN FOR THAT NONSENSE HOW DO YOU KNOW YOUR AN IMMIGRANT

[@NoYouNotBlack]

YOU RIGHT OR LIKE THE ONES ALL OVER EUROPE IN FRONT OF TOBACCO SHOPS

[@dennardcurry6023]

You can find documentaries on the Mongolian here in America. It's hard to find anything on the original aborigine, because we are still here being misclassified as African-Americans.

[@oceanwave4142]

7:53 is this even just tobacco or maybe other plants mixed in with a little tobacco, cause it looks like it is not dried tobacco leaves. Or is it red willow and not tobacco at all?

[@r.g.carter3908]

i don't understand where the tabacoo came from, did i miss something. It looks like they shaved down some dogwood, rather than got it from a leaf?

[@frostythesasquatch]

@@r.g.carter3908 Yeah, I was confused about that too! Is dogwood the original tobacco? How is it related to today’s commercial tobacco? Also, I read somewhere that tobacco could be used instead of squash in Three Sisters agriculture because of its broad leafy nature. I’ve seen dogwood before and it is hardly broad-leafed. Was that an innovation because of the introduction of commercial varietals from Europe to the Americas?

[@stepmothercity]

I did some light googling and found that dogwood was used as a filler in tobacco mixtures when supply was low. It has no nicotine but has a pleasant aroma. Most of the plant can be toxic to humans, and so they harvested only the inner bark.

[@helikos1]

I'm reading a book my Ian Gatley about Tobacco. It's very interesting and illuminating. I'm currently reading about how the white man discovered the source of the pipestone used in the construction of many ornate pipe pieces. I'm curious about the rituals and the ceremonies regarding the American ways of smoking their pipes, including the practical side as well. The pipe piece opening typically is rather small so I'm curious how much tobacco was placed in it.

[@Antihero-4132]

Do people still smoke tobacco from the field?

[@StevePhillips]

I never knew you can smoke it from the field. I thought it needs curing first to be able to smoke it.

[@Antihero-4132]

@StevePhillips oh yeah your right, gots to dry it out first..

[@psalm91.777]

Thank you ❤

[@Likeiverson]

I live in Minnesota and I am black and we all know that the natives got it bad. Especially in the projects. They are hit bad with opioid addiction. It’s been like that way before fentanyl was a thing. alcoholism is another one. They are good people though. I’ve been up north to the reservations they are the slums up there. People in the city don’t know there are places like that in our state

[@kellyb655]

Very informative.

[@StevePhillips]

Smoke free is good because you don't need to pay for it. But I came here to learn more about tobacco, the history of it, the uses, how it is grown, and prepared (cured) and the types of tobacco. I wanted to find out is there a safe tobacco to smoke?

[@doorwaysniffer6447]

@@StevePhillips moderation is the only safe tobacco to smoke.

[@joshzoccoli3512]

Thanks!

[@Likeiverson]

The Pow Wows are a spectacular event. Being the only black guy is a bit awkward but I like it

[@NoYouNotBlack]

THIS IS TRUE HISTORY

[@Terribleathletes]

Kinnikinnick.

[@motophone8794]

This is historically inaccurate. The American Indian has been here doing business with the European before the slave trade began. They had an industry of tobacco trade for years. After many years, the European enslaved these Indians and forced them to work the crops. They forced them to give up their identity as Indians in order to maintain their property or move to reservations. These people featured in the video came from CHINA via the Bering Strait and populated the NW and moved down into the MW region of the United States. They weren't pushed out there. They came in that way. The copper colored Indians populated the east and SE regions and beyond. Today they are called black or African American. True Hisory.

[@charleslee1862]

please grow your own tobacco and hemp..

[@darz3829]

It's amazing the lengths people go to justify the use of brain-"enhancing" chemicals.

[@cypresswyvern]

It’s seems like you’re punishing the very ppl who kept sacred Tobacco alive, by enforcing more laws. That’s just repression. Legalize all medicinal plants 🌱

[@chicago_rocker23]

Throwing your cigarette butt on the ground isnt litter, its an offering.

[@DevonParker-iw2ey]

Instead of saying stolen land and stolen people why don't you call it what it really is? Conquered land and conquered people. We came down out of the mountain, down the rivers, acrossed the oceans, sailed the seven seas, conquered every land and every people, and then went to space. Excuse me if I'm not ashamed of the pride I feel for my people.

[@martinjenkins8270]

Conquered then stolen by deceit and broken treaties

[@motophone8794]

Yep, and you have absolutely run every territory you conquered into the ground. Your greed has ruined beautiful people and lands. You've co-opted other people's histories and accomplishments and perpetuated lies that you have done so many great things. I'm so happy to hear someone speak out proudly that you have done all of these disastrous things . Your children will know exactly whom to blame for the conditions they shall inherit. Yes! Please keep being proud of your wicked works.

[@beyosborn2477]

Rather a o

[@RobertTakata]

Excellent 👌👍 post

[@chaolinyusan]

pre contact natives were not calling wood shavings tobacco

[@Primal_Dad_Truther]

This is AMAZING

[@Benny_San]

Thank for the knowledge on such an beautiful and sacred plant 🙏🏼

[@EthanReviews123]

Please, I thought was gonna be a legit doc on native culture not a woke guilt trip

[@flowplan925]

Thank you. Flow 444

[@EarlSundance]

well done, thank you!!!

[@jayste9334]

🔥 💯

[@Starwalka]

And native Americans didn't start getting pushed past the Mississippi until later they fought in those Southeast regions with Europeans for that's why Andrew Jackson submitted the Indian removal act or the trails of tears that story is about black Americans

[@davidmcaninch4714]

I confess, I’m American, but I’m not Native American. And I know I can never be a member of any tribe. All the same I do like to smoke tobacco, be it pipe or cigar. I draw the line at cigarettes. I’m a Lord of the Rings fan, and I like to call pipe tobacco pipe-weed, as it’s called in the books and movies.

[@BrandonFalkTheActor]

Do you have a vendor you recommend, that ships across the US?

[@tc8885]

I'm bouta make this an instrumental.

[@looneycrow7978]

This is beautiful

[@mayamachine]

This is just a anti smoking misleading video.

[@lostmind6976]

How so?

[@Bronxtale12]

Nah teaching about sacred tobacco and how regular smokes (commercial) are causing a lot of cancer but I know you already knew this

[@theyeking7023]

So does their tobacco jfl

[@fraserihle4847]

Because generally they would be talking about nicotiana rustica which is the standard “sacred tobacco” in north and South America. This isn’t about that, it’s just a community trying to reduce smoking with some traditional dried bark. It’s a misleading title

[@chrisbilling]

Passing the victim mentality to future generations. How nice

[@lelandbra7687]

I smoke cigarettes, i am 1/32 ojibwa and 31/32 european. As i smoke my menthol cigarettes I always feel I am keeping tobacco sacred. I wish my native brothern would stop the pity party. This is america and anyone can be anything. Keep menthol tobacco sacred.

[@JinnYoungKim]

I smoke cigarettes as well, but plz let's learn native cultures. I don't want to see those ignorant anti nazis

[@Balanced3645]

So, where are darker skin "Indians", in this presentation 🤔

[@sarat431]

? Why do you ask

[@lostmind6976]

What do you mean by darker skin?

[@Bronxtale12]

My First Nation or Native American or indigenous or aboriginal homies come in all colours sizes shapes and characteristics. First of all I know u know the right term so be careful before u go somewhere in real life n say that in front of the Wrong person lol but u should educate urself lad because In all races, u have latinos and asians that can be and are as pale as any white “European” person. Even Italians that are caucasians can be dark like the “Indian” u say or white pale like a baby’s bum u just need to educate yourself celestene

[@DJK-cq2uy]

Why don't you look in the closet?

[@burberryducks6481]

Darker skin comes from melanin and sun exposure their ancestors were probably a little darker just like most of our ancestors.

[@Not_all_as_it_seems]

I do not get the connection with the spirit world (demons) & growing tobacco. sorry. Here is me hoping for a bit of aged old curing wisdom.... nope

[@Alaskan-Armadillo]

I don't understand why you're so desperate for attention could it be because you know something is wrong with you? Nope