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Today is the first day of Native American Heritage Month - Little Cheiis explains its origins.
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Today, November 1, is the first day of Native American Heritage Month. How did the month get its start? What is the history of Native Americans in the U.S.? Why is this month so important? Little Cheiis (go.nowth.is/2H...) explains.
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[@ART-gr9zn]

I am a Muslim girl and I love all religions because the most important thing is acceptance of the other, respect for the other, because in the end we are human beings, so the most beautiful thing is to plant love and respect among us❤️🌷

[@maryr2734]

Very well said 💞 Have a blessed day and life

[@ART-gr9zn]

J D ؟!

[@ART-gr9zn]

Mary R 🌷🙏

[@anawkwardsweetpotato4728]

@J D They're so silly that there's truth and intrinsic value to them if you turn your head just right. 😜

[@anidiquaojala1804]

Much love to you Muslim Girl. I appreciate your comment and heart

[@visibleactions8220]

Happy native heritage month my native brothers and sisters! ✊🏽✊🏽✊🏽! Be safe and bless you, your family and ancestors.

[@ruth_gordon]

Wishing a happy, healthy and prosperous month (and life!) to all Indigenous Americans. Minwendam!

[@talithakoumi5728]

Kulamalsi Hech

[@kmc3851]

I have so much respect for any indigenous peoples. They always have a knowledge and respect for the country. There is much to learn. Our aboriginals in Australia are amazing in their knowledge of the land. Respect!

[@clarencedixon3290]

Happy Native Americans month to everyone of you. As a native African American, I hope that continue to be who you are with pride, courage, dignity, openness to others and love in this life and the next. Like my ancestors, always stay strong and focus. Never forget those who done their best to paved the way. Like everything, the road has been long and the mountains are high but always stay on course. Keep pushing on.✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

[@terzelrasmus-williams2530]

When people speak about "Making America Great Again" they should be speaking about respecting the indigenous Americans, acknowledging that they were forced off their land, and give back their land so they can truly celebrate their heritage. I love indigenous people. So holistic and one with the earth. It's beautiful.

[@tamarabell1265]

Well said! I have noticed very little acknowledgment of the first peoples throughout the presidential campaign, great to see this video coming out today ✊🏻✊🏼✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿

[@terzelrasmus-williams2530]

@@tamarabell1265 I think it's going to take a long time for goverment to acknowledge this fact. I am from South Africa and despite that our indigenous are celebrated from time to time, as descendants of the indigenous, we do not receive proper recognition from government as an actual tribe. Hence why there are KhoiSan camping in front of the Union buildings. In Australia and New Zealand they have just started to give credit to their indigenous. Anyway, I digress, the point is, I feel that America needs to do some real introspection about who they really are as a country and its heritage. Many people act like America started after the revolution, when actually it started so many years before then.

[@skybuprofen9834]

"Giving natives back their land" Which was settled--By force, yes,--over 150 years ago creates the problem of forcing modern Americans off their land to "Give it back" to the indigenous people who never lived there. At this point, doing something like that would not fix a thing.

[@D0nnyy]

@@skybuprofen9834 sounds about white

[@skybuprofen9834]

@@D0nnyy sounds about sensible. How would it solve anything to force the people who live there now off the land to give it back to people who never lived there? It makes about as much sense as slavery reparations. It's people who never did anything "giving back" to people who were never put through these things. Repaying for things that happened a Century and a half ago will only perpetuate and further expand racial tension in the United States.

[@paintingwithcammiebourke3984]

You should never deny those who came before us and I can't believe this video has a couple dislikes this is amazing video

[@yagahixs]

Sadly, In a country where we're labelled by the press as Something Else in the polls, I'm not entirely too surprised with dislikes

[@paintingwithcammiebourke3984]

@@yagahixs thank you for your Insight I agree with you sadly in this world people are too negative to realize the positivity

[@vixendoe2545]

Colonialism is alive and well in the Americas.

[@paintingwithcammiebourke3984]

@@vixendoe2545 true

[@zakibey7]

Most of the Aboriginal and indigenous people are locked up in prison or living in the ghettos. They are branded as so-called black people

[@shayekisitu]

Our First Nations people are truly an incredible people. Beautiful from the inside out. God bless all of them. ❤️👌🏻

[@indigenousamerican3148]

Im a Native American from the Mexican side of the border. We will always be here. Siempre estaremos aqui. 🇺🇸

[@dreamlife2351]

🕊 respect and love to the first Americans🌺

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

Actually American Indians were immigrants also, they are dissendants of Asian tribes that immigrated to the Americas thousands of years ago

[@marcusporras9571]

Happy native heritage month!

[@gunny1391]

Much respect to the Native American people! The rightful owners of this land!

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

Native American Indians are descended from Asian tribes who came to the Americas thousands of years ago, they were immigrants also

[@caimaccoinnich9594]

Yá'át'ééh. Hau. Osiyo. Bozhoo. Niltze. Ainngai. Love from South Africa 🇿🇦 to the first nations of America

[@aliciao.5731]

Yá'át'ééh to my navaho friends!

[@ThatLadyDray]

Do your thing Native American Community 👏🏾❤️.

[@iamlove6921]

Happy Native American Heritage month.. Namaste

[@Goldenxbih]

Yayyy it’s my birth month. I’m black but I love you native Americans 😘😘😊

[@Evil-Dude3]

Proud to have Cherokee heritage in my moms side of the family

[@grapes4832]

Happy native american month! And hello from the Secwépemc territory!

[@chilll2013]

First Americans. I like that. We, as a people, need to put respect and honor on the name! Would love for real stories of the first Americans to be commonly shared and admired.

[@spiffykanger7901]

Happy native american heritage month!

[@bowerydoll]

Yakoke. I'm a Black Mississippi Choctaw living on the firey west coast. Great vid. It's so vital and validating to see the content you've been creating. Stay safe and strong x0x

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

I’m really upset Native Americans don’t get enough attention in our country. They have a beautiful rich culture and I’d love to learn and enjoy more. Hopefully they get the attention they deserve.

[@Picachki]

Beautifully put. Let’s do our best to learn from those who came before us. :)

[@willowlingob6393]

Happy native American heritage month

[@Arminius420]

It'd be nice having a Native American history month as big as black history month.

[@saulteauxfirstnationsman5180]

I might be Canadian but I have no ounce of European blood in family tree. I am Oji-Cree!!

[@saulteauxfirstnationsman5180]

@Rudy Poo No, we have aboriginal day in June. That’s about it. Dude we don’t call ourselves Indian. If you call yourself Indian. Clarify what kind?

[@poloniush.3670]

Imagine being the four people that disliked this video

[@grapes4832]

Pretty cringe 😤 smh my head

[@silenceisviolencegovegan4298]

My ancestors went through genocide by the Europeans AND the holidays are a horrible time for animal genocide...am I'm supposed to celebrate that? It's too depressing. We need to change the holiday to ThanksLiving in honor of those who died. Humans and animals. Go vegan! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽🌱✌🏾

[@Kittykat5kits]

Thank you for this

[@royblack777]

Yeah and you too my friend Katherine and I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days, and I hope God bless you to have a great day today, I'm Roy from Crest-wood, Washington DC. Where are you from ?

[@royblack777]

Hope you don't mind me asking my friend ?

[@visibleactions8220]

Seminole/creek!

[@mixeduniverse111]

I really like this video because the host is a great speaker and really explained how his race got recognized and rightfully so.

[@user-sb7iy5nw9b]

Thank you, late former President George Herbert Walker Bush for Native American Heritage Month to establish November as a time to honor and reflect and celebrate the Indigenous people of North America. Mitakuye Oyasin. We are all related. Remember never forget where you come from and strive to become more of a better you.

[@catbyte0679]

This Ojibwe says, "Chi miigwetch."

[@ianc643]

I don’t get why do they still call them self Indian? Indian is people from India wtf?

[@legitttful]

Native Americans

[@sheilameyers152]

Yay! Natives... love you!

[@TPOANME]

The daughters of the confederacy indoctrinated this one well. Way to be a passive aggressive bigot; your grandpappy would be ashamed that your hate isnt more forth right and stern

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

@@legitttful actually American Indians are immigrants also, they are descended from Asian tribes that immigrated to the Americas thousands of years ago

[@aishlingmcnamee9878]

November 3rd 2020 🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪🇮🇪

[@aliciao.5731]

And???? Doesn't replace native American MONTH.

[@hewhoyeet4953]

Imagine your parents named you Wild Spirit, Crazy Horse or etc. How cool is that!

[@D0nnyy]

That wasn't there real name that was just a English translation which is usually similar but not that same

[@hewhoyeet4953]

@@D0nnyy ye i know

[@urzsulaz2604]

Thank You to talk about > Is time to know about real mean of that celebration

[@larry1824]

Every freaking day of every month is yours as this was your land first

[@jo-oe9zg]

Dance sing Be proud 🥁

[@Happy_HIbiscus]

dude, this is cool

[@aliciao.5731]

That would be great!

[@wade8067]

You're my cheii

[@Jay-nw8jy]

Yá'át'tééh!

[@robertrichard6107]

Never would have guessed GHWB had anything to do with NHIM!

[@karmayt8956]

The Iroquois Nation contributed to the ideas of our US democracy. But in retrospect I wonder if Sacajawea or Pocahontas would still treat the newbies as people they should have protected?

[@philsophkenny]

💯

[@jonathoncardwell6786]

Native athletes are being obstructed too in aiabama btw.

[@Merlin-ur1dz]

New wheels to New Dawn's New Bus's for everyone around your world my Family's withlove Blessing Blessing to our Mother earth 🌎

[@marcellacasey1324]

✊✊✊

[@nlee6038]

Blackfoot- Souix

[@ELM4R1NÖ4ZTEC4]

Ain't that Swell 12:58 PM }|{ 11//1//2020

[@chrissiebawn9357]

❤😀🌍🙏👍🖖

[@jchigheagle]

This video is false.6, I personally wrote the legislation for Native American Awareness Week, 1976, signed by President Ford. You need to do better research. This was the first week of awareness for the Native American in the history of the country. I am Jerry C. Elliott, Cherokee.

[@saraxdouglas8577]

❤️☮️🙏🪶

[@inHimken]

Nice 11.7.21

[@elizabethgomes8685]

What a crock of bulls..t. Never once did he cite a famous woman ex: Dr Susan LaFleshete Picotte first Native American to receive her MD degree and serve the NA community inNebraska. She raised funds to build the first Native American hospital that took in all ppl. Patriarchy still lives on. PS she’s in the Smithsonian and I don’t think his examples are!!!!!

[@royblack777]

Yeah i honestly don't think so too my friend Elizabeth and I pray to God to give you a lot of beautiful days, and I hope God bless you to have a great day today, I'm Roy from Crest-wood, Washington DC. Where are you from ?

[@royblack777]

Hope you don't mind me asking ?

[@danielfegley2735]

All the time that has passed since this was made law and I just heard of this 3 years ago most people I know haven't heard of it it's never mentioned in the news and I hear it mentioned a the beginning of 1 show on CBS for the month of November it is sad other races get more attention

[@awareyah6146]

My BLOODLINE is INDIGENOUS to the WHOLE earth including this place which is now called America, it’s sad that Native Americans don’t even know where they are from or do they know that them, Asians, Mexicans you know people like that are basically the same

[@awareyah6146]

EARS TO HEAR is this verse I dropped look for this comment by ONEKBABY

[@angiecarle3041]

We know who we are, what is your problem?

[@awareyah6146]

@@angiecarle3041 OBVIOUSLY you don’t that’s why you’re upset

[@awareyah6146]

@Li pov Yaj Listen no iq I said BASICALLY L🤣 L

[@awareyah6146]

@Li pov Yaj You don’t even know what you’re talking about so this is my last comment to you do some REAL research PARROT

[@superiorredditor8173]

No Nut November

[@ETS186]

Stop saying native american, you all look southeast asian 😂. Much love from Indonesia!

[@karcavida3250]

LOL I noticed they look SEA too 🤣

[@josémcoropuna]

Stop policing ppls identity.

[@indigenousamerican3148]

We look Asian because our ancestors came from Asia thousands of years ago through the Bering straight. We will always be here. 🇺🇸

[@JohnAdams-xc5yk]

@@indigenousamerican3148 but you were an immigrant also, like everyone else

[@pandapariah1075]

@JohnAdams-xc5yk The Native Americans were here hundreds of years before anyone else. They also didn't gain this land by forcibly taking and murdering people for their land as no one else was here before them, unlike the freaking Pilgrims. So, no, they were not immigrants. Get an education, please.

[@ameliatribeofissachar7311]

Psalm 83 King James Version 83 Keep not thou silence, O God: hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God. 2 For, lo, thine enemies make a tumult: and they that hate thee have lifted up the head. 3 They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones. 4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. 5 For they have consulted together with one consent: they are CONFEDERATE against thee: 6 The tabernacles of Edom, and the Ishmaelites; of Moab, and the Hagarenes; 7 Gebal, and Ammon, and Amalek; the Philistines with the inhabitants of Tyre; 8 Assur also is joined with them: they have holpen the children of Lot. Selah. Esau/Edom is the whiteman ALL PRESIDENTS ARE LUCIFARIANS, FREEMANSONS AND WORSHIP A PAGAN gOD. THEY DO NOT WORSHIP THE GOD OF ISREAL.

[@josémcoropuna]

What does judeo-Christian religion have to do with National Native American Heritage Month???

[@ameliatribeofissachar7311]

@@josémcoropuna Hebrews Gods Chosen children 12 Tribes of ISREAL Native American Indians- Tribe of GAD- Genesis 49:19 King James Version 19 Gad, a troop shall overcome him: but he shall overcome at the last.