There are No Anasazi Descendants.

[@Pichouette]

I'm a Cajun. I used to enjoy listening to the old people. Now they're all gone. The few left of my father's generation ask me about things that they forgot or didn't care to learn. I really should write it down before I forget everything myself. 🤔

[@MrStaybrown]

Document.

[@heymetwaly9235]

yes please

[@johngibson2884]

Yes, it's actually our duty I'm in the same position. All my elders are gone. The funny thing is, we're now the elders, so yes, we should write it down.

[@MrStaybrown]

Yup. I've said it after losing elders, "I should have written it down " Please document what elders lived.

[@choccolocco]

As a child, my great grandfather would visit and tell stories about his life. My mom recorded much of it on an old cassette recorder. We still have the tapes. One day my grandson will listen to them and hopefully appreciate them. Be sure to write it down, record it, or video the knowledge, because once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.

[@johneven2896]

I am a fat old white man in southern Utah that's wandered the deserts of broken pottery and destroyed walls, and I have seen some beautiful cliff dwellings and thought, what really happened here. I have spent many months living in locations told to be Anasazi home land and the great things they did but coyotes songs at night invoked a different story with images and sounds of despair and hardship, after getting to this video I have to stop for the night though I have to say, Sir, I know nothing of your teachings but you have answered more questions for me than I even knew I had, It is with Great Honor to listen to all you have to share friend.

[@AlexandraofUnusualIdeas]

what a beautiful msg, the world can grow together like this!❤️

[@fredharvey2720]

In Southern Utah, did you ever have a sense of, I don't know to describe it, like a very ancient energy from and in the land? I drove down 191 from Moab to Monument Valley and that landscape, especially south of Bluff, although I started noticing it south of Monticello as the land began to transition from alpine to desert. It's like a very ancient presence there, immeasurable in time, which is and within the land itself, emanating an energy which I felt like contained "something" that I couldn't quite tap into. It's one of the most visually unique and amazing landscapes I've ever seen and I want to return. It could be that part of it historical habitation and events left a mark there. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.

[@johneven2896]

@@fredharvey2720 Absolutely, The spirit of this land is very Alive, I've lived for months out there in the middle of nowhere and you become part of it, I've had dreams I can remember clearly that came after falling asleep to coyotes singing that made no sense until this mans words fell in my ear, I haven't always been the greatest person but was always respectful of the land, and though I probably shouldn't have I gave some leftovers to the coyotes, I kind a got to know em with their songs every night, Then, one really cold night my sleeping bag broke, opened up while I was in a deep sleep, and I must a been near freezing to death and, if I understand what I've learned so far, A Skin walker yelled out my name in my x wifes voice while banging on the cold camper door until I woke up, it took me a minute to get to the door being half froze, only to find no x at the door, no tracks in the snow, needless to say I was up the rest a that night contemplating what's real in real life.

[@fredharvey2720]

@@johneven2896 Yes it was so weird, I had to keep pulling over. *Something* is there and I don't know what. I feel like the formation of that landscape is related to it. It's like the very deep bowels of the earth jutted upward and appeared at the surface there and then began an eons-long erosion process. It's like the hand of creation itself is there. There's definitely something very unique about that place. I don't know much about skin-walkers but I thought they weren't supposed to be helpful to humans?

[@brendarueda8460]

I heard these people different from others, these was a story about the red headed giants that were almost 9 foot tall, they got chased in a cave and brush and wood were put inside the doorway and set on fire and it. Killed them, if this is not the story of the red headed giants then I can tell you my dad heard they were in other areas, that were also possible ALGONQUIEN tribe that were tall people and had a Bible that looked like hyrogliphics from Egypt, if they were different because of thier beliefs then it could have gotten them killed , but it is said also those in the cave were eating other people (cannibals) and cannibals are on the island of bali, possiblity in the Amazon or other tribes in other areas.

[@Gagieboy]

As a young member of the Navajo tribe, I'm doing my best to learn as much as I can from my own elders as well as others through different ways. Your channel along with Navajo grandma have taught me a lot. Thank you so much for not letting out history be forgotten. I too hope to spread these teachings when I am ready.

[@brainflash1]

Be proud that your ancestors did what mine could not.

[@terryulmer969]

Too bad that Navajo Grandma teaches the lies of Christianity.

[@elcanrab2180]

Same here brother, this is really good information.

[@lulumoon6942]

Best to you, young man. The world needs such leaders. ❤️🙏💞🪶

[@madilynnbenally]

As a young Navajo Asdzáán, I feel the same way. Watching this channel helps me learn about my history and teaching about life. It helps me be more connected to my culture and to who I am.

[@JasonHolody76]

This Granfather is a true treasure! So lucky we have his teachings and knowledge on recording.

[@lubumbashi6666]

Why should we believe him instead of the Hopi and the Zuni who say that they are direct descendents of the ancient Puebloans. DNA studies back them up. It's the Navajo who invaded and pushed them out.

[@Lisa-tk7ku8dr4k]

My grandfather is Navajo....my grandma was an Indian from Mexico. My grandfather had to teach her Spanish when they first got married. My momma passed away but she was a beautiful story teller. Beautiful history thank you for education me. I have so much to learn

[@makaylajadeevansyazziemjey1998]

I have the same lady name as you, lol I'm diné (navajo) too ❤

[@Lisa-tk7ku8dr4k]

*educating lol

[@TheStonedSpidR]

indians are from india

[@jeremyarroyo360]

​@@TheStonedSpidRwe know that but that is what coloumbus and his crew called our ancestors becuase he got lost drunk sailing.and thought he was in india cause that is were he was trying to get to. but landed in the carribean. called our parents indians. and our people excepted that title name cause thats what everyone know us as. Those are our brothers and sisters on the otherside of the look they very look similar to our elders also.

[@pagirl913.]

I could listen to him talk for days. ❤️

[@nesta1777]

😂😂😂

[@Rellesofsaturn]

I agree

[@kabernat]

Yes indeed! Our souls are quiet in the presence of Wisdom

[@KovietUnionDefector]

I would love to ride horses with this gentleman listening to his story of his land. Bless him.

[@pagirl913.]

@@NickyTheLesser ABSOLUTELY

[@ApocGenesis]

The story of the Anasazi reminds me of the Assyrians and the Creteans--all these people practiced slavery and were terribly cruel to those they subjugated. But the their fortunes failed, they were wiped out by those who they oppressed with such ferocity that we don't even have their language anymore. It's important that we remember these stories--thank you for sharing them Edit: Over the past few months, it's become clear that I was wrong and it's time to own up to it--the Assyrian people are still very much around. While I still find the story of civilizations getting their comeuppance compelling, this is an important lesson to not let the narrative get in the way of the facts, especially when there's real people involved who are descended from those civilizations. Every person is bigger than the narratives about our ethnicities, religions, nationalities, and so on. We are all people first, and I'm sorry that I took so long to acknowledge my mistake.

[@virgiljjacas1229]

👍👍👍 The ruins looks like Assyrian .

[@Ddax-td7qy]

I gently suggest that there may be a "history written by the winners" issue here. The conquering Athabascans (Navajos) naturally demonize the ones displaced. Nothing against the Navajos: they were driven South by other tribes! But maybe not to get carried away with propaganda about how monstrous the previous occupants were.

[@HepCatJack]

This is also why some European nations such as Poland were able to get assistance from other nations such as Hungary (who had already fought them) to defend themselves against the Mongols. It made more sense to oppose them as a stronger group than be cut down one by one.

[@KMANelPADRINO]

Assyrians are still around, and they came to speak Aramaic about 3000 years ago or more. And many Assyrians still speak Aramaic.

[@Faelani38]

The Creteans aka Minoans were destroyed by a volcanic event. There is alot of evidence.

[@nsein001]

No matter who you are, learn about your past. We need that foundation to move forward. It is unfortunate that there are not more elders like Wally Brown.

[@marijnmens7583]

Learn from Eric Dubay and realize the past is a set of lies agreed upon.

[@aphilipdent]

Not just your past, the worlds past. Everyone needs to learn humanities past.

[@littleianthefirst]

......it's very fortunate that there is at least one elder such as is Wally Brown, the stories and wisdom of his people are reaching every distant shore and touching many good souls.

[@marijnmens7583]

@@villaineramatriarchy He is not a manly man no, but a loser? I will leave that classification to you. Thanks for the other tips, going to check them out.

[@marijnmens7583]

@@villaineramatriarchy You gave me alot of good channels. I learned most of it allready from the series: lost history of flaty earth by aewaranon or ewaranon. He made a 10 hour docu that get's deleted alot. You can still find it though if that is what you want.

[@kiMoSaP3171]

Still here Pueblo Strong. Never left.

[@fakereality96]

Damn straight.

[@Chris-lz6ci]

Not the same as the Anasazi

[@e.j.hoopty8951]

This guy doesn't even know what Navajo means. It's a Spanish word, Google it.

[@LeoTsinnijinnie]

He is anasazi ,his clan. That happened long time ago. Nobody really knows. Only if you were there.

[@e.j.hoopty8951]

@LeoTsinnijinnie no he's not. He's an Athabaskin from the north he's not Anasazi in any kind of form plus he's full of it

[@sevensongs]

Many of the original nations have detailed and accurate oral histories that have been completely disregerded by western historians until recently as the archeological record has started to prove the truth or the histories told. Thank you so much for filming and sharing this knowledge.

[@zimriel]

The stories of the Mexica and other central-Mexican peoples were taken seriously. It helped that they had written codices and that the first Spanish administrators made a real effort to transcribe Nahuatl into Latin script. We can agree the Spanish did rather less well with the Maya. As for the oral histories of the Southwest, the problems there started with its ethnic diversity; we see here the Navajo version of the tale but the Hopi say something different. How does any outsider arbitrate? It's easiest just to give up until the rocks and the genes can speak, as has only been possible lately.

[@1014p]

Tell the same stories long enough and the details change. On a number of occasions what really happened and what a tribe said happened are not the same. One is proven while the latter is that of smoke. In this case it’s a lineage debate. Now him saying there is no survivors is a bit bold but could be true. No matter as we probably do not have a dna template pointing to that specific lineage.

[@bettynavarro6640]

Los Lunas Decalogue Stone in New Mexico which weighs over 80 tons so it can’t be moved has the 10 commandments written on it in paleo Hebrew discovered by professor Frank Hibbens of the University of New Mexico in 1933. There are many things hidden from us in America. I often wonder why Mount Zion is mentioned so much in the Bible but Israel didn’t keep its name and Moab. (But our president is a Zionist) We have a Mount Zion and Moab and Ephraim. Even a Jerusalem in Utah. Also, we have the Jordan River that flows from Utah Lake North to the Great Salt Lake. Many ancient Hebrew texts have been found across the US but they have been called fakes or lost. Also, why was the discovery in the Grand Canyon hidden from us and now NASA is in charge of it and no one can see what was found🤷‍♀️

[@Princess_Celestia_]

Yeah, no. Oral histories are unreliable because they change over time as details are misrepeated and new details added. The telephone game proves the concept the of unreliabil nature of oral history.

[@sevensongs]

@@Princess_Celestia_ they can be unreliable, yes, AND so can written records. Many of the ancient books we have today are copies of copies of copies with the original and earlier copies long gone. Scribes make errors, changes, marginalia, etc. as well. Words get changed and lost in translation. Meanings and cultures shift. In many cases we have evidence of those differences between the surviving copies we do have. Heck the middle age European historians just had fun making stuff up! (Well, they and many were composing with an intent to document their spiritual truth of events as much as it not more than the literal.) And the Victorians took that and ran with it! 🙂 I believe it's important not to disregard either. That doesn't mean all will be accurate! It means we should consider them fairly when looking into the past and not simply disregard one due to documentation style.

[@Adaptedsolarpower]

My family had started farming in NY on the CT Border in 1742 which is a place we remain to this day. Many stories have come down to my generation about the Schaghticoke Indians who would cross over the Mt. and they would come down to the ponds on the property and retrieve reeds and other things and through diaries my family was very fond of them. My family would trade and barter with them.We have an Indian basket made of reeds that was left on the front rock stairs to the home as a sort of thanks for the relationship that is a prized possession. There is still a small group of those beautiful people on a reservation across the Mt. from us.

[@harold2388]

Blessings to your family that shared a life and didn't mistreat.

[@martinvanburen4578]

My family comes from the Schaghticoke tribe from before 1500's and they mentioned how one day the White man came and said this is ours, that is yours. They use to roam free but then the White man took the land, build houses and said you no longer can pass and you have to leave. So the tribes fought and lost and then died from the evil of settlers.

[@valorabock6325]

Your family honored and the Shaghticoke people honored. That was the history and relationship your ancestors sowed into and reaped mutual respect. That is a worthy heritage.

[@Edwarddiaz21]

Imagine living on reservations in your own land. Most likely your family lives on their ancestral lands. There are people living on my ancestral lands also. So, I sympathize with them.

[@AvalonDreamz]

@@martinvanburen4578 what was the difference between someone white fighting for the land vs another tribe fighting and taking the land? This fighting and taking land has taken place around the world since the beginning. And while violence is awful and ugly, it took place. Not just by "white man". smh

[@fkapps]

I'm grateful that I'm able to listen to this because, even though I'm not Navajo, these teachings are meaningful to me, to learn about Navajo traditional teachings.

[@bigguy7353]

You don't need to be an Indian to see wisdom in any culture.

[@h.w.barlow6693]

I love Navajo history and its people.

[@tomlidot4871]

Thank you, Elder Wally Brown.

[@1default]

I'm from the De'ne tribe from northern Saskatchewan, it's amazing how the language is so similar, the word anah describes the same thing in our language, it means stranger or someone not like us

[@bertramtsavadawa6524]

These Southwestern Dineh' Navajos Apache Indeh', are the inestgat left in the 1500's from your area! All what they learned & have their culture of today are what our Ancestors taught/ shared with them to survive, all the arts ,teachings & astronomy of Ancestral sites all were learned from our ancestors now known as Ancestral Puebloan to Replace Anasazi term in Archeological teachings . We,are ,Pueblo people are the modern- day descendants of the Anasazi term " Enemies Ancestors "

[@rudra62]

Fascinating. I met some De'ne people in northern Saskatchewan, and met some different De'ne people in the Yukon territory. I spent more time with the Yukon people who said that their language is very similar to what is spoken in the Southwestern US, as well as supposedly some genetic similarities. What the people in the Yukon told me was that their people came across the Bering Strait thousands of years ago. The people in the Yukon stopped there, and others went east to Sask. and more went south into the 4-corners region of the US.

[@KajiRider1997]

I made a couple of fictional languages and fiyu, the main one has the word Anan for ground earth and rock, but also the unknown. I did this without thinking and I think its a happy coincidence that actual peoples who lived among the rocks had some names similiar to it. Fiy dzi ga sa annae zja. Tu hjiera zja dzi ananzyu ga. Tu Fanawara kara ma.

[@MegaKB333]

​@@bertramtsavadawa6524 👍

[@djung9064]

@@rudra62 its literally the same language family. Na'Dene

[@C11-c1y7l]

I was born in Germany and raised by my Greatgrandmother (*1885) . She had been born in a remote and very very small town deep in the oaks forest - some houses , spread through the woods . Her thoughts and teachings I often find in your words. Listening to you I feel home .

[@terryulmer969]

Guten tag! Wie gehts! My family name came from a German sea captain who came to Maine and married a Penobscot woman there. My Father was part Penobscot, German and English. Mitakuye Oyasin 💖 Walk in Beauty, dear.

[@C11-c1y7l]

@@terryulmer969 Good Morning ) Guten Tag )) Lucky you ))) My father was a Nautical officer too. He was an upright person with a much too heavy load through Second World War History put onto his far too young children shoulders back then. A child. He kept his promise. I keep mine . Thank you for kindness . Nizhóní . Walk in beauty🪶

[@fredharvey2720]

We Germans have a beautiful and rich folk history

[@terryulmer969]

@@fredharvey2720 In the Hebrew text, it tells that King Solomon had a squadron of German soldiers in his army.

[@alicemilne1444]

@@terryulmer969 I find that very hard to believe.

[@disenchanter]

i am praying to listen to an elder from my grandmother's tribe, the Apache. i thank you, Diné.

[@hey.hombre]

My mom (1915) and my dad (1912) would tell us stories about when they grew up in Albuquerque and surrounding areas when we were kids. My mom would tell us stories of her family when she was growning up. My dad would tell us of his encounters when working all around Arizona and New Mexico. My dad even spoke the Navajo language. They were great stories from the past, but I don't remember any of them. I wish I could remember. 😪

[@MishaSims]

i’m from the Chiracahua and these stories and information is similar to what i have learned and listened to from our elders.

[@3DCGdesign]

I hold this man Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, and your videos as precious. Please don't stop sharing this wisdom and information. There are many many many of us out there who DO care and are listening. It only takes a small candle to light up a dark room.

[@chrisrgfield]

Superb channel. This traditional knowledge is so very very precious. Many thanks for both preserving and sharing, the rich and vast history of your people. Much appreciated, love and respect from Canada 🇨🇦

[@lalacanamar]

Bull

[@vixendoe6943]

@@lalacanamar if this is "bull" to you, kindly go somewhere else

[@Coca_cat2020]

​@@lalacanamarwaiting to hear your expert opinion

[@shanedussault740]

​@@Coca_cat2020 so unfortunately a lot of this video is bull. The Navajo people would have originally come from the north west Pacific. The "Athabascan" or "Na-Dene" family covers a large swath of North West Canada, and up into Alaska. Additionally the Anasazi as detailed in this video are still alive. This video is either an attempt to back pedal on the rampant racism towards modern puebloan peoples or to double down on it by trying to de-legitimize their claim to the land they both now inhabit. The term itself means enemy, and is considered very very inappropriate to use toward pueblo people of today or the past.

[@irishguyjg_2ndchancerecovery]

Thank you Elder sir. I appreciate the time u take to reach and teach so many of us.

[@RicardoGonzalez-ww3ov]

I grew up in Show low and had Navajo , Apache and now i have a Hopi neighbor. They are all amazing cultures and completely different. I enjoy the history and way of life and really enjoy your stories of the old ways

[@kristenkrueger5527]

I so enjoy this elder and his beautiful wisdom and kind heart ♥️

[@petertekippe5391]

It doesn’t matter what color you are. We all have to listen to our elders. I would sit and talk to my grandmother for hours when I was younger. She told me so much and I wish she was still here to tell me stories of homesteading western North Dakota and teaching in a prairie school when she was 20 in 1930. She was born in 1910and passed in 1999. She lived through some amazing times. So if you can cherish the time you have with them. My family is of Viking decent. Spoken word was my ancestors tradition too.Gives me goosebumps thinking about it. Our people’s are so different but so similar at the same time. Well at least until my ancestors became Christian. That messed up everything as far as I’m concerned 😅.

[@nenavega6641]

How blessed do I feel right now to be hearing this man tell the stories that we’re privileged to their own. I’m glad you’re openly sharing sir. These will forever be remembered now not just by your people. Thanks to KZbin. Not all of stuff online is bad.

[@1-daydecorating8]

Your language is beautiful. Thank you for your teachings.

[@garystyke2384]

Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge with us. You knowledge is a very precious resource future generations need to hear.

[@dlw4081]

Thank you for sharing your Navajo traditional teachings. I appreciate the opportunity to listen to you.

[@MrGaleanon]

I love enlightened peoples so much... This gives me hope for the future, that human beings are sharing wisdom like this.

[@budgarner3522]

Such a wise, humble and honest man. With so many abandoned cliff dwellings and no answers about their disappearance. Your answer that they were wiped out makes a lot of since they did not come forward over the years. "You have to ask questions and not just speculate." Very, very wise statement. You've more than earned a new subscriber.

[@noneya3254]

good teacher, good elder, good story teller… good that way! Aho

[@lisamcdonald8713]

Thank you for sharing your stories and history. I love to listen to them. I hope other tribes will do the same so their stories are not lost in time. Books are good to read but it is far more interesting to hear it spoken.

[@john.premose]

No I would disagree, because when traditions are oral they are not at all reliable.

[@timothybrown1763]

I like his cognitive style. Using ancient Greek examples, pointing out the lack of vocabulary in English when trying to describe something, pointing out how popular historical sites that are completely reconstructed (I thought they were original)....its like you're actually learning something not just interesting but also practical and useful.

[@nerdjournal]

I absolutely love the sound of the Navajo Language. It is such a beautiful sounding language.

[@jamespotts4848]

This is a great way to spread the traditional knowledge to many people quickly. And I'm grateful to have it.

[@HighPriestofLemuria]

I have really appreciated everything your elder has had to say about the Anasazi. I feel like a historian that has finally found a solid source.

[@SusanBame]

Another good channel is David Little Elk, Cheyenne Sioux Tribe (now teaching the Lakota language, in Germany).

[@unconsciouscreator3012]

Elders of all tribes of men have different stories than that of the history books. Americans traded with Africa and Europe for millenia as the cocaine mummies attest. There are different stories of the Anasazi. I wonder if there are stories of trade with Africa and Europe from the Americans

[@tophers3756]

​@@unconsciouscreator3012oh please

[@vincentlopez2731]

Read The Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters

[@fakereality96]

About as solid as blue corn enchiladas.

[@friendoengus]

aloha, wally and team watching and listening now for a few years every video has been pure gold the truth in what you are sharing makes my daily life so much richer, enabling me to better face the unending challenges we are presented with much more important than my experience, the sacred hoop of our common experience as five-fingered beings seems to be growing and flowering, after these generations of hardship, and even with all the disruption in our world in recent years from the bottom of my heart, _thank you all for your hard work and generosity providing Navajo Traditional Teachings_ may the sacred spiral field of our lives ever bless our descendants, and may we all enjoy no regrets come the day when we leave the field, one by one

[@cavemanyogi150]

🔥

[@friendoengus]

@@cavemanyogi150 bullseye! thank you, yogi

[@neva_nyx]

Thank you for sharing the stories from before. I could sit and listen to them all day.

[@coppertopv365]

Tony Hillerman was a great writer who opened me up to the Navajo and to natives Americans and some of the Navajo stories and some of their ways. There is a culture an a tradition there to be proud of

[@lisadavie5282]

The Color dress shirt He wears is spectacular!!! It matches his Beauty with such words of Legends snd Spiritual Wisdom! Beautiful through and through 🙏✨️🦋

[@efdangotu]

It glows like a flower.

[@kallasusort2986]

Fascinating to hear of our History from a different viewpoint from the people whom actually live on the land. Thank you Wally and your son for this work. May it be preserved for future generations.

[@Lovereignsupreme]

True history of the place we dwell. I am not Diné although,this is better than any book and not for profit. All my favorite and the best teachers share knowledge this way. This is a very special gift.

[@gregorymccoy6797]

Valuable information. I'm glad it can be preserved in this format. I really enjoy hearing him talk and hope he continues to do so for a long time to come.

[@paulus.tarsensus]

I think that this is a reliable oral history and I'm glad it is finally recorded. It agrees in every particular with what we know about the invasion of a people who came from the Vale of Mexico, bringing their Aztec-congruent beliefs, cultural practices and architectural motifs with them. They were perfectly violent people who enslaved the peoples of the four corners, practised ritual cannabalism and left the region depopulated when they were finally destroyed. A long drought only exacerbated things. The ancestors of the Hopi and Zuni left, created the religion of the kachina in reaction to all the horrible experiences they had, and continue to this day. The Navajo also endured. Almost all the disparate sedentary cultures of the area simply pulled up stakes and moved away, leaving archaeologists puzzled for a hundred years until we let the evidence inform our narratives...and not the other way around.

[@villanuevafamily4]

Thank you for taking the time to teach us all this. Such valuable history.

[@ladyjan2936]

You would be awesome as a story teller at schools and in libraries! My grandbaby and I watch you faithfully! Thank you for sharing your wisdom! Blessings always!!!

[@blakesleyk.7166]

This content, were it to be presented in libraries , would serve the children - the citizenry - much better than the current library drag queen story hours.

[@markgamble7699]

Talk to Shane Brown, his son, whom is helping make the videos… You can join up and become a Navajo warrior by helping to learn then teach it around your neck of the woods… Link is below their video… Good ideal though

[@dexked]

Clown

[@hAckAbleMe]

Many thanks to you for taking the time to share your knowledge. 🙏

[@Me2Lancer]

It's good to see the Navajo or De'ne tribe engaged in learning from their ancestors more about their history. Everyone could do well to follow their example. A few years back I was told the Navajo and Apache people descended from the Athabascan tribe in southern British Columbia.

[@ROL2023]

Grew up in Farmington. Spent most of my days in shiprock. My love for the dinè is eternal. That land and it's spirits call to me to this very day. My love to father sun.

[@Notarobot310]

Thank you Grandfather for your message, although my blood line is not of pure native Cherokee by generations of mixture I have realized later in life that returning to the teachings of my grandmother is more necessary today than ever. Listening to the native language brings tears to my eyes this morning. Keep sending the words of peace that more will return to living with the land and no longer destroy what keeps us alive.

[@Edwarddiaz21]

You're not Cherokee by bloodline anyways, it's by practice. That is the core of most of the name of tribe's anyways, the practice of their ways. Anyone can have dark hair and red skin that's of NA DNA is only that, native american. You're actually a certain nation name by practice of the ways of said people. I myself am of Tous or Tuscarora heritage, along with ancestors of the old Cherokee. I exist because my ancestors escaped the march out west to Oklahoma. These ancestors wound up in Texas and had to leave Texas to avoid trouble. They made the way to eastern North Carolina and met up with the Tous people, where I live now. My people were "the warrior people" of the southeast. We go by many names now, Lum or Lumbee, Saponi, some Cheraw native, etc, but we know who we are and were. We are the Tous people, eastern North Carolina was the heart of Tous country. It's highly likely that a lot of the tribe's who went west had run ins with my people. I do know that there were the Sioux people who lived here and went to where they currently resort, there's still people of the Siouan speaking in scattered pockets around in places. There's also the old mound people who lived in the southern US and moved west in Mississippi. I do know that my people fought in many wars and maintained our hold on the southeast. I believe alot of the misplaced people who went west knew of my people. If I could go back in time I'd tell us all to be friends instead of enemies, we certainly needed it.

[@Notarobot310]

@@Edwarddiaz21 Thank you for the clarification, yes I am aware that my connection is only through my bloodline and have no claim to the Cherokee tribe. When I was young my grandmother took us to tribal meetings and wanted us all to assimilate with her people and learn from the elders of the ways and traditions in hopes that we would return to her native heritage. However being young and arrogant I made foolish decisions and choices that I regret later in life. With that said I meant no disrespect towards you or any of the Native tribes. Thank you again Edward

[@LewisC-t1f]

Lmao why do white people always claim to be “part Native American?” My ex was blonde with blue eyes and she said she was part Native American. 😂 😂 my Native American genetics are 56%+!

[@Notarobot310]

@@LewisC-t1f Good for you, there was no claim to heritage, just simply stating facts of bloodline. If you are offended, pick up your feelings you whinny little biotch

[@warmak4576]

Because there are many lost colonies and shipwrecks who assimilated into native tribes, genetics means nothing if you don't practice or follow your ancestors teachings. Also you have advantages in American schools n shit.

[@kingjehukhan8541]

Thanks!

[@JonnoPlays]

I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@OkieJammer2736]

SO happy for your 253K subscribers. What a blessing you both are to each of us. Thank you.

[@elcerlyc]

Wow , already 324K on April 6th 2024 , subscribers number go up fast . 👍

[@jak3589]

That was fascinating, it gave me a whole new understanding of the Anasazi & the power struggle. The God of peace, the God that speaks, i love it. If only people would listen to His voice!

[@laterisaferondii18651]

Thank you Elder Wally. For your gracious time and wisdom keeping

[@lulumoon6942]

AMEN🙏

[@briangateley4909]

I'm a poor old country boy from Tennessee. I enjoy finding out my & our Real History. Because public schools do Not Teach real History, this I kn by finding & looking for caves & stones. After finding then looking into Findings these caves & stones excite me very much so!!! Because I then see,feel and touch Real History!!! Nature Freedom Dreams. Keep On Keeping On!!

[@loveagates]

Thank you for your teaching! My grandme sat me down 62 years ago, told me I was navajo. You connect the dots on why i was taught certain things. Thank you for that.

[@Fire0warrior182]

Understanding the past is key to understanding the world around us today, history is un-bias, it's harsh and straight. Thank you Cheii. 🙏🏽

[@lawrencewillard6370]

Understand what you are saying. Consider that truth, is not in most histories. Lies are more acceptable to most people than truth, and lies are venerated, truth despised. Has this changed over decades, millennia?. Sad.

[@Fire0warrior182]

@@lawrencewillard6370 English is a famous language for going in circles.

[@deaddocreallydeaddoc5244]

You have to know how to determine which "history" is "unbiased and straight" through critical, forensic examination of all evidence and claims. I don't see that happening here.

[@anitainmo489]

Please make sure the native American culture, traditions and beliefs lives on.

[@tomriddle5564]

Can I make a respectful suggestion ? America is named from an Italian map maker. Why not try “ First Nations People “ if you think about it native american is almost as insulting as Indian. The First Nations People did not call this place america.

[@zsedcftglkjh]

“America” as a continental spanning land mass did not exist in any tribal conception. It does now. America.

[@tomriddle5564]

@@zsedcftglkjh Yes so it is. But that doesn’t excuse the Fact that it is still an INSULT to call First Nations People “ ‘muricans. They are not. We European WHITE people are the ‘ muricans.

[@zeusback5025]

You cant the u.s. govt. Made most native religions illegal to practice.

[@mikuspalmis]

America is Land of the Plumed Serpent.

[@coruscatio9]

Thanks for the Navajo point of view. I think it is important to understand that this is just 1 perspective. There are a number of Pueblo people that think of the Navajo as colonizers that arrived in the southwest around the 1400s (Spanish got here in 1540) and would disagree with some of this analysis. There is evidence that the southwest has been inhabited for over 20k years so there is a lot of missing history. The Hopi origin story is one that everyone interested in this should check out.

[@billjenkins5693]

The Hopi know that what this man says is wrong

[@climatepurification]

@@billjenkins5693 Wrong guy, you are referring to the type of people he is talking about. That type referred to many tribes but does not define the origins of Navajo. Their story is much deeper and connected to a lost civilization. There's a lot of prejudice amongst tribes that spreads like wildfire. The prejudice is often displayed through its descendants and exposes those who are actually of the light and those who have dark in their hearts. I've seen many natives spew hatred when talking about other tribes. This man doesn't spew hatred, only truth. That is a sign of a peoples connected to the source. That connection is what is most important, not petty lies.

[@climatepurification]

The Hopi spew a bit of hatred towards other tribes, its always taken away from the beauty they try to hold on to.

[@bettynavarro6640]

@@climatepurification I’ve been curious about this. Did you know the Los Lunas Decalogue Stone in New Mexico which weighs over 80 tons so it can’t be moved has the 10 commandments written on it in paleo Hebrew discovered by professor Frank Hibbens of the University of New Mexico in 1933. There are many things hidden from us in America. I often wonder why Mount Zion is mentioned so much in the Bible but Israel didn’t keep its name and Moab. We have a Mount Zion and Moab and Ephraim. Even a Jerusalem in Utah. Also, we have the Jordan River that flows from Utah Lake North to the Great Salt Lake. Many ancient Hebrew texts have been found across the US but they have been called fakes or lost. Also, why was the discovery in the Grand Canyon hidden from us and now NASA is in charge of it and no one can see what was found🤷‍♀️

[@iliveinthewoods]

​@billjenkins5693 Yes, he acknowledged that there are other tribes that believe differently without saying "they're wrong". That was you. 😉😘

[@ClaytonGoodman-do1gz]

Thank you for sharing. It is important to learn about the past. As an American I love this land and respect the peoples who've been here for longer. God bless.

[@pchris6662]

I just love all the old stories. White, red, you name it. Our history is so rich and yet we really only know a small fraction of what really happened so every story, tale, myth, tradition you name it are invaluable. Also, I hear you tread very carefully to try not to stir up things between Navajo and Hopi or other tribes. But we can’t judge by todays standards the wars, battles, attacks, and even taking of slaves or other acts because we have to always remember that in those days it was a much MUCH harder time. People had to face death just to survive and survival was a daily battle and there was no room for error. I hope you’re leaders all do their best to write down your oral history because it’s so rich but also so very fragile and pieces are lost every time another elder passes.

[@adamg.6615]

red....?

[@pchris6662]

@@adamg.6615 ..and purple, and black, and yellow, you name it. The point is, we sit in luxury today separated by levels of technology from our origins now and we need more than ever to embrace and document our past. Lease don’t go where I think u may be leaning, this is not a racial thing. It’s a generational plea to try and teach our kids who we are and where we came from…all of us. My grandmother grew up with no electricity, no running water. When she was pregnant with my mother she had to walk down to the creek, fill a bucket, then light a fired in the wood stove to boil water and cook breakfast. No such thing as TV, no planes, only the really rich ppl had cars. Today, I see my nephew throw a temper tantrum because he wants to get a brand new iPhone15 and it breaks my heart. These self entitled brats demand everything be handed to them and they look you straight in the face and tell you we owe them because it’s their right. They seem to feel they have a right to everything. Listening to these stories is so satisfying and enlightening to me but it all seems so fragile because it’s all oral tradition and so little of it is written down anywhere.

[@mikuspalmis]

@@pchris6662 Children are conditioned to be entitled by their parents and by the society that the parents allow to co-raise their kids.

[@pchris6662]

@@mikuspalmis and mostly by their teachers!

[@xhagast]

His story is one of migrations, wars, mixing and change. Like the story of all nations. Take a look at the Turks nowadays. They are essentially a mix of Greek, Russian and Anatolian. The ORIGINAL Turks were essentially Mongols. Why shouldn't the Navajo Apache be partly Pueblo (whatever that means), Cliff Dweller and Dine?

[@rogerdale5451]

His clarity and pace of speech is excellent. This is important historical knowledge.

[@joyona7430]

Thank you for your work on behalf of "We the People" all over this beautiful world we all call our home. I am not a native person. My mother and my father's roots are in U.K. and France. I have always resonated with the Navajo (Dini) culture since early childhood. Your work is very important to me. I respect your teaching very highly. I deeply resonate with them and apply what I am learning in my life. There is great wisdom to be found in the wisdom of the Navajo elders. I also enjoy learning from Navajo grandma. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with non natives.

[@noahriding5780]

Do you have some information about when the utes and paiutes entered the area? I noticed your story you talked like these 2 weren't there yet. But you did mention the Zuni and Pueblo. I'm very thankful that you are willing to teach people your knowledge. This is important. its also important for the dene and everyone else to see that the native americans can be a force for good, be good people, and see them in a positive light. This would have many benefits for everyone. ... Also the irony of your story is that it matches and backs up other things told in the mormon scriptures. Your story fits with theirs and things said about theirs affirms that the history of the dene and the story of the dene is true. Everything in your video about the movement of the dene and the hopi fits very well in certain time periods written there. I was in awe. Its so amazing. I'm truly thankful to hear your story.

[@rhesreeves5339]

Thank you for this and these continuing American history lessons. I like to know the truth they don't feel is important enough to teach us in the schools here. It's important to me and to teach my descendants because it rings true firstly, I can see no motive but to educate. I'm beyond pale but we hunt fish a lot here in rural GA, many use bow and arrow for both. I and many like me deeply respect indigenous people and do care about the differences in culture. I'd have had no idea about what really happened without this .We know history has a tendency to repeat itself. The darkness isn't the path and it never will be. We ALL need to hear what this man is saying about choices that had to be made and unfaltering resolve to be strong and good even at great cost. Oral tradition is fact in generations of honest hearts. I'm moved.

[@johnnydankins]

ever since i graduated/covid hit, your videos have been some of the only pieces of content that made feel like i want to learn again

[@PedroPeyolo]

Always gr8 to see a new fresh vid posted!! 🙏🏼💚 Uncle Wally is truly a walking library .... thanks so much to whole crew @ NTT for documenting all this ancient info 🙏🏼💜 Yá át tééh❣️

[@rorschach33]

I have spent the last five months exploring the lands of the people we call the Navajo and the Pueblo and Ute. This is the best teaching I've received that has the sound of truth to it. Great instruction. Great video. Thank you so much for sharing.

[@sadorad]

Thank you for sharing your wisdom and the wisdom of the people that came before you. Blessings to you and your family. Please continue to share.

[@rubberbiscuit99]

These values shine through consistently: a love of peace; an abiding appreciation for and deep connection to nature; a healthy respect for all people, including those who see and do things differently from you; and a reflective, thoughtful, and respectful way of living. These are values that are missing from mainstream American society. I feel so drawn to and soothed by these teachings; they give me hope. Thank you.

[@pandakicker1]

Errrrrr…. try telling that to the Aztecs. Maybe in the north there was more of what you describe, but there were definitely some tyrannical regimes in central America. There’s a reason why the neighboring tribes around the Aztecs aligned with the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs. If they were all about peace, such an alliance would never have been necessary.

[@cchavezjr7]

@@pandakicker1 Talk to the Hopi, they have been here over 1000 years and will tell you how the Dine have come and took over their lands as well.

[@JonnyRay8]

Love the video's. Im not Navajo but i love history and Navajo history is american history and is important for everyone to know.

[@normanschmidt8389]

Thank you, Elder teacher. I break my silence now to express my gratitude to you for sharing your heritage and helping us to understand. The best place to go for information is the source. No amount of hypotheses can be as reliable as first-hand knowledge.

[@mrsdoyle6828]

Everything this man says makes perfect sense and explains a lot of the confusing archaeological record. The wonderful delivery and gentle repetition so common in oral tradition is both fascinating and soothing. I feel like I've really learned from him.

[@joseHernandez-xc4ix]

Wow 😮 this was AWESOME and I Thank You for sharing. I work along side Many Navajo some of the best Men and women I have been around

[@rhondamc3642]

I'm so thankful you are sharing your knowledge with us! Thank you!!

[@interstellarsurfer]

I'm happy Mr. Brown took the time to share this with the world.

[@jackieroberts6316]

I love that you are keeping your culture and heritage alive without shaming or blaming anyone else. I am of European decent However, my mother was adopted so we no nothing of her background and my paternal Grandfather would never discuss his heritage after leaving Italy. I cannot imagine being able to go back centuries.

[@RearViewLife]

i love that shirt it's how it reflects the light almost iridescent when light is applied just like mind

[@glennbrymer4065]

Amazing! I 1st went to Mesa Verde in 1964. Listening to this history is so very amazing. This means a lot to me. Im going to replay this quite a few times. I can't believe Ive just heard all of this information. Never in my life did I ever expect to hear all of this being shared so openly. To you humans who have heard this man's words. You have no idea just how fortunate you are to have the chance to hear this kind of history and explanations. It is good. You have been blessed.

[@spiritualgrowthjourneys6171]

Thank you Elder Wally. I am learning so much from you and can listen to you teach all day long. Your wisdom and history knowledge is amazing. Thank you for sharing your culture and your history with us.

[@CarolinaOmaSteph]

Thank you for this very informative video. History is very important to current and future generations.

[@ButterflyHummingbird]

Thank you so much, Grandfather, for correcting the errors in our education. I went thru the public school system in the 1960’s & 70’s, before the intense propaganda push began that continues to this day. I do believe we need to listen and learn from the indigenous peoples of this world to learn the real history of this planet and its peoples.

[@christinewarden3450]

If you think you didn't get propaganda in your school in the sixties and seventies you're insane

[@eatooty]

​@@christinewarden3450yes you're correct. One of the three letter agencies had a court hearing on how they was using the television to manipulate the masses. As well all know this is around the time they experimented on unwilling citizens using LSD aka acid. Program Mk ultra

[@eatooty]

Shots eugenics to pandemics, blood sacrifice, occult secrets of the 3rd reich, Hitler's great escape, eye of the Phoenix secrets of the dollar bill, phenomenon monopoly men Babylon to America Technology of the fallen Holocaust of the giants Unholy see Episode 1 dark chambers Episode 2 belly of the beast

[@CharlieA-q4y]

The Columbia River Gorge NSA has several hikes that you would enjoy and your followers. Especially hiking up to the top of Multnomah Falls and then to Ecola Falls. I've done that twice. But you would want to do that before June. Summertime gets real busy. Another great hike is the Saddle Mountain Trail at Saddle Mountain State Natural Area in Northwestern Oregon. My son and I went on that hike in 2015. From the top you can see the Pacific Ocean, Astoria, Oregon, Columbia River, Washington State. Mount Rainier and Mount St. Helens. Always enjoy your videos Alice!

[@StanGraham1]

Absolutely fascinating and totally believable. Thank you for sharing with us outsiders .

[@dmandork]

I am so glad I found this channel. I love learning about The Diné and am so glad you are doing this work to keep the oral tradition alive.

[@andrewwilson5725]

Thank you Elder . Amazing knowledge still moving forward Chief.

[@dennismason3740]

These are the things we are told. Sometimes I end a soft rant (a kind rant) with that phrase cuz you should see the look on folk's faces - it's like a movie. Softly, slowly - "these are the things that we are told" and smile and turn and walk away. Thank you Wally.

[@lorinapetranova2607]

I'm in awe. You must kick azz with their minds. 😁⚘

[@dennismason3740]

@@lorinapetranova2607 - the phrase adds mystery and legitimacy to the occasion and leaves people wondering - "is he telling the truth?"

[@tommunyon2874]

This so enriches my understanding of the native peoples of the area where I spent the first two decades of my life. I now have a different connection through the rector of the Episcopal church where I sing in the choir. She is of an Athcabascin speaking people in Canada, and she makes occasional visits to the Navajo lands. She is fluent in classical Navajo and the more modern form of the language.

[@katden220]

Mr Brown, I love your teachings, they should actually show your videos in schools if they don’t. I am have a little Indian in me, my great grandfather was full blooded Cherokee. However, I have always found Indian history so interesting. I know I am getting the real teachings with you. I actually live in AZ about 3 blocks away from Montezuma’ Castle. Within the Yavapai Nation in Yavapai County. I a aSpeciaEdTeacher aide and we taught the class last year about the Indian nations and the other teacher aide also was100% Hopi. She brought in so any things she made from beads, clothing etc food and made the food for us. It was so fun eating things I did not know.

[@harleyv1969]

Truth never fails or falls 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@crashingstoans7907]

True, but tragically it is often thrown aside for some cheap substitute.

[@MADSAHAD]

I as a young boy spent summers with my surviving grandparents and loved hearing the stories and life experiences they told me, I know come to love this channel as well

[@jameyforbes]

I just love listening to you teach❤😊

[@margaretfriedlein8561]

You are wise and it is true we must all question and learn from the past peoples who we were and who we are becoming.

[@glynnphillips1576]

We love you Mr Wally. Thanks for the great story

[@Zinginaround1]

Your teaching is so interesting- the language is beautiful

[@bertnerny]

It’s never truth when it’s tailored to cater to anyones emotions or desires of how they want the past to sound.

[@swansonz3534]

I love this guy. Could listen for hours.

[@Karentaylor-s6h]

I once flew over the Grand Canyon, a beautiful man who flew me it is a sight soooo beautiful, grateful that Richard was so thoughtful. If you fly to the USA and you get🎉 an opportunity to fly over it, do it.. you have to see it.. stunning!🎉❤