As a Navajo, I think it's nice to have this film available for studying history. It's not totally accurate but it was filmed a long time ago. Thanks for posting.

I always hate how the narrators of these movies always speak about us in a condescending manner. Our "old ways" were far more intact with the planet that any technology that has yet to be invented. We weren't cavemen and we weren't uncivilized, our minds were just not colonized, we were free.

@Sennmut

6 жыл бұрын

No one ever called Indian people "cavemen". Just a different paradigm for seeing the world.

@gabemccue3497

5 жыл бұрын

I love how your standing up for your people! As a Choctaw Native American, I can understand what your saying. Keep fighting the battle! Trust me, your words will affect people!

@JRPetruk

5 жыл бұрын

I am puzzled why you think the speaker was "condescending". I thought she (and "He", in the follow-up) were very respectful of the old ways. What exactly did you find offensive?

@koh9894

5 жыл бұрын

I'll *do my best* to explain the nonsense... barely 4 minutes into the video. I'm already seeing the "condescending" mentioned... Please note this is 60 years after the video was made. I'm not yet 50. Sooo I've seen a lot in life but not everything since or before this video. (trying to be objective) That said, The woman, to this point (under 4 minutes) is doing a HORRIBLE job of immersing the viewer into the actual life of Navajo people... Even back then, narrators were better actors than this woman. They could (should) have hired a person who was more passionate about the script - which back then was probably a "no-way" situation. That being said, (and not knowing for sure the narrator is white) white folks always understand stuff better coming from a white person - true about many -isms and general human experience. with the chosen voice used, the narrator would have made a better story talking *about* Navajo people instead of trying to come off *as* one telling a personal story. It sounds like BS from every angle the way she's speaking. This documentary?? is more entertaining for *them* than it is a learning experience. Further... the Navajo existence is downplayed from the start, saying for instance, that they live on some "VAST" amount of land. I'm not Navajo and my gut is screaming out "B**CH, Native American land spanned coast to coast before your ppl F**KED 'em out of it. What they have now is miniscule in comparison to where they should be." So yeah, I'm feeling the condescending manner already. Downplaying the conditions, downplaying the richness there was, and making it sound like they were *given* something by their oppressors... and making it less obvious to other white folks - likely children - that their forefathers are actually oppressive, overbearing, violent, and narcissistic thieves.

@rideronthewhitehorse2012

4 жыл бұрын

❤️

This makes me so sad, I'm not Native American ... But the whole world robbed them of everything... I'm all about history and the truth and no one knows the truth any more about these poor people... They lost their land, their tribes, their heritage, so many lost their cultures.... History is lost.. And nothing could be more sad... The white man greed, if they wanted something they just took it.... So much of what people have done in history literally makes me sick.... So many groups of people have been treated so horrible....

@oneofakind5668

3 жыл бұрын

If you knew your history and present you would know it is not just white man's greed, you sound racist...

@seth4065

3 жыл бұрын

@@oneofakind5668 Agreed

@tonyynot6151

Жыл бұрын

That’s funny.. I’m Navajo and I don’t feel robbed of anything. I have every opportunity to be successful just as the next person. People want us as Natives to feel victimized by the “World”, but that could be further from the truth. I see Navajos as business owners, entrepreneurs, teachers, doctors and the dreaded politician. So do not feel sorry for me or my fellow Navajos. We busy feeling and living Blessed.

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

@@tonyynot6151 Well stated. I worked vendor routes (Holsum, Hostess, Bridgford, Sparkletts) on the Navajo (Dine') Nation and Hopi areas from the 1990s to 2000s. My clients ranged from elders still living in the hogan to 'professionals' living in homes that could be found in any city or town of the U.S. as well as to most of the tribal and business offices. The people (Dine') were as diverse as any with those content to 'take it easy', those motivated to succeed in the world by traditional , modern, or a combination of means, and all between. I miss my Dine' and Hopi friends and clients. Ya' at' eeh from 'Breadman'.

@morganrideau275

2 ай бұрын

Only imposters are mostly left on those reservations and if you're there idc if you get mad the real thieves kept everything and you ppl there are not my ppl y'all invaders and imposters why would mutts let the real indigenous keep the reservations those white ppl wasn't nice and y'all creamy MFS all this shit get on my nerves Control greed I'm indigenous them reservations are not that's the thieves rape victims left on that massacred mess all ova the earth

It's down right propaganda.. My grandma was whoop for speaking Navajo and this narrator goes to say a NTC member speaks to them in navajo... What contradictory

@morganrideau275

2 ай бұрын

Exactly 💯 my grandma from 1912 told me about her life and the shit was awful I hated to hear her speak about it

Our people and our land are beautiful!!

Woah. The positive light they're painting the boarding schools is fascinating. I appreciate watching films like this that haven't been censored...shows the TRUE thinking of the time.

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

Much damage done by the 'well intentioned'.

Navajo people need to film a reaction video... playing this to people who were there during this time and much younger as well. Such BS.

@PeriscopeFilm

5 жыл бұрын

There is an internet project run by Jennifer Jenkins at the University of Arizona where these films are being re-done with new narration by Native Americans. See: www.movingimagearchivenews.org/tribesourcing-the-american-indian-film-gallery/

I was five years old then, makes them 64-65. White man speak with fork-tongue.

I'm half Navejo Indian and the way our culture is spoken of is sick they make it seem as if we are some of the poorest and irrelevant

This is how ive imagined my father growing up. This is the exact decade my father was grew up on the rez. He'd always tell us about riding his horse to school and back home as a kid. Although he had a hard childhood for many reasons. A couple being that his parents struggled with alcoholism and werent present most of his childhood and a school system that held low expectations for navajo students. He grew up to be a great father. He didnt drink alcohol and was always present for every accomplishment all his kids made. I could go on about what a great man he was but he passed away from cancer a few years back, some people suspect uranium mines played a role. Aside from the cringe narration, I do appreciate that the video gave me the chance to have a glimpse of my fathers childhood days.

Took those kids from their homes to force them to sing "land of the pilgrims pride" smh

@exacerbatedfellow1236

2 жыл бұрын

To the victors

@shiverarts8284

2 жыл бұрын

@@exacerbatedfellow1236 roman saying. Shows your condescendtion.

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

Boarding schools.

This is cultural Genocide. I hate how they tried to portray Navajo culture as "ancient old ways" like it was a bad thing. The only thing they forgot to say was" White Americans are the saviours and you owe us some gratitude". They should also talk about why the population was so low. Talk about truth and stop spreading lies.

@shiverarts8284

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. They are scared that we might take the helm.

I spent time in Dine territory in the 90s, and so much of the "Old ways" were still intact. Hogans, sheep herding, pick up trucks, bad roads, etc. Obviously, the first narrator was highly patronizing, but that was a style at the time. I read a children's book about the Dine, written at about the same time, talking about the strange but wonderful things he experienced. And, many of them still worked for the coal industry. Which has turned out to be just a little less toxic than the uranium the industry. Strip mining was still happening. And, they were, and are still stuck between worlds.

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

I worked vendor routes (Holsum, Hostess, Bridgford, Sparkletts) on the Navajo (Dine') Nation and Hopi areas from the 1990s to 2000s. My clients ranged from elders still living in the hogan to 'professionals' living in homes that could be found in any city or town of the U.S. as well as to most of the tribal and business offices. The people (Dine') were as diverse as any with those content to 'take it easy', those motivated to succeed in the world by traditional , modern, or a combination of means, and all between. I miss my Dine' and Hopi friends and clients.

thank you very much , so cool land , I do enjoe , thank you

I like watching these old videos to see the beauty of the desert as it once was. The Navajo had survived long before the Europeans arrived So I don’t think of their lifestyle as being primitive.

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

The Navajo Nation is more than just 'desert' and looks mostly as it did centuries ago.

What a treat 😍, this was. It's helping form a picture for a tale I'm writing ✍

Oh my GOD this woman seems to just love the sound of her own voice... it's freaking HORRIBLE. One more job eliminated from someone who could have benefitted and had their personal story shared.

The pilgrim's song. Of course it's dubbed but I've noticed such kinds of voices in old videos. The kind of voice that Helen Keller had.

“America’s largest Indian Tribe” she already messed up. we prefer Native Americans. better yet, Navajo/ Diné people

@idmtztemp9211

4 жыл бұрын

Old school we call ourselves Dine'/Navajo is an "N" word to me..

@PhaseSkater

4 жыл бұрын

Well this is 60 years old... theydjdnt even have the term Native American then

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

@@PhaseSkater Bingo.

EVIDENCE OF SLOW GENOCIDE on PEOPLE'S CULTURAL WAYS from the LOST EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT'S UNEQUALITY REGULATIONS & POLICIES, But NOW WE THE PEOPLE OF ALL WALKS OF LIFE SPEAK & COMUNICATE ON SAME LANGUAGE...SO STAND UP SPEAK UP FOR HUMANITY WAYS........... silent prayer

I plan to make a major change for our people, who's with me. Dm serious inquiries only.

@navajorezathlete1202

4 жыл бұрын

Right here

@E.K14N

4 жыл бұрын

@Selah7 ✊🏽

@E.K14N

4 жыл бұрын

@@navajorezathlete1202 ✊🏽

@skytypical7593

4 жыл бұрын

What kind of major changes exactly haha?

🐑☀️🌵☀️🌽☀️🐑✨✨✨. Thanks for sharing I love the. Navajo nation....✨✨🦅

9 months away from tradition?

this feels like propaganda

@navajorezathlete1202

4 жыл бұрын

Still going on today

@skytypical7593

4 жыл бұрын

The government low-key runs every thing on the Navajo nation still haha.

I have to do project about this. This is lies.

The dates in that description are all over the place.

This Documentary is nice with information.. ..my dad told me stories similar to this

Our land oriental is around all four sacred mountains which is now new Mexico, Arizona, Utah and Colorado that is our territory to we still call it our mountains within without in our prayers heart stories and songs that all came with us we all teaching to this day we remember our stories and places we belong to together great respect of taking care for great purposes of blood lines one first and foremost important to Dine and is growing into healthy lifestyle mean Dine means keeping growing up into new generation generations generational that's who we are the creator promise people ❤ love you all Dine foot steps in life trails home our mother earth 🌎 spaceship and spaceship songs we have within without still being us we❤❤❤

Are those pyramids in the back ground

I dont get nothing from royalies.. Our navajo council are the worst theives playing Washington

@cowboycollarNM

6 жыл бұрын

You try negotiating a coal lease for the benefit of all Dine without knowing the language in which the contract is written. And dealing with a two timing lawyer who swindled both the Hopis and the Navajo. This is why you always exercise your right to vote.

@caseysmith1275

6 жыл бұрын

Can state felons vote in tribal elections?

@EMRAE_8

4 жыл бұрын

@@caseysmith1275 I know someone who does.

@idmtztemp9211

4 жыл бұрын

I know right?they buying allotted lands from us saying land is useless..paying us pennies then surprise they find oil on it.. original owners get nothing

So beautiful, the landscape and lifestyle reminds me of Southern Palestine and Jordan.

9 months kids are away from their parents. That is so harsh. Really sad.

@JDoe-gf5oz

Жыл бұрын

Rich white kids do it all the time.

For 1 ton of coal they mined from Black Mesa our people got 5 cents. We got cheated in the end everyone thought we were a rich tribe. The uranium gave our people cancer one of my grandmas worked in the uranium mines she died as a result💧

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

Peabody Coal.

They look 😊 an wealthy in livestock. Determine to be independent in their own way! Despite the hardship they went through. Thriving never complaining! Proud to be Dine😊! We came a long way!

We're also taught to be mindful and respectful to the culture just be weary, of everyone and everything. It's a great battle that still lives it is a tug of the 🌎 apart from people who are constantly being torn apart. It is conflicting. It is nice to see a film but people are not we can not possibly imagine just how much in the 🌎 that we far have yet to see.

AHO!!!!!

This is still our history and tryna justify it or whatever aint gonna change our people to do better now.. Unless that kid is born into riches and greater elders.. Me? I was raised poor and raising my kids unpoor like but aye? Im open ears when it comes to Navajo Knowledge

@navajorezathlete1202

4 жыл бұрын

I'm writing a book for our people, its about financial education, im making it very simple to understand, no fancy unnecessary words like how the council try to talk and act educated

@220kasy

3 жыл бұрын

Old Arrow Calisthenics would love to read your book. 👍🏼

Ugh this tape was so cringe like ughhhh. The kids look unhappy.

Royalties

10indians have watched so far

"Navajo's walk in beauty, don't litter"

MY UINONS WAS BROKEN...

Damn, that mutton fat bread looks good!

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

Fry bread. Great for 'Navajo tacos' with honey and powdered sugar.

Bullshi* propaganda.

This hurts its like i am going to someone house and doing like a boss in their home they will fight for sure to protect their home thats the white men

Noh vah hoes? Its Dine

Should use her Narration on the White People today in the United States , how they are becoming a minority and no longer being in power. NATIVE INDEPENDENCE!!!

The comments to this video make me sad. The video made many references to the conflicts between the old and new Dine' life. And remember this was 60 years ago! Listen to today's educators, and you would think that there was no respect for the ancient ways back then, but I see a good deal of respect for ancient ways in this video. I live in Arizona and I work with the Dine'. I don't believe that the comments to this video reflect the calm, hardworking, and eternal values of the People.

@EMRAE_8

4 жыл бұрын

Most people commenting didn't likely grow up through all this and have been taught anger. My parents hardly ever spoke negatively about what they experienced and only passed on enduring stories about all the mischief they or others got into. My great grandfather taught my mother that way so she doesn't pass bitterness onto her children or grandchildren. He said the past is best left in the past and its poison to carry on past wrongs to future generations.

@navajorezathlete1202

4 жыл бұрын

Anger is normal, its a part of the healing and enlightenment experience, once you're past the anger you learn understanding and peace

@navajorezathlete1202

4 жыл бұрын

I'm not a "treaty Indian" im the new breed, the ones that defend to the death if necessary but on the other hand knowledge and teaching our own people is how the war is won

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

I worked vendor routes (Holsum, Hostess, Bridgford, Sparkletts) on the Navajo (Dine') Nation and Hopi areas from the 1990s to 2000s. My clients ranged from elders still living in the hogan to 'professionals' living in homes that could be found in any city or town of the U.S. as well as to most of the tribal and business offices. The people (Dine') were as diverse as any with those content to 'take it easy', those motivated to succeed in the world by traditional , modern, or a combination of means, and all between. I miss my Dine' and Hopi friends and clients.

The first American Inhabitants kept a record on metal plates. Part of these ancient writings were translated & published in the Book of Mormon.

@shiverarts8284

2 жыл бұрын

Propaganda, get a life Mormon enemy. Yes we have tablets, but we would never give that information to you. You just try to replace ours with yours. Stooge

@shiverarts8284

2 жыл бұрын

Also tablets with what? You think we write things down? What do you think petroglyphs for? All that would be on their, would be drawings.

@livefrombabylont.v.4591

Жыл бұрын

Fred That's a lie out the bowels of hell!

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

You're talking out of your hat.

I feel like I'm caught in between two worlds right now

I'm the next navajo nation leader

a s s i m i l a t i o n is done,, they (u.s.) have killed the Injun ,, and created a "lost" man,, or even some of us díne who are so full of pride,, We love to hate one another over jealousy , im rich your poor mindset.

@idmtztemp9211

4 жыл бұрын

Man you hit it on the head !!I hate that Dine' against each other..where is the ke'h??we are like the loafs around the fort Indians now,waiting for a hand out!!

@navajorezathlete1202

4 жыл бұрын

Right, thats the worst, right now we're all being equalized by the covid-19, it'll humble us

Giving children cows milk when they're not used to it. Lactose intolerance. Poor children.

This is all BS!!!

Wake up

When other people Tell your story , they tell it the way the want! Many ppl around the world have suffered the same fate a the American Indian.

IM MEXICO THE INDIAN NO IN RESERVATION.

They speak as if the Navajo have always been living on that small strip of reservation land. Americans love to white wash

@PeriscopeFilm

2 жыл бұрын

You are 100% correct.

@sicworld1797

2 жыл бұрын

@@PeriscopeFilm I'm happy with 25% correct, but 100%, wow

@-oiiio-3993

5 ай бұрын

"Small strip"? Not all Native American peoples shared the same fate. The Navajo Nation comprises about 25,000 square miles. It is essentially the same land they occupied prior to existence of the United States. West Virginia has less area, as do nine other U.S. states. The land mass of the Navajo (Dine') Nation is larger than that of New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, and Rhode Island combined with nearly 7,000 square miles to spare.

@Someonelse1224

2 ай бұрын

​@@-oiiio-3993well it started as a small rectangle and grew when the navajos population grew to big for the space so they moved the border A bit bigger to keep them in the reservation ,it wasn't until mid 1920s that they were allowed off the reservation freely.before that they couldn't leave so the best way to keep the tribe inside was to expand their borders bit by bit. Also their old territory was a lot bigger.they got the worst spot of their own territory

They l00ks like mexican tribes(huichles, taraumaras,0t0mies,mixtec0s)😮

@nelson1090

Жыл бұрын

Yeah, but we migrated down from the north. Far from being Mexican. I don't see any resemblance to the tribes down south (Mexico).

@Someonelse1224

2 ай бұрын

Way different culture and lifestyles.

How disingenuous that the narrators use “we” and “our” to pretend to represent the Navajo people. Just a yt, hope I heard that right

What a load of crap...

Another condescending narrative. So Caucasian centric.

@PeriscopeFilm

2 жыл бұрын

We agree. Essentially there were decades of film production that were along the lines you describe. This is an historical artifact -- and evidence. Subscribe and consider becoming a channel member kzread.info/dash/bejne/gXh2uZWphsTOhag.html