I’m a native decented, I can take you to another tribe in North Dakota. I lost my step mom, my auntie, my uncle and another uncle all in the span of a couple years

@jizz425

2 ай бұрын

Worked in North Dakota for 7 years a lot of our work was done in Mandaree pretty small place but met a lot of cool people there

@anthonyn1157

2 ай бұрын

My favorite fast food chain is in ND, it’s the fake mexican ish place kinda like Taco Bell but honestly better. All I remember is the burrito with the tater tot bites inside that shit was heavenly.

@avalonnrothschild7106

2 ай бұрын

Man that is wild. I am sorry this happened especially in such a short span of time.

@smerf1600

2 ай бұрын

@@anthonyn1157taco johns

@jamesvictoria96

2 ай бұрын

@@anthonyn1157taco johns???

Wow! Congrats to the big guy that went from 800lbs to 300. That’s amazing and I’m happy he made 70 years old and still sharing his knowledge and his story!

@status0

2 ай бұрын

So true; The power of perseverance and staying in there!

Thanks for this video. I’m Anishinaabe from Wisconsin and live down here in Phoenix. I don’t get to see much of my native relatives down here because they are different tribes and sometimes it feels like we don’t have much in common so it’s nice to hear about them and their tribe. Back home on my Rez we have murders left and right. People dying of over doses all the time. Through 2016-2018 it seemed like I lost a family member every month to murder or suicide or overdose. It’s such a huge problem in Indigenous communities. It’s one of the reasons I got sober. I been sober for 9 years. Thanks for highlighting our people!

@RareAries323

2 ай бұрын

Aaneen, ojib from Minnesota and a former resident of Phoenix

@RareAries323

2 ай бұрын

Btw congrats on sobriety! Yeah it's rough growing up native on a rez, you don't realize how bad it is until you grow up and look at it from the outside in, I'm off the rez only 18 miles but still feels like a different world.

@hunterq4202

Ай бұрын

Ayy a fellow Anishinaabe, which tribe? Im part Odawa And really proud and happy you got sober brother. Much respect, my dad went through the same with alcohol, and many lines before. For me I had some issues with substances and sometimes alcohol, but I started asking myself “How would I live today if I cared about my life and future?” And broke the cycle.

@cathy1523

Ай бұрын

I'm so very proud of You for getting sober. Alcohol is definitely, Bad Spirit Juice, it was responsible for taking my Sister and Brother early, both are dead. I have, 22 years sober this year. Our Tribes have to break this cycle of Alcohol and drugs taking our life source. We can't drink away the pain or History.

@kimberlylyons3068

Ай бұрын

Bhoozoo cousin..I'm from Bay Mills rez in the upper peninsula. One of thirteen brothers and sisters and all of them gone within five years. Just me and an older brother left now but a shitload of cousins still alive and kicking on the rez! Nice to see a relative from Wisconsin here even though I don't really see you!

I am so glad you made this video! I am a native indigenous Plains Cree lady from Saskatchewan, Canada. We have the same issues over here…especially with our reserves. Multi-generational trauma is a huge issue for all First Nations Indigenous peoples.. i recommend a really educational movie you should watch about residential schools. It’s called “We Were Children”. It really shows the raw, real hardships that native children had to endure. When he said “I asked my grandma about it and she went quiet” it really hit hard.. that’s the case for my grandparents, as-well as thousands of others. 😢 Thank you, you have a beautiful soul. ❤

@jrockett666

Ай бұрын

Thanks for posting I’m looking into that now!

the last guy was very genuine and i wish we had more people who spoke like him, much love tommy thank you for sharing this experience.

@thomashauer6804

2 ай бұрын

at least there is native-awareness going on in bigmedia..killers of the flower moon the new scorsese movie (its so horrible. it went on until the 20th century with horrible horrible cult tactics by english americans), the new true detective season and now tommyG. i am a european in the EU but native americans have the best voice and soul. stand up proud and proceed your beautifull culture. dont let the drugs in. it is unleashed on everybody in big cities .

@jackdees8438

2 ай бұрын

he's such a great singer too

@bits_for_bytes

2 ай бұрын

They gave him chemo for having ptsd?! Sounds like malpractice by the doctors. Wtf

@basictrainer

2 ай бұрын

@@thomashauer6804>don’t let drugs in Yeah you’re pretty late on that request. Drugs and alcohol run rampant on most rez’s. It’s a big part of the problem

@Hunglikeagrimsmo

2 ай бұрын

​@@thomashauer6804 You're german aren't you? I'm Mohawk and from my experience your comment about our voices and souls is something I've heard from many German tourists as Germany seems to have an infatuation with native American culture

With how many different stories from so many different backgrounds I don’t think Tommy will ever run out of videos

@bboss7712

2 ай бұрын

Exactly lol 😂

@gotdatkay

2 ай бұрын

He's got that A1 charisma.

@ryanjeffrey-lz9iw

2 ай бұрын

All these people were conquered. My great-grandfather was full-blooded. Cherokee, Indian, we were conquered too. What other countries gives their enemies that they conquered? A free ride, Once you're 18 b*******, in my opinion.And these idiots are screwing themselves right out of it.Anyways, 45 more generations of ingredients or mixed breeding bill have no war.Indian rights it is anyways

I Am A Young 15 Year Old Native American From Warm Springs Indian Reservation In Oregon, I Like How People Like Tommy G Comes To These Places & Learn about The Natives & Community, It Would Be Cool To Get Our Reservation Out There On KZread

@CielaKing

22 күн бұрын

Hey! I have family there! Shout out

@reneealvarado9559

8 күн бұрын

Such kind people ♥️

@MDK808

7 күн бұрын

do you also get a free ride in life and still complain must be nice getting a free house and weekly pay check

@rosebudadkins6803

7 күн бұрын

Before my mother walked on we visited your rez and spent a couple days. Everyone we met was kind and we had a good time. ❤️🙏🌹

@rosebudadkins6803

7 күн бұрын

@@MDK808 your ignorance is showing.

Awww! I just came across your channel just now!!!! I love listening to my Elder's from every Nation! Thank You 🙏🏻!!!! ❤️🤍💛🖤

Iam Native American and I have been waiting for you to drop one of these videos much love bro

@TommyGMcGee

2 ай бұрын

More to come!

@Cinnamon666Coca

2 ай бұрын

@@TommyGMcGeecome to the Navajo nation next!!

@chasetaylor2856

2 ай бұрын

Same as well g

@Chickennuggetgod64

2 ай бұрын

Me too!

@r3dd3_2

2 ай бұрын

@@TommyGMcGeecome to alaska! alaskan native shit can get crazy

Thank you for shedding light on our natives and the struggles they go through , growing up in cali just a couple of miles from the Rez, my best friend who lived there Roma disappeared and was never found. Idc what anyone says, if you’re an American you care about ALL of our people and Tommy is truly showing all sides.

@kinglaffey8174

2 ай бұрын

issue is they want to portray it like white men are kidnapping these girls and its their own

@LordOfSweden

2 ай бұрын

It's their own people doing it. 86 percent

@bhtezzo3638

2 ай бұрын

@@LordOfSweden so that makes it okay to not give justice to the families seeking it?

@LordOfSweden

2 ай бұрын

@@bhtezzo3638 nah but they are a bunch of spoiled brats, it's their own problem, yet they try to blame it some "muh colonization" or something

@user-oz1eb2fi4r

2 ай бұрын

im also from that are. RIP max. There is no justice on reservations..

shout out to grandma sandra and her positive outlook, as well as her hospitality

I am Lakota Sioux and we are on the poorest reservation. We have nothing like this tribe. Our grandma’s, elders and children are in abject poverty. It is beyond sad. My favorite photo of my mother is her at maybe age 8 with thick beautiful braids. The next photo is at white man school her braids are gone and so is the light from her eyes. They killed the Indian spirit in her. I just cried. She never spoke of those days.until she was walking on (dying). The horror stories still haunt me. The black robes (priests) beat them with the Black Book (bible). . ❤️🙏🌹 I am now in PNW near Yakama Rez. I hold ceremony & sweat with them. Very friendly happy tribe. Our rez is in SD. I always make the fry bread. It’s my great-grandmother’s recipe. I use bison for my native tacos. Yummy!

@3DRTY5

5 күн бұрын

Why not just be homeless out of reservation. Cause hell with that shit man

@shaunrichards4821

3 күн бұрын

Very genuine story and honest. But please quit leaving a blame all the time the white settlers that came before were pure hostile which is how every race is

@rosebudadkins6803

3 күн бұрын

I appreciate your comment. I didn’t come out and blame anyone. Just stated what my Ina (mother) experienced. So much was taken or denied her because of her culture. Reservation life is not easy. We are a very poor reservation. However we were taught to forgive but never forget. When we forget the past it can be repeated. I have spent my life overcoming the same as anyone else. She was sent to white man school and unthinkable agony inflicted on the native children. A real fact and more truth is coming out. I can’t change the facts. My Ina didn’t say….. much until she was leaving this world. However there was always a haunting sorrow within her. Truth is blame one way or the other does nothing. I just shared what I glimpsed in photos on my Ina. RIP dear Ina. ❤️🙏🌹

@shaunrichards4821

2 күн бұрын

I understand that thank you for your humility and i do respect the Lakota people just different views I'll get Better at communicating with other people i promise

@shaunrichards4821

2 күн бұрын

I understand that thank you for your humility and i do respect the Lakota people just different views I'll get Better at communicating with other people i promise

Love from Upper Sioux Community! Tommy G thank you so much for speaking on boarding schools. My great grandmother was a victim and its frustrating when people act like we aren't feeling the consequences of it to this day

@WarrenHolly

2 ай бұрын

It's crazy how they want groups that have been victimized by them to just forgetaboutit or the later generations aren't impacted by these attrocities. #cut the check😏💪🏾

@Sean-MacGuire

Ай бұрын

My shashony friend told me that Navajo pee on there food for seasoning lol idk if it's true

@WarrenHolly

Ай бұрын

@@Sean-MacGuire leave them boys alone fee fee👨🏻‍🌾

@goldeneagle2976

Ай бұрын

@@Sean-MacGuireThat is not true. I am Dine and can tell you that that is just a mean lie. 🙏🏽🤍

@Sean-MacGuire

Ай бұрын

@@goldeneagle2976 lol I thought so but they were really serious

As a Hidatsa (Three Affiliated Tribes) and Lower Brule Sioux person and Addiction counselor, I appreciate your sensitivities and for covering this issue! Much love to my brothers and sisters in Gila River!

@x2Sav

2 ай бұрын

Sending love from Upper Sioux community

I absolutely love how you provoke thought & emotion with some of your questions, especially when you use scenarios that you know will really make people think deeply & understand things from someone else’s point of view.

@Adam-qz3wh

Ай бұрын

Asking all the right questions! Tommy g keeps it real.

I randomly found you on KZread. Watched for the entertainment, came back for the vibes, and this video made me a subscriber. I’m Mexican and hella proud. Loved this video

I’m also Native American (Aztec) and I wanted to thank you for documenting and bringing awareness to our struggle! We all need to come together to solve our worldwide problems. Thank you again! A’ho!

@santito8679

2 ай бұрын

I hope you don't mind me asking but where is your family from?

@loganarruda5184

2 ай бұрын

Mexico he's aztec that's not mainland US aztecs we're in Mexico. Not only that if he is Aztec he's bloodline is old old need to get Spain to make reparations

@DavidReyes-ot1rc

2 ай бұрын

Did you take a DNA test to back your claim?

@jamie6387

2 ай бұрын

Government handing out freebies to you, some struggle.

@ttnecniv1321

2 ай бұрын

@@jamie6387 ignorant

Grandma and Mike are the best !! So sweet love the hospitality

Thank you for this video Tommy! shedding some light on alot of the things that go on in indian country. miigwech from a Michigan Anishinaabe

You done realllllly stepped it up with these last 2 videos going deeper into societal issues fr

Just stumbled upon your channel in my recommended. I think Tommy is the very different from other KZreadrs in a good way. ❤

@SowetoBorn1723

2 ай бұрын

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2 ай бұрын

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@SowetoBorn1723

2 ай бұрын

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@HecBeGeek

2 ай бұрын

Hop off brodies 🍆

@IWantToDieInNewOrleans

2 ай бұрын

dead channel😭 botted

long time viewer here- probably my favorite Tommy G video, felt deeper, more substance in it. Great stuff

Thank you for sharing this I’ve hade and aunt and cousin go missing in the Estrella mountains; It feels surreal recognizing locations and the people.

I'm from Flagstaff, currently living in Phoenix, this is my new Favorite channel for sure!!! ❤❤❤

I have family on the Gila Reservation. At night go and sit in the cemetery and pray and listen to all the souls crying. It is so sad what happen in the old days. My husband is laid to rest with his whole family now. God Bless and respect our family

@CielaKing

22 күн бұрын

Prayers for protection and hope.

This is such an under covered issue! Thanks for shedding some light Tommy and Crew!

So glad this is being shown with someone with a following. This is one of my passions. Learning the languages , culture, history, and also all the problems and atrocities that happened and are still happening with all the tribes. It takes more than a Google search.

Been on a marathon of watching your videos, love the content man. Keep doing what you do!

Thank you for bringing attention to us. Not a lot of people give us natives. I'm from Montana and wish more people would be aware enough to the trials we have to endure. Again, thank you, Tommy.

@harejr8396

2 ай бұрын

Unfortunately out here we’re having issues with the cartel running drugs and trafficking people on our reservations. That’s why I moved off the Rez lol

@blauer2551

2 ай бұрын

It’s not that we don’t care about natives but most of us are just working our way through our lives and don’t have contact with natives through anything but casinos. I’ve never felt there was an open invitation to visit or participate in the community. In Michigan all I hear about is tribal in-fighting about casino money distribution and how members are being kicked out due to not having pure genealogy.

@user-it6uu1ej6c

2 ай бұрын

It’s annoying because you didn’t go thru shit. It was your ancestors

@Anitas955

2 ай бұрын

Governments don't look at DNA for genealogy, they look at descendants. Cherokee say, " There's no part native , if you are your blood. "

@pnwrx1562

2 ай бұрын

*My god these Natives are given free money from multiple sources and still complain and drink or drug their money away...such a tough existence.*

It’s crazy how alcoholism not only affects the native peoples of the US and Canada but also all native descendants of the entire American continent. It’s become part of the culture of the indigenous peoples.

@SidewaysBurnouts

2 ай бұрын

alcohol is only a problem when you have nothing else to do, no hobbies or other things in life. like going to a party and not talking to people, just drinking and drinking, walking around not eating and drinking on an empty stomach, drinking instead of going out and doing other things is destructive for any one with a broken soul and no properly socialized by parents with their own personality traits. poverty is universal and thats why herb and alc are promoted, so people dont get revolutionary ideas or question the distrobution of wealth. these people shouldnt be impoverished as the us strip mines their hills for gold and uranium, but again the same problems go on in the inner city and rural communities from ireland, to hong kong and africa.

@Cinnamon666Coca

2 ай бұрын

I’m Navajo and I agree. Unfortunately. Colonization, poverty and generational trauma is at the root of most of our problems including alcoholism. I just a family members from alcohol abuse who was sober for more than 30 years but they spiraled into addiction when they lost their wife to COVID.

@philipsolonut

2 ай бұрын

I'm African and we also suffer from drinking malt is our fav 🤤💦

@lowverte3693

2 ай бұрын

Let's be real it's every culture alcoholism is huge problem in men in general

@AvenueD417

2 ай бұрын

@@Cinnamon666Coca my family is from El Salvador with Pipil and Lenca roots. That country has been through hell, from colonization, civil war, gang violence. A lot of trauma affected my family and to this day many relatives are dealing with alcoholism. One of them, my cousin just had to get a liver transplant due to cirrhosis of the liver from years of heavy drinking and he’s only 35.

Thank you for educating people like this. Warms my heart. Thank you for seeing us.

Well done as ALWAYS. You have a wonderful kind spirit. 🔥💯✌️🫶

Hey Tommy! There are so many things wrong with Winnipeg Manitoba rn and I feel with the right video and awareness you bring, you’d make a huge change and inspire many young children who are lost! Many people I went to highschool with have already dropped out or just given up because they have no motivation. There’s a dark cloud over Winnipeg and this type of video would be amazing to look deeper into the TRUE problems of Winnipeg! -If you read this thank you for taking the time of your day to read about my hometown! Thank you and have a wonderful year!

Just ordered a copy of "Bury My Heart At Wounded Knee"- thanks for the recommendation Tommy!

@bradduranso534

2 ай бұрын

Check out “Through Indian Eyes” that one will really open up your eyes how insane the true history is of America! It's from Readers Digest it has a ton of pictures in it as well but it's so informative! It will bring tears to your eyes on what was truthfully done to all the Native people.

@CielaKing

22 күн бұрын

Hi. If you are interested here are some books that could help you understand deeper. Bury my Heart at Wounded Knee is the best start. All of the facts are sited and almost entirely from documents in the Library of Congress recorded by the US government themselves. Others to read: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko, Where White Men Fear to Tread by Russel Means (RIP), and works by Ward Churchill his essays and books. Ward is a bit controversial because he speaks against actions of US government politics both on US soil and abroad and because his genetic link to native family line is hard to trace. I have been in a kitchen more than once hearing Elders say "he has always been good to us and we are good to him" and calling him Brother even after critisms against him. His writings are solid and well sited. That mattered to me.

I love how you relate everything to our lives nowdays. It's important to bring these issues to the forefront. I'm not much for history, but when you relate history to our current lives it creates empathy. Nothing but good can come from that, understanding another person, or another group of ppl. God bless your work.

Respect, Tommy. I appreciate how you show multiple sides of serious issues that mainstream reporters doesn’t.

Wowww. Props to you @TommyGMcGee for taking a trip to a reservation. I'm a white kid, born and raised in utah but i have half brothers and sisters that are half navajo. Their birth families are on a reservation and it's a totally different life. For starters, it's sad to see the life on the rez sometimes, but its enlightening at the same time. I appreciate you casting a light on the missing people. It's a fact that a majority of native missing cases go unnoticed to the rest of the country. Also, alcoholism runs in the genome, so our native brothers and sisters are more prone to addiction. I have dealt with this at a personal level, and appreciate the work that you do! Again, thank you for casting a light on the rez life, much love and much thanks!

@iamthacoffin

2 ай бұрын

yup. lost my dad to his addiction, it plagues so many native people. every native family member i have has either died to their addiction or they still struggle with it. also if you ask any native person if they know someone who has gone missing, the answer is always mostly yes. it's so sad and even sadder that nothing seems to be done about it. thanks tommy for making this video

@BobbyGeneric145

2 ай бұрын

The Dineh people are a very proud group tryin to keep their culture alive.

@jacobhanun6288

2 ай бұрын

Source for alcoholism being in the genome???

@ARich1819-enlightened

2 ай бұрын

@@jacobhanun6288 No concrete source other than first person account. Ive read several studies on this topic, but they all seem inconclusive or somewhat vague. But theres a reason that alcohol is banned on reservations. I've seen people drink hairspray, or even hand sanitizer because they couldn't get ahold of alcohol. There was an old native american legend about "firewater" refering to alcohol, attempting to deter their loved ones away from alcohol use. I've heard others refer to being more prone to addiction of alcohol, one of whom was my own brother, a Navajo by blood, who battled addiction for many years. He's now 7 years sober and would agree, even though there is no concrete evidence that I'm aware of. It has to do with alcohol dehydrogenase. I was able to find this wikipedia article refering to this exact thing, however: (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_tolerance#:~:text=Alcohol%20tolerance%20in%20different%20ethnic%20groups,-See%20also%3A%20Race&text=Genetics%20of%20alcohol%20dehydrogenase%20indicate,compared%20to%20Europeans%20and%20Asians.)

@jacobhanun6288

2 ай бұрын

@@ARich1819-enlightened born and raised Oklahoma grew up with Comanches, married a full blood Navajo. I just find it hard to believe it affects natives specifically more than any other. I honestly believe it’s a choice but I’ve seen both sides so we will just wait for science.

I am a Sicangu Lakota and i appreciate the love you're showing my fellow Natives.

@thaevildoer

2 ай бұрын

my ex gf was sicangu lakota from rosebud and i’m paiute

@RichJames-su7dm

2 ай бұрын

@@thaevildoer that's cool AF bro

Thank you for this. Hopefully you can do more tribes and Rez videos. Us indigenous people need to get this out there. ❤

Brother thx for coming out and seeing how we live 🔥 ❤️

As an Arizona native, I wanted to climb into my phone and yell at him calling Gila with a G and not an H sound like it should be.

@Silk.With.An.E

2 ай бұрын

lol same! Great video regardless of the gringo “G” sound

@MrKurdkiller

Ай бұрын

You’re more worried about the way he’s pronouncing your tribal name you should be more worried about your alcohol problem. It is a very serious problem.

@anneliesejackson507

Ай бұрын

​@MrKurdkiller Whats serious too is what yall put us through for centuries and STILL now we're suffering for the consequences. Hence the alcohol and all that. Why do you think people drink?

@MrKurdkiller

Ай бұрын

@@anneliesejackson507 I know very well I’m married to one and I get it because they have gone through so much shit there own family abuse but it has to stop now ok no excuses

@SheepSkinShep

Ай бұрын

Alcohol issues or not bch…respect and pronounce my name properly

I’ve said it once and I’ll say it again, what you’re doing is truly amazing. Keep up the great work man, this stuff is gonna make a difference sooner than later

@sellorbuyfomo7710

2 ай бұрын

it might make a difference . The military controls the internet, we have to be sure to share information in person as much as we are on the internet.

@Wolfy420

2 ай бұрын

@@sellorbuyfomo7710 homie what

I’m Hopi n Navajo, I appreciate you covering these topics and giving awareness to the topics

Thanks for your kindness.

THANKS TOMMY FOR GIVING EVERYBODY THEIR OPPORTUNITY TO SHOW THEIR LIFESTYLES AND TELL THEIR PERSONAL STORIES.

I haven’t seen every single one of your videos; but this one is hands down my favorite thus far. Wishing you and your young family all the best.

@AI-Records24

2 ай бұрын

Exactly what I thought. He has massive potential to deep dive into some areas in society and history itself that can really enlighten us. A lot better than the Kia boys sort of stuff in my opinion anyway.

What an honor to be welcomed into their homes and told stories like that. When big Mike told the story about going to the hospital I got chills!

Thank you for this ❤

Tommy i got denied my request for time off from work otherwise id be out there supporting at the documentary screening! I hope you host other events so i can hopefully get a chance to meet ya. Love the work you do big dawg

Good to see you grow into what you’re doing now.. always unique topics, great coverage, & bringing gold to KZread. Keep on bro. Solid 💪🏼

Stockbridge-Munsee decent from Wisconsin here. Thanks Tommy g this video is great

I'm a native from Zuni New Mexico. Love to see you go document the alcoholism and how the tribe has changed

Don’t think all Native Americans get “free money” or “free housing” just don’t have to pay medical bills im native never got any money from them

@shamanowl888

2 ай бұрын

The Rez I’m on average median income is 8,000$ a year

@comosaycomosah

2 ай бұрын

depends on the tribe and if your actually part of the "civilized tribes"

@julissasealy7263

2 ай бұрын

Seminoles here get 10k a month

@jackdannyels5059

2 ай бұрын

​@@rhicheythey are us citizens they can get Medicaid

@rhichey

2 ай бұрын

@@jackdannyels5059 they? I'm cheyenne and arapaho

Tommy, your respect, curiosity and thoughtful commentary are refreshing. Keep doing you brotha!

Native from Ontario here, glad you could cover issues that plague us still to this day

“Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” is one of the saddest books I’ve ever read. It can also be infuriating.

@dawnleesilva2526

Ай бұрын

I need to read that ❤❤

This is one of your best videos yet. Please keep it up and keep telling the history of why and how ppl are and end up in the situations they're in. 👏

I respect you even more after this video tommy! learning from history so similar mistakes don’t happen IS SO IMPORTANT!

I was a little unsure of this tuber at first, but he really has some good videos and overall make alot of well done and thought provoking content.

I'm native, nakota sioux from Morley Alberta, Canada, and we can relate to this. I love your videos. Îsnîyes ,thank you for this.

@zanereed8895

Ай бұрын

hello relative. I am Sicangu Lakota Sioux.

Tommy G. Thanks for the crazy great stories and showing these great, strong people of the land still here to tell these stories...

I respect your honesty about the good, the bad... all of it. Respect TommyG.

Thank you for making this video, I'm Mi'kmaq from the Mik'maq Nation Canada. Please try and go to other Rez if you can, i know it's very hard to get in but if other tribes continue to see this video i'm sure it will me much easier much love Tommy.

I’m so glad I came across this channel

00:00 🕵 Unsolved Murders and Police Shootings 00:25 🛡 Understanding Native Reservations and History 01:43 🤝 Gila River Reservation Community Introduction 02:04 🏠 Visiting Grandma Sandra's Home 02:52 📘 Recommended Reading: Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee 03:45 💰 Tribal Casino Income and Community Benefits 04:29 🏡 Free Housing and Quarterly Stipends 05:00 🍽 Thanksgiving and Family Reunions 05:52 🌀 Mountain Spirit Legends 06:26 👵 Sharing Traditional Recipes 06:43 💡 Local Challenges and Crime 07:36 🚫 Alcohol Issues and Sobriety Achievements 08:10 🍖 Traditional Cooking and Recipes 08:58 🌪 Dust Storms and Environmental Challenges 10:02 🚩 Zone 6 Gang Affiliations 10:23 🔫 Historical Gang Presence 10:47 👮 Relationship with Police 11:17 🌜 Night Caution in the Circles 11:21 🏫 History of Boarding Schools 11:48 😢 Indian Boarding School Horrors 13:03 ⛪ Personal Views on Religion 13:18 🏒 Opinion on Sports Team Logos 13:35 🌀 Man in the Maze Symbolism 13:58 🚗 Stolen Cars and Bodies in the Mountains 15:00 🔍 High Murder Rates on Reservations 16:55 ⛰ Sacred Mountains and Interstate Dispute 17:09 🍫 High Diabetes Rates Among Natives 17:28 💔 Resentment Towards Europeans/White Culture 18:02 🗻 K Dak Mountain and Sobriety Journey 19:13 🌿 Drug Overdose and Recovery 20:00 🌌 Near-death experience and life change 20:25 💔 Discussing PTSD and cultural loss 20:55 🗣 Importance of language and traditions 21:14 🇪🇺 Impact of European colonization 22:10 🌍 Spiritual beliefs and social structures 22:25 🎰 Casino revenue and community benefits 23:06 🏡 Housing provided by tribal earnings 23:09 🏋 Staying active and combating diabetes 23:38 🎶 Going home song and episode wrap-up Key Moments by Agent Gold AI

@JaY.V69

Ай бұрын

You the best I wish I was able to just text you and tell you what video I want you to this to lmao if only!!!!

great insight in this one. Really like how much research you did on topics before coming here. Keep up the good work man fr

Can't explain how much I LOVED THIS EPISODE!!! I love learning about history and culture of the natives and the land. Thank u for all u do!! 🙏🏼🫶🏼🤟🏼

Great piece Tommy. Keep up the good work.

i have a lot of respect for tommy and his team who go to areas where the peoples stories aren’t told and allowing them to speak for themselves

Navajo from Arizona here,keep shedding light homie. Awesome stuff.

@MunnaHandLuke075

2 ай бұрын

Do u know any people from Chinle

@420deanblazing

2 ай бұрын

What's your real name? Something like 2 dogs having incest huh..😅

@j.osh.4261

2 ай бұрын

@@MunnaHandLuke075lotta aunties there for sure

@MunnaHandLuke075

2 ай бұрын

@@j.osh.4261 Milton Staley or LA Quinta YellowMan

Thank you so much for making this documentary sharing how this beautiful people live, I have always felt identified with native Americans, sending you a big hug from Oxford, UK

Loving Tommys Informative content

Hey Tommy, my first time seeing this video and I’m like woah. You did a great job. I live on the reservation with my mom and dad(Stepdad) Big Mike and we all watched it he listened. We all enjoyed this video and felt it definitely represented a lot that not many knows about it. This tribe (Gila River) has been through so much and had been damaged a lot. This is because of many things that the US Government has done. I remember driving my dad to the meetings for the battle against Loop 202. I remember the arguments it was a long process. There is so much. I would love to see the Navajo (Denea) I may of spelled that wrong. A lot happened due to COVID then there’s the pipe line problem that happen where Natives all over came to protest peacefully and were met with brutality. I have subscribed and I look forward to watching your videos.

Thanks for making this video! This should be shown in schools to kids. We didn’t learn that stuff in history class that’s for sure. I would love to spend a day with the older woman and her family learning how to make bread hear stories songs and learn crafts from their culture! So interesting!

Great episode!!!

I’m from Gila River, thanks for coming out 😊

Thank you for bringing this to everyone’s attention this needs more attention to what’s going.

@UEE-kj6ek

2 ай бұрын

all the attention and resources are going to illegal immigrants and black thugs

Great video love your channel man.

The best show you ever done ..and youve done alot of gud ones.... applaud...

Love grandma Sandra and love every person in this , I send you all a big hug ❤

Tommy G is so respectful and it just goes to show you than humanity is everywhere, you can walk this earth and be safe as long as you treat people like humans, he is never holier than thow, he always treads lightly, chooses his words wisely, and is always acts like a guest who is grateful to be let in, and then and only then will humanity prevail and authentic conversations can occur

loved this video

This was a great video, thanks for sharing

Love the book recommendations. It’s great to read and always be learning

This was awesome, you’re amazing, Tommy!

Great video!

Please come to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Several families here with stories!! TOO MANY! thank you for your look into this epidemic among indigenous ppl!

@rosebudadkins6803

12 күн бұрын

I have not been there since 2004. Much of my family has walked on. I used to stay in touch with a few people and give money for elders for winter heat & food. There is a road named after my family on rez. I am in PNW 23 yrs now. I hold ceremony & sweat with Yakama. I am near their rez. They are a happy friendly tribe. ❤️🙏🌹 We have found success teaching about Red Road and inviting people in recovery or released from prison to join sweat lodge. We offer support and mentor them.

this is one of my fave episodes you have done, and ive been here since before u even did videos like this. grandma and last guy should have their own hour+ long interviews

THANK YOU!!!! I'm part Native as well and descended from some in the mid-west, and even if I wasn't part Native, I'd still appreciate you helping shed more light on a dark situation. I have friends from the 4-Corners area, missing / found passed on over the years. These situations were nearly all due to foul play. It has been tough, but more so for their families and those that had / have been closer to them. Haven't figured out why certain tribes have been targeted more so, as far as kidnappings and worse go. Bless you and others for helping in so many ways, with so many things, also!! Prayers, blessings, hope, comfort, peaceful minds and healing, for everyone, always!! ❤️🌈🌈❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️

I just came across you.This my whole day because that's all I've done now.Is watch your channel thank you sir

I am a conservative, and I have been watching your videos all day on my day off I like how you cover things without a political lens. And with such compassion, you’re a very smart dude and your personality is what allows you to do such a good job and your education.. thanks for doing this. This is what we need to bring community back together.

I’m native from siksika nation Alberta Canada can I’ve been watching Tommy g fir a minute and I appreciate this one fir reels things that are not talked about enough so shout out to you and your family 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I felt it when she said were all related. My wife an i watch you videos every week. We prefer vidoes like this over the hood lifestyle but All of them are great.

My great-grandmother was full-blooded Cherokee from Tennessee, and I love having Native American blood running through my veins. I followed their ways. Collect my own medicine and a lot of my food as my people did. Learned how to survive off the land with nothing. This is how I can pay the most respect to my people! God bless brothers and sisters! Keep it alive! The time of purification is near! Edit: I quit drinking 7 years ago. I'm thinking because of the Native American blood, but my body could never handle it. I'd get drunk quick. Get hives sometimes like I was allergic. Remember any Native Americans out there. Alcohol was used against us. Quit drinking!

@rosebudadkins6803

3 күн бұрын

I must agree with you. I leave the Devil’s Brew alone too. Native blood takes little and drunk quickly. Leave alone! I am in PNW at present. We gather herbs & roots too. Know which weeds to eat. Many very nutrient dense. Watch others kill them and shake my head. One day…..they may regret it. Our native prophecies are here. Buckle up!

Great video I just stumbled on. So many atrocities the Native American have suffered but they are survivors. Born & raised in MT see this kind of stuff every day! New sub here!!

The fact that they’re on a reserve is so weird. Like they basically put them on an isolated piece of shit ass land and building these crappy ass houses.

@LordOfSweden

2 ай бұрын

What do you mean? Since when do they not have the same right as everyone else to move or to get an education?

@shamanowl888

2 ай бұрын

@@HarleyRunnerwhat tribe is that then?

@you_tube6733

2 ай бұрын

they ask for the land, and never developed it😂.

@axisapex

2 ай бұрын

The tribe leaders own the gane, trible counsil

@shamanowl888

2 ай бұрын

@@you_tube6733 you don’t understand what it’s like until you meet the people and go there. Pretty easy to talk shit about things you don’t understand.

I live in north Casa Grande right on the edge of Gila River. I can literally walk onto the res from my house ( it’s pronounced “hila” btw) I drive through the res everyday to go to work in chandler. That reservation is dangerous. Sacaton is a town on the res right next to my house is similar to what you’d see in a third world country. As a white dude I would never go there at night. I’ve had to drive through sacaton to avoid traffic and it’s sketchy. I always have my pistol out. My wife is a nurse in CG and has had natives as her patients. They have a severe problem with alcohol and drugs.

@fredbelanger2995

2 ай бұрын

“Had to drive through to avoid traffic” so you didn’t have to drive through? You keep your gun out? It almost seems as if you’re looking for a problem to have your hero moment or some shit.

@jjflynn1432

2 ай бұрын

@@fredbelanger2995 just didn’t want to sit for hours on a road blocked off by police for a car crash that was 10 miles from my house. I know a tribal member that’s a patient of mine from work and he told me to stay armed if I’m ever on the rez at night. I was just doing what he told me to because there are a lot gangs that get active at night. These reservations have their own police and me being white means that I’m not safe there. You don’t know the situation Freddy. Last thing I wanted was to have to use my weapon. I just wanted to get home so I could cook my wife food after her 12 hour shift working at the hospital bro. Stop with your nonsense

@fredbelanger2995

Ай бұрын

@@jjflynn1432 victim mentality

love from Cherokee, i showed my mom this and she liked the video. can’t wait to some day leave this reservation.

Thank you. Subbed.

Hey Tom. I have 4 years of sobriety. I think you ask really great questions, hard questions but still in a positive polite way; Keep bringing light to these sensitive issues.