Ok, some corrections to your content in this video. Many tribes and groups were not nomadic or hunter-gatherers. Many tribes and nations were (relatively) fully stationary for 10s of generations. An example being that there were many nomadic people living within the great plains, not along the modern day coast of Oregon and Washington. Hope you have a great day! 😊
Please investigate some of the different spoken languages and the origin of the names given to those languages. Also there are a number of "trader jargon" languages (such as Chinook Jargon in my geographic area) and the roots of their names. A number of people in my family are native or part native and they refer to themselves as "Native" or "Indian." And when it comes to tribes and native people as a whole, they call themselves either "Native Americans" or "First Nations." I'm part Native American but the western European genes show out. My mother has beautiful Choctaw/ Blackfoot features. But the Irish and Norwegian shows in my appearance. Thank you! Awesome video!
A few corrections. First, not all native Americans were nomads. Most plains and desert tribes certainly were, but many east coast tribes were semi or permanently settled, and most Mesoamerican tribes had permanent settlements. Second, tipis are typical of only plains tribes. The Powhatan on the east coast lived in large wooden longhouses, and the Hopi lived in stone and mud houses. Native American tribes are extremely diverse, to the point of generalizing being almost impossible.
Interesting. I don't know much about this topic so I appreciate this comment. I'm sure name explain would also learn from this comment so I hope he sees it.
Thank you my friend im a wompanoag amd i get asked all the time if I lived in a teepee I don't wanna cry racism i feel like its a lack of education really, most westerners are very myopic in their world view and ignorant
I am no expert, but from what I understand a lot of the tribes in the desert were also not nomads. Tribes like the Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, and Navajo all had farming settlements. The Tohono Oʼodham had both a Summer and Winter villages that they would move between with the change of seasons. There is a lot of great archeological sites in Arizona of the settlements.
I've also heard that many of the Plains Indians actually used to be more focussed on agriculture and only transitioned to hunting buffalos on horseback once the introduction of horses made that option available.
Most native American tribes weren't nomadic, and those that were only became so after the Spanish introduced horses. Most natives throughout history were farmers. The first English settlers could attest to this.
Thomas M From what I understand the nomadic tribes were mainly in the Great Plains. Yeah the tribes on the east coast definitely were more agricultural.
I'm Native American and my grandfather has been farming for his entire life, beginning from childhood, which he learned from his family who'd been farming for generations. When he grew up and left his family's ranch, he picked up a minimum wage 'American' job, but has continued to cultivate his own garden as a hobby, and since retirement he's still continued to do so to this day in his 80's... I live on a 5-acre plot of land with my family, which is like a giant garden he grew by himself - I'm not sure what better way to describe it.
@@seth1130 And the Spanish beat the English and French here by a few decades at least. The horse was a great addition to native American transportation, no matter who brought it.
It seems you made alot of assumptions in this video without research. The majority of Native American Tribes were not just aware of each other, but traded frequently. Aztec artifacts are found as far north as the Great Lakes and shells from New York in Mexico.
Wow, that's cool! Although, even though they had some items from each other wouldn't necessarily mean that the people ever went there or knew that the place existed, they could well have been traded through some middle peoples. We also have some metal items in Finland from around the Mediterranean, but I doubt any Finns actually went there. Our neighbors the Vikings did though.
@@valkeakirahvi -- But who says those middlemen didn't talk? I can see a trader telling some Muskogee customer about the wonders of the tribes to the north where their shiny copper came from. I've never been to China and yet I know from trade, travelers tales, and immigrants that it exists.
@@feliciapate7926 It's possible they did, it's also possible they didn't. At least the picture they had of each other was probably very confused. There are very interesting accounts that the ancient Romans and Chinese have written of each other, but they are getting most of the details wrong.
The Aztecs also knew of Tawantinsuyu (south america) and its gold wealth. That's why the next major spanish expedition went straight in that direction.
@Águila701 honestly where I live nobody acknowledges that we are living in North America. We are just white people in a white nation on native territory we stole and everybodies ok with that and it's repulsive. There is no education on native culture here and while Canada is perceived as "the 51st state", jokingly, everything below the American border is seen as seperate. Keep in mind this isn't all places, I live in delaware
@Águila701 Apache here, I consider Mexicans my brothers. Most Mexicans have a significant amount of Indigenous blood. There is the occasional ones that have more European in them than Indigenous blood. Yes you are Native. Some Mexicans embrace their Indigenous side, some embrace their Spanish, some do both. The special thing about being Mexican is you can Identify as you please, Indigenous, Mexican or Hispanic. So yes you're Indigenous. Usually the only Native Americans who I've seen not accept Mexicans as Native are the ones who are 12% Native American and 88% European and nobody cares about their opinion on Indigenous issues being only 12%. Ha
@Águila701 I am also aware of the growing discrimination and hate against my Mexican brothers and sisters, from people who have no right to be here in the first place. (Since 1492) I tell you all, stay strong and don't forget where you came from. And never let someone whose not even Indigenous to this land tell you if or if you aren't Indigenous.
I’m Navajo. This video had a lot of generalizations. While you acknowledged the diversity and the problem with generalizing, you then proceeded to generalize and make some very wrong statements. “Native Americans lived in tipis” etc. I think it would be much more appropriate to look at one tribe’s words (btw, the Navajo work for land is pronounced more like “Kay yah” than “key yah”). As indigenous groups, our identities are closely tied to our environments and how we relate to it. So the jump you made to saying we wouldn’t have names for land because we were nomadic and moving too much to bother naming it is pretty outrageous. All of this land has beloved names from the people who see it as their home and mother.
Yes I'm English and immediately thought this idea all "Native Americans" were nomadic clearly ignores those nations that lived in permanent structures. m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-houses/adobe-house-pueblo.htm As you say poor research as well as knowledge
Many groups did in fact settle into territories that was basically theirs. The idea they were all wanderers appears to be propaganda used to justify taking their land.
Ever heard of the historical right of conquest? That’s the only justification needed. They were weak technologically, and were of course exploited. It’s called human nature.
109Rage To legitimise their right to it, not that they had any real right to it. At the same time, when do settlers become invaders? These tribes didn’t exist everywhere in the Americas, they couldn’t realistically project control over the entire landmass, so is it really theirs? And they aren’t a single people or polity, which makes it more confusing - what belongs to who? These are interesting questions to me, but yeah, I don’t have the answers to them. I’m also not trying to justify the atrocities btw, I just find it a fascinating historical topic.
Extra History did a good video series on this but the names tribes gave themselves matters... As an example: Haudenosaunee means people of the long house and a longhouse is very much NOT a tipi... If you only know them as Iriqouis, however, you could be misled into thinking they were nomadic tipi dwellers... This video calls them the Iriqouis so that's embarassing for a channel about names and their meanings... What else could be expected from a British man talking about indigenous peoples? A smidge of research? Probably too much hassle right?
A lot lived in caves. Very old cave paintings worldwide. Shelter was shelter. Sure more southern tribes had huts then there were longhouses and built them in the southwest and used ladders to get inside.
...And not every tribe used true teepees as housing. Teepees were common among the plains tribes that settlers encountered during the westward expansion, but tribes in different regions, such as the Eastern Seaboard or the Southwest, dwelt in accommodations of different types that suited each tribe's way of life.
Yes ! Indigenous people in the Southwest lived in towns ( later called Pueblos by the Spaniards) and built their dwellings using adobe. In addition to teepees we have, among others, ramadas and winter earthen shelters found in the Midwest with frigid winters. As for cities and monuments: Cahokia in Illinois was a great Native American city. It was built by the Mississippian culture. With a population of 15,000 at its peak in the 13th century it was more populous than medieval London at the time. ( see below for source) Cahokia was as complex as Teotihuacan in Mexico, with teocalli ( stepped pyramids), avenues, courts, plazas and temples- the only difference is that Cahokia was built of Earth and not stone.. and subsequently easy to become overgrown and to be leveled by European colonizers. Who knows how many Cahokias existed... We also have the large earthwork called (sadly) Poverty Point in Louisiana - after a plantation (!!). Poverty point is a huge feat of engineering, and features causeways, astronomical alignment and an impressive scale. Finally let’s not forget the Serpent Mound.. the Stonehenge of the United States- the largest serpent effigy in the world with alignments to solstices and equinoxes. These are just three examples .. so much to learn ( and unlearn) . Source : I am a history of Architecture prof source : www.architectmagazine.com/design/editorial/cahokia-and-american-exceptionalism_o
@Eugene Kendrick You can look at the Pueblo for cities that are still standing. The Mississippian culture also had settlements that could be called cities. Cahokia had a population of around 15,000 which may not sound like a lot by modern standards but is around the same population that London was at the time.
The Aztecs had a massive market in tenochtitlan which was organized partially by the locations where the goods came from, including places as far south as southern Brazil and as far north as Alaska
@@RJStockton As a native myself I can tell you we did. My tribe, Niitsitapi Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet, southern Piikani) lived in the great plains, nowadays southern Alberta Canada and Montana U.S, tell me how, according to this guy, my tribe knew that the land was surrounded by water, because we too called mother Earth, Turtle Island.
@The Yangem There we're many more civilizations around those areas, The Maya were the longest lasting empire in the world, they collapsed after the arrival of Europeans not before, the Mayans, Aztecs, Zapotecs and Incans all had writing systems (the oldest of which was probably the Zapotecs) plus empire doesn't mean much, but you forgot many other major native civilizations, on of the oldest in the world was Norte Chico, and there's evidence that the Incans actually built on top of a empire before them. There's also in the north that are often overlooked civilizations the Iroquois confederatcy, the Blackfoot Confederatcy, the Sioux confederation, the Navajo confederation, all of these weren't just one big tribe, they were collections, just because our "empire" system was different doesn't mean we didn't have any. For example I'm Blackfoot, but that's my empire or confederation, my tribe were the Piikani. There were plenty of sea faring native nations, the Inuit for example sailed to Greenland and colonized it before the Danish even knew it existed, many Pacific coast tribes were whale hunters and their culture was heavily built around it, and while there not exactly native Americans, the Polynesians were arguably the best sea farers in the world. Yes we looked different, and yes we had to build civilization as hunter gatherers, but just because it was different, does not mean it wasn't civilization. Not to mention afroeurasia is FUCKING MASSIVE so OF COURSE they had more civilizations than us, it's a little unfair to compair North and South America to Africa, Europe and Asia
@The Yangem Not to mention the Olmecs, I guess what I'm fully getting at is, we knew more in certain areas than the "old world" knew, and vice versa, our civilization look different, we knew more about the natural world while the other's knew more about the scientific world, we were different, that doesn't mean we were underdeveloped, our empire/civilization was different, and even if we did have domesticatable animal, that doesn't mean we'd have looked like Europe, or Africa or Asia, we'd probably be some of the first/biggest democracys considering a lot of the tribe's had democratic like gov. systems, where every member voted, yes we had "chiefs" but those were more like advisers as they were elders who had shown the most wisdom, they were kinda like general's in times of war but their word wasn't command.
Not mad at all about the term Native American, but we just go by tribe name, more or less. Navajo, Charokee, Blackfoot, etc. I dont get why people get offended, especially since most everyone that does is not Native American
@@moomoomoo33ass Interesting. I talk about both. Must be because I'm an Irish-American from Massachusetts: we can find something political in a dishrag falling into a sink. And religious, too, come to think of it
It’s called “luxury beliefs” and tend to be attitudes held by the elite, who hold this patronizing views as a way to make them feel superior to the “bigoted” common man.
I love this channel, but I really wish you would’ve taken more time before posting this. The information you gave regarding tribal lifestyle was extremely generalized and seems to be pulled from pop-culture. Almost everything you said only applied to tribes in the plains. In the northeast you could find long houses or birchbark houses, desert/southwest had pueblos, etc. Also horses weren’t in north America before the Europeans.
The issue you point out highlights the fact that colonial empericism is alive and well. That the native people's of this continent are still being marginalized. They say we're in a post colonial era. How I wish that were true. I'd like to see some of the stolen lands whose resources are being exploited for the sake of the created American legend returned to the people who were her caretakers before manifest destiny. I'd really like to see reparations and reconciliations. But above all- acknowledgement of American crimes against the indigenous people and so called policies that were adopted in greed overturned or amended. We can't pretend to police the human crisis that occurs attend the glove without being the change we want others to adopt.
well we did have horses, but they died off and we didnt have horses again until the europeans came. In fact my elders say when they first found a horse brought by the europeans they thought it was a big dog.
"Didn't know the land stretched on for thousands of miles" BS. How can they be nomadic and not know this? Plus, ik that's bs for the sheer fact that items from California have ended up in New York frequently. Items from Aztecs among the Hopi. These people traded not just items but stories too. All the Aztecs just had to do was go to the edge of their territory and look ahead. You mean to tell me they don't know it stretches on?
Along with the many comments pointing out the inaccuracies of tipis and nomadic life, I'd also like to point out that trade between cultures was very much a thing, especially along rivers. There are artefacts from the Gulf of Mexico found in South Dakota traded along the Missouri River
I think it's more accurate to say they didn't have a concept of official diplomatic relations and sovereignty like we to today with ambassadors from Faraway places and an underlying concept of international law ( not that medieval Europeans were much better the closest thing they had was a code of chivalry which was inconsistent and only as prominent as it was because of the far-reaching dominance of the Catholic Church)
@@mariodangelo9768 well it isnt more accurate, we did have and had diplomatic relations.lakotas in particular have a governing system called oceti sakowin. it was a group that discussed issue with in tribes and even talked to other tribes about land and social disputes. no it was not like european doplomacy, but to say that they didnt have a general understanding is ignorant. We had those things before the europeans came, and had those ideologies in motion. Lakotas arent the only ones, many tribes had their own war societies to discuss and find solutions in their own and with other tribes.And, just like europe went to war with each other. Why? because we had diplomatic issues with each other over territory, and wrongful doing. Hence the reason why we went to war with colonists, we tried a diplomatic approach. But, they lied and made us sign treaties we didnt understand. So we went to war.we did have an idea of official diplomacy, not european diplomacy but our own diplomacy.
@@clecticmaniac5207 but if you're saying it's not like European diplomacy that's kind of proving my point I'm not trying to disrespect native institutions but what I'm trying to say is the modern standards of international law evolved out of events like the Congress of Vienna and others native institutions didn't have a chance to advance to modernity because the natives had been unfortunately conquered by the Europeans like don't get there wrong there were forms of diplomacy obviously but in the absence of large ships as well as other domesticated animals the ability to move cargo around is severely limited so trade becomes much less important ( not to say natives didn't do the best with what they had the Inca especially had a massive infrastructure system)
@@mariodangelo9768 well yes but its not accurate to say we had no diplomacy, we had no european like diplomacy. Which I mean is kind of... You know on the nose.
@@clecticmaniac5207 but all ( or at least the vast majority of) of modern diplomacy is based on European like diplomacy after only a handful of countries around the world that weren't colonized by Europe like Japan and even they made significant concessions to Europe by trying to westernize
When I was growing up in Massachusetts, I had a friend who was Maliseet (tribe up in New Brunswick, Canada). When I learned about how Canadians say "First Nations" to refer to the indigenous people, I thought that was a much better name than "Native American". But I was also aware how, at least among the older generation, "American Indian" is truly preferred. So one day I asked her, "Brianna, which do you prefer: First Nations, Native American, American Indian, or what?" With the wickedest gleam in her eye, she replied, " _Savage_ ."
"Native Americans hunted buffalo~, migrated~, and lived in TPs" Ooph. That's mainly a thing for the great plains tribes. Permanent housing like longhouses were the thing east of the Mississippi, and there were various other housing types for the desert, tundra, and jungle peoples. Also, horses were introduced by Europeans.
@@mseddie I literally condensed down 2:35 to 2:58 of the vid in my comment. So blame the video maker, not me. It would have been more correct to say I should have mentioned Buffalo are an African and Asian thing and not an American thing.
I feel like saying "I'm Indian" to someone just leads to extra work; then you have to specify what Indian youre talking about. I simply say " im native". Most people get that
Native/Indigenous is also vague without context. If I didn't know someone online was from Australia, we could end up talking about very different things before realizing the error. Most broadly defined ethnicities are done by continent, but the water's a little muddy when the continent is also the nation. (Or one of them in the case of the US.)
@@BonaparteBardithion (I'm going to start out by identifying myself as white and from the US, btw.) I think a lot of times there's difficulty when people are of a specific ethnicity, but whose ancestors moved - or were forced - somewhere else generations ago. The main example that comes to mind for me is "black" vs. "African-American." I've heard many cases for one term or the other, but mostly that people descended from former slaves have as much right to be U.S. citizens as European migrants, and calling them "African-American" can be degrading and make it sound like they're not welcome, especially if they personally have no connection to Africa except that their ancestors were sold from there centuries ago. (That's the most compelling argument I've heard, and I tend to use "black" more often because of it, but there's also the fact that, y'know, most black people's skin is actually a shade of brown. That ends up being more confusing though because people usually use "brown" as a pejorative against Central-American/Caribbean or South Asian people.) I also kind of appreciate the idea of "Usonian" as a demonym for U.S. citizens instead of just "American", but at the same time I understand the resentment from other countries towards us monopolizing the phrase "United States" (even our southern neighbor is technically called "Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos," The United Mexican States).
What I do is either say I'm a "Plains indian" or "I'm a insert tribe indian." I prefer using indian since to me, it's easier to day, y'know? Like less syllable s when compared to the other PC terms. Also I grew up with it. My parents used it, grand parents, uncles, grand uncles and great grand parents.
Most of People who refused Quebec as an independent nation in Quebec were Natives. Imagine how the Quebec government would have treated them if it was in fact independent, exactly as France taught them.
Whole lot of factual inaccuracies in this one -- but most troublingly is asking for an American perspective. Most (non-native) Americans don't have a great understanding of any of this. At all.
As many have said, there are a lot of generalizations. In the case of South America, you cannot say that native Americanos were nomadic when you have a big empire as the Tawantinsuyu, with big cities (many of them still thriving today, like Cusco or Quito) and a road system to interconnect them. By the way, Pachamama is also a Quechua compound word: Pacha (means earth) and mama (mother). The “mama” part is actually Spanish and is used by Quechua people today (after 500 years after the colonization), so the original word was only Pacha. You can see this also in the Inca ruler name Pachacuti, that means “the one that shakes the earth”. Anyways, Pacha as I said means earth, not the American continent, and I’m not sure if The quechuas have a word for the continent as such (Tawantinsuyu was the name for their empire).
Love the channel, but I do feel the need to lend my small bit of experience on the topic. The Native American life style that you described only really applied to the plains tribes. The variety of geography across the content necessitated the different life styles. For instance, the Seminole in Florida lived in houses that we built on stilts. The Powhatan lived in Wigwams. Many in the south west lived in Adobe brick homes. Look up the site at Mesa Verde for some interesting pictures.
The Seminole didn't exist before European colonization. They were a group formed from some Indian tribes, runaway slaves and renegade whites. Back to Reddit with you, professor.
Just a heads up, the first portion of this video is very wrong. Rule #1 when talking about Indians, watch the CPG Grey video as to why I’m using that term, is that there are no rules. The generalization of native Americans being constantly on the move is true for only a portion of the population of roughly 90 million people by some estimates, and largely associated with the southwestern desert, and resource poor estuary regions. Some of the better known, almost entirely settled nations: Aztec (and associated tributaries) Inca Maya Olmec Iroquois (post unification) Many Inuit tribes Etc. You’re thinking tribes along the lines of: Cheyenne Apache Blackfoot Assorted other Great Plains nations Etc. Apologies for not having a more extensive list, I grew up in New England, and our lessons focused on the regional tribes. But yeah, I honestly expect much more from this channel than to make such a grossly inadequate generalization as was made in the first few minutes of this particular video. High standards only because I’m a big fan, keep up the good work and try to not get bogged down in these generalizations anymore! Videos can wait and filler weeks exist for a reason, to ensure quality content and information! Edit to include additional tribes I recalled after posting
Yeah I'm sure name explain could learn from this comment. It's very interesting, so I'm sure he'd appreciate it. He is clearly not trying to generalise of course, but it would be ideal for him to read comments such if this in the future
Fr man like they never been threw what our people went threw and keep talking like they do and the natives that do just shut up and be humble and respect our history and our ancestors being warriors and honest lords who used to roam the land of our people.
@@NameExplain as Caspercaper17 has pointed out, Yes Dyslexia can affect your use of numbers, my sister has this issue. There is also directional dyslexia, and weather dyslexia (which may lead you to put on a coat in summer, for example) - both of which a friend of mine have.
@@Matutazo23-y7e Nah that came from Amerigo Vespucci. Native Americans went by their names I don't really get the question. Referring to other groups could be by their tribe or clan.
I love that youve taken up interest in native americans. You clearly have a lot more to learn but i look forward to more videos from your further research.
@Pgon why does the absence of a written language make their history worthless? Completely arbitrary standard. They did record it extensively in their oral traditions.
Many did have their own language and they even developed a sign language that was learned by many of the tribes so they could all communicate. In the Southeast and Southwest there were large permanent cities, some with pyramids reminiscent of those in the lands of the Incas, Mayans and Toltecs.
@@vixendoe2545 exactly! Plains Indian SL is fading because of the use of ASL, but it's still commonly understood by a lot of Elders and some younger folks are working to preserve it. And the mound-building/pyramid cultures stretched from the SE up as far as St Louis MO, site of Cahokia.
Lately, I've heard a lot of Native Americans prefer the term "indigenous." When I took Spanish classes in college, the preferred term appeared to be "indígenas," which is the Spanish word for the same thing.
I think mexicans and other people down south liked to be referred to as “indigenous”. I don’t think I ever heard of a native american in any tribe in the states being referred to as “indigenous” or identifying as “indigenous”. Most of the time “native american” is fine.
@@ahap8291 no, the majority prefer the term mestizo, it’s the same as the word Métis basically. While indigenous (meaning pure and still knowing their native tongue other than Spanish) make up a small percentage. It gets complicated for example in Ecuador some mestizos know kichwa (indigenous language) but what makes us mestizos is that we are westernized. I don’t wear traditional clothes, I have birthday celebration every year and I celebrate Christmas unlike the Ecuadorian indians. I’m a mestiza who knows my native tongue.
@@fragolegirl2002 There are people in Guatemala and other Central America countries they prefer to be called indigenous because they are mostly indigenous.
I had one Native American say this to me "all the common ways of referring to us are wrong. If you're going to be wrong, saying 'Native American' is the least offensive or problematic way to be wrong". In general, "Native American" is the preferred terminology in the United States. That being said, I've frequently advocated for the Canadian term "First Nations" as being both more accurate and more respectful. Most Native Americans were not nomads. Most moved between two or three camps depending on season. Others were entirely sedentary, like the Hopi and many of the West coast tribes. What is much more crucial to say is that they adapted to their environment and their different lifestyles were part of that. They also traded heavily with each other, and there were extensive Silk Road-like trade routes stretching across most of the continent. Even the Rocky Mts didn't block trade, the Mandan crossed the Rockies twice every year (once in the Spring and once in the Autumn) carrying trade goods with them. Most did not live in tipis. Where I grew up in New England the local Native Americans (Algonquin speakers called the Mohegans) traditionally lived in a round house called a wigwam. The tribe across the Hudson River built longhouses, and lived communally. They were long low buildings with semicircular roofs. Military engineers stole the idea, to make the modern Quansett hut. Where my uncles live in the Southwest, Native Americans built houses out of adobe: an idea that first the Spanish and then the Anglo-Saxon settlers stole. In the Pacific Northwest where my aunt lives, Native Americans built log cabins and big ceremonial halls. Totem Poles (exclusive to the Pacific Northwest actually) were actually a design element in these ceremonial halls. Saying "Native Americans live in tipis" would be like me saying "Europeans live in half-timbered houses". No, it's a popular style in Germany and there are many in England, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy etc. But it would not be accurate to say that it is even the most common European style, much less that it is something all Europeans ever did. Same thing for tipis. Native Americans absolutely did set up nations, in the same sense that Europeans at the same time period knew them. The Aztecs, Maya, and Inca were all nations in the same sense as France, Spain and England at the time of conquest (the 1500s CE). There was also what was clearly a nation with it's center at Cahokia, modern day St. Louis MO. At the confluence of the Missouri and Mississipi rivers, this city exercised considerable influence (if not direct control) over all of the land from the Rocky Mts to the Atlantic Ocean. There were other settlements probably of the same culture (called the Mound Builders by archaeologists: the Algonquin-speaking Ho-Chunk people claim this culture as ancestors, but there are good reasons to doubt said claim) in modern day Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas and Louisiana. This nation however fell apart in about 1300 CE, probably as a result of climate change and internal strife. However, much evidence suggests that both the plains tribes and the Iroquois were all refugees from this collapsed nation. The Iroquois were actually five tribes, united under an inter-tribal government and by language. In modern times, many Native American tribes in the US have taken to using the name "Turtle Island": though this was not traditional for all of them. I've also heard several other names that are, at least in modern times, specifically used of North America. Having only spent a week in South America, I cannot say whether there are specific words for that continent used by modern Native peoples. While I encourage you to make more videos about Native Americans, please invite a Native American from the relevant area/tribe/language group to participate in the video in the future. That's really the best way to make sure you don't get anything wrong or leave anything important out. A good topic would be the names of US states, as quite a few of them derive from Native American words or names (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois etc).
Many nations/tribes had regional territory that they moved around seasonally, and they all had names for their lands, often transmitted through story. One of the many losses from colonization was the erasure of these names and places, along with the stories that were tied to them. Check out late Indigenous author Keith Basso's "Wisdom Sits in Places" (2000) for more on this. Fun fact: the Canadian province of Manitoba came from the Anishanaabeg term for "where Creator/God sat down" because of it's low topography and lakes.
I live in the Eastern U.S. and I don't know any native people in my area. it seems to me the only thing left of native culture where I live are the place names, actually. A good chunk of the towns, rivers, landmarks, counties, etc, have indigenous names. Tuscarawas, Miami, Mahoning, etc. We have stories too, like I was always told "Cuyhahoga" means crooked river. They killed the people, killed the language, but kept names, and it's sad.
2:35 it is inappropriate to post a picture of horsemen when you talk about pre-Colombian America, as Native Americans had no horses before the arrival of the Europeans! (not mentioning the big-ass rifle one of them carries) They did have dogs though. Relationships between man and dogs dates waayback
@@teflonravager The Native Americans first entered the Americas around the time horses were leaving the Americas. So it's unlikely they would've even used them, also a Native American in 1607 would've never have known or seen a horse that lived 12,000 years ago. The Indo-Europeans were the first to domesticate horses on the Eurasian Steppe around 6,000 years ago. They used them in their conquest of Europe, India, and Iran. Then the Europeans, who were familiar with horses for 6,000 years, would spread them to the Americas.
@@skeleton2082 we did have horses we have stories of when they died off, we didnt use them the way they are used now. but we did know they existed, after they died off they were more of a myth until the spaniards let loose some horses and native tribes started to find out what they can be used for. Its kinda funny my grandma use to say that when we first saw them we thought they were just big dogs.
CGP Grey's video on this is a must-watch. He did the legwork, Indian is what a lot of indigenous tribes use as the collective or generic term for themselves.
Im a Mexican native American! The term isn't offensive but it would be nice for everyone to start recognizing native Americans aren't just in the USA in fact there are more native Americans outside the US!
Exactly, AMERICA is the continent. NOT north america...U.S.A. lol. its baffling to think that its gotten stuck on this. Hilarious when I say im central American and those who think America is the country assume im from like Texas or mid west lol.
Actually the world does not call people from the United States Americans People in the United States do, and so people from other countries do as well But there are countries that call people from the United States,United Staters Remember it’s the United States OF America
Correction: Kiskeya = mother earth. I'm Haitian . I know. Taino language is in Haitian creole. The Taino called Haiti (Ayiti, Kiskeya, Bohio) And the Dominicans call it Quisqueya. Atabey is more like fertile mother😉 that is why her legs are open✔️
@@SabinaCesar2024 sorry Sabi "Kiskéya" is the name of the island La Hispañola/ La Española that contain the nations of Haiti (Ayíti in Taino/Arawak) and the Dominican Republic. "Boriké" was the name of the island of Puerto Rico, which is where "Boricua/ Borinqueño/ Borincano" and "Borikén/ Borinquen" comes from. The Taino language had no "n" or "qu". A note: the accent marks (acentos) I'm using are to mark where the syllable strength is at, we didn't have accent marks or "ñ" either.
You view us from a European centric mindset. Very often Latin Americans get insulted when you refer to the United States as America. They too are Americans just like the British and polish are Europeans. Native people in the Americas had advanced civilizations, built pyramids and mapped the night sky, invented the concept of zero in math and aligned their temples with the solar equinox.
Don't forget brain surgery at least 1500 years before it was being done in London. And structures that have yet to be duplicated with todays technology. Look it up.
"What Do Natives call the CONTINENT of America" ..... NOT north America that you kept focusing/showing. America is the continent ,just like you showed in sections then totally forgot. NORTH of America, CENTRAL AMERICA (which you forgot too ,jumping over again), to south america. OMG
Ok . Canada ..hi remember us? Anyways the story goes Jaques Cartier met two youths probably Huron - Iroquois who invited him and his team to Kanata. Their word for village. Presumbally Stadacona where modern day Quebec City stands. The preffered name as I understand it is First Nations for the aboriginal peoples of this part of the world. The name was thought to mean the whole land. Kanata became Canada.
why is "Americas" called two continents?? In Brazil we usually (not necessarily always) learn it as one continent, America, which may be divided in South and North America, but the continent itself would be one
Nathália Isabella because it depends on where you live. Those usually in most English-speaking countries including the United Kingdom and Australia and also in China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and parts of Western Europe. These parts of the world are taught seven continents with North and South America being two continents
It's best if you can identify each individual by their Tribe or Nation of Tribes. For instance, I'm Rumsen tribe of the Ohlone nation. But first names work too.
First of all I would like to say that I'm very happy to see you address this topic. It's very rare to see someone try to bring up Indigenous perspectives, so kudos to you for that. That being said there are a few things I would like to point out. Regarding the name "Native American" that's the official designation from the US government. In Canada the term "First Nation" is more common and in Mexico I believe they say "Indigenous American". Generally speaking though "Indigenous people" is a good catch all term for talking about all Indigenous people of the Americas. As has been mentioned by other people, the vast majority of Indigenous people weren't nomadic and instead formed farming communities. Some created complex societies comparable to those in Eurasia and Africa such as the Aztecs, Incas, Mississippians and Puebloans. The Indigenous people we often imagine as being nomads like the Sioux, Comanche, etc, actually started off as sedentary and then switched to being nomads once they got their hands on horses. Finally, Indigenous people were actually much more connected than what we give them credit. There were trade routes going from the American Midwest all the way down to Mexico and further on to Peru. For example, the Purhepecha people in Western Mexico adopted copper metallurgy by trading with Andean people. Also many of the Indigenous tribes of the Great Plains shared a sign language that was used as a lingua franca between nations. Sadly, European colonisation disrupted a lot of these connections and isolated many Indigenous nations from each other.
One day my father was listening to one of the biggest radio stations in New York and the D.J. said that England was celebrating its 200th birthday. He called the station and said, “Are you mad?! My brother-in-law’s house is 500 years old!”
Nomadic people actually need a good grasp and naming for different land as they depend on knowing when to go where: security, harvest, migrating patterns, shelter. To suggest nomadic people don't name land because they are not attached seems outlandish to me.
Im Native in the USA!!! I signed up a year ago and sent Walla Walla in to you more than once. I live in Walla Walla Washington. Bugs Bunny used it in the cartoons. But ya never even responded so I stopped giving ya money i had set up. ohwell good luck on your hunt.
Please notice: America ≠ USA As a European I can't understand why the citizens of the USA call the USA America. I also don't call Europe Germany, and Asia China...
Hier könnte ihre Werbung stehen. Best comment, it’s not our fault they didn’t come up with an actual name to the USA! Greetings from a Mexican American 👍
So from your excellent comments below, I am a New Englander, I see the many places you need to correct. I really like that you tried to do this, our history needs to be shared and you did a lovely job with your illustrations, but you might consider just re-recording your narative to make it even better and more acurate.
A tipi (/ˈtiːpiː/ TEE-pee), also tepee or teepee and often called a lodge in older English writings, is a tent, traditionally made of animal skins upon wooden poles. Modern tipis usually have a canvas covering. A tipi is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure. An Oglala Lakota tipi, 1891 Historically, the tipi has been used by Indigenous peoples of the Plains in the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies of North America, notably the seven sub-tribes of the Sioux, among the Iowa people, the Otoe and Pawnee, and among the Blackfeet, Crow, Assiniboines, and Plains Cree. They are also traditional on the other side of the Rocky Mountains by tribes such as the Yakama and the Cayuse. They are still in use in many of these communities, though now primarily for ceremonial purposes rather than daily living. While Native American tribes and First Nation band governments from other regions have used other types of dwellings (pueblos, wigwams, and longhouses), tipis are often stereotypically and incorrectly associated with all Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal Canadians. The tipi is durable, provides warmth and comfort in winter, is cool in the heat of summer, and is dry during heavy rains. Tipis can be disassembled and packed away quickly when people need to relocate and can be reconstructed quickly upon settling in a new area. Historically, this portability was important to Plains Indians with their at-times nomadic lifestyle. A similar structure, the lavvu, is used by the Indigenous Sámi people of northern Europe. Types and utility Structure Crow lodge interior, 1907, showing the poles and outer skin at the top, the inner lining and bedding. The lashing rope is tied off to a wooden stake at the bottom of the photograph. Clothing is suspended on a line tied between two of the tipi poles. A typical family tipi is a conical, portable structure with two adjustable smoke flaps, multiple poles (historically from 12 to 25 ft or 3.7 to 7.6 m long) called lodge poles. Lewis H. Morgan noted that, The frame consists of thirteen poles from fifteen to eighteen feet in length, which, after being tied together at the small ends, are raised upright with a twist so as to cross the poles above the fastening. They are then drawn apart at the large ends and adjusted upon the ground in the rim of a circle usually ten feet in diameter. A number of untanned and tanned buffalo skins, stitched together in a form adjustable to the frame, are drawn around it and lashed together, as shown in the figure. The lower edges are secured to the ground with tent-pins. At the top there is an extra skin adjusted as a collar, so as to be open on the windward side to facilitate the exit of the smoke. A low opening is left for a doorway, which is covered with an extra skin used as a drop. The fire-pit and arrangements for beds are the same as in the Ojibwa lodge, grass being used in the place of spruce or hemlock twigs. Lodgepole pine is the preferred wood in the Northern and Central Plains and red cedar in the Southern Plains. Tipis have a detachable cover over the structure. The cover has historically been made of buffalo hide, an optional skin or cloth lining, and a canvas or bison calf skin door. Modern lodges are more often made of canvas. Ropes (historically raw hide) and wooden pegs are required to bind the poles, close the cover, attach the lining and door, and anchor the resulting structure to the ground. Tipis are distinguished from other tents by two crucial elements: the opening at the top and the smoke flaps, which allow the dwellers to heat themselves and cook with an open fire; and the lining that is primarily used in the winter, which insulates. Tipis were designed to be easily set up or taken down to allow camps to be moved to follow game migrations, especially the bison. When dismantled the tipi poles were used to construct a dog- or later horse-pulled travois on which additional poles and tipi cover were placed. Tipi covers are made by sewing together strips of canvas or tanned hide and cutting out a semicircular shape from the resulting surface. Trimming this shape yields a door and the smoke flaps that allow the dwellers to control the chimney effect to expel smoke from their fires. Old style traditional linings were hides, blankets, and rectangular pieces of cloth hanging about 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 m) above the ground tied to the poles or a rope. Decoration Examples of painted tipi covers, from Paul Goble’s book, Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters, 2007. Historically, most tipis in a village would not be painted. Painted tipis often depicted note-worthy historical battles and often featured geometric portrayals of celestial bodies and animal designs. Sometimes tipis have been painted to depict personal experiences such as war hunting, a dream or vision. When depicting visions, "ceremonies and prayers were first offered, and then the dreamer recounted his dream to the priests and wise men of the community. Those known to be skilled painters were consulted, and the new design was made to fit anonymously within the traditional framework of the tribe's painted tipis."
I believe we in the US are moving towards using "indigenous peoples" to signify a population that was the first to inhabit a land. It can fit for any original population of any land without stigmatization.
Native Americans did not have horses until the Colombian exchange. While some tribes, notably of the Great Plains came to rely on the horse, to their people it was a relatively recent change in lifestyle within the last ~250 years.
I'm Apache, Huichol, and Aztec northern tribes call America Turtle Island, and southern tribes call America Anahuac, research into the Eagle Condor Prophecy, and if you want to view maps of tribes before the European invasion here is a screenshot link to one of many maps prntscr.com/zap1fk ..which showcases many tribes throughout Anahuac
In the Caribbean, the island of Puerto Rico is sometimes referred by its native name "Borinquen" which means “the great land of the valiant and noble lord”. Cuba, they think the native name of the island of Cuba means "where fertile land is abundant" or "great place". Jamaica which is a native name means "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs". Haiti the native word Haiti means "land of high mountains". Dominicans tend to also refer to the Dominican Republic by its native name "Quisqueya". It means "mother of all lands".
Uh, most were semi-sedentary/rotational, meaning they had territory wherein they moved depending on game, soil replenishment etc. Others were sedentary in the Eurasian sense.
Exactly. There were cities all over, some like Teotihuacán bigger than any city in Eurasia! There were also vast complex trading routes and roads that connected the entire continent. It’s crazy what the current idea of pre-colonial indigenous Americans is and how much more advanced they were than Western society likes to give them credit for.
Clans, bands, tribes and nation's that existed when Europeans first settled on this continent were by no means homogeneous. Just who could occupy any piece of land had had always been settled by "the survival of the fittest."
Don't forget that horses were only re-introduced to the Americas by the Europeans, so your pictures with Native Americans on horses are anachronistic if you're referring to pre-Columbian times. More importantly, there were great civilisations with extensive trade networks and political organisation in both Americas. In North America, Cahokia and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy come to mind, among many others. By no means were all tribes nomadic.
As far as preferred names for people, it is preferred to use tribe names I think. To say that person is Swinomish or Swinomish Native (to use an example near me) would be preferred to simply "Native American".
They knew of other tribes. They had the Gathering of Nations for trading, learn new info and marriages. They had dancing snd food to celebrate. They were not all nomads nor just live in tee pees. You need to learn more or at least talk to a someone from your subject matter. How hard is it to learn from a Native American before publishing a post.
They had some of the largest trade routes in the world. West coast abalone shells on the East coast. Northern Pacific tribes traded as far as central America. Some people knew the vastness of the country. They were not stupid people. Might take years though.
I am Siksika and there are MANY errors in your essay but, the main one is that we had "many God's" WRONG we follow the Great Spirit (God for Christians) who guides our individual God spirit --- as God is within ALL -- we gained understanding of creation from the Medicine Wheel --
I worked for a Band of Objiwe, and as an expert at being a white girl in Indian country (a legal term of art) let me clear up a few things. 1. the life style you ascribe to Native Americans, really best fit the plains tribes particularly the Lakota/Dakota peoples (for whom the states of North and South Dakota are named). These tribes ranged the plains from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River/ Minesota lake country where the Objiwe lived. 2. The Federal Government and themselves (largely) use the term "Indians." It is used in important terms of art like "Indian Country" and "Indian Child." 3. I always try to specify what tribe the person(s) I'm speaking about refer to. In the US, in order to be legally classified as an Indian, one must be a member of a federally recognized tribe. Saying that your great grandfather was, doesn't cut it. Therefore I say "I worked for the Objiwe. The tribe's prosecutor, ironically, is a Lakota." If I were to refer to a group of legal Indians as a collective, I would say "Tribal members" because it ain't wrong. 4. Ojibwe lived in birch bark lodges known as "wigwams." They did not hunt the Buffalo.
They call it Turtle island now and way back for thousands of years...If you ever look at a picture of north america from space or in a picture it looks like a turtle how would of they have known..!!!
Legends have it the earth after the flood was rebuilt by muskrat and turtle,muskrat went to waters bottom and began bring soil from the bottom which he put on turtles back He did this so the land would not go awayTherefore Turtle Island.
A wigwam, wickiup, wetu, or wiigiwaam in the Ojibwe language, is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people. They are still used for ceremonial events. The term wickiup is generally used to label these kinds of dwellings in the Southwestern United States and Western United States, while wigwam is usually applied to these structures in the Northeastern United States as well as eastern Canada (Ontario and Quebec). Wetu is the Wampanoag term for a wigwam dwelling. These terms can refer to many distinct types of Native American structures regardless of location or cultural group. The wigwam is not to be confused with the Native Plains teepee, which has a very different construction, structure, and use. The domed, round shelter was used by numerous northeastern Native American tribes. The curved surfaces make it an ideal shelter for all kinds of conditions. Aboriginal Canadians in eastern Ontario and Quebec would reside in either wigwams or longhouses. These structures are formed with a frame of arched poles, most often wooden, which are covered with some sort of bark roofing material. Details of construction vary with the culture and local availability of materials. Some of the roofing materials used include grass, brush, bark, rushes, mats, reeds, hides or cloth. Wigwams were most often seasonal structures although the term is applied to rounded and conical structures built by Native Americans/First Nations people that were more permanent. Wigwams usually take longer to put up than tipis. Their frames are usually not portable like a tipi. A typical wigwam in the Northeast had a curved surface which can hold up against the worst weather. Young green tree saplings of just about any type of wood, ten to fifteen feet long, were cut down and bent. While the saplings were being bent, a circle was drawn on the ground. The diameter of the circle varied from ten to sixteen feet. The bent saplings were then placed over the drawn circle, using the tallest saplings in the middle and the shorter ones on the outside. The saplings formed arches all in one direction on the circle. The next set of saplings were used to wrap around the wigwam to give the shelter support. When the two sets of saplings were finally tied together, the sides and roof were placed on it. The sides of the wigwam were usually bark stripped from trees. The male of the family was responsible for the framing of the wigwam. Mary Rowlandson uses the term Wigwam in reference to the dwelling places of the Native Americans that she stayed with while in their captivity during King Philip's War in 1675. The term wigwam has remained in common English usage as a synonym for any "Indian house"; however this usage is incorrect as there are known differences between the wigwam and the tipi within the Native American community. During the American revolution the term wigwam was used by British soldiers to describe a wide variety of makeshift structures. Wickiups of the west Wickiups were used by different indigenous peoples of the Great Basin, Southwest, and Pacific Coast. They were single room, dome-shaped dwellings, with a great deal of variation in size, shape, and materials. The Acjachemen, an indigenous people of California, built cone-shaped huts made of willow branches covered with brush or mats made of tule leaves. Known as Kiichas, the temporary shelters were utilized for sleeping or as refuge in cases of inclement weather. When a dwelling reached the end of its practical life it was simply burned, and a replacement erected in its place in about a day's time. Below is a description of Chiricahua wickiups recorded by anthropologist Morris Opler: The home in which the family lives is made by the men and is ordinarily a circular, dome-shaped brush dwelling, with the floor at ground level. It is eight feet high at the center and approximately seven feet in diameter. To build it, long fresh poles of oak or willow are driven into the ground or placed in holes made with a digging stick. These poles, which form the framework, are arranged at one-foot intervals and are bound together at the top with yucca-leaf strands. Over them a thatching of bundles of big bluestem grass or bear grass is tied, shingle style, with yucca strings. A smoke hole opens above a central fireplace. A hide, suspended at the entrance, is fixed on a cross-beam so that it may be swung forward or backward. The doorway may face in any direction. For waterproofing, pieces of hide are thrown over the outer hatching, and in rainy weather, if a fire is not needed, even the smoke hole is covered. In warm, dry weather much of the outer roofing is stripped off. It takes approximately three days to erect a sturdy dwelling of this type. These houses are "warm and comfortable even though there is a big snow." The interior is lined with brush and grass beds over which robes are spread.... The woman not only makes the furnishings of the home but is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the dwelling itself and for the arrangement of everything in it. She provides the grass and brush beds and replaces them when they become too old and dry.... However, formerly "they had no permanent homes, so they didn't bother with cleaning." The dome-shaped dwelling or wickiup, the usual home type for all the Chiricahua bands, has already been described.... Said a Central Chiricahua informant: Both the teepee and the oval-shaped house were used when I was a boy. The oval hut was covered with hide and was the best house. The more well-to-do had this kind. The teepee type was just made of brush. It had a place for a fire in the center. It was just thrown together. Both types were common even before my time ... A house form that departed from the more common dome-shaped variety is recorded for the Southern Chiricahua as well: When we settled down, we used the wickiup; when we were moving around a great deal, we used this other kind...
Fun thing about names... the names European settlers gave tribes are usually extremely in accurate. I'm mix my mom is "Crane Clan" Ojibwe and my dad is German. The federal government of the United States of America calls our tribe "Chippewa" but really we are Anishinaabe. There are 7 primary clans of the Anishinaabe people; loon, crane, fish, bird, bear, marten, and deer. Members belonging to the same clan considered themselves close relatives & could not marry within their own clan. Traditionally, the Loon & Crane clans worked together as eloquent leaders & orators. The Government sees us as separate tribes. I know alot of Dakota or Oceti Sakowin "Sioux" people that hate that name. European renamed and divided every tribe I know of. Since you seem intrested in the original names of things I thought you'd find that interesting.
The Native Americans themselves are immigrants... they came from ASIA, meaning Asians have been to America way long before White Europeans and Black Africans.
Other places too. Lots of traces from ancient cultures have been found in the Americas like also Africa. I think it was the Mayans who had the same religion as some tribe in Africa and also I literally just learned today about Egyptian artifacts being found in the four corners. If you look at like 100+ year old photos of some native South American and Mexican tribes, they were black, afro hair and everything. But a lot of history is covered up because it doesn't fit the narrative.
The Asian ones are the ones from Siberia who share basically the same culture as modern-day Siberian tribes like teepees, colorful jewelery made fron small beads forming patterns, similar music, religions, and legends. The Inuits were the last group to migrate from Siberia and they have tribes presently in Siberia as well who are basically the same people.
No, they were not immigrants. They were born in The Old World, as were their parents and grandparents, and many generations before them. People were living in The Old World for thousands of years before the pyramids were even built. If you consider Native Americans immigrants, then literally every human on Earth is an immigrant.
With such timespans, it often doesn't make sense to speak of them as immigrants. With the same logic one could argue that no humans that left Africa ever were natives of anything.
9:34 Correct!! I'm from Panama, and the name of America in Guna language is Abya Yala :D The gunas are the most known aboriginal group in Panama. The reservation where they live is called Guna Yala.
What other Native American related videos would you like to see?
I would like to know more about the choctaw native americans. My boyfriend is 1/4th or 1/8th and he always loves learning about his native roots.
I'd love to see what common names we use in English actually have an Indian origin.
Id like to learn about the words for north american geographical features like montains etc
Ok, some corrections to your content in this video. Many tribes and groups were not nomadic or hunter-gatherers. Many tribes and nations were (relatively) fully stationary for 10s of generations. An example being that there were many nomadic people living within the great plains, not along the modern day coast of Oregon and Washington. Hope you have a great day! 😊
Please investigate some of the different spoken languages and the origin of the names given to those languages. Also there are a number of "trader jargon" languages (such as Chinook Jargon in my geographic area) and the roots of their names.
A number of people in my family are native or part native and they refer to themselves as "Native" or "Indian." And when it comes to tribes and native people as a whole, they call themselves either "Native Americans" or "First Nations."
I'm part Native American but the western European genes show out. My mother has beautiful Choctaw/ Blackfoot features. But the Irish and Norwegian shows in my appearance.
Thank you! Awesome video!
A few corrections. First, not all native Americans were nomads. Most plains and desert tribes certainly were, but many east coast tribes were semi or permanently settled, and most Mesoamerican tribes had permanent settlements. Second, tipis are typical of only plains tribes. The Powhatan on the east coast lived in large wooden longhouses, and the Hopi lived in stone and mud houses. Native American tribes are extremely diverse, to the point of generalizing being almost impossible.
Interesting. I don't know much about this topic so I appreciate this comment. I'm sure name explain would also learn from this comment so I hope he sees it.
Thank you my friend im a wompanoag amd i get asked all the time if I lived in a teepee
I don't wanna cry racism i feel like its a lack of education really, most westerners are very myopic in their world view and ignorant
I am no expert, but from what I understand a lot of the tribes in the desert were also not nomads. Tribes like the Hopi, Zuni, Pueblo, and Navajo all had farming settlements. The Tohono Oʼodham had both a Summer and Winter villages that they would move between with the change of seasons. There is a lot of great archeological sites in Arizona of the settlements.
Don't forget the wigwam.
I've also heard that many of the Plains Indians actually used to be more focussed on agriculture and only transitioned to hunting buffalos on horseback once the introduction of horses made that option available.
Most native American tribes weren't nomadic, and those that were only became so after the Spanish introduced horses. Most natives throughout history were farmers. The first English settlers could attest to this.
Thomas M From what I understand the nomadic tribes were mainly in the Great Plains. Yeah the tribes on the east coast definitely were more agricultural.
@@Taizu314 Even on the Great Plains there were still many sedantry agriculturalists
I'm Native American and my grandfather has been farming for his entire life, beginning from childhood, which he learned from his family who'd been farming for generations. When he grew up and left his family's ranch, he picked up a minimum wage 'American' job, but has continued to cultivate his own garden as a hobby, and since retirement he's still continued to do so to this day in his 80's... I live on a 5-acre plot of land with my family, which is like a giant garden he grew by himself - I'm not sure what better way to describe it.
@@marisu9765 that's fascinating, where are you from? Cheers from London
California was mostly fishing cultures...
Talks about natives pre-colonization
Shows picture of natives on horses
They didn't have horses
Vininn126 lol right....ha the Spanish brought the horses such as the Mostengo (Mustang) prior to that there were no horses on the American continent.
@@ordinary_deepfake that's why he pointed it out
Yeah... I thought about this, but I really like that painting lol
@@seth1130 And the Spanish beat the English and French here by a few decades at least. The horse was a great addition to native American transportation, no matter who brought it.
It seems you made alot of assumptions in this video without research. The majority of Native American Tribes were not just aware of each other, but traded frequently. Aztec artifacts are found as far north as the Great Lakes and shells from New York in Mexico.
Wow, that's cool! Although, even though they had some items from each other wouldn't necessarily mean that the people ever went there or knew that the place existed, they could well have been traded through some middle peoples. We also have some metal items in Finland from around the Mediterranean, but I doubt any Finns actually went there. Our neighbors the Vikings did though.
In my high school in Minnesota we spent a good week on the importance of wampum to the Wampanoag
@@valkeakirahvi -- But who says those middlemen didn't talk? I can see a trader telling some Muskogee customer about the wonders of the tribes to the north where their shiny copper came from.
I've never been to China and yet I know from trade, travelers tales, and immigrants that it exists.
@@feliciapate7926 It's possible they did, it's also possible they didn't. At least the picture they had of each other was probably very confused. There are very interesting accounts that the ancient Romans and Chinese have written of each other, but they are getting most of the details wrong.
The Aztecs also knew of Tawantinsuyu (south america) and its gold wealth. That's why the next major spanish expedition went straight in that direction.
I’m Native American, and I don’t care if people call me just that. I don’t expect strangers to guess a tribe lol
@Águila701 honestly where I live nobody acknowledges that we are living in North America. We are just white people in a white nation on native territory we stole and everybodies ok with that and it's repulsive. There is no education on native culture here and while Canada is perceived as "the 51st state", jokingly, everything below the American border is seen as seperate. Keep in mind this isn't all places, I live in delaware
@Águila701 Apache here, I consider Mexicans my brothers.
Most Mexicans have a significant amount of Indigenous blood.
There is the occasional ones that have more European in them than Indigenous blood.
Yes you are Native. Some Mexicans embrace their Indigenous side, some embrace their Spanish, some do both. The special thing about being Mexican is you can Identify as you please, Indigenous, Mexican or Hispanic. So yes you're Indigenous.
Usually the only Native Americans who I've seen not accept Mexicans as Native are the ones who are 12% Native American and 88% European and nobody cares about their opinion on Indigenous issues being only 12%. Ha
@Águila701 I am also aware of the growing discrimination and hate against my Mexican brothers and sisters, from people who have no right to be here in the first place. (Since 1492)
I tell you all, stay strong and don't forget where you came from.
And never let someone whose not even Indigenous to this land tell you if or if you aren't Indigenous.
@Águila701 Mexico is a great nation, but too many Spaniards elite at the top and in the government. (10% of the population)
Mexico needs to be the next South Africa.
I’m Navajo. This video had a lot of generalizations. While you acknowledged the diversity and the problem with generalizing, you then proceeded to generalize and make some very wrong statements. “Native Americans lived in tipis” etc. I think it would be much more appropriate to look at one tribe’s words (btw, the Navajo work for land is pronounced more like “Kay yah” than “key yah”). As indigenous groups, our identities are closely tied to our environments and how we relate to it. So the jump you made to saying we wouldn’t have names for land because we were nomadic and moving too much to bother naming it is pretty outrageous. All of this land has beloved names from the people who see it as their home and mother.
Yes I'm English and immediately thought this idea all "Native Americans" were nomadic clearly ignores those nations that lived in permanent structures. m.warpaths2peacepipes.com/native-american-houses/adobe-house-pueblo.htm
As you say poor research as well as knowledge
He generalized all Native Americans the same way one would with Africans.
You’re tribe is my favorite, love the Navajo culture, even though I’m a white guy.
@@SQUAREHEADSAM1912 why do you have to say "even tho" but yeah me too
Do you expect an Englishman to understand other cultures?
Many groups did in fact settle into territories that was basically theirs. The idea they were all wanderers appears to be propaganda used to justify taking their land.
Correct.
Bingo
Ever heard of the historical right of conquest? That’s the only justification needed. They were weak technologically, and were of course exploited. It’s called human nature.
@@clayprent8753 And yet the invaders still feel they need to justify their atrocities.
109Rage To legitimise their right to it, not that they had any real right to it. At the same time, when do settlers become invaders? These tribes didn’t exist everywhere in the Americas, they couldn’t realistically project control over the entire landmass, so is it really theirs? And they aren’t a single people or polity, which makes it more confusing - what belongs to who? These are interesting questions to me, but yeah, I don’t have the answers to them. I’m also not trying to justify the atrocities btw, I just find it a fascinating historical topic.
Once i heard "they lived in teepees" i knew he was in over his head.
My ancestors lived in 5 story apartment buildings & traded with every tribe.
That is like saying that all Europeans wore lederhosen, yodeled, and lived on cottages in the woods. They do not.
Extra History did a good video series on this but the names tribes gave themselves matters...
As an example:
Haudenosaunee means people of the long house and a longhouse is very much NOT a tipi... If you only know them as Iriqouis, however, you could be misled into thinking they were nomadic tipi dwellers...
This video calls them the Iriqouis so that's embarassing for a channel about names and their meanings...
What else could be expected from a British man talking about indigenous peoples? A smidge of research? Probably too much hassle right?
Yes, that only applies to nomadic tribes or bands.
A lot lived in caves. Very old cave paintings worldwide. Shelter was shelter. Sure more southern tribes had huts then there were longhouses and built them in the southwest and used ladders to get inside.
Not every tribe was nomadic. Many engaged in farming and had cities.
...And not every tribe used true teepees as housing. Teepees were common among the plains tribes that settlers encountered during the westward expansion, but tribes in different regions, such as the Eastern Seaboard or the Southwest, dwelt in accommodations of different types that suited each tribe's way of life.
Yes ! Indigenous people in the Southwest lived in towns ( later called Pueblos by the Spaniards) and built their dwellings using adobe. In addition to teepees we have, among others, ramadas and winter earthen shelters found in the Midwest with frigid winters.
As for cities and monuments:
Cahokia in Illinois was a great Native American city. It was built by the Mississippian culture. With a population of 15,000 at its peak in the 13th century it was more populous than medieval London at the time. ( see below for source)
Cahokia was as complex as Teotihuacan in Mexico, with teocalli ( stepped pyramids), avenues, courts, plazas and temples- the only difference is that Cahokia was built of Earth and not stone.. and subsequently easy to become overgrown and to be leveled by European colonizers.
Who knows how many Cahokias existed...
We also have the large earthwork called (sadly) Poverty Point in Louisiana - after a plantation (!!). Poverty point is a huge feat of engineering, and features causeways, astronomical alignment and an impressive scale.
Finally let’s not forget the Serpent Mound.. the Stonehenge of the United States- the largest serpent effigy in the world with alignments to solstices and equinoxes.
These are just three examples .. so much to learn ( and unlearn) .
Source : I am a history of Architecture prof source : www.architectmagazine.com/design/editorial/cahokia-and-american-exceptionalism_o
@Eugene Kendrick Tenochtitlan, modern day Mexico city, was larger than pretty much every city in Europe when the Spanish conquered it.
@Eugene Kendrick You can look at the Pueblo for cities that are still standing. The Mississippian culture also had settlements that could be called cities. Cahokia had a population of around 15,000 which may not sound like a lot by modern standards but is around the same population that London was at the time.
all humans are nomadic...some a little slower than others but everybody has to go sometime
The Aztecs had a massive market in tenochtitlan which was organized partially by the locations where the goods came from, including places as far south as southern Brazil and as far north as Alaska
The indigenous people of america absolutely had a grasp on the land they lived with.
S C Like you know anything.
@@RJStockton K fam
@@RJStockton As a native myself I can tell you we did. My tribe, Niitsitapi Amskapi Piikani (Blackfeet, southern Piikani) lived in the great plains, nowadays southern Alberta Canada and Montana U.S, tell me how, according to this guy, my tribe knew that the land was surrounded by water, because we too called mother Earth, Turtle Island.
@The Yangem There we're many more civilizations around those areas, The Maya were the longest lasting empire in the world, they collapsed after the arrival of Europeans not before, the Mayans, Aztecs, Zapotecs and Incans all had writing systems (the oldest of which was probably the Zapotecs) plus empire doesn't mean much, but you forgot many other major native civilizations, on of the oldest in the world was Norte Chico, and there's evidence that the Incans actually built on top of a empire before them. There's also in the north that are often overlooked civilizations the Iroquois confederatcy, the Blackfoot Confederatcy, the Sioux confederation, the Navajo confederation, all of these weren't just one big tribe, they were collections, just because our "empire" system was different doesn't mean we didn't have any. For example I'm Blackfoot, but that's my empire or confederation, my tribe were the Piikani.
There were plenty of sea faring native nations, the Inuit for example sailed to Greenland and colonized it before the Danish even knew it existed, many Pacific coast tribes were whale hunters and their culture was heavily built around it, and while there not exactly native Americans, the Polynesians were arguably the best sea farers in the world. Yes we looked different, and yes we had to build civilization as hunter gatherers, but just because it was different, does not mean it wasn't civilization. Not to mention afroeurasia is FUCKING MASSIVE so OF COURSE they had more civilizations than us, it's a little unfair to compair North and South America to Africa, Europe and Asia
@The Yangem Not to mention the Olmecs, I guess what I'm fully getting at is, we knew more in certain areas than the "old world" knew, and vice versa, our civilization look different, we knew more about the natural world while the other's knew more about the scientific world, we were different, that doesn't mean we were underdeveloped, our empire/civilization was different, and even if we did have domesticatable animal, that doesn't mean we'd have looked like Europe, or Africa or Asia, we'd probably be some of the first/biggest democracys considering a lot of the tribe's had democratic like gov. systems, where every member voted, yes we had "chiefs" but those were more like advisers as they were elders who had shown the most wisdom, they were kinda like general's in times of war but their word wasn't command.
Not mad at all about the term Native American, but we just go by tribe name, more or less. Navajo, Charokee, Blackfoot, etc. I dont get why people get offended, especially since most everyone that does is not Native American
@@moomoomoo33ass You are the reason why family dinners go wrong when people bring up the subject of politics!
*who does*
@@moomoomoo33ass Interesting. I talk about both. Must be because I'm an Irish-American from Massachusetts: we can find something political in a dishrag falling into a sink. And religious, too, come to think of it
It’s called “luxury beliefs” and tend to be attitudes held by the elite, who hold this patronizing views as a way to make them feel superior to the “bigoted” common man.
@Intellectual Ammunition Nation?
I love this channel, but I really wish you would’ve taken more time before posting this. The information you gave regarding tribal lifestyle was extremely generalized and seems to be pulled from pop-culture. Almost everything you said only applied to tribes in the plains. In the northeast you could find long houses or birchbark houses, desert/southwest had pueblos, etc. Also horses weren’t in north America before the Europeans.
Not southwest, plains.
K S that’s what I get for deleting a longer reply and not double checking. I’ve become what I was correcting haha. Thank you!
The issue you point out highlights the fact that colonial empericism is alive and well. That the native people's of this continent are still being marginalized. They say we're in a post colonial era. How I wish that were true. I'd like to see some of the stolen lands whose resources are being exploited for the sake of the created American legend returned to the people who were her caretakers before manifest destiny. I'd really like to see reparations and reconciliations. But above all- acknowledgement of American crimes against the indigenous people and so called policies that were adopted in greed overturned or amended. We can't pretend to police the human crisis that occurs attend the glove without being the change we want others to adopt.
IM Currently working on a paper would love some feedback
2:30 "Before Europeans arrived..." Then you show them on horseback, something they didn't have before Europeans.
well we did have horses, but they died off and we didnt have horses again until the europeans came. In fact my elders say when they first found a horse brought by the europeans they thought it was a big dog.
"Didn't know the land stretched on for thousands of miles" BS. How can they be nomadic and not know this? Plus, ik that's bs for the sheer fact that items from California have ended up in New York frequently. Items from Aztecs among the Hopi. These people traded not just items but stories too. All the Aztecs just had to do was go to the edge of their territory and look ahead. You mean to tell me they don't know it stretches on?
@Armo Moose We were single Western Hemispheric economic union. Same thing happened to India.
Along with the many comments pointing out the inaccuracies of tipis and nomadic life, I'd also like to point out that trade between cultures was very much a thing, especially along rivers. There are artefacts from the Gulf of Mexico found in South Dakota traded along the Missouri River
In South America the native inhabitants of Brazil, mostly called Brazil "Pindorama", or "land of the palm trees".
"They wouldn't have any concept of nations as we do now."
Wrong.
I think it's more accurate to say they didn't have a concept of official diplomatic relations and sovereignty like we to today with ambassadors from Faraway places and an underlying concept of international law ( not that medieval Europeans were much better the closest thing they had was a code of chivalry which was inconsistent and only as prominent as it was because of the far-reaching dominance of the Catholic Church)
@@mariodangelo9768 well it isnt more accurate, we did have and had diplomatic relations.lakotas in particular have a governing system called oceti sakowin. it was a group that discussed issue with in tribes and even talked to other tribes about land and social disputes. no it was not like european doplomacy, but to say that they didnt have a general understanding is ignorant. We had those things before the europeans came, and had those ideologies in motion. Lakotas arent the only ones, many tribes had their own war societies to discuss and find solutions in their own and with other tribes.And, just like europe went to war with each other. Why? because we had diplomatic issues with each other over territory, and wrongful doing. Hence the reason why we went to war with colonists, we tried a diplomatic approach. But, they lied and made us sign treaties we didnt understand. So we went to war.we did have an idea of official diplomacy, not european diplomacy but our own diplomacy.
@@clecticmaniac5207 but if you're saying it's not like European diplomacy that's kind of proving my point I'm not trying to disrespect native institutions but what I'm trying to say is the modern standards of international law evolved out of events like the Congress of Vienna and others native institutions didn't have a chance to advance to modernity because the natives had been unfortunately conquered by the Europeans like don't get there wrong there were forms of diplomacy obviously but in the absence of large ships as well as other domesticated animals the ability to move cargo around is severely limited so trade becomes much less important ( not to say natives didn't do the best with what they had the Inca especially had a massive infrastructure system)
@@mariodangelo9768 well yes but its not accurate to say we had no diplomacy, we had no european like diplomacy. Which I mean is kind of... You know on the nose.
@@clecticmaniac5207 but all ( or at least the vast majority of) of modern diplomacy is based on European like diplomacy after only a handful of countries around the world that weren't colonized by Europe like Japan and even they made significant concessions to Europe by trying to westernize
When I was growing up in Massachusetts, I had a friend who was Maliseet (tribe up in New Brunswick, Canada). When I learned about how Canadians say "First Nations" to refer to the indigenous people, I thought that was a much better name than "Native American". But I was also aware how, at least among the older generation, "American Indian" is truly preferred. So one day I asked her, "Brianna, which do you prefer: First Nations, Native American, American Indian, or what?"
With the wickedest gleam in her eye, she replied, " _Savage_ ."
"Native Americans hunted buffalo~, migrated~, and lived in TPs"
Ooph. That's mainly a thing for the great plains tribes. Permanent housing like longhouses were the thing east of the Mississippi, and there were various other housing types for the desert, tundra, and jungle peoples. Also, horses were introduced by Europeans.
Wrong. We hunted BISON, not buffalo
@@mseddie I literally condensed down 2:35 to 2:58 of the vid in my comment. So blame the video maker, not me.
It would have been more correct to say I should have mentioned Buffalo are an African and Asian thing and not an American thing.
I feel like saying "I'm Indian" to someone just leads to extra work; then you have to specify what Indian youre talking about. I simply say " im native". Most people get that
Native/Indigenous is also vague without context. If I didn't know someone online was from Australia, we could end up talking about very different things before realizing the error. Most broadly defined ethnicities are done by continent, but the water's a little muddy when the continent is also the nation. (Or one of them in the case of the US.)
@@BonaparteBardithion (I'm going to start out by identifying myself as white and from the US, btw.) I think a lot of times there's difficulty when people are of a specific ethnicity, but whose ancestors moved - or were forced - somewhere else generations ago. The main example that comes to mind for me is "black" vs. "African-American." I've heard many cases for one term or the other, but mostly that people descended from former slaves have as much right to be U.S. citizens as European migrants, and calling them "African-American" can be degrading and make it sound like they're not welcome, especially if they personally have no connection to Africa except that their ancestors were sold from there centuries ago. (That's the most compelling argument I've heard, and I tend to use "black" more often because of it, but there's also the fact that, y'know, most black people's skin is actually a shade of brown. That ends up being more confusing though because people usually use "brown" as a pejorative against Central-American/Caribbean or South Asian people.) I also kind of appreciate the idea of "Usonian" as a demonym for U.S. citizens instead of just "American", but at the same time I understand the resentment from other countries towards us monopolizing the phrase "United States" (even our southern neighbor is technically called "Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos," The United Mexican States).
What I do is either say I'm a "Plains indian" or "I'm a insert tribe indian." I prefer using indian since to me, it's easier to day, y'know? Like less syllable s when compared to the other PC terms. Also I grew up with it. My parents used it, grand parents, uncles, grand uncles and great grand parents.
Exactly, it is not so much that I´m offended, it´s just that ´indian´ is factually incorrect and causes confusion because of it.
Feather not dot :D lol that’s what I always say. Most people seem to get that.
"America is a big strong baby"
I've never heard a more apt description.
True.
Canada uses “First Nation” as opposed to “Native American “ And they treat theirs as crappy as we treat ours
Most of People who refused Quebec as an independent nation in Quebec were Natives. Imagine how the Quebec government would have treated them if it was in fact independent, exactly as France taught them.
Canada also uses the word indigenous
Whole lot of factual inaccuracies in this one -- but most troublingly is asking for an American perspective. Most (non-native) Americans don't have a great understanding of any of this. At all.
And the fact that he's British makes it even worse.
As many have said, there are a lot of generalizations. In the case of South America, you cannot say that native Americanos were nomadic when you have a big empire as the Tawantinsuyu, with big cities (many of them still thriving today, like Cusco or Quito) and a road system to interconnect them. By the way, Pachamama is also a Quechua compound word: Pacha (means earth) and mama (mother). The “mama” part is actually Spanish and is used by Quechua people today (after 500 years after the colonization), so the original word was only Pacha. You can see this also in the Inca ruler name Pachacuti, that means “the one that shakes the earth”. Anyways, Pacha as I said means earth, not the American continent, and I’m not sure if The quechuas have a word for the continent as such (Tawantinsuyu was the name for their empire).
Love the channel, but I do feel the need to lend my small bit of experience on the topic. The Native American life style that you described only really applied to the plains tribes. The variety of geography across the content necessitated the different life styles. For instance, the Seminole in Florida lived in houses that we built on stilts. The Powhatan lived in Wigwams. Many in the south west lived in Adobe brick homes. Look up the site at Mesa Verde for some interesting pictures.
I didn't know about the stilt houses that super cool!
The Seminole didn't exist before European colonization. They were a group formed from some Indian tribes, runaway slaves and renegade whites. Back to Reddit with you, professor.
Just a heads up, the first portion of this video is very wrong. Rule #1 when talking about Indians, watch the CPG Grey video as to why I’m using that term, is that there are no rules. The generalization of native Americans being constantly on the move is true for only a portion of the population of roughly 90 million people by some estimates, and largely associated with the southwestern desert, and resource poor estuary regions. Some of the better known, almost entirely settled nations:
Aztec (and associated tributaries)
Inca
Maya
Olmec
Iroquois (post unification)
Many Inuit tribes
Etc.
You’re thinking tribes along the lines of:
Cheyenne
Apache
Blackfoot
Assorted other Great Plains nations
Etc.
Apologies for not having a more extensive list, I grew up in New England, and our lessons focused on the regional tribes.
But yeah, I honestly expect much more from this channel than to make such a grossly inadequate generalization as was made in the first few minutes of this particular video. High standards only because I’m a big fan, keep up the good work and try to not get bogged down in these generalizations anymore! Videos can wait and filler weeks exist for a reason, to ensure quality content and information!
Edit to include additional tribes I recalled after posting
Yeah I'm sure name explain could learn from this comment. It's very interesting, so I'm sure he'd appreciate it. He is clearly not trying to generalise of course, but it would be ideal for him to read comments such if this in the future
I'm Choctaw Indian from Oklahoma. It's funny how people try to talk about Natives without knowing them.
Fr man like they never been threw what our people went threw and keep talking like they do and the natives that do just shut up and be humble and respect our history and our ancestors being warriors and honest lords who used to roam the land of our people.
Im pretty sure not all natives lived in “teepees”
I see that nobody else has pointed this out yet. When you said 475 recognized tribes the article said 574. Great video otherwise though!
Thanks for pointing this out. I swear I have number dyslexia, if that's even a thing. I'm always getting numbers jumbled up.
@@NameExplain Number dyslexia actually a thing. it's called discalculia.
@@NameExplain as Caspercaper17 has pointed out, Yes Dyslexia can affect your use of numbers, my sister has this issue. There is also directional dyslexia, and weather dyslexia (which may lead you to put on a coat in summer, for example) - both of which a friend of mine have.
@zak ryals Zak, a LOT of famous, and very highly intelligent people have or had dyslexia. You are in good company.
Wait directional dyslexia exists? Damn that sounds a bit like me.
BETTER question: What did/do Native Americans call THEMSELVES?
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Black lol 😆
Americans
@@Matutazo23-y7e Nah that came from Amerigo Vespucci. Native Americans went by their names I don't really get the question. Referring to other groups could be by their tribe or clan.
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I feel like I learned more from the comments than the video.
I love that youve taken up interest in native americans. You clearly have a lot more to learn but i look forward to more videos from your further research.
indeed America is Vast!
you're gonna want to redo this. horribly full of stereotypes, generalizations, and settler "noble savage" myths.
@Pgon why does the absence of a written language make their history worthless? Completely arbitrary standard. They did record it extensively in their oral traditions.
Many did have their own language and they even developed a sign language that was learned by many of the tribes so they could all communicate. In the Southeast and Southwest there were large permanent cities, some with pyramids reminiscent of those in the lands of the Incas, Mayans and Toltecs.
@@vixendoe2545 exactly! Plains Indian SL is fading because of the use of ASL, but it's still commonly understood by a lot of Elders and some younger folks are working to preserve it. And the mound-building/pyramid cultures stretched from the SE up as far as St Louis MO, site of Cahokia.
@@mranon_101 and in wampums and winter count paintings and totem poles and weavings and beaded motifs...
@Drifty Archer and the ones that fought were not savages. They were people defending their territory and their families from invaders.
Uh you generalize a bit too much here my man. Natives definitely weren’t mostly nomadic and teepees were pretty much just a Midwest thing.
(Tipi)
ThatOne First Nation ope sorry thanks
@@SomeRaando topo
Not even as much of a midwest thing as they were a great plains thing.
Lately, I've heard a lot of Native Americans prefer the term "indigenous." When I took Spanish classes in college, the preferred term appeared to be "indígenas," which is the Spanish word for the same thing.
Hunter Moyler In Canada, Indigenous means First Nations (Cree,Blackfoot,ect.), Inuit and Métis (First Nations and French).
I think mexicans and other people down south liked to be referred to as “indigenous”. I don’t think I ever heard of a native american in any tribe in the states being referred to as “indigenous” or identifying as “indigenous”. Most of the time “native american” is fine.
@@ahap8291 no, the majority prefer the term mestizo, it’s the same as the word Métis basically. While indigenous (meaning pure and still knowing their native tongue other than Spanish) make up a small percentage. It gets complicated for example in Ecuador some mestizos know kichwa (indigenous language) but what makes us mestizos is that we are westernized. I don’t wear traditional clothes, I have birthday celebration every year and I celebrate Christmas unlike the Ecuadorian indians. I’m a mestiza who knows my native tongue.
Actually if you were born here you're indigenous. Youre not from Europe, Africa, etc. but here.
@@fragolegirl2002
There are people in Guatemala and other Central America countries they prefer to be called indigenous because they are mostly indigenous.
I had one Native American say this to me "all the common ways of referring to us are wrong. If you're going to be wrong, saying 'Native American' is the least offensive or problematic way to be wrong". In general, "Native American" is the preferred terminology in the United States.
That being said, I've frequently advocated for the Canadian term "First Nations" as being both more accurate and more respectful.
Most Native Americans were not nomads. Most moved between two or three camps depending on season. Others were entirely sedentary, like the Hopi and many of the West coast tribes. What is much more crucial to say is that they adapted to their environment and their different lifestyles were part of that. They also traded heavily with each other, and there were extensive Silk Road-like trade routes stretching across most of the continent. Even the Rocky Mts didn't block trade, the Mandan crossed the Rockies twice every year (once in the Spring and once in the Autumn) carrying trade goods with them.
Most did not live in tipis. Where I grew up in New England the local Native Americans (Algonquin speakers called the Mohegans) traditionally lived in a round house called a wigwam. The tribe across the Hudson River built longhouses, and lived communally. They were long low buildings with semicircular roofs. Military engineers stole the idea, to make the modern Quansett hut. Where my uncles live in the Southwest, Native Americans built houses out of adobe: an idea that first the Spanish and then the Anglo-Saxon settlers stole. In the Pacific Northwest where my aunt lives, Native Americans built log cabins and big ceremonial halls. Totem Poles (exclusive to the Pacific Northwest actually) were actually a design element in these ceremonial halls. Saying "Native Americans live in tipis" would be like me saying "Europeans live in half-timbered houses". No, it's a popular style in Germany and there are many in England, Switzerland, Austria, France, Italy etc. But it would not be accurate to say that it is even the most common European style, much less that it is something all Europeans ever did. Same thing for tipis.
Native Americans absolutely did set up nations, in the same sense that Europeans at the same time period knew them. The Aztecs, Maya, and Inca were all nations in the same sense as France, Spain and England at the time of conquest (the 1500s CE). There was also what was clearly a nation with it's center at Cahokia, modern day St. Louis MO. At the confluence of the Missouri and Mississipi rivers, this city exercised considerable influence (if not direct control) over all of the land from the Rocky Mts to the Atlantic Ocean. There were other settlements probably of the same culture (called the Mound Builders by archaeologists: the Algonquin-speaking Ho-Chunk people claim this culture as ancestors, but there are good reasons to doubt said claim) in modern day Wisconsin, Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, Arkansas and Louisiana. This nation however fell apart in about 1300 CE, probably as a result of climate change and internal strife. However, much evidence suggests that both the plains tribes and the Iroquois were all refugees from this collapsed nation. The Iroquois were actually five tribes, united under an inter-tribal government and by language.
In modern times, many Native American tribes in the US have taken to using the name "Turtle Island": though this was not traditional for all of them. I've also heard several other names that are, at least in modern times, specifically used of North America. Having only spent a week in South America, I cannot say whether there are specific words for that continent used by modern Native peoples. While I encourage you to make more videos about Native Americans, please invite a Native American from the relevant area/tribe/language group to participate in the video in the future. That's really the best way to make sure you don't get anything wrong or leave anything important out. A good topic would be the names of US states, as quite a few of them derive from Native American words or names (Massachusetts, Connecticut, Illinois etc).
Sophie Jones THIS IS AN AMAZING COMMENT
@@DJWNB thank you. This video did make me cringe quite a bit :).
Like the idea of having knowledgeable guests from their native tribes to explain their history and lifestyle
Many nations/tribes had regional territory that they moved around seasonally, and they all had names for their lands, often transmitted through story. One of the many losses from colonization was the erasure of these names and places, along with the stories that were tied to them. Check out late Indigenous author Keith Basso's "Wisdom Sits in Places" (2000) for more on this. Fun fact: the Canadian province of Manitoba came from the Anishanaabeg term for "where Creator/God sat down" because of it's low topography and lakes.
as someone from MD and a NC family, one of the painful ironies is that a lot of the place names remain, even though the people have been pushed out.
I live in the Eastern U.S. and I don't know any native people in my area. it seems to me the only thing left of native culture where I live are the place names, actually. A good chunk of the towns, rivers, landmarks, counties, etc, have indigenous names. Tuscarawas, Miami, Mahoning, etc. We have stories too, like I was always told "Cuyhahoga" means crooked river. They killed the people, killed the language, but kept names, and it's sad.
Minnesota literally means something like the land where the water is clear or something like that. Feels like something an outsider would name it
2:35 it is inappropriate to post a picture of horsemen when you talk about pre-Colombian America, as Native Americans had no horses before the arrival of the Europeans! (not mentioning the big-ass rifle one of them carries) They did have dogs though. Relationships between man and dogs dates waayback
Horses died out in North America 11,000 to 13,000 years ago so were here long before the Europeans.
@@blocklord3349 They also ate them.
@@teflonravager The Native Americans first entered the Americas around the time horses were leaving the Americas. So it's unlikely they would've even used them, also a Native American in 1607 would've never have known or seen a horse that lived 12,000 years ago.
The Indo-Europeans were the first to domesticate horses on the Eurasian Steppe around 6,000 years ago. They used them in their conquest of Europe, India, and Iran. Then the Europeans, who were familiar with horses for 6,000 years, would spread them to the Americas.
@@skeleton2082 we did have horses we have stories of when they died off, we didnt use them the way they are used now. but we did know they existed, after they died off they were more of a myth until the spaniards let loose some horses and native tribes started to find out what they can be used for. Its kinda funny my grandma use to say that when we first saw them we thought they were just big dogs.
CGP Grey's video on this is a must-watch. He did the legwork, Indian is what a lot of indigenous tribes use as the collective or generic term for themselves.
Im a Mexican native American! The term isn't offensive but it would be nice for everyone to start recognizing native Americans aren't just in the USA in fact there are more native Americans outside the US!
"Land of The Stolen," was quite popular once.
I always found it interesting that even in America the natives had male hunters and female gathers looks like it goes deeper than just culture
Why does the world call one country,” America?” America is a Continent!
Exactly, AMERICA is the continent. NOT north america...U.S.A. lol. its baffling to think that its gotten stuck on this. Hilarious when I say im central American and those who think America is the country assume im from like Texas or mid west lol.
Actually the world does not call people from the United States Americans
People in the United States do, and so people from other countries do as well
But there are countries that call people from the United States,United Staters
Remember it’s the United States OF America
Mother Earth = Atabey in the Taino Arawak language.
She had a name, but every tribe named her in their language.
Correction: Kiskeya = mother earth. I'm Haitian . I know. Taino language is in Haitian creole. The Taino called Haiti (Ayiti, Kiskeya, Bohio) And the Dominicans call it Quisqueya. Atabey is more like fertile mother😉 that is why her legs are open✔️
@@SabinaCesar2024 sorry Sabi "Kiskéya" is the name of the island La Hispañola/ La Española that contain the nations of Haiti (Ayíti in Taino/Arawak) and the Dominican Republic. "Boriké" was the name of the island of Puerto Rico, which is where "Boricua/ Borinqueño/ Borincano" and "Borikén/ Borinquen" comes from. The Taino language had no "n" or "qu". A note: the accent marks (acentos) I'm using are to mark where the syllable strength is at, we didn't have accent marks or "ñ" either.
You view us from a European centric mindset. Very often Latin Americans get insulted when you refer to the United States as America. They too are Americans just like the British and polish are Europeans. Native people in the Americas had advanced civilizations, built pyramids and mapped the night sky, invented the concept of zero in math and aligned their temples with the solar equinox.
Don't forget brain surgery at least 1500 years before it was being done in London. And structures that have yet to be duplicated with todays technology.
Look it up.
"What Do Natives call the CONTINENT of America" ..... NOT north America that you kept focusing/showing. America is the continent ,just like you showed in sections then totally forgot. NORTH of America, CENTRAL AMERICA (which you forgot too ,jumping over again), to south america. OMG
Ok . Canada ..hi remember us? Anyways the story goes Jaques Cartier met two youths probably Huron - Iroquois who invited him and his team to Kanata. Their word for village. Presumbally Stadacona where modern day Quebec City stands. The preffered name as I understand it is First Nations for the aboriginal peoples of this part of the world. The name was thought to mean the whole land. Kanata became Canada.
why is "Americas" called two continents?? In Brazil we usually (not necessarily always) learn it as one continent, America, which may be divided in South and North America, but the continent itself would be one
Nathália Isabella because it depends on where you live. Those usually in most English-speaking countries including the United Kingdom and Australia and also in China, India, Pakistan, the Philippines, and parts of Western Europe. These parts of the world are taught seven continents with North and South America being two continents
It's best if you can identify each individual by their Tribe or Nation of Tribes. For instance, I'm Rumsen tribe of the Ohlone nation. But first names work too.
Eyyyyy, I currently live on Ohlone Muwekma/Tamyen land and grew up on Ramaytush land! Much respect. 🤎
Don’t worry we Hispanics have exactly the same situation
First of all I would like to say that I'm very happy to see you address this topic. It's very rare to see someone try to bring up Indigenous perspectives, so kudos to you for that.
That being said there are a few things I would like to point out. Regarding the name "Native American" that's the official designation from the US government. In Canada the term "First Nation" is more common and in Mexico I believe they say "Indigenous American". Generally speaking though "Indigenous people" is a good catch all term for talking about all Indigenous people of the Americas. As has been mentioned by other people, the vast majority of Indigenous people weren't nomadic and instead formed farming communities. Some created complex societies comparable to those in Eurasia and Africa such as the Aztecs, Incas, Mississippians and Puebloans. The Indigenous people we often imagine as being nomads like the Sioux, Comanche, etc, actually started off as sedentary and then switched to being nomads once they got their hands on horses. Finally, Indigenous people were actually much more connected than what we give them credit. There were trade routes going from the American Midwest all the way down to Mexico and further on to Peru. For example, the Purhepecha people in Western Mexico adopted copper metallurgy by trading with Andean people. Also many of the Indigenous tribes of the Great Plains shared a sign language that was used as a lingua franca between nations. Sadly, European colonisation disrupted a lot of these connections and isolated many Indigenous nations from each other.
One day my father was listening to one of the biggest radio stations in New York and the D.J. said that England was celebrating its 200th birthday. He called the station and said, “Are you mad?! My brother-in-law’s house is 500 years old!”
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Now I get where the writers of Avatar could have gotten the idea of lion turtles
Nomadic people actually need a good grasp and naming for different land as they depend on knowing when to go where: security, harvest, migrating patterns, shelter.
To suggest nomadic people don't name land because they are not attached seems outlandish to me.
this video is so ignorant
Im Native in the USA!!! I signed up a year ago and sent Walla Walla in to you more than once. I live in Walla Walla Washington. Bugs Bunny used it in the cartoons. But ya never even responded so I stopped giving ya money i had set up. ohwell good luck on your hunt.
Oh cool, I used to work with a girl from Walla Walla.
I'm pretty sure horses didn't exist in the New World before the "age of discoveries"...
They originated in North America millions of years ago but went extinct until the Spanish re-introduced them back.
Where my Native American people at
This makes me wonder where Europe, Africa, and Asia got their names.
Guyana is an Arawak word for “Land of many waters”
When you do you research be sure to include those from Olmec culture.
not to mention even the other cultures that were so left out , heck he didnt even say a peep of the incas or other natives lol.
not much left of the olmec to research
Thank you for bringing up my people. Proud to have Olmec blood flowing through my veins.
In Canada, the indigenous peoples are called the First Nations, which seems respectful to me.
you may call them that but nobody knows who were the first
Please notice: America ≠ USA
As a European I can't understand why the citizens of the USA call the USA America. I also don't call Europe Germany, and Asia China...
Hier könnte ihre Werbung stehen. Best comment, it’s not our fault they didn’t come up with an actual name to the USA! Greetings from a Mexican American 👍
In Spanish we call them "United Statians" which I propose we all use from now on in English.
@@Jalbertojg United States of America... I believe that's an actual name for an actual country.
So from your excellent comments below, I am a New Englander, I see the many places you need to correct. I really like that you tried to do this, our history needs to be shared and you did a lovely job with your illustrations, but you might consider just re-recording your narative to make it even better and more acurate.
A tipi (/ˈtiːpiː/ TEE-pee), also tepee or teepee and often called a lodge in older English writings, is a tent, traditionally made of animal skins upon wooden poles. Modern tipis usually have a canvas covering. A tipi is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure.
An Oglala Lakota tipi, 1891
Historically, the tipi has been used by Indigenous peoples of the Plains in the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies of North America, notably the seven sub-tribes of the Sioux, among the Iowa people, the Otoe and Pawnee, and among the Blackfeet, Crow, Assiniboines, and Plains Cree. They are also traditional on the other side of the Rocky Mountains by tribes such as the Yakama and the Cayuse. They are still in use in many of these communities, though now primarily for ceremonial purposes rather than daily living. While Native American tribes and First Nation band governments from other regions have used other types of dwellings (pueblos, wigwams, and longhouses), tipis are often stereotypically and incorrectly associated with all Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal Canadians.
The tipi is durable, provides warmth and comfort in winter, is cool in the heat of summer, and is dry during heavy rains. Tipis can be disassembled and packed away quickly when people need to relocate and can be reconstructed quickly upon settling in a new area. Historically, this portability was important to Plains Indians with their at-times nomadic lifestyle.
A similar structure, the lavvu, is used by the Indigenous Sámi people of northern Europe.
Types and utility
Structure
Crow lodge interior, 1907, showing the poles and outer skin at the top, the inner lining and bedding. The lashing rope is tied off to a wooden stake at the bottom of the photograph. Clothing is suspended on a line tied between two of the tipi poles.
A typical family tipi is a conical, portable structure with two adjustable smoke flaps, multiple poles (historically from 12 to 25 ft or 3.7 to 7.6 m long) called lodge poles. Lewis H. Morgan noted that, The frame consists of thirteen poles from fifteen to eighteen feet in length, which, after being tied together at the small ends, are raised upright with a twist so as to cross the poles above the fastening. They are then drawn apart at the large ends and adjusted upon the ground in the rim of a circle usually ten feet in diameter. A number of untanned and tanned buffalo skins, stitched together in a form adjustable to the frame, are drawn around it and lashed together, as shown in the figure. The lower edges are secured to the ground with tent-pins. At the top there is an extra skin adjusted as a collar, so as to be open on the windward side to facilitate the exit of the smoke. A low opening is left for a doorway, which is covered with an extra skin used as a drop. The fire-pit and arrangements for beds are the same as in the Ojibwa lodge, grass being used in the place of spruce or hemlock twigs.
Lodgepole pine is the preferred wood in the Northern and Central Plains and red cedar in the Southern Plains. Tipis have a detachable cover over the structure. The cover has historically been made of buffalo hide, an optional skin or cloth lining, and a canvas or bison calf skin door. Modern lodges are more often made of canvas.
Ropes (historically raw hide) and wooden pegs are required to bind the poles, close the cover, attach the lining and door, and anchor the resulting structure to the ground. Tipis are distinguished from other tents by two crucial elements: the opening at the top and the smoke flaps, which allow the dwellers to heat themselves and cook with an open fire; and the lining that is primarily used in the winter, which insulates. Tipis were designed to be easily set up or taken down to allow camps to be moved to follow game migrations, especially the bison. When dismantled the tipi poles were used to construct a dog- or later horse-pulled travois on which additional poles and tipi cover were placed.
Tipi covers are made by sewing together strips of canvas or tanned hide and cutting out a semicircular shape from the resulting surface. Trimming this shape yields a door and the smoke flaps that allow the dwellers to control the chimney effect to expel smoke from their fires. Old style traditional linings were hides, blankets, and rectangular pieces of cloth hanging about 4 to 5 feet (1.2 to 1.5 m) above the ground tied to the poles or a rope.
Decoration
Examples of painted tipi covers, from Paul Goble’s book, Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters, 2007.
Historically, most tipis in a village would not be painted. Painted tipis often depicted note-worthy historical battles and often featured geometric portrayals of celestial bodies and animal designs. Sometimes tipis have been painted to depict personal experiences such as war hunting, a dream or vision. When depicting visions, "ceremonies and prayers were first offered, and then the dreamer recounted his dream to the priests and wise men of the community. Those known to be skilled painters were consulted, and the new design was made to fit anonymously within the traditional framework of the tribe's painted tipis."
I believe we in the US are moving towards using "indigenous peoples" to signify a population that was the first to inhabit a land. It can fit for any original population of any land without stigmatization.
Watch CGP Grey’s video it’s pretty good
They weren't the original people of the Americas though
'Turtle Island' now I know how the inspiration is gotten in 'Avatar the last air Bender'
"Discovered America". That's a laughable statement
Native Americans did not have horses until the Colombian exchange. While some tribes, notably of the Great Plains came to rely on the horse, to their people it was a relatively recent change in lifestyle within the last ~250 years.
I'm Apache, Huichol, and Aztec northern tribes call America Turtle Island, and southern tribes call America Anahuac, research into the Eagle Condor Prophecy, and if you want to view maps of tribes before the European invasion here is a screenshot link to one of many maps prntscr.com/zap1fk ..which showcases many tribes throughout Anahuac
That’s a lot of cultural appropriation you have going on there. Nice! Still doesn’t make your lies anymore true.
@@macarde10 lies? the history is there, just do the actual in depth research to discover and learn from it
Why is vanilla called vanilla?
Because of vanilla :v
Just noticed the opening card says “subcribe” not subscribe. Might wanna fix it? Great video as always 👍
I would love more native american videos♡
The American Constitution was partially copied from the Iroquois Constitution.
In the Caribbean, the island of Puerto Rico is sometimes referred by its native name "Borinquen" which means “the great land of the valiant and noble lord”. Cuba, they think the native name of the island of Cuba means "where fertile land is abundant" or "great place". Jamaica which is a native name means "Land of Wood and Water" or the "Land of Springs". Haiti the native word Haiti means "land of high mountains". Dominicans tend to also refer to the Dominican Republic by its native name "Quisqueya". It means "mother of all lands".
Uh, most were semi-sedentary/rotational, meaning they had territory wherein they moved depending on game, soil replenishment etc. Others were sedentary in the Eurasian sense.
Exactly. There were cities all over, some like Teotihuacán bigger than any city in Eurasia! There were also vast complex trading routes and roads that connected the entire continent. It’s crazy what the current idea of pre-colonial indigenous Americans is and how much more advanced they were than Western society likes to give them credit for.
Clans, bands, tribes and nation's that existed when Europeans first settled on this continent were by no means homogeneous. Just who could occupy any piece of land had had always been settled by "the survival of the fittest."
“Native Americans live in tipis”.
Ah yes, just like Europeans live in igloos.
Don't forget that horses were only re-introduced to the Americas by the Europeans, so your pictures with Native Americans on horses are anachronistic if you're referring to pre-Columbian times.
More importantly, there were great civilisations with extensive trade networks and political organisation in both Americas. In North America, Cahokia and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy come to mind, among many others. By no means were all tribes nomadic.
As far as preferred names for people, it is preferred to use tribe names I think. To say that person is Swinomish or Swinomish Native (to use an example near me) would be preferred to simply "Native American".
When your life is about moving from place to place regularly, then I guarantee you that those people will have a name for places
They knew of other tribes. They had the Gathering of Nations for trading, learn new info and marriages. They had dancing snd food to celebrate. They were not all nomads nor just live in tee pees. You need to learn more or at least talk to a someone from your subject matter. How hard is it to learn from a Native American before publishing a post.
In Canada, Native Canadians are called "First Nations".
In Latin America they are called "original peoples"
They had some of the largest trade routes in the world. West coast abalone shells on the East coast. Northern Pacific tribes traded as far as central America. Some people knew the vastness of the country. They were not stupid people. Might take years though.
There are over 200 Indian Nations/Tribes in America who all have their own language. Which Nation are you asking??
I am Siksika and there are MANY errors in your essay but, the main one is that we had "many God's" WRONG we follow the Great Spirit (God for Christians) who guides our individual God spirit --- as God is within ALL -- we gained understanding of creation from the Medicine Wheel --
I never thought about people from other countries interested in us
I am half Lakota/Sioux
At least in my part of Ontario, Canada
The most correct term would be "First Nations"
Yes, that's what we try to use in Canada. Try...
In Canada we have First Nations, Indigenous, Metis and Inuit :)
@@ElHutch27 "At least in my part of Ontario"
edit: Also "'Indigenous people(s)" is an umbrella term encompassing all of the above
There’s an island called Koh Tao (Turtle Island) off the coast of Thailand.
That is the proof that native Americans colonized Asia, and settled in India, thus the name Ondians.
Native Americans people look so cool.
I worked for a Band of Objiwe, and as an expert at being a white girl in Indian country (a legal term of art) let me clear up a few things.
1. the life style you ascribe to Native Americans, really best fit the plains tribes particularly the Lakota/Dakota peoples (for whom the states of North and South Dakota are named). These tribes ranged the plains from the Rocky Mountains to the Mississippi River/ Minesota lake country where the Objiwe lived.
2. The Federal Government and themselves (largely) use the term "Indians." It is used in important terms of art like "Indian Country" and "Indian Child."
3. I always try to specify what tribe the person(s) I'm speaking about refer to. In the US, in order to be legally classified as an Indian, one must be a member of a federally recognized tribe. Saying that your great grandfather was, doesn't cut it. Therefore I say "I worked for the Objiwe. The tribe's prosecutor, ironically, is a Lakota." If I were to refer to a group of legal Indians as a collective, I would say "Tribal members" because it ain't wrong.
4. Ojibwe lived in birch bark lodges known as "wigwams." They did not hunt the Buffalo.
They call it Turtle island now and way back for thousands of years...If you ever look at a picture of north america from space or in a picture it looks like a turtle how would of they have known..!!!
Legends have it the earth after the flood was rebuilt by muskrat and turtle,muskrat went to waters bottom and began bring soil from the bottom which he put on turtles back He did this so the land would not go awayTherefore Turtle Island.
I asked the Navajo laying next to me and she tells me she calls it "America"
Amazon Alexa snt a Navajo...
My grandpa's house and barn is just 50 years younger than USA. Lol
A wigwam, wickiup, wetu, or wiigiwaam in the Ojibwe language, is a semi-permanent domed dwelling formerly used by certain Native American tribes and First Nations people. They are still used for ceremonial events. The term wickiup is generally used to label these kinds of dwellings in the Southwestern United States and Western United States, while wigwam is usually applied to these structures in the Northeastern United States as well as eastern Canada (Ontario and Quebec). Wetu is the Wampanoag term for a wigwam dwelling. These terms can refer to many distinct types of Native American structures regardless of location or cultural group. The wigwam is not to be confused with the Native Plains teepee, which has a very different construction, structure, and use.
The domed, round shelter was used by numerous northeastern Native American tribes. The curved surfaces make it an ideal shelter for all kinds of conditions. Aboriginal Canadians in eastern Ontario and Quebec would reside in either wigwams or longhouses.
These structures are formed with a frame of arched poles, most often wooden, which are covered with some sort of bark roofing material. Details of construction vary with the culture and local availability of materials. Some of the roofing materials used include grass, brush, bark, rushes, mats, reeds, hides or cloth.
Wigwams were most often seasonal structures although the term is applied to rounded and conical structures built by Native Americans/First Nations people that were more permanent. Wigwams usually take longer to put up than tipis. Their frames are usually not portable like a tipi.
A typical wigwam in the Northeast had a curved surface which can hold up against the worst weather. Young green tree saplings of just about any type of wood, ten to fifteen feet long, were cut down and bent. While the saplings were being bent, a circle was drawn on the ground. The diameter of the circle varied from ten to sixteen feet. The bent saplings were then placed over the drawn circle, using the tallest saplings in the middle and the shorter ones on the outside. The saplings formed arches all in one direction on the circle. The next set of saplings were used to wrap around the wigwam to give the shelter support. When the two sets of saplings were finally tied together, the sides and roof were placed on it. The sides of the wigwam were usually bark stripped from trees. The male of the family was responsible for the framing of the wigwam.
Mary Rowlandson uses the term Wigwam in reference to the dwelling places of the Native Americans that she stayed with while in their captivity during King Philip's War in 1675. The term wigwam has remained in common English usage as a synonym for any "Indian house"; however this usage is incorrect as there are known differences between the wigwam and the tipi within the Native American community.
During the American revolution the term wigwam was used by British soldiers to describe a wide variety of makeshift structures.
Wickiups of the west
Wickiups were used by different indigenous peoples of the Great Basin, Southwest, and Pacific Coast. They were single room, dome-shaped dwellings, with a great deal of variation in size, shape, and materials.
The Acjachemen, an indigenous people of California, built cone-shaped huts made of willow branches covered with brush or mats made of tule leaves. Known as Kiichas, the temporary shelters were utilized for sleeping or as refuge in cases of inclement weather. When a dwelling reached the end of its practical life it was simply burned, and a replacement erected in its place in about a day's time.
Below is a description of Chiricahua wickiups recorded by anthropologist Morris Opler:
The home in which the family lives is made by the men and is ordinarily a circular, dome-shaped brush dwelling, with the floor at ground level. It is eight feet high at the center and approximately seven feet in diameter. To build it, long fresh poles of oak or willow are driven into the ground or placed in holes made with a digging stick. These poles, which form the framework, are arranged at one-foot intervals and are bound together at the top with yucca-leaf strands. Over them a thatching of bundles of big bluestem grass or bear grass is tied, shingle style, with yucca strings. A smoke hole opens above a central fireplace. A hide, suspended at the entrance, is fixed on a cross-beam so that it may be swung forward or backward. The doorway may face in any direction. For waterproofing, pieces of hide are thrown over the outer hatching, and in rainy weather, if a fire is not needed, even the smoke hole is covered. In warm, dry weather much of the outer roofing is stripped off. It takes approximately three days to erect a sturdy dwelling of this type. These houses are "warm and comfortable even though there is a big snow." The interior is lined with brush and grass beds over which robes are spread....
The woman not only makes the furnishings of the home but is responsible for the construction, maintenance, and repair of the dwelling itself and for the arrangement of everything in it. She provides the grass and brush beds and replaces them when they become too old and dry.... However, formerly "they had no permanent homes, so they didn't bother with cleaning." The dome-shaped dwelling or wickiup, the usual home type for all the Chiricahua bands, has already been described.... Said a Central Chiricahua informant:
Both the teepee and the oval-shaped house were used when I was a boy. The oval hut was covered with hide and was the best house. The more well-to-do had this kind. The teepee type was just made of brush. It had a place for a fire in the center. It was just thrown together. Both types were common even before my time ...
A house form that departed from the more common dome-shaped variety is recorded for the Southern Chiricahua as well:
When we settled down, we used the wickiup; when we were moving around a great deal, we used this other kind...
Fun thing about names... the names European settlers gave tribes are usually extremely in accurate. I'm mix my mom is "Crane Clan" Ojibwe and my dad is German. The federal government of the United States of America calls our tribe "Chippewa" but really we are Anishinaabe. There are 7 primary clans of the Anishinaabe people; loon, crane, fish, bird, bear, marten, and deer. Members belonging to the same clan considered themselves close relatives & could not marry within their own clan. Traditionally, the Loon & Crane clans worked together as eloquent leaders & orators. The Government sees us as separate tribes. I know alot of Dakota or Oceti Sakowin "Sioux" people that hate that name. European renamed and divided every tribe I know of. Since you seem intrested in the original names of things I thought you'd find that interesting.
This video has so, so many inaccuracies. It just seems very half assed. Very disappointed.
The Native Americans themselves are immigrants... they came from ASIA, meaning Asians have been to America way long before White Europeans and Black Africans.
Other places too. Lots of traces from ancient cultures have been found in the Americas like also Africa. I think it was the Mayans who had the same religion as some tribe in Africa and also I literally just learned today about Egyptian artifacts being found in the four corners. If you look at like 100+ year old photos of some native South American and Mexican tribes, they were black, afro hair and everything. But a lot of history is covered up because it doesn't fit the narrative.
The Asian ones are the ones from Siberia who share basically the same culture as modern-day Siberian tribes like teepees, colorful jewelery made fron small beads forming patterns, similar music, religions, and legends. The Inuits were the last group to migrate from Siberia and they have tribes presently in Siberia as well who are basically the same people.
No, they were not immigrants. They were born in The Old World, as were their parents and grandparents, and many generations before them. People were living in The Old World for thousands of years before the pyramids were even built. If you consider Native Americans immigrants, then literally every human on Earth is an immigrant.
With such timespans, it often doesn't make sense to speak of them as immigrants.
With the same logic one could argue that no humans that left Africa ever were natives of anything.
Technically they were the first humans to settle so,,,
Iroquois is pronounced EAR-ih-kwah
9:34 Correct!! I'm from Panama, and the name of America in Guna language is Abya Yala :D The gunas are the most known aboriginal group in Panama. The reservation where they live is called Guna Yala.
Kichwa people and quechua people from Ecuador Peru and Bolivia use the word abya yala too.
You left out the Indigenous Peoples of present-day Canada and the Caribbean. Such as the Inuit, Cree, Taino, Kalinago, etc