Thank you for your detailed stories, I’m a Kiowa tribal member and it’s awesome to hear versions of stories I heard growing up with my grandparents. My Kiowa grandparents have passed on and it’s nice to hear these stories told from other prospectives. I have nothing to gain but knowledge from listening. Bay paih gyah kote aum doh day “Be of a strong mind”
An odd thing about the Lakȟóta (and their Dakȟóta cousins) and the Apsáalooke (Crow) was that they both spoke Siouan languages. The Crow spoke a "Missouri River Siouan" tongue, while the Lakȟóta and Dakȟóta (and Nakȟóda) peoples all spoke a "Mississippi Valley Siouan" tongue (Missouri River and Mississippi Valley tongues were not mutually intelligible). The Apsáalooke were friendly with fellow Missouri River Siouan neighbor, the Hiraacá (Hidatsa) and "Mandan Siouan" speakers, the Nų́ʔetaa ('Nueta' = Mandan); while the Lakȟóta and Dakȟóta were enemies of all three--as well as with fellow Mississippi Valley Siouan speakers, the Hohe Nakȟóda (Assiniboine). In the end, the Apsáalooke [Crow] opted to assist the US Army in its fight against the Lakȟóta / Dakȟóta, for all the good that did them (the benefit to the Apsáalooke for that support was marginal in the long run, though it did earn them some of the area they had wished for their reservation--which includes the Battle of the Greasy Grass [the Lakota name for the Little Big Horn] battlefield site. Apsáalooke scouts (and some Sahnish [Arikara] scouts, who were Caddoan language speakers) provided support to Custer--and advised not attacking the extremely large camp of Lakȟóta, Tsitsistas (Cheyenne), and Hinono'eino [Arapaho]. The latter two were both Algonquian subgroup "Algic" language speakers (completely unrelated to Siouan), but were allies of the Lakȟóta. Custer, of course, disregarded said advice. Many Apsáalooke warriors often wore the front of their hair in an upswept pompadour--a hairstyle immediately recognizable to any other people as being Crow. I met the great grandson of Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse) two years ago; Crazy Horse was in the assault against the cut -off force with Custer. He was later killed on the reservation, as was Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull), who was killed two weeks before the Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee) massacre in December 1890.
You spoke with the GRANDSON of Tȟašúŋke Witkó/Crazy Horse? NOT POSSIBLE, Tȟašúŋke Witkó had no children that lived into adulthood, he had a daughter, Kȟokípȟapiwiŋ (They Are Afraid of Her), who died at age three, with his wife Tȟašinásápawiŋ (Black Shawl). Tȟašúŋke Witkó was the cousin of my g+ grandfather, Iron Eyes, brother of Chief Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká/Spotted Elk aka Si Tȟáŋka/Big Foot, and Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya/Touch The Clouds all Miniconjou or Cheyenne River Lakota, my g+ grandfather & grandmother, Iron Eyes and Plenty Horses Woman and Chief Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká were massacred at Wounded Knee, 1890. Many, many other noteworthy people in my family tree that traces back to these people at that time of western expansion/contact. I have traced my genealogy to them.
Yours is a breath of fresh air amidst the current propensity to apply current Euro-American values to the actions of past cultures and individuals. What constitutes “good guys” and “bad guys” is embedded in the times in which they live. The qualities which we, ourselves, prize highly today may come to be despised by our own grandchildren.
Just love this stuff. No good guys no bad guys it was the way of life for the native Americans, it took skill and courage just to live it could be tough
Ernie Lapointe is a great grandson of Sitting Bull. Ernie, born in 1948, is 74 years old, as the year 2022 draws to a close. Ernie Lapointe's DNA matches a sample taken from Sitting Bull's scalp, which confirms it. He's an orator & author.
@rustyguenard5277 Gve an example, please, so that I can see some evidence. That's what I was asking for, how much clearer do I have to be. Seems like younger folks think that we can read their minds. I'm not denying what you said, I just wanted more than a baseless accusation.
@rustyguenard5277 Are you saying that Sitting Bull's Scalp isn't from Sitting Bull? That wouldn't surprise me too much, it's happened elsewhere: King Louis XVI Blood Soaked Handkerchief wasn't from the king, for example, and the DNA results were fake.
The pacing and detailed descriptions were really great in this one man. I listen with my ear buds at work and enjoy getting lost in the stories while doing my thing and they make the day go by a little easier. It's easy when hearing of men long ago who'd never imagine how life is in the present, to imagine myself back in times like those and how silly and trivial our realities are compared to living everyday as if it were your last.
Some men are born warriors ; living accordingly ? Others are born? Nothing trains a man to hv heart , meddle, great courage ! Sitting Bull was a reckoning !
THE CROW & SIOUX THING IS STILL GOING ON TO DAY .. I FOUGHT FOREST FIRES AND WE HAD TO KEEP THEM AND THE BLACKFOOT AWAY FROM EACH OTHER ! I WAS SURPRISED IT WAS STILL GOING ON !!
Thank you, that was amazing. I'm intrigued with Indian history and traditions. I am also from a warrior people. I'm a Maori from Aotearoa New Zealand, my tribe are the Te Arawa. We share so many similarities in customs and especially warfare. I'm now going to watch more of your content, Kia ora and thank you again.
Much like the pharoah's of ancient Egypt, who believed if one's name a and life was remembered they would never truly be dead. Their immortal soul would continue to have life. Hence the pyramids and other monuments with their names carved in stone.
There is a very good Sitting Bull Biography written by Stanley Vestal first published in 1932 and published by the University of OK Press. Stanley Vestal was among those early authors that were going around getting 1st hand oral histories at the time (another was George Bird Grinnell), interviewing living family, friends and brothers in arms of prominent native figures tht were still alive. Vestal also did a biography of then still living White Bull (nephew of Sitting Bull) that is often is cited by modern books. For the time these authors were fairly factual and sympathetic to the native cause, which is why they were long published by U of OK Press. These old books are full of 1st hand accounts of every day life and of famous battles and certainly Sitting Bull, Champion of the Sioux by Vestal deserves a read by admirers of Sitting Bull. It probably served as a source for the books you cited today.
I have read this book, it's really very interesting! And as I have learned that Sitting Bull was killed by his own people, I was very sad, and I was thinking a lot about it, how this could happen, and I came to the conclusion, that they were influenced from the Americans during the time Sitting Bull and his family and some close members of his tribe were separated from the rest of the tribe! As he came back, he had already lost a lot of his influence! But nevertheless I will never understand how this could happen! If somebody would have told this to the Sioux some years before, they wouldn't had believed it! But as Ernie Lapointe, he is the great grandson of Sitting Bull, said in his book, not everything is true in this book, because his nephew was interviewed, and in his opinion this nephew was a traitor! It's too much to explain it all in a short comment! But what I want to say aswell is, that I have read an article about Pine Ridge Reservation in the German "Stern" Magazin, and this was so terrible, that I really tried to contact Olowan Martinez to tell her about my thoughts and ideas in concern of better life conditions in the reservation like to plant a forest for example, because the clima would change for sure, and the ground would be more fertile! But unfortunately I got no contact to her, and I have had only the possibility to write my ideas in the comments of "Lakota Daughters" at youtube, and I got a short contact to Zachary Mardis, whose aunt is in the council!🌄
No, there was no evil here. Only brave men willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of their own. Honor them by keeping their memory and culture from from being forgotten.
What a ‘Awesome narrative’……Native American’s way of life, that you have presented in this video today. I love history and listening to you present this interesting piece of American history is amazing. I will be binge watching now and thank you for all the work & effort (I’m sure) that goes into it. 🇦🇺♥️
Good information! Was not aware that so many native tribes were under the banner of The Lakota! They were a very large confederation. And those interviews with native Americans early in the 20th century are invaluable for their historical first person accounts. Well done!
It would do all of us a lot of good to realize that people are and will be people. We all have to eat, keep ourselves, our families, and our stuff safe, and protect our lives and lifestyles. The best part of these videos is the not so subtly pointing out of the fact that Native American tribes were just like the rest of us. Today we mostly destroy each other via the media, social media, and the courts. Doing it the old fashioned way, as described in this video seems far more direct and has immediate finality. But, I digress.
I grew up right outside of rapid city and I totally felt like I was back there watching this epic duel go down! (Scenery wise I can picture if perfectly!)
It's amazing how fit and slender people were in past centuries, modern humanity has totally degenerated. Excellent documentary on a fascinating peoples.
The ancients were active people. It is a lot of work chasing down game animals, butchering, transporting, processing the meat, and the hides. Women were always working to gather the various veggies, fruits, herbs, cooking, gathering firewood,making lodge covers and taking care of babies. There was no time to sit on their asses, no television to warp their minds.
Have a look at random film footage from an American city in the 1960s and you will see almost no Orbidly Mobese people there either compared to today. :)
Can you please do a video about the battle between the Cherokee and the Creek Indians at Blood Mtn and Slaughter Gap in North Georgia right along the Appalachian trail? I've hiked there with my father since I was a boy and now I hike there with my boys. Thanks.
Sitting Bull...or REALLY Bull Who is Sitting...or Bull GOING to Sit. , as quoted in podcast...by Ernie La Point....Great - great grandson of Chief Sitting Bull. I watchd it on you tube. Wow
Sitting Bull was one of the greatest men that ever lived he was very kind which is often overlooked by historians as an example when my tribe the Nez Perce people were fleeing the US Army and several of our tribal members escaped into Canada Sitting Bull welcomed them and cried when witnessing their condition with hardly any clothes left on their backs the Nez Perce survivors had had their clothing shot to pieces by the US Army's bullets it's luckily they survived and Sitting Bull took care of my relatives for 2 years before they decided to return to to Idaho to settle on the lapway reservation years later in the years of the Buffalo Bill shows Sitting Bull had gone to New York as one of the celebrities of Buffalo Bill upon seeing the Starving Children that the white people had neglected their own people starving in the streets he sold buttons off his own clothing for money to give to these poor white children so that they could feed themselves this shows you what an exemplary human being Sitting Bull was he was known for his kindness and generosity he also to tie into your story here submitted a friendship between The Crow and the Lakota people before he was tragically murdered at the bequest of the US government assassinated by the Tribal Police on the Standing Rock reservation
There are no good guys or bad guys , only the one that is willing to die honorably. Honor transcends good and bad. You've got an awesome channel, keep up the great work.
I enjoy this "off the beaten path" approach to history. The narrator does a good job, but he does seem like the type of guy to go for runs with his shirt off and do pull-ups in public parks!
Back in the 1970',s when working on forest fires, the Forest Service had to keep the other tribes away from the Crow tribe members because they would get into fights. The same with the Flatheads and Blackfeet..
I don't see a good guy or a bad guy.But I would say that scalping is dishonorable unless you have a serious vendetta. This was an honorable dual between two warriors, I think if a defeated enemy that is noble and not a complete bastard deserves to be treated respectfully. But I guess scalping isn't part of my way, and if I had growen up in a scalp collecting culture I may feel differently.
Incredible story of Sitting Bulls first showing his bravery in single combat. This cemented him as one to follow amongst his people. Truly a great leader and one who only wanted what was best for his tribe. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨
I understand that his first fight with the crows ended in a coup, but he did not kill his enemy. This story reminds me of when Sitting Bull told a journalist that he killed the crow man who killed his father. The only time he kills for revenge.
I will admit I am probably a little biased as a Lakota myself but I will never say that the Crow are good people at all, hearing all the stories about how they still continue to try to murder any Sioux they come across today.
The Crow were pinned against 2 giant tribes. They had to be tough. But the Lakota were the once who were ENCROACHING into other people's lands from their homeland in the great lakes. The Lakota didn't make such a large nation by playing patty cake
As a Blackfoot, out of all our peoples enemies the only one I’ll give respect to is the Crow. Even though we were bigger and more dangerous, Crow’s weren’t afraid to fight us blackfoots, unlike some of our other enemies.
Hi folks, I am very enjoying your new post and liked as always. You're the only one who show the right picture of a Crow, the gentleman with the Billy Idol hair. I believe many of the later view at the Crow are based on Lakota "propaganda", look at the picture the movies draw about the Crow in the last 50 years down to Jackie Chan, the Crow /Absaroka were to close to the Whites for the feeling of today! I'm sure Comanche warriors had been fighting at horseback at all costs, years ago the give the Teton hundreds of (most mexican) horses but the Lakota were always till the end mounted rifles. Not Cavalry. I appreciate the way you tell history and did you know that the Crow extended their hair with horse hair? Both Tribes speak tongues of the siouan family, it was much easier to deal with the captives /slaves /members of the People on both sides! Besides you are avoiding inbreeding... I got a idea where you're come from but anyway, this channel is what yt is made for! God's Blessings from Northern Germany!
@@michaelweeks9317 Danke für die freundlichen Worte Michael! I believe the Germans from earlier childhood are crazy about Indians but I like to know the sometimes cruel details of history also. In Germany now it's impossible to study American pioneer history because it's not pc anymore. Sad. My native friends always fell to ground laughing when I call them Indianer. Or Rothäute. Do you have german ancestors? God's Blessing to you and your family! Ludwig
Ja Meine mutter ist Deutsch. Leider is mein Deutsch nicht gut(Turken Deutsch0 Unsere heimaht is Muelheim and der Ruhr neben Oberhausen und Dussledorf. I am really embarrassed the poor quality of my written Germany. I remember Karl Mei and his wonderful stories. I miss Germany very much but the Germany I so love has been gone for 40 years now. Es ist sehr net von ihnen mich zu shreiben und ichebedanke mich sehr herzlich. Michael@@ludwigderzanker9767
@@michaelweeks9317 Danke schön! I believe you have to little training for the german language and you're right the Germany today is not to compare with the gute alte Zeit! Was sometimes in Mühlhausen and the neighborhood, many reptile breeders and import shops in the old Ruhrpott. I had a shop for 25 years and our "government" killed me with covid and the inflation of the war. But I'm not broken actually, my mind and soul are still free. I'm living for free on the property of my niece, got fire wood for elbow grease and I have the possibility for hunting. You're the only Texan (or American in all) who knows Karl May, congrats Michael! Winnetou I is the most printed german book of all times, after the Bible of course. My mother was born 25 kilometers from his father town. I never picked English at school but russian, french and latin. Was not the best idea to learn english from scot immigrants in Australia :~) ACDC. Can you tell me how the temperature in San Antonio is maybe in Celsius? God's Blessing to you and yours! Ludwig
I think I'm going to have to stick with English my spoken German is much better than my written German but that's still not saying much it's funny you mentioned reptiles I worked for 25 years as a herpetologist I had a snake removal business and I am renting the property of one of my San Antonio field herpetologist so that's funny I didn't even know we had that in common yeah I love reptiles and amphibians I used to collect them in Germany and do so here when when time permits I haven't done it in in a number of years I fear you you mentioned my training in German well my mother as I said was German so German is actually the first language that I learned and I lived there with Mama and Oman Opa while my dad was in Vietnam twice I spent a total of 12 Years in Germany I lived in the moodheim in Frankfurt in but in Golden Speck g o d e s b e r g in Stuttgart and in Munich where I went to the University of Maryland they had a campus there at that time I've always loved herpetology and the first thing I wanted to be when I was a little boy was to be an Indian when oppa told me that they weren't taking any blonde haired blue-eyed little boys at the time I was crushed but I sure missed them all my mother passed away in 01 and I wish that my Oman oppa would have been able to see Germany reunified that would have been such a joy about just two or three years before that happened he would have he would have been so happy that's what I I'm sorry I'm talking so much but I'm very happy to meet you and it's a it's a joy so please know that our new friendship is not something that I take for granted in any way. Michael
Red Cloud, the principle Chief of the western Lakota, in the 1860's proposed to the Crow that they cease their warfare against each other and join against the encroachment by the US Government of their collective territories. The Crow declined.
Crow chief Plenty Coups said that, many young Crow wanted to fight with the sioux against the white men , but their chiefs prevented this.... Best decision...
And by the way, Hanta yo!, a kind of novel based on the winter count of a special band set on a skin is very read full, ending 35 years earlier. Regards. Stay always healthy and blessed!
I read Hanta Yo in the 1970s. It changed my mind set to the rhythm of the book. It took me over a year of putting it down and picking it up again a week or 3 months later to finish it. Great book.
I'm curious how things were before horse were brought to this side of the world. In essence, would these tribes have ever existed had Columbus never sailed over?
To begin with-- Some tribes would probably still exist if Columbus hadn't sailed over!!!! Keep in mind, Columbus never landed on or touched any soil what we know as the United States-- He "discovered" Haiti and the Dominican Republic--- The woodland Indians of the NW territories never obtained horses-- They walked, ran, or paddled for thousands of years---- The plains tribes obtained the Spanish pintos, mustangs, and stallions when the Mexican armies travelled north looking for gold and silver-- and thru their raiding of Mexican towns and villages----- Since many of the plains tribes remained hunter/gatherers, never embracing an agrarian lifestyle, so they completely relied upon and relished their horses-----
@@thomasfoss9963 When I said these tribes, I mean specifically the ones talked about in this video, that came across from the great lakes and became Plains tribes with horses, and the fact there would be no horses available had not the spanish come north from mexico bringing them. None of that would be possible had Columbus not sailed over to Haiti and the Domincan Republic. Perhaps at some future date it would have been done anyway. But Columbus was the first who everything else came after, including the spanish in mexico that brought horses. Many of the specific tribes mentioned by this channel existed as they did here before the horse. Sure there were tribes that existed, but not ones that relied upon and relished their horses.
@@donwillis9103 This story is predominately about the Lakota Sioux, who migrated to the Dakota's from Minnesota after in- fighting with the Ojibwe and Chippewa--- The Spanish arrived in Florida and Mexico shortly after Columbus' journeys in the early 1500s, which were financed by Queen Isabella of Spain--- The early explorers brought more pigs than horses-- Would they ever have attained horses? Probably, just not in the same time frame----
@@thomasfoss9963 Probably someone other than columbus would have come over this way at some point and brought horses, so yeah, probably not in the same time frame. I agree. Pigs were food, so yeah, they needed a lot of pigs or would not have survived through long winters and harsh environments. Some colonies completely disappeared with lack of planning and or survival skills.
@@donwillis9103 Cristoforo Colombo never existed.... Actually he's the "dove" , that Noah from the arch , send to find the land..... The history that we know It is a giant fake.....
@@IkceWicasa_7 true but the Chippewa and lakota had became enemies by the late 18th century , our skirmishes with them weren’t as big as with the Dakota but we considered both enemies
No. There were no good guys or bad guys in this, two warriors met on the field of battle. This time the younger less experienced won. They both fought for honors.
Most questions, steeped in a rich, historical context can't be answered by modern men. There are just too many unknowable, unfamiliar and unfathomable factors. However, I can easily answer the question you pose at the end. Would I have been as brave as Sitting Bull against the Crow? Fuck, no ! ! ! Not even a little bit.
11:35 on video.Stop.saying Sitting Bull was a war leader he was not nor ever was a chief of any kind.He was a Medicine Man & shaman.He was pretty accurate about the Battle.of the Greasey Grass when Custer got himself.wiped.out.Crazy Horse,Gaul & others were war chiefs or leaders.of whatever society they belonged to.
@@historyattheokcorral Sitting Bull was voted to be Top Ruler of all the Sioux Tribes Before the Battle of Rosebud ?? Right ??? He was the first to have that position i believe ? Right ?? Sitting Bull was a Warrior
The various tribes made war on each other, stole each other's land, took women and children as slaves. The European tribes came over and did the same thing but on a much more vast scale.
What to believe? An American professor of native history claims/teaches the native peoples of North America all lived together in some kind of hippy lifestyle at peace with one another until the arrival of Europeans.
Whoever that professor is, He is wrong!!! There were many warring tribes all over the globe throughout history, inc the Steppes, the Mongols, Norman's, etc----
What difference does it make? All of those people died a long time. White people are still absolute scumbags and Natives will still be here even when every white has gone the way of the dinosaur. Can’t happen soon enough!
What do I think? I think the idea that the indigenous peoples of North America lived a peaceful, idyllic life in harmony with their neighbors and nature, is pure wishful thinking BS! Like all other humans, the indigenous peoples of North America were territorial, and didn't hesitate to go to war with their neighbors to defend, or expand their territory. They eventually were defeated by the more technologically advanced Europeans and their descendants, but that has been happening to humans for as long as there have been humans. It has nothing to do with some "cosmic" right or wrong, it's simply the way of the world. That may sound harsh, but life's a bitch, and then you die. While you're here, be honest with yourself and others. In that way, when you go, hopefully you will have few regrets.
That's pretty dumb, because that means white Americans should hate Dakota and other Indians for the war crimes they committed. The past was just brutal and war, even today, will always be
@@dab0331 . Yeah..I have Miccosukee family..but I don't hate Cherokee or any others who helped invaders..I don't hate the invaders..I won't hate any for being what they are in and of themselves..nature's rule before we got to this point..nature's rule after .. whether or not hugs ever after or a tomahawk as needed. Today has new wars to have victories only not all the same as the old victories. I wonder sometimes if people who say these things are truly who and what they say they are ..and in actuality an imposter ..in order to cause divisiveness
Thank you for your detailed stories, I’m a Kiowa tribal member and it’s awesome to hear versions of stories I heard growing up with my grandparents. My Kiowa grandparents have passed on and it’s nice to hear these stories told from other prospectives. I have nothing to gain but knowledge from listening.
Bay paih gyah kote aum doh day
“Be of a strong mind”
Love the spirit in the quote, great words to live by.
A'Ho from Utah.
A'ho
An odd thing about the Lakȟóta (and their Dakȟóta cousins) and the Apsáalooke (Crow) was that they both spoke Siouan languages.
The Crow spoke a "Missouri River Siouan" tongue, while the Lakȟóta and Dakȟóta (and Nakȟóda) peoples all spoke a "Mississippi Valley Siouan" tongue (Missouri River and Mississippi Valley tongues were not mutually intelligible). The Apsáalooke were friendly with fellow Missouri River Siouan neighbor, the Hiraacá (Hidatsa) and "Mandan Siouan" speakers, the Nų́ʔetaa ('Nueta' = Mandan); while the Lakȟóta and Dakȟóta were enemies of all three--as well as with fellow Mississippi Valley Siouan speakers, the Hohe Nakȟóda (Assiniboine).
In the end, the Apsáalooke [Crow] opted to assist the US Army in its fight against the Lakȟóta / Dakȟóta, for all the good that did them (the benefit to the Apsáalooke for that support was marginal in the long run, though it did earn them some of the area they had wished for their reservation--which includes the Battle of the Greasy Grass [the Lakota name for the Little Big Horn] battlefield site. Apsáalooke scouts (and some Sahnish [Arikara] scouts, who were Caddoan language speakers) provided support to Custer--and advised not attacking the extremely large camp of Lakȟóta, Tsitsistas (Cheyenne), and Hinono'eino [Arapaho]. The latter two were both Algonquian subgroup "Algic" language speakers (completely unrelated to Siouan), but were allies of the Lakȟóta.
Custer, of course, disregarded said advice. Many Apsáalooke warriors often wore the front of their hair in an upswept pompadour--a hairstyle immediately recognizable to any other people as being Crow.
I met the great grandson of Tȟašúŋke Witkó (Crazy Horse) two years ago; Crazy Horse was in the assault against the cut -off force with Custer. He was later killed on the reservation, as was Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake (Sitting Bull), who was killed two weeks before the Čhaŋkpé Ópi Wakpála (Wounded Knee) massacre in December 1890.
You spoke with the GRANDSON of Tȟašúŋke Witkó/Crazy Horse? NOT POSSIBLE, Tȟašúŋke Witkó had no children that lived into adulthood, he had a daughter, Kȟokípȟapiwiŋ (They Are Afraid of Her), who died at age three, with his wife Tȟašinásápawiŋ (Black Shawl).
Tȟašúŋke Witkó was the cousin of my g+ grandfather, Iron Eyes, brother of Chief Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká/Spotted Elk aka Si Tȟáŋka/Big Foot, and Maȟpíya Ičáȟtagya/Touch The Clouds all Miniconjou or Cheyenne River Lakota, my g+ grandfather & grandmother, Iron Eyes and Plenty Horses Woman and Chief Uŋpȟáŋ Glešká were massacred at Wounded Knee, 1890. Many, many other noteworthy people in my family tree that traces back to these people at that time of western expansion/contact. I have traced my genealogy to them.
Yours is a breath of fresh air amidst the current propensity to apply current Euro-American values to the actions of past cultures and individuals. What constitutes “good guys” and “bad guys” is embedded in the times in which they live. The qualities which we, ourselves, prize highly today may come to be despised by our own grandchildren.
Savages are amoral. It's good to win. Sitting Bull won.
Didn't realize it was still a "current propensity" to still "apply Euro-American values" to indigenous history.
Beautiful vídeo.Thank you.
Just love this stuff. No good guys no bad guys it was the way of life for the native Americans, it took skill and courage just to live it could be tough
Aint no good guys or bad guys today. Just a bunch of idiots who think they are.
Ernie Lapointe is a great grandson of Sitting Bull. Ernie, born in 1948, is 74 years old, as the year 2022 draws to a close. Ernie Lapointe's DNA matches a sample taken from Sitting Bull's scalp, which confirms it. He's an orator & author.
@rustyguenard5277 Please explain more clearly.
@rustyguenard5277 Gve an example, please, so that I can see some evidence. That's what I was asking for, how much clearer do I have to be. Seems like younger folks think that we can read their minds. I'm not denying what you said, I just wanted more than a baseless accusation.
@rustyguenard5277 Are you saying that Sitting Bull's Scalp isn't from Sitting Bull? That wouldn't surprise me too much, it's happened elsewhere: King Louis XVI Blood Soaked Handkerchief wasn't from the king, for example, and the DNA results were fake.
@Rusty Guenard If you are going to defame a man's character you must have proof otherwise just reflects on you
@Rusty Guenard Maybe learn the correct use of entitled first. Stand by my first statement. Take care
The pacing and detailed descriptions were really great in this one man. I listen with my ear buds at work and enjoy getting lost in the stories while doing my thing and they make the day go by a little easier. It's easy when hearing of men long ago who'd never imagine how life is in the present, to imagine myself back in times like those and how silly and trivial our realities are compared to living everyday as if it were your last.
Awesome video, thanks and regards from Canada 🇨🇦
Some men are born warriors ; living accordingly ? Others are born? Nothing trains a man to hv heart , meddle, great courage ! Sitting Bull was a reckoning !
THE CROW & SIOUX THING IS STILL GOING ON TO DAY .. I FOUGHT FOREST FIRES AND WE HAD TO KEEP THEM AND THE BLACKFOOT AWAY FROM EACH OTHER ! I WAS SURPRISED IT WAS STILL GOING ON !!
Makes sense
Thank you, that was amazing. I'm intrigued with Indian history and traditions. I am also from a warrior people. I'm a Maori from Aotearoa New Zealand, my tribe are the Te Arawa. We share so many similarities in customs and especially warfare. I'm now going to watch more of your content, Kia ora and thank you again.
Possibly related to Arapaho
can you advise anything similar about Maori?
@@inquisitive- wow, that would be awesome
@@olgglo Tribal hierarchal order from the chief to the medicine man [tohunga] etc
I believe he would have been honored to know people still remember his name and deeds. Rather like Achilles actually.
Much like the pharoah's of ancient Egypt, who believed if one's name a and life was remembered they would never truly be dead.
Their immortal soul would continue to have life. Hence the pyramids and other monuments with their names carved in stone.
There is a very good Sitting Bull Biography written by Stanley Vestal first published in 1932 and published by the University of OK Press. Stanley Vestal was among those early authors that were going around getting 1st hand oral histories at the time (another was George Bird Grinnell), interviewing living family, friends and brothers in arms of prominent native figures tht were still alive. Vestal also did a biography of then still living White Bull (nephew of Sitting Bull) that is often is cited by modern books. For the time these authors were fairly factual and sympathetic to the native cause, which is why they were long published by U of OK Press. These old books are full of 1st hand accounts of every day life and of famous battles and certainly Sitting Bull, Champion of the Sioux by Vestal deserves a read by admirers of Sitting Bull. It probably served as a source for the books you cited today.
I have read this book, it's really very interesting! And as I have learned that Sitting Bull was killed by his own people, I was very sad, and I was thinking a lot about it, how this could happen, and I came to the conclusion, that they were influenced from the Americans during the time Sitting Bull and his family and some close members of his tribe were separated from the rest of the tribe!
As he came back, he had already lost a lot of his influence!
But nevertheless I will never understand how this could happen!
If somebody would have told this to the Sioux some years before, they wouldn't had believed it!
But as Ernie Lapointe, he is the great grandson of Sitting Bull, said in his book, not everything is true in this book, because his nephew was interviewed, and in his opinion this nephew was a traitor!
It's too much to explain it all in a short comment!
But what I want to say aswell is, that I have read an article about Pine Ridge Reservation in the German "Stern" Magazin, and this was so terrible, that I really tried to contact Olowan Martinez to tell her about my thoughts and ideas in concern of better life conditions in the reservation like to plant a forest for example, because the clima would change for sure, and the ground would be more fertile!
But unfortunately I got no contact to her, and I have had only the possibility to write my ideas in the comments of "Lakota Daughters" at youtube, and I got a short contact to Zachary Mardis, whose aunt is in the council!🌄
No, there was no evil here. Only brave men willing to sacrifice themselves for the good of their own.
Honor them by keeping their memory and culture from from being forgotten.
These are great, completely hooked....love how respectful & impartial you are to all sides of these conflicts! Keep em coming!
Thank you very much!!
What a ‘Awesome narrative’……Native American’s way of life, that you have presented in this video today. I love history and listening to you present this interesting piece of American history is amazing. I will be binge watching now and thank you for all the work & effort (I’m sure) that goes into it. 🇦🇺♥️
Thank you for continuing to cover history love these stories
Wish I could a sat n listened to his and quannahs talks
Well written, well spoken, well illustrated. This is a fine educational historical documentary. Bravo
Fine work, thank you for sharing it with me.
Best channel ever!
Good information! Was not aware that so many native tribes were under the banner of The Lakota! They were a very large confederation. And those interviews with native Americans early in the 20th century are invaluable for their historical first person accounts. Well done!
I grew up with Dakota Sioux Indians (Santee). Not sure where to begin....most of the stories i could tell are tragic.
It would do all of us a lot of good to realize that people are and will be people. We all have to eat, keep ourselves, our families, and our stuff safe, and protect our lives and lifestyles. The best part of these videos is the not so subtly pointing out of the fact that Native American tribes were just like the rest of us. Today we mostly destroy each other via the media, social media, and the courts. Doing it the old fashioned way, as described in this video seems far more direct and has immediate finality. But, I digress.
I grew up right outside of rapid city and I totally felt like I was back there watching this epic duel go down! (Scenery wise I can picture if perfectly!)
It's amazing how fit and slender people were in past centuries, modern humanity has totally degenerated. Excellent documentary on a fascinating peoples.
Well, most of them had intestine worms,. So there's that.
The ancients were active people. It is a lot of work chasing down game animals, butchering, transporting, processing the meat, and the hides. Women were always working to gather the various veggies, fruits, herbs, cooking, gathering firewood,making lodge covers and taking care of babies. There was no time to sit on their asses, no television to warp their minds.
@@tonystoops7802 : 😆
Have a look at random film footage from an American city in the 1960s and you will see almost no Orbidly Mobese people there either compared to today. :)
@@tonystoops7802no to mention they probably went days without eating at times
Can you please do a video about the battle between the Cherokee and the Creek Indians at Blood Mtn and Slaughter Gap in North Georgia right along the Appalachian trail? I've hiked there with my father since I was a boy and now I hike there with my boys. Thanks.
Sitting Bull...or REALLY
Bull Who is Sitting...or Bull GOING to Sit. , as quoted in podcast...by Ernie La Point....Great - great grandson of Chief Sitting Bull. I watchd it on you tube. Wow
Sitting Bull was one of the greatest men that ever lived he was very kind which is often overlooked by historians as an example when my tribe the Nez Perce people were fleeing the US Army and several of our tribal members escaped into Canada Sitting Bull welcomed them and cried when witnessing their condition with hardly any clothes left on their backs the Nez Perce survivors had had their clothing shot to pieces by the US Army's bullets it's luckily they survived and Sitting Bull took care of my relatives for 2 years before they decided to return to to Idaho to settle on the lapway reservation years later in the years of the Buffalo Bill shows Sitting Bull had gone to New York as one of the celebrities of Buffalo Bill upon seeing the Starving Children that the white people had neglected their own people starving in the streets he sold buttons off his own clothing for money to give to these poor white children so that they could feed themselves this shows you what an exemplary human being Sitting Bull was he was known for his kindness and generosity he also to tie into your story here submitted a friendship between The Crow and the Lakota people before he was tragically murdered at the bequest of the US government assassinated by the Tribal Police on the Standing Rock reservation
he was assassinated? why would they do that for?
There are no good guys or bad guys , only the one that is willing to die honorably. Honor transcends good and bad. You've got an awesome channel, keep up the great work.
@@kennyg1358 The times were different, you Dumbfuck!
I enjoy this "off the beaten path" approach to history.
The narrator does a good job, but he does seem like the type of guy to go for runs with his shirt off and do pull-ups in public parks!
I love your channel. This is great content, well presented.
Thank you!
Sitting Bull was a Stud !
You need to start uploading more regularly! I'm binge watching this entire channel 😅
New episodes on the way! Had a little health problem and now we're coming back with a vengeance! Thank you so much for watching.
Great story. Thank you!!
Back in the 1970',s when working on forest fires, the Forest Service had to keep the other tribes away from the Crow tribe members because they would get into fights. The same with the Flatheads and Blackfeet..
Even with all that wilderness and all that buffalo they still couldn't get along. What a species.
I don't see a good guy or a bad guy.But I would say that scalping is dishonorable unless you have a serious vendetta. This was an honorable dual between two warriors, I think if a defeated enemy that is noble and not a complete bastard deserves to be treated respectfully.
But I guess scalping isn't part of my way, and if I had growen up in a scalp collecting culture I may feel differently.
Outstanding story !!
Incredible story of Sitting Bulls first showing his bravery in single combat. This cemented him as one to follow amongst his people. Truly a great leader and one who only wanted what was best for his tribe. 💪🏻🙏🏻✨
I’m spellbound by this content
So great to hear! Thank you for watching!
Two warriors fighting to the death to prevent other needless deaths. Both men are heros.
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A horse thief and an fool get into a pissing contest. No heroes here.
One of the few channels i look forward to videos from
A true American Hero... Sitting Bull!😇🙏👍
I understand that his first fight with the crows ended in a coup, but he did not kill his enemy. This story reminds me of when Sitting Bull told a journalist that he killed the crow man who killed his father. The only time he kills for revenge.
Always Fascinating!!!!
Thank you sir
Man, life can be a savage brutal endeavor.
I finished all your videos and im always checking for new uploads😭
Cool video, as always! Btw. could you tell me what movie that scene at 9:29 is from? Looks interesting.
Sitting Biull ? The actor is August Shellingberg..if im not mist mistaken
@@UncagedSavage Is Sitting Bull the name of the movie, or did he just play him? I found 3 different movies in which August plays Sitting Bull.
@Serjo777 .I'm not sure.. I know he's Sitting Bull in Crazy Horse and he's Sitting Bull in another movie..
I tried to tell people that after the Sioux received guns and horses from the French and English, they wiped out 12 tribes on their westward expansion
The Comanche did the same
I will admit I am probably a little biased as a Lakota myself but I will never say that the Crow are good people at all, hearing all the stories about how they still continue to try to murder any Sioux they come across today.
I've heard about these old tribal rivalries before but it's hard to fathom how some can still hold on to them after all this time
Calm down there "big daddy" 🤙
@@johncummins9618 you know my language 😂
The Crow were pinned against 2 giant tribes. They had to be tough. But the Lakota were the once who were ENCROACHING into other people's lands from their homeland in the great lakes.
The Lakota didn't make such a large nation by playing patty cake
As a Blackfoot, out of all our peoples enemies the only one I’ll give respect to is the Crow. Even though we were bigger and more dangerous, Crow’s weren’t afraid to fight us blackfoots, unlike some of our other enemies.
4:48 Great image unless you witness it in your horse paddock.
Shout out from South Dakota y’all !!! 🤙🏾🖤
The irony of the police of his own people being the ones that killed him should never be lost on us
Yep…..
U need to make a video about the pueblo revolution and all the ancient people that were in the 4 corners before colonization
Hi folks, I am very enjoying your new post and liked as always. You're the only one who show the right picture of a Crow, the gentleman with the Billy Idol hair. I believe many of the later view at the Crow are based on Lakota "propaganda", look at the picture the movies draw about the Crow in the last 50 years down to Jackie Chan, the Crow /Absaroka were to close to the Whites for the feeling of today! I'm sure Comanche warriors had been fighting at horseback at all costs, years ago the give the Teton hundreds of (most mexican) horses but the Lakota were always till the end mounted rifles. Not Cavalry. I appreciate the way you tell history and did you know that the Crow extended their hair with horse hair? Both Tribes speak tongues of the siouan family, it was much easier to deal with the captives /slaves /members of the People on both sides! Besides you are avoiding inbreeding... I got a idea where you're come from but anyway, this channel is what yt is made for! God's Blessings from Northern Germany!
Sehr gut Gesagt Mein Herr! Michael Von San Antonio, Texas.
@@michaelweeks9317 Danke für die freundlichen Worte Michael! I believe the Germans from earlier childhood are crazy about Indians but I like to know the sometimes cruel details of history also. In Germany now it's impossible to study American pioneer history because it's not pc anymore. Sad. My native friends always fell to ground laughing when I call them Indianer. Or Rothäute. Do you have german ancestors? God's Blessing to you and your family! Ludwig
Ja Meine mutter ist Deutsch. Leider is mein Deutsch nicht gut(Turken Deutsch0 Unsere heimaht is Muelheim and der Ruhr neben Oberhausen und Dussledorf. I am really embarrassed the poor quality of my written Germany. I remember Karl Mei and his wonderful stories. I miss Germany very much but the Germany I so love has been gone for 40 years now. Es ist sehr net von ihnen mich zu shreiben und ichebedanke mich sehr herzlich. Michael@@ludwigderzanker9767
@@michaelweeks9317 Danke schön! I believe you have to little training for the german language and you're right the Germany today is not to compare with the gute alte Zeit! Was sometimes in Mühlhausen and the neighborhood, many reptile breeders and import shops in the old Ruhrpott. I had a shop for 25 years and our "government" killed me with covid and the inflation of the war. But I'm not broken actually, my mind and soul are still free. I'm living for free on the property of my niece, got fire wood for elbow grease and I have the possibility for hunting. You're the only Texan (or American in all) who knows Karl May, congrats Michael! Winnetou I is the most printed german book of all times, after the Bible of course. My mother was born 25 kilometers from his father town. I never picked English at school but russian, french and latin. Was not the best idea to learn english from scot immigrants in Australia :~) ACDC. Can you tell me how the temperature in San Antonio is maybe in Celsius? God's Blessing to you and yours! Ludwig
I think I'm going to have to stick with English my spoken German is much better than my written German but that's still not saying much it's funny you mentioned reptiles I worked for 25 years as a herpetologist I had a snake removal business and I am renting the property of one of my San Antonio field herpetologist so that's funny I didn't even know we had that in common yeah I love reptiles and amphibians I used to collect them in Germany and do so here when when time permits I haven't done it in in a number of years I fear you you mentioned my training in German well my mother as I said was German so German is actually the first language that I learned and I lived there with Mama and Oman Opa while my dad was in Vietnam twice I spent a total of 12 Years in Germany I lived in the moodheim in Frankfurt in but in Golden Speck g o d e s b e r g in Stuttgart and in Munich where I went to the University of Maryland they had a campus there at that time I've always loved herpetology and the first thing I wanted to be when I was a little boy was to be an Indian when oppa told me that they weren't taking any blonde haired blue-eyed little boys at the time I was crushed but I sure missed them all my mother passed away in 01 and I wish that my Oman oppa would have been able to see Germany reunified that would have been such a joy about just two or three years before that happened he would have he would have been so happy that's what I I'm sorry I'm talking so much but I'm very happy to meet you and it's a it's a joy so please know that our new friendship is not something that I take for granted in any way. Michael
High Risk - High Rewards…
"Crying cowardly" is my lakotah name...hau ✋
Levi told me to say in the comments:
“Heyyyy it’s your best friend Morgan. We are listening.”
Such an honor!!
IT would bei nice to hear you in German, because as German a very intrested in the truth about the wild West.
Amazing people.
Shoshone Chief Washakie put an end to a Crow Chief in a duel. Crow Heart Butte, Wyoming.
Very cool!
Red Cloud, the principle Chief of the western Lakota, in the 1860's proposed to the Crow that they cease their warfare against each other and join against the encroachment by the US Government of their collective territories.
The Crow declined.
The Crow were smart.
Makes sense, they were enemies and saw themselves as their own nations
The Crow were hated by many tribes-- The US Cavalry used many Crow scouts to seek out what they termed the renegades-----
Crow chief Plenty Coups said that, many young Crow wanted to fight with the sioux against the white men , but their chiefs prevented this....
Best decision...
@@tonystoops7802 the crow are scumbags
And by the way, Hanta yo!, a kind of novel based on the winter count of a special band set on a skin is very read full, ending 35 years earlier. Regards. Stay always healthy and blessed!
I read Hanta Yo in the 1970s. It changed my mind set to the rhythm of the book. It took me over a year of putting it down and picking it up again a week or 3 months later to finish it. Great book.
I'm curious how things were before horse were brought to this side of the world. In essence, would these tribes have ever existed had Columbus never sailed over?
To begin with-- Some tribes would probably still exist if Columbus hadn't sailed over!!!! Keep in mind, Columbus never landed on or touched any soil what we know as the United States-- He "discovered" Haiti and the Dominican Republic--- The woodland Indians of the NW territories never obtained horses-- They walked, ran, or paddled for thousands of years---- The plains tribes obtained the Spanish pintos, mustangs, and stallions when the Mexican armies travelled north looking for gold and silver-- and thru their raiding of Mexican towns and villages----- Since many of the plains tribes remained hunter/gatherers, never embracing an agrarian lifestyle, so they completely relied upon and relished their horses-----
@@thomasfoss9963 When I said these tribes, I mean specifically the ones talked about in this video, that came across from the great lakes and became Plains tribes with horses, and the fact there would be no horses available had not the spanish come north from mexico bringing them. None of that would be possible had Columbus not sailed over to Haiti and the Domincan Republic. Perhaps at some future date it would have been done anyway. But Columbus was the first who everything else came after, including the spanish in mexico that brought horses. Many of the specific tribes mentioned by this channel existed as they did here before the horse. Sure there were tribes that existed, but not ones that relied upon and relished their horses.
@@donwillis9103 This story is predominately about the Lakota Sioux, who migrated to the Dakota's from Minnesota after in- fighting with the Ojibwe and Chippewa--- The Spanish arrived in Florida and Mexico shortly after Columbus' journeys in the early 1500s, which were financed by Queen Isabella of Spain--- The early explorers brought more pigs than horses-- Would they ever have attained horses? Probably, just not in the same time frame----
@@thomasfoss9963 Probably someone other than columbus would have come over this way at some point and brought horses, so yeah, probably not in the same time frame. I agree. Pigs were food, so yeah, they needed a lot of pigs or would not have survived through long winters and harsh environments. Some colonies completely disappeared with lack of planning and or survival skills.
@@donwillis9103
Cristoforo Colombo never existed....
Actually he's the "dove" , that Noah from the arch , send to find the land.....
The history that we know It is a giant fake.....
The Sioux’s biggest rival are the Chippewa who removed them from their homelands
The Chippewa were rivals with the Dakota, not the Lakota. The Lakota were already living on the plains before the Chippewa came down from the north.
@@IkceWicasa_7 true but the Chippewa and lakota had became enemies by the late 18th century , our skirmishes with them weren’t as big as with the Dakota but we considered both enemies
6:05 stalemate twice?
No. There were no good guys or bad guys in this, two warriors met on the field of battle. This time the younger less experienced won. They both fought for honors.
6:04 There’s a glitch in the matrix.
Boozhoo my peoples!
Good luck brave as sitting bull hardly attainable semper fi
I would have been called sitting coward
Most questions, steeped in a rich, historical context can't be answered by modern men. There are just too many unknowable, unfamiliar and unfathomable factors. However, I can easily answer the question you pose at the end. Would I have been as brave as Sitting Bull against the Crow? Fuck, no ! ! ! Not even a little bit.
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I'm more of a crazy horse fan. Hoka hey
Bad bugger he killed one of my relatives.
The name of the horse your relative owned was Comanche? The only survivor of Little Big Horn?
That no good down low son of a b*tch
Of course there is a bad side here--those who were the raiders, the Sioux--daa!
The Indians had Sitting Bull . Today the US citizens have Incompetent Bull....
11:35 on video.Stop.saying Sitting Bull was a war leader he was not nor ever was a chief of any kind.He was a Medicine Man & shaman.He was pretty accurate about the Battle.of the Greasey Grass when Custer got himself.wiped.out.Crazy Horse,Gaul & others were war chiefs or leaders.of whatever society they belonged to.
Not accurate.
@@historyattheokcorral Sitting Bull was voted to be Top Ruler of all the Sioux Tribes Before the Battle of Rosebud ?? Right ??? He was the first to have that position i believe ? Right ?? Sitting Bull was a Warrior
The various tribes made war on each other, stole each other's land, took women and children as slaves.
The European tribes came over and did the same thing but on a much more vast scale.
European tribes!?! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Past as Prologue….
For the last 60 years, all Indians have been the good guys… so what happened?
"promosm" 😂
What to believe? An American professor of native history claims/teaches the native peoples of North America all lived together in some kind of hippy lifestyle at peace with one another until the arrival of Europeans.
It's sad how history is manipulated by some to serve political ends
Whoever that professor is, He is wrong!!! There were many warring tribes all over the globe throughout history, inc the Steppes, the Mongols, Norman's, etc----
What difference does it make? All of those people died a long time. White people are still absolute scumbags and Natives will still be here even when every white has gone the way of the dinosaur. Can’t happen soon enough!
@@Ajidam You should stop taking drugs mate. it's bad for your health. 99 % of Australia is White.
What do I think? I think the idea that the indigenous peoples of North America lived a peaceful, idyllic life in harmony with their neighbors and nature, is pure wishful thinking BS! Like all other humans, the indigenous peoples of North America were territorial, and didn't hesitate to go to war with their neighbors to defend, or expand their territory. They eventually were defeated by the more technologically advanced Europeans and their descendants, but that has been happening to humans for as long as there have been humans. It has nothing to do with some "cosmic" right or wrong, it's simply the way of the world. That may sound harsh, but life's a bitch, and then you die. While you're here, be honest with yourself and others. In that way, when you go, hopefully you will have few regrets.
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I am Dakota Sioux - Mni Wakan Oyate, and I have always hated the Crow. Forever.
Shouldn't be forever..
I heard that still now , present Osages talk about Cheyennes dog soldiers about how. bad people they were......
That's pretty dumb, because that means white Americans should hate Dakota and other Indians for the war crimes they committed.
The past was just brutal and war, even today, will always be
@@robertogiovanelli1709 . Some Osage say whatever and some don't
@@dab0331 . Yeah..I have Miccosukee family..but I don't hate Cherokee or any others who helped invaders..I don't hate the invaders..I won't hate any for being what they are in and of themselves..nature's rule before we got to this point..nature's rule after .. whether or not hugs ever after or a tomahawk as needed. Today has new wars to have victories only not all the same as the old victories. I wonder sometimes if people who say these things are truly who and what they say they are ..and in actuality an imposter ..in order to cause divisiveness