There are No Anasazi Descendants.
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- Опубліковано 16 лип 2023
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Join Navajo Historian, Wally Brown, as he delves into the rich heritage of Navajo teachings that have been cherished and passed down through generations. In this thought-provoking video, Wally sheds light on traditional Navajo perspectives that challenge prevailing modern theories surrounding the Anasazi civilization. While his narrative may diverge from mainstream beliefs, it is crucial to approach this sensitive topic with empathy and respect for all parties involved.
According to Navajo oral tradition, the Anasazi people migrated from the south and allegedly enslaved certain groups of Pueblo people residing in the vicinity of present-day Chaco Canyon. The Diné, or Navajo, bear witness to these events and have preserved stories of this tumultuous period for over a millennium. Wally introduces us to the Navajo's unique way of framing their history, emphasizing three distinct time periods: before the Anasazi, during the Anasazi, and after the Anasazi.
One particularly striking teaching Wally imparts is the belief that there are no direct descendants of the Anasazi due to their eventual demise. Instead, those who claim Anasazi ancestry today are considered descendants of escaped slaves. These individuals, having successfully fled their captors, returned to their ancestral lands within the Pueblo areas of the Southwest. However, it is crucial to note that Wally's teachings emphasize that these people, while connected to the Anasazi through shared history, are not considered direct descendants of the ancient civilization.
As we explore this alternative perspective on the Anasazi civilization, it is important to approach these narratives with sensitivity and respect. It is essential to acknowledge the potential for differing viewpoints and interpretations, especially from the Pueblo people who may have a different understanding of their ancestry. By fostering open dialogue and mutual understanding, we can enrich our appreciation for the diverse tapestry of Native American cultures and histories.
Join us on this enlightening journey as we explore the intricacies of Navajo history and the unique insights provided by Navajo Historian, Wally Brown. Together, let's embrace the opportunity to broaden our understanding and foster a greater appreciation for the rich cultural heritage that unites us all.
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I'm a Cajun. I used to enjoy listening to the old people. Now they're all gone. The few left of my father's generation ask me about things that they forgot or didn't care to learn. I really should write it down before I forget everything myself. 🤔
Document.
yes please
Yes, it's actually our duty I'm in the same position. All my elders are gone. The funny thing is, we're now the elders, so yes, we should write it down.
Yup.
I've said it after losing elders, "I should have written it down "
Please document what elders lived.
As a child, my great grandfather would visit and tell stories about his life. My mom recorded much of it on an old cassette recorder. We still have the tapes.
One day my grandson will listen to them and hopefully appreciate them.
Be sure to write it down, record it, or video the knowledge, because once it’s gone, it’s gone forever.
As a young member of the Navajo tribe, I'm doing my best to learn as much as I can from my own elders as well as others through different ways. Your channel along with Navajo grandma have taught me a lot. Thank you so much for not letting out history be forgotten. I too hope to spread these teachings when I am ready.
Be proud that your ancestors did what mine could not.
Too bad that Navajo Grandma teaches the lies of Christianity.
Same here brother, this is really good information.
Best to you, young man. The world needs such leaders. ❤️🙏💞🪶
As a young Navajo Asdzáán, I feel the same way. Watching this channel helps me learn about my history and teaching about life. It helps me be more connected to my culture and to who I am.
I am a fat old white man in southern Utah that's wandered the deserts of broken pottery and destroyed walls, and I have seen some beautiful cliff dwellings and thought, what really happened here. I have spent many months living in locations told to be Anasazi home land and the great things they did but coyotes songs at night invoked a different story with images and sounds of despair and hardship, after getting to this video I have to stop for the night though I have to say, Sir, I know nothing of your teachings but you have answered more questions for me than I even knew I had, It is with Great Honor to listen to all you have to share friend.
what a beautiful msg, the world can grow together like this!❤️
In Southern Utah, did you ever have a sense of, I don't know to describe it, like a very ancient energy from and in the land? I drove down 191 from Moab to Monument Valley and that landscape, especially south of Bluff, although I started noticing it south of Monticello as the land began to transition from alpine to desert. It's like a very ancient presence there, immeasurable in time, which is and within the land itself, emanating an energy which I felt like contained "something" that I couldn't quite tap into. It's one of the most visually unique and amazing landscapes I've ever seen and I want to return. It could be that part of it historical habitation and events left a mark there. I couldn't quite put my finger on it.
@@fredharvey2720 Absolutely, The spirit of this land is very Alive, I've lived for months out there in the middle of nowhere and you become part of it, I've had dreams I can remember clearly that came after falling asleep to coyotes singing that made no sense until this mans words fell in my ear, I haven't always been the greatest person but was always respectful of the land, and though I probably shouldn't have I gave some leftovers to the coyotes, I kind a got to know em with their songs every night, Then, one really cold night my sleeping bag broke, opened up while I was in a deep sleep, and I must a been near freezing to death and, if I understand what I've learned so far, A Skin walker yelled out my name in my x wifes voice while banging on the cold camper door until I woke up, it took me a minute to get to the door being half froze, only to find no x at the door, no tracks in the snow, needless to say I was up the rest a that night contemplating what's real in real life.
@@johneven2896 Yes it was so weird, I had to keep pulling over. *Something* is there and I don't know what. I feel like the formation of that landscape is related to it. It's like the very deep bowels of the earth jutted upward and appeared at the surface there and then began an eons-long erosion process. It's like the hand of creation itself is there. There's definitely something very unique about that place. I don't know much about skin-walkers but I thought they weren't supposed to be helpful to humans?
I heard these people different from others, these was a story about the red headed giants that were almost 9 foot tall, they got chased in a cave and brush and wood were put inside the doorway and set on fire and it. Killed them, if this is not the story of the red headed giants then I can tell you my dad heard they were in other areas, that were also possible ALGONQUIEN tribe that were tall people and had a Bible that looked like hyrogliphics from Egypt, if they were different because of thier beliefs then it could have gotten them killed , but it is said also those in the cave were eating other people (cannibals) and cannibals are on the island of bali, possiblity in the Amazon or other tribes in other areas.
The story of the Anasazi reminds me of the Assyrians and the Creteans--all these people practiced slavery and were terribly cruel to those they subjugated. But the their fortunes failed, they were wiped out by those who they oppressed with such ferocity that we don't even have their language anymore.
It's important that we remember these stories--thank you for sharing them
👍👍👍 The ruins looks like Assyrian .
I gently suggest that there may be a "history written by the winners" issue here. The conquering Athabascans (Navajos) naturally demonize the ones displaced. Nothing against the Navajos: they were driven South by other tribes! But maybe not to get carried away with propaganda about how monstrous the previous occupants were.
This is also why some European nations such as Poland were able to get assistance from other nations such as Hungary (who had already fought them) to defend themselves against the Mongols. It made more sense to oppose them as a stronger group than be cut down one by one.
Assyrians are still around, and they came to speak Aramaic about 3000 years ago or more. And many Assyrians still speak Aramaic.
The Creteans aka Minoans were destroyed by a volcanic event. There is alot of evidence.
I could listen to him talk for days. ❤️
😂😂😂
I agree
Yes indeed! Our souls are quiet in the presence of Wisdom
I would love to ride horses with this gentleman listening to his story of his land. Bless him.
@@NickyTheLesser ABSOLUTELY
Many of the original nations have detailed and accurate oral histories that have been completely disregerded by western historians until recently as the archeological record has started to prove the truth or the histories told. Thank you so much for filming and sharing this knowledge.
The stories of the Mexica and other central-Mexican peoples were taken seriously. It helped that they had written codices and that the first Spanish administrators made a real effort to transcribe Nahuatl into Latin script.
We can agree the Spanish did rather less well with the Maya.
As for the oral histories of the Southwest, the problems there started with its ethnic diversity; we see here the Navajo version of the tale but the Hopi say something different. How does any outsider arbitrate? It's easiest just to give up until the rocks and the genes can speak, as has only been possible lately.
Tell the same stories long enough and the details change. On a number of occasions what really happened and what a tribe said happened are not the same. One is proven while the latter is that of smoke. In this case it’s a lineage debate. Now him saying there is no survivors is a bit bold but could be true. No matter as we probably do not have a dna template pointing to that specific lineage.
My grandfather is Navajo....my grandma was an Indian from Mexico. My grandfather had to teach her Spanish when they first got married. My momma passed away but she was a beautiful story teller. Beautiful history thank you for education me. I have so much to learn
I have the same lady name as you, lol I'm diné (navajo) too ❤
This Granfather is a true treasure! So lucky we have his teachings and knowledge on recording.
No matter who you are, learn about your past. We need that foundation to move forward. It is unfortunate that there are not more elders like Wally Brown.
Learn from Eric Dubay and realize the past is a set of lies agreed upon.
Not just your past, the worlds past. Everyone needs to learn humanities past.
......it's very fortunate that there is at least one elder such as is Wally Brown, the stories and wisdom of his people are reaching every distant shore and touching many good souls.
@@villaineramatriarchy He is not a manly man no, but a loser? I will leave that classification to you. Thanks for the other tips, going to check them out.
@@villaineramatriarchy You gave me alot of good channels. I learned most of it allready from the series: lost history of flaty earth by aewaranon or ewaranon. He made a 10 hour docu that get's deleted alot. You can still find it though if that is what you want.
My family had started farming in NY on the CT Border in 1742 which is a place we remain to this day. Many stories have come down to my generation about the Schaghticoke Indians who would cross over the Mt. and they would come down to the ponds on the property and retrieve reeds and other things and through diaries my family was very fond of them. My family would trade and barter with them.We have an Indian basket made of reeds that was left on the front rock stairs to the home as a sort of thanks for the relationship that is a prized possession. There is still a small group of those beautiful people on a reservation across the Mt. from us.
Blessings to your family that shared a life and didn't mistreat.
My family comes from the Schaghticoke tribe from before 1500's and they mentioned how one day the White man came and said this is ours, that is yours. They use to roam free but then the White man took the land, build houses and said you no longer can pass and you have to leave. So the tribes fought and lost and then died from the evil of settlers.
Your family honored and the Shaghticoke people honored. That was the history and relationship your ancestors sowed into and reaped mutual respect. That is a worthy heritage.
Imagine living on reservations in your own land. Most likely your family lives on their ancestral lands. There are people living on my ancestral lands also. So, I sympathize with them.
@@martinvanburen4578 what was the difference between someone white fighting for the land vs another tribe fighting and taking the land? This fighting and taking land has taken place around the world since the beginning. And while violence is awful and ugly, it took place. Not just by "white man". smh
I'm from the De'ne tribe from northern Saskatchewan, it's amazing how the language is so similar, the word anah describes the same thing in our language, it means stranger or someone not like us
These Southwestern Dineh' Navajos
Apache Indeh', are the inestgat left in the 1500's from your area!
All what they learned & have their culture of today are what our Ancestors taught/ shared with them to survive, all the arts ,teachings & astronomy of Ancestral sites all were learned from our ancestors now known as Ancestral Puebloan to Replace Anasazi term in Archeological teachings . We,are ,Pueblo people are the modern- day descendants of the Anasazi term " Enemies Ancestors "
Fascinating. I met some De'ne people in northern Saskatchewan, and met some different De'ne people in the Yukon territory. I spent more time with the Yukon people who said that their language is very similar to what is spoken in the Southwestern US, as well as supposedly some genetic similarities. What the people in the Yukon told me was that their people came across the Bering Strait thousands of years ago. The people in the Yukon stopped there, and others went east to Sask. and more went south into the 4-corners region of the US.
I made a couple of fictional languages and fiyu, the main one has the word Anan for ground earth and rock, but also the unknown. I did this without thinking and I think its a happy coincidence that actual peoples who lived among the rocks had some names similiar to it.
Fiy dzi ga sa annae zja. Tu hjiera zja dzi ananzyu ga. Tu Fanawara kara ma.
@@bertramtsavadawa6524 👍
@@rudra62 its literally the same language family. Na'Dene
I’m from Russia. None of my ancestors lived in the Americas. We did a DNA test, and found out we are part Native American. Trippy
Well there’s a lot of possibilities as to why
DNA tests are easy to misinterpret, they don't always provide accurate deductions.
The land masses were connected way back before "our time" here so it's highly possible someone in your lineage (more than likey the female lineage) had it.
Not so strange. Even the First Peoples of America were immigrants that traveled to get there. All people came from the original 2 people in the garden of Eden and all the DNA for the different peoples was present.
" Ansers in Genesis " also ties the DNA language and oral history. I was stunned when you said that. The migration showed this to be true from the old world . Check it out.
I'm grateful that I'm able to listen to this because, even though I'm not Navajo, these teachings are meaningful to me, to learn about Navajo traditional teachings.
You don't need to be an Indian to see wisdom in any culture.
Thanks for the Navajo point of view. I think it is important to understand that this is just 1 perspective. There are a number of Pueblo people that think of the Navajo as colonizers that arrived in the southwest around the 1400s (Spanish got here in 1540) and would disagree with some of this analysis. There is evidence that the southwest has been inhabited for over 20k years so there is a lot of missing history. The Hopi origin story is one that everyone interested in this should check out.
The Hopi know that what this man says is wrong
Still here Pueblo Strong. Never left.
Damn straight.
I was born in Germany and raised by my Greatgrandmother (*1885) . She had been born in a remote and very very small town deep in the oaks forest - some houses , spread through the woods . Her thoughts and teachings I often find in your words. Listening to you I feel home .
Guten tag! Wie gehts! My family name came from a German sea captain who came to Maine and married a Penobscot woman there. My Father was part Penobscot, German and English. Mitakuye Oyasin 💖 Walk in Beauty, dear.
@@terryulmer969 Good Morning ) Guten Tag )) Lucky you ))) My father was a Nautical officer too. He was an upright person with a much too heavy load through Second World War History put onto his far too young children shoulders back then. A child. He kept his promise. I keep mine . Thank you for kindness . Nizhóní . Walk in beauty🪶
We Germans have a beautiful and rich folk history
@@fredharvey2720 In the Hebrew text, it tells that King Solomon had a squadron of German soldiers in his army.
@@terryulmer969 I find that very hard to believe.
The Color dress shirt He wears is spectacular!!! It matches his Beauty with such words of Legends snd Spiritual Wisdom! Beautiful through and through 🙏✨️🦋
It glows like a flower.
My mom (1915) and my dad (1912) would tell us stories about when they grew up in Albuquerque and surrounding areas when we were kids. My mom would tell us stories of her family when she was growning up. My dad would tell us of his encounters when working all around Arizona and New Mexico. My dad even spoke the Navajo language. They were great stories from the past, but I don't remember any of them. I wish I could remember. 😪
i’m from the Chiracahua and these stories and information is similar to what i have learned and listened to from our elders.
Superb channel. This traditional knowledge is so very very precious. Many thanks for both preserving and sharing, the rich and vast history of your people.
Much appreciated, love and respect from Canada 🇨🇦
Bull
@@lalacanamar if this is "bull" to you, kindly go somewhere else
@@lalacanamarwaiting to hear your expert opinion
@@Coca_cat2020 so unfortunately a lot of this video is bull. The Navajo people would have originally come from the north west Pacific. The "Athabascan" or "Na-Dene" family covers a large swath of North West Canada, and up into Alaska.
Additionally the Anasazi as detailed in this video are still alive. This video is either an attempt to back pedal on the rampant racism towards modern puebloan peoples or to double down on it by trying to de-legitimize their claim to the land they both now inhabit. The term itself means enemy, and is considered very very inappropriate to use toward pueblo people of today or the past.
Thank you Elder sir. I appreciate the time u take to reach and teach so many of us.
I grew up in Show low and had Navajo , Apache and now i have a Hopi neighbor. They are all amazing cultures and completely different. I enjoy the history and way of life and really enjoy your stories of the old ways
Your language is beautiful. Thank you for your teachings.
i am praying to listen to an elder from my grandmother's tribe, the Apache. i thank you, Diné.
You would be awesome as a story teller at schools and in libraries! My grandbaby and I watch you faithfully! Thank you for sharing your wisdom! Blessings always!!!
This content, were it to be presented in libraries , would serve the children - the citizenry - much better than the current library drag queen story hours.
Talk to Shane Brown, his son, whom is helping make the videos… You can join up and become a Navajo warrior by helping to learn then teach it around your neck of the woods… Link is below their video… Good ideal though
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Thank you for sharing the stories from before. I could sit and listen to them all day.
I have long wondered what happened to the Anasazi and who they were. These ancient explanations handed down from generation to generation are very important links to the past. Thank you for sharing.
I have really appreciated everything your elder has had to say about the Anasazi. I feel like a historian that has finally found a solid source.
Another good channel is David Little Elk, Cheyenne Sioux Tribe (now teaching the Lakota language, in Germany).
Elders of all tribes of men have different stories than that of the history books.
Americans traded with Africa and Europe for millenia as the cocaine mummies attest.
There are different stories of the Anasazi.
I wonder if there are stories of trade with Africa and Europe from the Americans
@@unconsciouscreator3012oh please
Read The Book of the Hopi by Frank Waters
About as solid as blue corn enchiladas.
Truth never fails or falls 🙏🙏🙏❤️
True, but tragically it is often thrown aside for some cheap substitute.
Thank you for sharing your Navajo traditional teachings. I appreciate the opportunity to listen to you.
It doesn’t matter what color you are. We all have to listen to our elders. I would sit and talk to my grandmother for hours when I was younger. She told me so much and I wish she was still here to tell me stories of homesteading western North Dakota and teaching in a prairie school when she was 20 in 1930. She was born in 1910and passed in 1999. She lived through some amazing times. So if you can cherish the time you have with them. My family is of Viking decent. Spoken word was my ancestors tradition too.Gives me goosebumps thinking about it. Our people’s are so different but so similar at the same time. Well at least until my ancestors became Christian. That messed up everything as far as I’m concerned 😅.
It's not just beliefs and stories. It's history.
Is it really? Because the Hopi and Pueblos who have lived in the area a LOT longer than the Navajo, have a different (probably more accurate) version of history.
Thank you for sharing your stories and history. I love to listen to them. I hope other tribes will do the same so their stories are not lost in time. Books are good to read but it is far more interesting to hear it spoken.
No I would disagree, because when traditions are oral they are not at all reliable.
I like his cognitive style. Using ancient Greek examples, pointing out the lack of vocabulary in English when trying to describe something, pointing out how popular historical sites that are completely reconstructed (I thought they were original)....its like you're actually learning something not just interesting but also practical and useful.
I love enlightened peoples so much... This gives me hope for the future, that human beings are sharing wisdom like this.
What beautiful people the Navajo are🙏❤✝ God bless you for sharing your true American history 🙏❤✝ So respectful 🙏❤
The Hopi & Zuni tell a different story .
Most people use the terms Ancestral Pueblo and Anasazi interchangeably. Anasazi is a Navajo term, and for him it seems like it is a more narrow and specific term than it is for most non-Navajo people. He also speaks of the cliff dwellers as a third group, but most people would consider them to be Anasazi as well. He describes the Zuni and Hopi as coming from the Pueblo and Cliff Dwellers, but not from the Anasazi.
So saying that the Anasazi have no descendants does not in itself contradict what the Zuni and Hopi say, because he is using the term Anasazi in a narrower sense than they do.
I am mostly left wondering what specific sites he claims were Anasazi, Ancestral Pueblo, and Cliff Dweller, because in those details there may be some contradiction.
Archeologically or architecturally, they sure look similar. I don't know what would be the difference between a Chaco Canyon kiva and a Mesa Verde or Grand Canyon kiva, for example.
That’s pretty much his point
@@johnbahler Yeah there are a few contradictions for sure, Hopi say that anasazi is a Dene' term that means dwellings of our enemies. Hopi say "Hisat Sinom'" to describe their old dwelling places. Also Navajo is two Spanish words and that is how Dene got named that and they were stealing and raiding the Hopi crops when they first arrived in the southwest. So many questions but all I know is that the Hopi were here in the southwest FIRST.
They all have their own ancestor origin stories
@johnbahler His narrow use of the word doesn't line up with the evidence though. The anasazi groups he refers to in his oral history do not match up with archaeological findings. It's blatant propaganda written by the winner of a conflict.
Please make sure the native American culture, traditions and beliefs lives on.
Can I make a respectful suggestion ? America is named from an Italian map maker. Why not try “ First Nations People “ if you think about it native american is almost as insulting as Indian. The First Nations People did not call this place america.
“America” as a continental spanning land mass did not exist in any tribal conception. It does now. America.
It is also our responsibility to know the truth and correct these people who lie about indigenous culture
@@zsedcftglkjh Yes so it is. But that doesn’t excuse the Fact that it is still an INSULT to call First Nations People “ ‘muricans. They are not. We European WHITE people are the ‘ muricans.
You cant the u.s. govt. Made most native religions illegal to practice.
I'm Blackfoot on my mother's side, & Chickasaw & Cherokee on my father's side. My husband is Seminole 💜 I love your videos. All of my teachings come from my grandfather, & I will soon be teaching my own children.
😂 Has anyone told you Blackfoot foot/Cherokee mix is rare. I was told that with ours. Mixture through my Fathers side but through the female lineage. Moms side gave me Chippewa. My response was, well someone fell in love and created the mix 😆🙌 because I am here and it's in the blood.
Teach them everything!!! So many of us do not know all the ways of our ancestors due to "being born off reservation"💔
The internet can be bad sometimes but finding channels like this makes me so thankful we have this amazing way to share and record important stories and knowledge. Thank you for sharing and teaching
This explains why we know nothing about the anastazi. For a society that was so brutal , that's it very own people , Rose up and utterly laid waste to it , should be a lesson to modern society. Thank you, elder, for knowledge. This story is important for today.
It explains why there are so many piles of broken Anasaza pottery in the nation. Never made sense before. But when you view it through the lense of the oppressed rising up and overhrowing their masters it becomes clear.
This is all interesting but it does not match the archeological record at all.
were they overthrown by their own people or by the people they subjugated? There are some theories the Anastazi were Toltecs or a similar culture from the region who though fewer in numbers had a strong militaristic culture that ruled thru fear.
@@marfadog2945 Ah look, the armchair archeologist.
Wrong! The Holy People destroyed them all.
Always gr8 to see a new fresh vid posted!! 🙏🏼💚 Uncle Wally is truly a walking library .... thanks so much to whole crew @ NTT for documenting all this ancient info 🙏🏼💜 Yá át tééh❣️
I spent much time in the four corners and met a great people .Thank you
I see your Marine Corp necklace!!!
THANK YOU FOR SERVING!!!
Thanks for sharing the history of your people!!!
It's not a U.S marine corps medal.
@@caledoniawarriorget your eyes checked
After serving 2 stints in the Corps, I can spot a Marine Corps insignia when there is one, and I never see one when there isn't one. See a doctor.
@caledoniawarrior that's nice but you are wrong, I just zoomed in on his medallion, it bears the Marine corps insignia and also says MARINE CORPS in big caps on the lower border
Understanding the past is key to understanding the world around us today, history is un-bias, it's harsh and straight. Thank you Cheii. 🙏🏽
Understand what you are saying. Consider that truth, is not in most histories. Lies are more acceptable to most people than truth, and lies are venerated, truth despised. Has this changed over decades, millennia?. Sad.
@@lawrencewillard6370 English is a famous language for going in circles.
You have to know how to determine which "history" is "unbiased and straight" through critical, forensic examination of all evidence and claims. I don't see that happening here.
Grew up in Farmington. Spent most of my days in shiprock. My love for the dinè is eternal. That land and it's spirits call to me to this very day. My love to father sun.
Thank you for your teaching! My grandme sat me down 62 years ago, told me I was navajo. You connect the dots on why i was taught certain things. Thank you for that.
I thank you for sharing your history with us who are ignorant of what happened before.
Thank you Grandfather for your message, although my blood line is not of pure native Cherokee by generations of mixture I have realized later in life that returning to the teachings of my grandmother is more necessary today than ever. Listening to the native language brings tears to my eyes this morning. Keep sending the words of peace that more will return to living with the land and no longer destroy what keeps us alive.
You're not Cherokee by bloodline anyways, it's by practice. That is the core of most of the name of tribe's anyways, the practice of their ways. Anyone can have dark hair and red skin that's of NA DNA is only that, native american. You're actually a certain nation name by practice of the ways of said people. I myself am of Tous or Tuscarora heritage, along with ancestors of the old Cherokee. I exist because my ancestors escaped the march out west to Oklahoma. These ancestors wound up in Texas and had to leave Texas to avoid trouble. They made the way to eastern North Carolina and met up with the Tous people, where I live now. My people were "the warrior people" of the southeast. We go by many names now, Lum or Lumbee, Saponi, some Cheraw native, etc, but we know who we are and were. We are the Tous people, eastern North Carolina was the heart of Tous country. It's highly likely that a lot of the tribe's who went west had run ins with my people. I do know that there were the Sioux people who lived here and went to where they currently resort, there's still people of the Siouan speaking in scattered pockets around in places. There's also the old mound people who lived in the southern US and moved west in Mississippi. I do know that my people fought in many wars and maintained our hold on the southeast. I believe alot of the misplaced people who went west knew of my people. If I could go back in time I'd tell us all to be friends instead of enemies, we certainly needed it.
@@Edwarddiaz21 Thank you for the clarification, yes I am aware that my connection is only through my bloodline and have no claim to the Cherokee tribe. When I was young my grandmother took us to tribal meetings and wanted us all to assimilate with her people and learn from the elders of the ways and traditions in hopes that we would return to her native heritage. However being young and arrogant I made foolish decisions and choices that I regret later in life. With that said I meant no disrespect towards you or any of the Native tribes. Thank you again Edward
Lmao why do white people always claim to be “part Native American?” My ex was blonde with blue eyes and she said she was part Native American. 😂 😂 my Native American genetics are 56%+!
@@user-tm5em4vu7u Good for you, there was no claim to heritage, just simply stating facts of bloodline. If you are offended, pick up your feelings you whinny little biotch
Because there are many lost colonies and shipwrecks who assimilated into native tribes, genetics means nothing if you don't practice or follow your ancestors teachings.
Also you have advantages in American schools n shit.
This is a great way to spread the traditional knowledge to many people quickly. And I'm grateful to have it.
good teacher, good elder, good story teller… good that way! Aho
i love that shirt
it's how it reflects the light
almost iridescent when light is applied
just like mind
True history of the place we dwell. I am not Diné although,this is better than any book and not for profit. All my favorite and the best teachers share knowledge this way. This is a very special gift.
aloha, wally and team
watching and listening now for a few years
every video has been pure gold
the truth in what you are sharing makes my daily life so much richer, enabling me to better face the unending challenges we are presented with
much more important than my experience, the sacred hoop of our common experience as five-fingered beings seems to be growing and flowering, after these generations of hardship, and even with all the disruption in our world in recent years
from the bottom of my heart, _thank you all for your hard work and generosity providing Navajo Traditional Teachings_
may the sacred spiral field of our lives ever bless our descendants, and may we all enjoy no regrets come the day when we leave the field, one by one
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@@cavemanyogi150
bullseye!
thank you, yogi
I absolutely love the sound of the Navajo Language. It is such a beautiful sounding language.
Thank you for sharing your valuable knowledge with us. You knowledge is a very precious resource future generations need to hear.
Thank you, Elder teacher.
I break my silence now to express my gratitude to you for sharing your heritage and helping us to understand. The best place to go for information is the source. No amount of hypotheses can be as reliable as first-hand knowledge.
The story being told about the various groups of people mentioned here could easily be a powerful Netflix series.
It's too good because it's true ❤ and Netflix would make it too rainbow and woke 🤮 I'd pass...
Agree 100% I wish it was on now
@@KingaKucyk
woke? lmao
you've been looking at 'woke" stuff on tv all of your life, dum dum.
and... please, find another word to butcher. I'm so sick of you people lol
@@KingaKucyk truth
some things you can only find in real life
like 6 decades of west papuan freedom fighters. merdeka!
Thankyou for ur time. Loved it!
This history this history is a gold mine because it's not just the history of the Navajo in the Native Americans it's a history of the world man
Thank you Elder Wally. For your gracious time and wisdom keeping
AMEN🙏
Fascinating to hear of our History from a different viewpoint from the people whom actually live on the land. Thank you Wally and your son for this work. May it be preserved for future generations.
It’s never truth when it’s tailored to cater to anyones emotions or desires of how they want the past to sound.
I'm from Pueblo Pintado, next to Chaco Canyon, thanks for the update, appreciate it 👍🙏💯😊
These are the things we are told. Sometimes I end a soft rant (a kind rant) with that phrase cuz you should see the look on folk's faces - it's like a movie. Softly, slowly - "these are the things that we are told" and smile and turn and walk away. Thank you Wally.
I'm in awe. You must kick azz with their minds. 😁⚘
@@lorinapetranova2607 - the phrase adds mystery and legitimacy to the occasion and leaves people wondering - "is he telling the truth?"
His clarity and pace of speech is excellent. This is important historical knowledge.
We love you Mr Wally. Thanks for the great story
Anytime I have the opportunity to hear an elder speak about life and history, I always try to listen. Even though my heritage is far removed from the Native American people (thousands of miles away in Scandinavia), I feel incredibly honored to be able to learn about their rich history. Thank you so much for sharing this with the world. ❤
Thank you so much, Grandfather, for correcting the errors in our education. I went thru the public school system in the 1960’s & 70’s, before the intense propaganda push began that continues to this day. I do believe we need to listen and learn from the indigenous peoples of this world to learn the real history of this planet and its peoples.
If you think you didn't get propaganda in your school in the sixties and seventies you're insane
@@christinewarden3450yes you're correct. One of the three letter agencies had a court hearing on how they was using the television to manipulate the masses.
As well all know this is around the time they experimented on unwilling citizens using LSD aka acid. Program Mk ultra
Shots eugenics to pandemics,
blood sacrifice,
occult secrets of the 3rd reich,
Hitler's great escape,
eye of the Phoenix secrets of the dollar bill,
phenomenon monopoly men
Babylon to America
Technology of the fallen
Holocaust of the giants
Unholy see
Episode 1 dark chambers
Episode 2 belly of the beast
I just love all the old stories. White, red, you name it. Our history is so rich and yet we really only know a small fraction of what really happened so every story, tale, myth, tradition you name it are invaluable. Also, I hear you tread very carefully to try not to stir up things between Navajo and Hopi or other tribes. But we can’t judge by todays standards the wars, battles, attacks, and even taking of slaves or other acts because we have to always remember that in those days it was a much MUCH harder time. People had to face death just to survive and survival was a daily battle and there was no room for error. I hope you’re leaders all do their best to write down your oral history because it’s so rich but also so very fragile and pieces are lost every time another elder passes.
red....?
@@adamg.6615 ..and purple, and black, and yellow, you name it. The point is, we sit in luxury today separated by levels of technology from our origins now and we need more than ever to embrace and document our past.
Lease don’t go where I think u may be leaning, this is not a racial thing. It’s a generational plea to try and teach our kids who we are and where we came from…all of us.
My grandmother grew up with no electricity, no running water. When she was pregnant with my mother she had to walk down to the creek, fill a bucket, then light a fired in the wood stove to boil water and cook breakfast. No such thing as TV, no planes, only the really rich ppl had cars. Today, I see my nephew throw a temper tantrum because he wants to get a brand new iPhone15 and it breaks my heart. These self entitled brats demand everything be handed to them and they look you straight in the face and tell you we owe them because it’s their right. They seem to feel they have a right to everything.
Listening to these stories is so satisfying and enlightening to me but it all seems so fragile because it’s all oral tradition and so little of it is written down anywhere.
@@pchris6662 Children are conditioned to be entitled by their parents and by the society that the parents allow to co-raise their kids.
@@mikuspalmis and mostly by their teachers!
His story is one of migrations, wars, mixing and change. Like the story of all nations. Take a look at the Turks nowadays. They are essentially a mix of Greek, Russian and Anatolian. The ORIGINAL Turks were essentially Mongols. Why shouldn't the Navajo Apache be partly Pueblo (whatever that means), Cliff Dweller and Dine?
I'm happy Mr. Brown took the time to share this with the world.
Such a wise, humble and honest man. With so many abandoned cliff dwellings and no answers about their disappearance. Your answer that they were wiped out makes a lot of since they did not come forward over the years. "You have to ask questions and not just speculate." Very, very wise statement. You've more than earned a new subscriber.
Many thanks to you for taking the time to share your knowledge. 🙏
Thank you for taking the time to teach us all this. Such valuable history.
A beautiful history of memories come and gone ✌️. Thank you for your story.
I have spent the last five months exploring the lands of the people we call the Navajo and the Pueblo and Ute. This is the best teaching I've received that has the sound of truth to it. Great instruction. Great video. Thank you so much for sharing.
These values shine through consistently: a love of peace; an abiding appreciation for and deep connection to nature; a healthy respect for all people, including those who see and do things differently from you; and a reflective, thoughtful, and respectful way of living. These are values that are missing from mainstream American society. I feel so drawn to and soothed by these teachings; they give me hope. Thank you.
Errrrrr…. try telling that to the Aztecs. Maybe in the north there was more of what you describe, but there were definitely some tyrannical regimes in central America. There’s a reason why the neighboring tribes around the Aztecs aligned with the Spanish to defeat the Aztecs. If they were all about peace, such an alliance would never have been necessary.
@@pandakicker1 Talk to the Hopi, they have been here over 1000 years and will tell you how the Dine have come and took over their lands as well.
Thank you Elder . Amazing knowledge still moving forward Chief.
Listening to him speak his language is amazing. You should do a recording of him telling stories in his language, it's important to cultures that original tellings can be saved and he sounds so knowledgeable
Yes especially since we learned through bible translators already that, things can easily get mistranslated, so keep the original so someone talented in the language can always have the ability to review and double-check the accuracies.
Thank you for your gift of knowledge, more precious than gold ,water to a thirsty man.
Love the video's. Im not Navajo but i love history and Navajo history is american history and is important for everyone to know.
Wow 😮 this was AWESOME and I Thank You for sharing.
I work along side Many Navajo some of the best Men and women I have been around
"These are the things that we are told"-Great teacher.
To the best of my knowledge, I do not have a drop of Native American blood in my family, but I very much enjoy listening to these fascinating lectures.
Do you have any Irish in you? If so there is a good chance you have native blood and all kinds of other folks in you. The Irish were not racist and pretty much bred with everyone everywhere.
@@anghusmorgenholz1060 To the best of my knowledge, I do not. However, a close relative of mine did a DNA test years ago, and we were surprised to find Central Asia listed in our genealogy. Well, anthropologists believe that some Native Americans may have originated in Siberia, so maybe I'm somehow remotely related to Native Americans that way. Anyway, the world is a smaller place than most people realize.
@@gustavbabic5004 native Americans are related to the people of Siberia and the folks in the south east Asian archipelago. Direct genetic tracing shows this. Homo sapien sapien is one busy banging group of apes.
@@gustavbabic5004 hell my Hispanic and native niece has western Bantu southern Gabon and Zulu in her. We can't find where that comes from. I've got lots of everything in my genes no African. Some Caribbean from Haiti apparently. But like I said we are one horny group of apes.
@@gustavbabic5004 I watched an Irish comedian the other day. One point he was making was are you sure there is no Irish in you. It is akin to an antigen test. Keep taking it you'll find that the Irish have banged their way into just about everyone's ancestry. I have a buddy who is Puerto Rican and he claims that there is no Irish in his family. His mom tells a different story. What about uncle Red? Hito you ever see a Puerto Rican with bright red hair and tons of freckles? Your great grandma comes from the Collins family. He in no way resembles an Irishman. As an actor he proudly brags about taking jobs from actual Mexicans. He is usually bandido #1 or something, frequently he is El Jefe. But that is neither here nor there. I myself have no desire for the church of LDS to have and sell my genetic info. If they were only baptizing my soul into their church I would have no issue. But being a church they are selling it to others. So nope. My adopted sister has done all that trying to find her past. That I understand. But damn my family is a bunch of mutts. Hybrid vigor.
Mr Brown, I love your teachings, they should actually show your videos in schools if they don’t. I am have a little Indian in me, my great grandfather was full blooded Cherokee. However, I have always found Indian history so interesting. I know I am getting the real teachings with you. I actually live in AZ about 3 blocks away from Montezuma’ Castle. Within the Yavapai Nation in Yavapai County. I a aSpeciaEdTeacher aide and we taught the class last year about the Indian nations and the other teacher aide also was100% Hopi. She brought in so any things she made from beads, clothing etc food and made the food for us. It was so fun eating things I did not know.
I was taught in elementary school about the “Cliff dwellers”. I was enamored with their architecture. From a distance, it looked like a masterfully built sand castle. It seemed like it’d be such a dream to visit them, and see the art, and the furniture, and the food, and especially the people that live there.
We were taught that the native tribes were quite different, and that some believed in animism, and some lived in fields, and built longhouses out of natural materials and lived communally. But I remembered nothing quite as well as that one, single photo of the giant sandcastle city.
Maybe they had told me that nobody lived there anymore. Maybe they had told me that there’s nobody living anywhere like that anymore. Hell, maybe they even told me it was a replica.
But I know that they never told me, that nobody has ever told me; that they’d been forced out of their beautiful city. That it was destroyed. That so many were killed, or how the survivors were oppressed for centuries and how their ancestors, still survivors, are still oppressed today. I had no idea that a nearby tribe was eradicated entirely. Nobody ever told me about the genocides.
So I just kept thinking that someday I’d go to one of these places and it’d be full of life and beauty, and a whole entire culture I’d never seen before. I’ve learned a lot since then, about a lot of cultures I’d previously never heard of. But when I’m exploring early & pre-medieval art history from Eurasia, it amazes me how much more architecture remains there than in Africa and the Americas. Just the incredible losses of life and art and stories that resulted from colonization.
Valuable information. I'm glad it can be preserved in this format. I really enjoy hearing him talk and hope he continues to do so for a long time to come.
Thank you for this follow up video. My mind was kinda blown after the last one. Clearing up the timeline and different groups helps alot. It makes me wonder if the anasazi came from further south. Their culture sounds mayan or Aztec influenced, and i remeber reading that archeologists have found tropical bird feathers from central Mexico at Chaco canyon.
@@brynfragua2646 The claim by the Navajo elder is that the Anasazi have no descendants due to being destroyed and dispersing, so referencing genealogy isn't really going to assist with the argument since he claims the Pueblo people returned to their ancestral area that the Anasazi took over until they were no longer. In another video he claims the Anasazi enslaved the people who were there. Presence of Mesoamerican artifacts or other items from that region don't prove either Aztec encroachment or trade, but leave both open to speculation.
@@jonbhorton Enslaved is a verb. Verb or actions are History. Many verbs, many lies.
That and the decorated teeth found there. Decorated in a fashion that only the Aztec did. There is no history of cannibalism amongst the people here. It happened it has happened everywhere to all people. At some point you run out of food. And the natural thing occurs. It is no shame on a people who did what they had to. It is the institutionalized and ritualistic nature of what the Aztec did that is the monstrous act. It was so widespread that even the conquistadors were horrified by it. And they were brutal monstrous goons. The city was painted red. Body trophy racks that overtopped the pyramids. They came up north and brought their practices with them.
I was thinking along the same line. I have heard their were traders who roamed far and wide. I have heard the Kickapoo reported back to their people in the north about the Aztecs or people who dressed and fought like them.
I know that the Aztecs were able to communicate with some of the tribes in the US southwest.
It is sad that the Maya made it up the gulf of Mexico and ended up in areas of what is now known as Georgia. I have read a Aztec shash or shawl was found in a Pueblo, but archeologists saw the item was made locally.
Not a impossible idea.
ever since i graduated/covid hit, your videos have been some of the only pieces of content that made feel like i want to learn again
Thank, genuinely, for sharing this with us.
Thank you for your work on behalf of "We the People" all over this beautiful world we all call our home. I am not a native person. My mother and my father's roots are in U.K. and France. I have always resonated with the Navajo (Dini) culture since early childhood. Your work is very important to me. I respect your teaching very highly. I deeply resonate with them and apply what I am learning in my life. There is great wisdom to be found in the wisdom of the Navajo elders. I also enjoy learning from Navajo grandma. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with non natives.
Thanks for sharing these videos.
I just love listening to you teach❤😊
Brilliant and wise man. I will listen to you whenever possible and learn. God's blessings on you, never be afraid to tell the truth about history or anything else. You are a national treasure.
The history you present is largely unknown. Thanks for sharing.
thank liberals for that, they want us to think things were perfect before Europeans came here.
Thank you for sharing your great knowledge. Your history of the Anazasi is the only one I have heard that makes sense.
What else have you heard?
@@elliottjames671 That they left be a use of drought or war. Never could quite believe that. This Elder's knowledge made sense to me.
I love Navajo history and its people.
Your teaching is so interesting- the language is beautiful
Fascinating.
This is wonderful!! I subscribed.
Thank you ❤️.