Thank-you so much for a powerfully inspiring and transformative speech. Thank-you greatly for sharing your MEDICINE and further neutralizing the psychosis of colonization.
Thank you for teaching this about how we are all a part of it and being so kind about teaching us how to start decolonization. I am currently struggling to find the best ways to teach my son and this has helped.
I stumbled across this because I’m on a path of discovering what decolonizing means to me. This was a perfect video that the universe put in front of me. I once heard that sobriety is decolonization, and I’ve been looking up racial slurs and how indigenous people are portrayed with alcohol and how Hollywood made a mockery of us, and still do to this day. Thank you for your words. It feels less of a weight/burden when I think of decolonizing as an all together thing, because we are on this planet together, at the end of the day we all want shelter, love, and sustenance. Miigwetch!
I thought I wrote this before but I don't see it. Thank you Nikki. I use this video a lot, sharing with anyone who is asking me about Decolonization. I do workshops, have been for 40 years now. .and This video helps so much!! Wopila Tanka! Tlazokamatli
This is the same for the people of Mexico, we are so colonized that we don’t realize that our ancestors are also indigenous. We just see ourselves as Mexicans, Chicano/a or LatinX, Mexican American, etc. Thank you for sharing this topic! 🖤
The word Mexican is a Nahuatl word, it deprives from the Mexica tribe, ie, the Aztecs. Chicano is believed by some scholars to be a Spanish language derivative of an older Nahuatl word Mexitli ("Meh-shee-thee"). Now “Latino” and “Hispanic” are European terms that were misused/coined by the Anglo Richard Nixon administration during the 1970s. Latinos are from Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and Romania. Hispanic’s from Spain.
@@Cha4k There was no one there, try again. Plus the out of Asia theory, is just a theory and there is many theories based on that single theory. Scientists now found that there was people in the Americas for much longer, and not surprising considering the oldest pyramids are in the Americas. The “New World,” was actually the Old World.
Beautiful work! Thanks for your clarity, gentleness, and invitation for all of us to join in the work of decolonizing. :-) ...Having the conversation this morning with the locksmith.
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission spent years studying mortality rates and other conditions in the Residential Schools. At no time was there a mortality rate of 50%. For a few years in the late 19th century it hovered around 25%. For the first half of the 20th century, the death rate was about 3x that of children in the general Canadian population (6 per 1000 vs 2 per 1000) . After WWII the rates are virtually the same. Indigenous populations were more susceptible to smallpox, but the practice of immunization was inconsistent. The worst outbreak among non-indigenous Canadians occurred in 1885 when thousands died. It's one thing to avoid discussing past events and call it historical amnesia. But history from any perspective can be tainted by ideology.
I did my research, and found on my mother’s side I have grandmothers and grandfathers born as Indigenous people in Michigan, Canada and Wisconsin as well as from France. But I am still sad because while I have the exact names and locations of my indigenous grandparents, history and tribes everyone I spread the word to down plays. At work, they think it’s a joke. I am not wanting to become mean about it, but how can I prove to people this is serious, and that indigenous people really do exist? Even though I guess I would be called Métis, the US doesn’t use this term and I live in Detroit right by Canada, and my peoples been here 100’s of years! Nobody listens and shrug me off. I feel very alone and confused to who I am, even though I have my history documented! I see the reason people want to die and are depressed, I am a living proof of a misfit lost. But my ancestors do come to me literally and tell me to keep going and I am solid. Sorry for the long posts, I was just wondering if anyone else is hurting and confused
Lauren Mickens I’m confused a bit about your post. People shrug you off at the existence of indigenous people existing? Because that’s an easy one to prove exist, there are so many Native actors, writers, scholars, etc... out there that you can follow and support. We exist. Listen to your ancestors, ask for answers, dreams are usually a powerful place to get those answers from.
My take on your post is you are looking for community, on every level. . There are many things that make us indigenous. It's not just bloodline, or just living with Ndns, or learning rituals. . it's a combination and it sounds like what you are needing is community. Depending on where you are or who you connected to, you are on a path of figuring it out. Asking yourself why is important. I've traveled a lot in my lifetime and people continually come to me with this, "not able to prove" feeling, or other disconnectedness. If this is about what you can get out of being Indigenous (I'm not saying that's what it is), you might want to redirect your intentions. We are often romanticized, (and other misconceptions) and there's a lot of people who "play Indian" mimicking the stereotypes. Many of us who have lived centuries of being Indian/Native/Indigenous are angry because living in the country, disenfranchised, ROBBED of our birthright is infuriating. Living with the affects of intergenerational trauma is so prevalent still!! So everyone is on a path to healing, wherever we are at. I hope you find yours. If you want to PM me, I'd be happy to continue this conversation. Again, think of your intentions. .sit with it. .if you feel upset by whatever I have written, figure out why. . It's not an easy path, especially if it's for self gain.
Hi Lauren, thank you for sharing your story. Just wanna say how I relate. I'm doing something similar about my maternal grandparents in Indonesia, a multinational country that believes it trumped over White settler colonialism by establishing a native-ruled country, but in fact gave some domestic indigenous "majority" nations colonial privileges over all the other "minorities." Imagine if White settler US didn't exist, and a handful of dominant Native American nations ruled a pan-Indian country at the expense of more minor Indian nations... well, that's the kind of country I come from, if it makes any sense. My maternal grandparents were a last generation indigenous minority from a small island near Timor--politically part of Indonesian territory, but basically a different cultural nation compared to the dominant Java-Bali-Malay images the international world tends to identify Indonesia with. Although my grandparents were successful in Java (the "main island"), a lot of this success came with sacrificing their cultural heritage and ties to this motherland in order to assimilate to the more dominant Javanese society. Today I am writing a travel memoir about my attempts to get to know my grandparents' motherland and the cultural heritage they left behind in order to give their children and grandkids a better life in Java-ruled Indonesia. And it's quite a lonely journey because I'm addressing a lot of uncomfortable truths in a society that does not acknowledge them and want to pretend that I've "evolved" beyond the "primitive" people that my great-grandparents were in the outback. The sad thing is, even my extended family can be divided on what our identity as diaspora of this indigenous culture, and what kind of a relationship we should aim to maintain / rekindle with the motherland. I may not know much about the culture you come from or have anything much in common with you. But from one displaced indigenous sister to another, I just want to send you the universe's positive energies and hope for finding a community that understands and values what you do.
I really feel sorry for white skin Latinos. They are the most brainwashed and actually think that they are European it is going to be very difficult for them to leave that label because do that label that identify as being cool
Yo everyone who watches this, don’t just share it. Start talking about it with your peers. Find out which ones in your community will listen to your ideas about change. Listen to the ones who are talking about the things that are wrong.
Embrace-Sing the matriarchy, upheld by men + All those who know, care, work and speak to support and make an inclusive difference Grandmothers born on Wampanoag lands, Great grandmothers, too We are but for those who go before us Let the world truly hear (y)our message far and wide to uphold Life Many BlesSings, compassion, care, Immense gratitude Stand strong, beautiful, Pure of mind & heart Thank you for sharing In cohesion, whole life, world wide collective wisdoms - Living love, stand in (y)our Peace Empowering
Miigwetch for sharing. I have been working on the idea of decolonization for over a decade, when I began my American Indian Studies journey back in 2006.
@@micaelanama8778 Thank you for your question. I agree with the other response, growing up on the rez was the best experience but it was the theorization I received from the American Indian Studies departments from Scottsdale Community College and Arizona State University that really helped me put it into words.
I can buy 90% of this. I object to the idea that indigenous somehow magically knew that climate change is bad in their "respect for the land." We cannot know how North American First Nations cultures might have culturally evolved if they had discovered industrialization for themselves. They get to pretend that they would have been enlightened rather than being a product of their stage of cultural development. We do need to address the current inequalities from the damage caused by historical atrocities. This, I respect.
Thank-you Nikki for the incredible, thought-provoking discussion that gives us all reasons, steps and clear motivation to move forward together. Five starts. Meegwetch!
One side of my family were German Catholic farmers who bought lands legally from Mennonites who bought from the six nations who got it from the English. The other side were Metis trappers who got screwed over by script treaty. I still love Canada.
Very true, there's a lot more to this story isn't there... But I would reverse that it is our fault there's nothing we can do about it and that's where we move on if we all treat ourselves as equals and with kindness and love the rest will work itself out it did in the past people should really look up the history of british columbia before 1850
Man oh man this is it... I have l listened before and Ibwill again, today I am receiving a much needed hug from this talk. Thank you for your life... ❤
Thank you so much, I appreciate this video I am looking for more resources to show and teach my small children I truly want a future that empowers and respects indigenous people I want peace and healing for the planet and for all those who have been oppressed I am a settler living on stolen Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) land, I want to teach my children true history, I was only taught white washed history and it’s so and wrong and so sad I feel deep sorrow for all the trauma caused by my white ancestors and I also feel so angry for not being taught the truth about anything in American schools, change should not take hundreds and hundreds of years!! We need to teach the truth, talk about it, take accountability, respect people and give in accordance with the privilege we have…
I guess the point to take from this video is that we need to help the people now, who were left out when these cities were being built, i.e the first nations people.
The colonization of the "Philippine Islands", I think, is the cause of the majority of the problems of our society. We have to really look into "decolonising" our minds, our structures from how we look at gender and family and political systems, our design principles and aesthetic, and every single aspect of modern life. We were highly civilized prior to the arrival of the Europeans: economically and socially robust. Maybe we need to start appreciating that and work from there.
I'm not Filipino so maybe I am missing something but what do you mean? Im from El Salvador and people will try to brainwash us to see the Spaniards as bad colonizers and resent history. For what? Im not saying to love it but why embrace a victim mentality? These countries got their independence from Spain already
We need this decolonization and indigenization of Canada. Much Indigenous land is occupied in 'Canada'. I don't think the solution is everyone moving home to their country of origin, but rather walking forward together, accepting responsibility for the wrongs of the past, and partnering to make a better future together. Truth and reconciliation can bring Indigenous peoples and settlers together in an equal, just, and mutually beneficial relationship. I'm writing this from the unceded territory of the Sto:lo people.
Tell you what, Paul. If you think your land is on unceded territory, why don't you step up to the plate and start us off by giving up your home to help "indigenize" Canada?
@@temmy9 They don't. That's the point. There's a difference between a Canadian saying "our land" and an Indigenous Canadian saying "our land." The former means "this is for all Canadians, it belongs to all of us" and the latter means "this is *my* land, and the rest of you should leave."
I cannot name the place my grandma was born on. Her parents were murdered and she was an orphan who lost her name and identity. Her people were colonized in what is now called Ukraine and Poland. She was enslaved in concentration camps and had come to the Americas on a Red Cross ship as a refugee. She came to these lands because it was the only path forward to survive.
Did you even watch the whole thing, she literally said "it's not your fault" at the end? Maybe examine your initial reaction and why that is your reaction.
What if I’m biracial? What if I come from a white mom and a Mexican dad? But I look more like my dad’s side and was raised by only my blonde haired blue eyed mom?
My family arrived penniless in the early 20th century after fleeing Russian Pogroms. Once here, they were heavily discriminated against for their ethnic background, but apparently I am a White colonizer in your system. It makes me really think there are foundational problems in your methodology.
I'm the descendent of white settlers and I support giving back vast areas of this land back to it's rightful hands. Lived in NM where there is more native land than most of the country. Was very conscious of feeling kind of like an invasive species. And of how recently this has happened on this land. Reading the comments from some of the white people, It's like people don't want to face it because it's too terrible. They react like angry children who are told Santa Claus isn't real. It's a lack of empathy.
I agree that it is important to know who we are, but since I believe in evolution, I know who I am. I am a descendent of apes. I am a descendent of hunter gatherers out of Africa. Our languages might be good. But they might also divide us. Our original human language was likely a click language. A fascinating book titled The Master and His Emissary about how language, though beneficial in many ways, may have resulted in us favoring our Left brain over our Right.
I truly agree with the need to acknowledge past and present iniquities and find positive ways forward but presenters need to be more factual and have more accurate historical context than this. It’s going to turn people away.
@@k.s.333 they not talking about alternatives. They talking about the process of decolonization. Decolonization will get us to better alternatives but how can we NOW when we all sick with colonialism?
@@Justthinksalot bingo. The future is unclear but we know that we must move forward. We can only find answers if we actually try to solve our problems. There are no guidebooks.
@@Justthinksalot If you want to decolonize, there are plenty of places on earth with no white people. You are free to live your comfortable easy life for a "better life" with no civilization lmfao
Learn who you are and where you came from ? How long back are they supposed to go? Some people don't have documents for that to show etc... Adress the opressive histories that enable you to occupy the terriortry you now do ? (You do realize that could easiy go back to (before) BC times, in some countries & continents ?) Learn whose land you live on and what has been done to them , pfft again when do we start since it was called a state or even beofre that? Find out how you benefit from that history and activate one strategety (probably being raised middle-middle class) wherein you can use your privilige to dismantle that ? (I don't know if I understand the last part actually) Share the work that Decolonization is for everyone. (probably the asiest one with all the sociald medias being on 24/7)
I’m assuming this lady has ancestry from El Salvador since she mentioned Cuzcatlan in her opening statement. In that case I also assume she claims Pipil ancestry even though she is likely from a Mestizo/a origin due to the surviving Pipil population in El Salvador being extremely small. I am unaware if she was actually speaking Nawat or perhaps a somewhat corrupted version of Nahuatl, however it is clearly not her native language as her poor pronunciation would show. Also, the Nawat language I believe only has a few hundred or few thousand speakers left as it was recently on the brink of extinction. The strange thing is that this woman also claims Maya ancestry as she incorrectly refers to her ‘Mayan’ prophecy. This echoes of appropriation and I am not attempting to criticize her but simply trying to speak the truth. If she has descent from El Salvador then it would be logical to claim descent from the Pipil, or to a lesser extent the Lenca. The fact that she also claims Maya ancestry when the Maya population of El Salvador is minuscule if not non existent in the present day. The land itself was home to Maya groups in the past, but the Pipil became the largest group in the area upon their arrival. That speaks to another important notion, the fact that the Pipil themselves were not indigenous to the land of El Salvador. The Pipil migrated all the way from Central Mexico around the 10th century AD if I am not mistaken. Therefore, it may be that she is appropriating Maya ancestry as a means of romanticizing her own heritage, especially since she refers to her ‘Mayan’ prophecy. This would be logical yet slightly diabolical if she is attempting to profess a more spiritual and historic connection to indigeneity, as the Maya are far more renowned for their achievements and civilization as a whole. If she is appropriating Maya culture or even an indigeneous background in general then that is definitely problematic. Of course she has some degree of indigenous ancestry but the fact that she’s claiming Pipil and Maya when she’s probably just half Salvadoran is certainly dubious. Once again I am not trying to be divisive or critical but there seem to be a few issues with her identity, and that can be very detrimental despite the good work she may do for the indigenous community overall.
You’re completely 100% right! She is NOT speaking Nawat at all! Sounds like she’s speaking a corrupted version of Nahuatl. This woman is not Mayan nor is she “Pipil”. We don’t even call ourselves Pipil, no one uses that term. She’s just a culture appropriating Mestiza. This is such a joke, it’s actually sad.
There is no corrupted version of Nahuatl. There are about 30 individual varieties of it. Lastly... it sounds like you want her to speak nothing but Spanish and label herself with those European labels known as “Hispanic” and “Latino.”You probably also want her to mark white on paper and marry a blonde, blue eyed man. Is is this accurate?
@@tlamatini4617 A drop of European blood? She is clearly predominantly of European ancestry. She is literally half white because her mother is Irish/Scottish. Her father is Salvadoran and more than likely a Mestizo. That would make her at the most only 25% indigenous on paper. So in all likelihood the most she could be is a Castiza or possibly a Harniza but this would assume that her father has either at least 50% or 60% indigenous DNA. that would be a large portion of indigenous DNA for a Salvadoran, and more likely that he has around 40% or less. So it is likely that this woman has roughly low 20's of indigenous DNA as a percentage or perhaps even less. You mention her 'dominant' native genetics even though they are not dominant in her phenotype. Although she may have some remote indigenous characteristics (mainly her eyes), she does not primarily have indigenous phenotypical traits. I am not trying to deny her right to indigenous identity or enforce any blood quantum requirements, but I am simply stating a reality. Her name is Nikki Sanchez and if you look up her name you will see that her identity is listed as Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish. Her instagram is nikkilaes if you want to see how she states her ethnicity. She also has pictures of her mother as a typical white woman and her father as a typical Mestizo looking Salvadoran. I appreciate that she does good work for the indigenous community but all I am saying is that she seems a bit confused regarding her identity.
@@tlamatini4617 We are saying that she is speaking a corrupted version of Nahuatl because it is not her native language so her knowledge of it is very limited, and thus, she made quite a few linguistic mistakes. We are also saying that the language of the Pipil is Nawat, not Nahuatl. This means that she is speaking the wrong language for her proposed indigenous group. Nobody is saying that she should speak Spanish or identify as Hispanic or Latina. However, it would be more genuine to clearly specify that she is of majority European descent, despite having a much smaller portion of indigenous ancestry. Her mother is a white woman who is Irish/Scottish. This shows that she is at least 50% white and likely more than 70%-80% white because her father is most likely a Mestizo Salvadoran who typically have about 30%-40% indigenous ancestry. That would give her possibly around 20% or less indigenous DNA.
colonising women, mother, children, then the land ....please love your children enough NOT to create them into a life of agony... please stop child abuse... men please take hold of your manhood and stop colonising women.... women please protect your womanhood and stop letting men colonise you... teach the truth of what is happening to children and our magnificent planet and then keep fighting to stop reward, punishment and grow back with nature towards nature cultures...
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I love seeing how hard those Israelis got "decolonized." 😂😂😂 Also, what nations? What territory? Are you speaking of the people who failed to invent the wheel? The ones who failed to write? Its ours now. 😂😂😂
A prophecy has been fulfilled and we can see through each others' eyes now? Damn I must have missed out on the magic blessing. I guess I'm not allowed to protect the environment either.
Maddie to learn more about our roots and how our families have been affected/contributed to colonization. This video is to open your mind to ‘colonization’ and ‘decolonization’ and what it means. Watch again !
I really appreciate the mention of global colonization. Sumerians, Egyptians, Persians, Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Christians, Muslims, Ottomans. All have enslaved. We don't know the majority of those peoples. We remember the Celts, the Druids. We remember Boudica and Spartacus. But most we will never know.
@@23Revan84 That is a very skewed history of humanity you are spouting here. It's not a universal feature of human nature to desire to compete, dominate, and enslave others! It's our cooperative instincts that have enable humanity to survive and thrive. For example, what people call “tribalism” may be the source of war, genocide, etc, but it’s been given a bad rap by imperialism. In other words, tribalism without imperialism is a source of creativity, diversification, and discovery/testing new ways of being (in some ways analogous to genetic speciation, just based on the transmission of behavioural/social information, rather than genetic -though of course the two can feedback and steer each other). Mechanisms promoting tribalism have evolved in us precisely because they provide a large advantage to human being adaptability/survivorship. And, there have been many (many, many) “tribes” and scoeities historic and contemporary that exist outside of imperialistic ("enslaving") social-systems, and which have developed social-systems favouring cooperation and co-existence (rather than competition), and which have basically enabled humanity to survive thus far (unfortunately, the imperialistic societies are the ones that write the history books).
The Berbers have the Jewish Berber Queen Kahina who fought against the Arab conquest of North Africa. The Jews Simon Bar Kokhba against the Romans. The Syrian's have the Aramean Queen Zenobia against the Romans. The Carthaginians Hannibal.
I would ask that these leaders offer concrete solutions and strategies now. In this 13 minute talk the only solution I saw was "dismantle that" referring to past injustice and the changing of land ownership away from indigenous people. It is too vague. What about a specific material reparations package? What concrete wins will restore the economic comfort and political and social pride of First Nation people?
"Concrete solutions, strategies, wins, material reparations, and economic comfort." I'm smiling, though a bit sadly, at your stark example of colonial thinking, Adam.
This is a journey we follow together. It is not transactional. That being said, lots of material needs are already known and requested, government to government according to promises made and long ago broken. Seems to be always quite an ask, to get, say, drinkable water or adequate healthcare.
We all need to be engaging in land and water defense. Not only indigenous people.
Yes!
Yup we’re all indigenous to the planet. So yea.
LMAO Cringe comment... so are the others in the chain except for odibex... he great
Too late. Pandora is out the Box.
Cringe comment??? You need to have a different worldview
I love "the eyes of the serpent can see through the eyes of the Eagle"!! Very inspiring and thoughtful!
Hiy hiy. Nânaskomowin. I study Indigenous social work. What you say resonates and you is incredibly energizing
Thank-you so much for a powerfully inspiring and transformative speech. Thank-you greatly for sharing your MEDICINE and further neutralizing the psychosis of colonization.
what a ray of light, I needed this, being African American its painful to look at the past, but I know that this will guide us all to freedom
Hear! Hear! Well done, Iyolo La'es.
Thank you for teaching this about how we are all a part of it and being so kind about teaching us how to start decolonization. I am currently struggling to find the best ways to teach my son and this has helped.
As usual, the three "problem peoples" (anglos, blacks, hispanics) know what's proper for ALL of the rest of us!
@@josephinetracy1485 were you not listening?
Typical female. This is why there are no matriarchal societies. Such a pathetic. 😂😂
I stumbled across this because I’m on a path of discovering what decolonizing means to me. This was a perfect video that the universe put in front of me. I once heard that sobriety is decolonization, and I’ve been looking up racial slurs and how indigenous people are portrayed with alcohol and how Hollywood made a mockery of us, and still do to this day. Thank you for your words. It feels less of a weight/burden when I think of decolonizing as an all together thing, because we are on this planet together, at the end of the day we all want shelter, love, and sustenance. Miigwetch!
FoxInMocs check out a thing known as Cultural Marxism.
I thought I wrote this before but I don't see it. Thank you Nikki. I use this video a lot, sharing with anyone who is asking me about Decolonization. I do workshops, have been for 40 years now. .and This video helps so much!! Wopila Tanka! Tlazokamatli
such an eye-opening talk- thank you
This is so powerful! Thank you so much!
This is the same for the people of Mexico, we are so colonized that we don’t realize that our ancestors are also indigenous. We just see ourselves as Mexicans, Chicano/a or LatinX, Mexican American, etc.
Thank you for sharing this topic! 🖤
Some of us are waking up. I didn’t know but now I see. And I feel a lot more comfortable identifying as native than the culture of colonizers
The word Mexican is a Nahuatl word, it deprives from the Mexica tribe, ie, the Aztecs. Chicano is believed by some scholars to be a Spanish language derivative of an older Nahuatl word Mexitli ("Meh-shee-thee"). Now “Latino” and “Hispanic” are European terms that were misused/coined by the Anglo Richard Nixon administration during the 1970s. Latinos are from Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, and Romania. Hispanic’s from Spain.
You’re not indigenous
@@jjreddick377 Yes they are, just detribalised Indigenous. Europeans will never replace Mexicans.
@@Cha4k There was no one there, try again. Plus the out of Asia theory, is just a theory and there is many theories based on that single theory. Scientists now found that there was people in the Americas for much longer, and not surprising considering the oldest pyramids are in the Americas. The “New World,” was actually the Old World.
Appreciate you so much, Nikki! This was really powerful. Yes!
Excellent talk! Very inspiring, thank you!
Thank you for doing this good work. Deeply appreciate you.
Beautiful work! Thanks for your clarity, gentleness, and invitation for all of us to join in the work of decolonizing. :-) ...Having the conversation this morning with the locksmith.
I was wondering what I was feeling. It’s historical bystander trauma. Glad to start the healing process.
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The Truth and Reconciliation Commission spent years studying mortality rates and other conditions in the Residential Schools. At no time was there a mortality rate of 50%. For a few years in the late 19th century it hovered around 25%. For the first half of the 20th century, the death rate was about 3x that of children in the general Canadian population (6 per 1000 vs 2 per 1000) . After WWII the rates are virtually the same. Indigenous populations were more susceptible to smallpox, but the practice of immunization was inconsistent. The worst outbreak among non-indigenous Canadians occurred in 1885 when thousands died. It's one thing to avoid discussing past events and call it historical amnesia. But history from any perspective can be tainted by ideology.
@12:00 I got chills from her reaction
ArmiiV I too got chills, those sprayed on pants were sweet!
She's build like a drunk. 😂😂😂
You are in a cult
I did my research, and found on my mother’s side I have grandmothers and grandfathers born as Indigenous people in Michigan, Canada and Wisconsin as well as from France. But I am still sad because while I have the exact names and locations of my indigenous grandparents, history and tribes everyone I spread the word to down plays. At work, they think it’s a joke. I am not wanting to become mean about it, but how can I prove to people this is serious, and that indigenous people really do exist? Even though I guess I would be called Métis, the US doesn’t use this term and I live in Detroit right by Canada, and my peoples been here 100’s of years! Nobody listens and shrug me off. I feel very alone and confused to who I am, even though I have my history documented! I see the reason people want to die and are depressed, I am a living proof of a misfit lost. But my ancestors do come to me literally and tell me to keep going and I am solid. Sorry for the long posts, I was just wondering if anyone else is hurting and confused
Lauren Mickens I’m confused a bit about your post. People shrug you off at the existence of indigenous people existing? Because that’s an easy one to prove exist, there are so many Native actors, writers, scholars, etc... out there that you can follow and support. We exist. Listen to your ancestors, ask for answers, dreams are usually a powerful place to get those answers from.
My take on your post is you are looking for community, on every level. . There are many things that make us indigenous. It's not just bloodline, or just living with Ndns, or learning rituals. . it's a combination and it sounds like what you are needing is community. Depending on where you are or who you connected to, you are on a path of figuring it out. Asking yourself why is important. I've traveled a lot in my lifetime and people continually come to me with this, "not able to prove" feeling, or other disconnectedness. If this is about what you can get out of being Indigenous (I'm not saying that's what it is), you might want to redirect your intentions. We are often romanticized, (and other misconceptions) and there's a lot of people who "play Indian" mimicking the stereotypes. Many of us who have lived centuries of being Indian/Native/Indigenous are angry because living in the country, disenfranchised, ROBBED of our birthright is infuriating. Living with the affects of intergenerational trauma is so prevalent still!! So everyone is on a path to healing, wherever we are at. I hope you find yours. If you want to PM me, I'd be happy to continue this conversation. Again, think of your intentions. .sit with it. .if you feel upset by whatever I have written, figure out why. . It's not an easy path, especially if it's for self gain.
Hi Lauren, thank you for sharing your story. Just wanna say how I relate. I'm doing something similar about my maternal grandparents in Indonesia, a multinational country that believes it trumped over White settler colonialism by establishing a native-ruled country, but in fact gave some domestic indigenous "majority" nations colonial privileges over all the other "minorities." Imagine if White settler US didn't exist, and a handful of dominant Native American nations ruled a pan-Indian country at the expense of more minor Indian nations... well, that's the kind of country I come from, if it makes any sense.
My maternal grandparents were a last generation indigenous minority from a small island near Timor--politically part of Indonesian territory, but basically a different cultural nation compared to the dominant Java-Bali-Malay images the international world tends to identify Indonesia with. Although my grandparents were successful in Java (the "main island"), a lot of this success came with sacrificing their cultural heritage and ties to this motherland in order to assimilate to the more dominant Javanese society.
Today I am writing a travel memoir about my attempts to get to know my grandparents' motherland and the cultural heritage they left behind in order to give their children and grandkids a better life in Java-ruled Indonesia. And it's quite a lonely journey because I'm addressing a lot of uncomfortable truths in a society that does not acknowledge them and want to pretend that I've "evolved" beyond the "primitive" people that my great-grandparents were in the outback. The sad thing is, even my extended family can be divided on what our identity as diaspora of this indigenous culture, and what kind of a relationship we should aim to maintain / rekindle with the motherland.
I may not know much about the culture you come from or have anything much in common with you. But from one displaced indigenous sister to another, I just want to send you the universe's positive energies and hope for finding a community that understands and values what you do.
Lauren Mickens maybe they have a lot more important things to think about their lives....x100
I really feel sorry for white skin Latinos. They are the most brainwashed and actually think that they are European it is going to be very difficult for them to leave that label because do that label that identify as being cool
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Miigwetch for sharing. I have been working on the idea of decolonization for over a decade, when I began my American Indian Studies journey back in 2006.
Laura Medina hi sister! Where did you began your studies?
@@micaelanama8778 the rez is the best spot lol
@@micaelanama8778 Thank you for your question. I agree with the other response, growing up on the rez was the best experience but it was the theorization I received from the American Indian Studies departments from Scottsdale Community College and Arizona State University that really helped me put it into words.
What a waste of time and life. lmfao
We need more talks like these.. very insightful
Deforestation is something that needs to be blocked too
No it doesn't.
Lots and lots of trees , take a plane ride
Deforestation is a natural event called forest fires. These have done their magic since the first forests.
Thankyou for your kind and honest heart. Thankyou for sharing the truth
I can buy 90% of this. I object to the idea that indigenous somehow magically knew that climate change is bad in their "respect for the land." We cannot know how North American First Nations cultures might have culturally evolved if they had discovered industrialization for themselves. They get to pretend that they would have been enlightened rather than being a product of their stage of cultural development.
We do need to address the current inequalities from the damage caused by historical atrocities. This, I respect.
Indigenous people have concrete beauty.
Thank-you Nikki for the incredible, thought-provoking discussion that gives us all reasons, steps and clear motivation to move forward together. Five starts. Meegwetch!
One side of my family were German Catholic farmers who bought lands legally from Mennonites who bought from the six nations who got it from the English. The other side were Metis trappers who got screwed over by script treaty. I still love Canada.
Very true, there's a lot more to this story isn't there... But I would reverse that it is our fault there's nothing we can do about it and that's where we move on if we all treat ourselves as equals and with kindness and love the rest will work itself out it did in the past people should really look up the history of british columbia before 1850
I love this💗 amazing speech
Barely started to look into this work. Thankful for this video, thank you sister ❤️ Slow and steady wins the race. Turtle 🐢 powerr!!!!!
Man oh man this is it... I have l listened before and Ibwill again, today I am receiving a much needed hug from this talk. Thank you for your life... ❤
Thank you so much, I appreciate this video I am looking for more resources to show and teach my small children I truly want a future that empowers and respects indigenous people I want peace and healing for the planet and for all those who have been oppressed I am a settler living on stolen Nuwuvi (Southern Paiute) land, I want to teach my children true history, I was only taught white washed history and it’s so and wrong and so sad I feel deep sorrow for all the trauma caused by my white ancestors and I also feel so angry for not being taught the truth about anything in American schools, change should not take hundreds and hundreds of years!! We need to teach the truth, talk about it, take accountability, respect people and give in accordance with the privilege we have…
Thank you so much for this...!!
I guess the point to take from this video is that we need to help the people now, who were left out when these cities were being built, i.e the first nations people.
Wise words! Thank you!
The colonization of the "Philippine Islands", I think, is the cause of the majority of the problems of our society. We have to really look into "decolonising" our minds, our structures from how we look at gender and family and political systems, our design principles and aesthetic, and every single aspect of modern life. We were highly civilized prior to the arrival of the Europeans: economically and socially robust. Maybe we need to start appreciating that and work from there.
I'm not Filipino so maybe I am missing something but what do you mean? Im from El Salvador and people will try to brainwash us to see the Spaniards as bad colonizers and resent history. For what? Im not saying to love it but why embrace a victim mentality? These countries got their independence from Spain already
For deeper understanding and appreciation
@@roninjolin7687 you aren’t embracing a victim mentality when you’re saying the Spaniards sucked. That’s a fact.
@@indigenouspodcast2257 Make Spanish America's official language
@@roninjolin7687 No dem or republican will let that happen lol
We need this decolonization and indigenization of Canada. Much Indigenous land is occupied in 'Canada'. I don't think the solution is everyone moving home to their country of origin, but rather walking forward together, accepting responsibility for the wrongs of the past, and partnering to make a better future together. Truth and reconciliation can bring Indigenous peoples and settlers together in an equal, just, and mutually beneficial relationship. I'm writing this from the unceded territory of the Sto:lo people.
at what point does a 'settler' stop being a 'settler'?
Tell you what, Paul. If you think your land is on unceded territory, why don't you step up to the plate and start us off by giving up your home to help "indigenize" Canada?
@@temmy9 They don't. That's the point. There's a difference between a Canadian saying "our land" and an Indigenous Canadian saying "our land." The former means "this is for all Canadians, it belongs to all of us" and the latter means "this is *my* land, and the rest of you should leave."
Def let indigenous peoples move in with you and support them completely financially otherwise you're just virtue signaling 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
I've noticed that "recognizing the wrongs of the past" only applies to one specific group.
I cannot name the place my grandma was born on. Her parents were murdered and she was an orphan who lost her name and identity. Her people were colonized in what is now called Ukraine and Poland. She was enslaved in concentration camps and had come to the Americas on a Red Cross ship as a refugee. She came to these lands because it was the only path forward to survive.
History is no one's responsibility. What does that even mean, we are not responsible for what has been done.
Did you even watch the whole thing, she literally said "it's not your fault" at the end? Maybe examine your initial reaction and why that is your reaction.
History is everyone’s responsibility. Aren’t you tired of history repeating itself?
@@Moviebro The present is everyone's responsibility. No one is responsible for what other people have done in the past.
I'm horrified by the information. Thank you for educating us.
Thank you 🙏🏾
What if I’m biracial? What if I come from a white mom and a Mexican dad? But I look more like my dad’s side and was raised by only my blonde haired blue eyed mom?
Thank you so much for preparing this presentation. I've been trying to figure out what I can do to help and this is very hopeful.
Well you can always remove yourself from the population if you are the wrong skin color
I have learn a lot more about decolonization
amazing talk
Ethiopia was not colonized. Sorry I didn’t know how to say this while I really support the cause and am glad I came to this vid.
1936, ti saluto vado in abissinia!
My family arrived penniless in the early 20th century after fleeing Russian Pogroms. Once here, they were heavily discriminated against for their ethnic background, but apparently I am a White colonizer in your system. It makes me really think there are foundational problems in your methodology.
You clearly have not researched or sensitized yourself to the experiences of indigenous people.
Perhaps another talk on colonization of Mexico and South America would be interesting.
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Beautiful speaker; beautiful person-thank you.
I wonder if the subjects of ancient Rome or other expansionist empires were having these same conversations?
They did and they failed as a result. Back to the stone age.
Thank you. Abolish Indian Act
more like her in this world pleaseeeeee
We have enough racists
I'm the descendent of white settlers and I support giving back vast areas of this land back to it's rightful hands. Lived in NM where there is more native land than most of the country. Was very conscious of feeling kind of like an invasive species. And of how recently this has happened on this land. Reading the comments from some of the white people, It's like people don't want to face it because it's too terrible. They react like angry children who are told Santa Claus isn't real. It's a lack of empathy.
I am a descent of former slaves, I will never leave this blessed nation for poverty stricken West Africa. Go away with your white guilt.
Have you given back what you have yet?
Thank you so much for this presentation! This is so helpful for all my students to accept themselves and their part in colonization.
Nikki Sanchez is a pretendian. She is NOT “Pipil”, we do not even call ourselves “Pipil”. She is NOT part of our community!
Thanks so much.
I agree that it is important to know who we are, but since I believe in evolution, I know who I am. I am a descendent of apes. I am a descendent of hunter gatherers out of Africa. Our languages might be good. But they might also divide us. Our original human language was likely a click language. A fascinating book titled The Master and His Emissary about how language, though beneficial in many ways, may have resulted in us favoring our Left brain over our Right.
Excellent Presentation!
I truly agree with the need to acknowledge past and present iniquities and find positive ways forward but presenters need to be more factual and have more accurate historical context than this. It’s going to turn people away.
I would love to hear about her “Pipil” heritage…
I know as much about decolonization after watching this as I knew before watching this...
Listening is hard for some. Try harder.
I guess you don’t recognize your own privilege
It's a big topic. Might need to just look into it some more if you're interested.
@2:07-2:15 Sankofa
2:20 - What point is she trying to make here?
That colonization exists everywhere, it is a global monster.
@@Justthinksalot These people never offer a better functional alternative, because none really exists.
@@k.s.333 they not talking about alternatives. They talking about the process of decolonization. Decolonization will get us to better alternatives but how can we NOW when we all sick with colonialism?
@@Justthinksalot bingo. The future is unclear but we know that we must move forward. We can only find answers if we actually try to solve our problems. There are no guidebooks.
@@Justthinksalot If you want to decolonize, there are plenty of places on earth with no white people. You are free to live your comfortable easy life for a "better life" with no civilization lmfao
I can't find any indigenous sources for Memphis , TN area peoples. It's all awkwardly colonial museums....
Memphis is Chickasaw Country
@@glxjchaos7775 cool. They got a community center in tn somewhere?
@- I'm literally talking about my Google results
@just me glad they have it but that's so far away
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Learn who you are and where you came from ? How long back are they supposed to go? Some people don't have documents for that to show etc...
Adress the opressive histories that enable you to occupy the terriortry you now do ? (You do realize that could easiy go back to (before) BC times, in some countries & continents ?)
Learn whose land you live on and what has been done to them , pfft again when do we start since it was called a state or even beofre that?
Find out how you benefit from that history and activate one strategety (probably being raised middle-middle class) wherein you can use your privilige to dismantle that ? (I don't know if I understand the last part actually)
Share the work that Decolonization is for everyone. (probably the asiest one with all the sociald medias being on 24/7)
So will Canadians pack up and go back to Europe or they'll just talk about it? Because you know, talk is cheap.
yea idt that's what decolonization is about, maybe watch again, notice the "build together" aspects
So my parents’ tax dollars went towards the residential schools in Canada unwillingly? That’s absolutely horrible...
*Horrible that those kids had to go through that
I’m assuming this lady has ancestry from El Salvador since she mentioned Cuzcatlan in her opening statement. In that case I also assume she claims Pipil ancestry even though she is likely from a Mestizo/a origin due to the surviving Pipil population in El Salvador being extremely small. I am unaware if she was actually speaking Nawat or perhaps a somewhat corrupted version of Nahuatl, however it is clearly not her native language as her poor pronunciation would show. Also, the Nawat language I believe only has a few hundred or few thousand speakers left as it was recently on the brink of extinction. The strange thing is that this woman also claims Maya ancestry as she incorrectly refers to her ‘Mayan’ prophecy. This echoes of appropriation and I am not attempting to criticize her but simply trying to speak the truth. If she has descent from El Salvador then it would be logical to claim descent from the Pipil, or to a lesser extent the Lenca. The fact that she also claims Maya ancestry when the Maya population of El Salvador is minuscule if not non existent in the present day. The land itself was home to Maya groups in the past, but the Pipil became the largest group in the area upon their arrival. That speaks to another important notion, the fact that the Pipil themselves were not indigenous to the land of El Salvador. The Pipil migrated all the way from Central Mexico around the 10th century AD if I am not mistaken. Therefore, it may be that she is appropriating Maya ancestry as a means of romanticizing her own heritage, especially since she refers to her ‘Mayan’ prophecy. This would be logical yet slightly diabolical if she is attempting to profess a more spiritual and historic connection to indigeneity, as the Maya are far more renowned for their achievements and civilization as a whole. If she is appropriating Maya culture or even an indigeneous background in general then that is definitely problematic. Of course she has some degree of indigenous ancestry but the fact that she’s claiming Pipil and Maya when she’s probably just half Salvadoran is certainly dubious. Once again I am not trying to be divisive or critical but there seem to be a few issues with her identity, and that can be very detrimental despite the good work she may do for the indigenous community overall.
You’re completely 100% right! She is NOT speaking Nawat at all! Sounds like she’s speaking a corrupted version of Nahuatl. This woman is not Mayan nor is she “Pipil”. We don’t even call ourselves Pipil, no one uses that term. She’s just a culture appropriating Mestiza. This is such a joke, it’s actually sad.
@@HarleyQuinn-wz3xf Just because she has a drop of European blood doesn’t exclude her dominate native genetics. That’s not how genetics works....
There is no corrupted version of Nahuatl. There are about 30 individual varieties of it. Lastly... it sounds like you want her to speak nothing but Spanish and label herself with those European labels known as “Hispanic” and “Latino.”You probably also want her to mark white on paper and marry a blonde, blue eyed man. Is is this accurate?
@@tlamatini4617 A drop of European blood? She is clearly predominantly of European ancestry. She is literally half white because her mother is Irish/Scottish. Her father is Salvadoran and more than likely a Mestizo. That would make her at the most only 25% indigenous on paper. So in all likelihood the most she could be is a Castiza or possibly a Harniza but this would assume that her father has either at least 50% or 60% indigenous DNA. that would be a large portion of indigenous DNA for a Salvadoran, and more likely that he has around 40% or less. So it is likely that this woman has roughly low 20's of indigenous DNA as a percentage or perhaps even less. You mention her 'dominant' native genetics even though they are not dominant in her phenotype. Although she may have some remote indigenous characteristics (mainly her eyes), she does not primarily have indigenous phenotypical traits. I am not trying to deny her right to indigenous identity or enforce any blood quantum requirements, but I am simply stating a reality. Her name is Nikki Sanchez and if you look up her name you will see that her identity is listed as Pipil/Maya and Irish/Scottish. Her instagram is nikkilaes if you want to see how she states her ethnicity. She also has pictures of her mother as a typical white woman and her father as a typical Mestizo looking Salvadoran. I appreciate that she does good work for the indigenous community but all I am saying is that she seems a bit confused regarding her identity.
@@tlamatini4617 We are saying that she is speaking a corrupted version of Nahuatl because it is not her native language so her knowledge of it is very limited, and thus, she made quite a few linguistic mistakes. We are also saying that the language of the Pipil is Nawat, not Nahuatl. This means that she is speaking the wrong language for her proposed indigenous group. Nobody is saying that she should speak Spanish or identify as Hispanic or Latina. However, it would be more genuine to clearly specify that she is of majority European descent, despite having a much smaller portion of indigenous ancestry. Her mother is a white woman who is Irish/Scottish. This shows that she is at least 50% white and likely more than 70%-80% white because her father is most likely a Mestizo Salvadoran who typically have about 30%-40% indigenous ancestry. That would give her possibly around 20% or less indigenous DNA.
What if hypoticatically you were in favor of Colonization, where does that leave you in this narative?
"A history that none of us should be proud off" - That's a big ask, to assume everyone agrees with that...
It leaves you as insensitive, and a bad speller.
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This is genocidal language, as we just saw in Israel
Did she say ( MAYA PIPIL CUSCATLAN ? ) True knowledge
There is no “Maya-Pipil”. This woman is a fraud.
So what does decolonize mean?
Free stuff.
Took away a lot from this Iyolo La'es .. great presentation
I love seeing how hard those Israelis got "decolonized."
😂😂😂
Also, what nations? What territory? Are you speaking of the people who failed to invent the wheel?
The ones who failed to write?
Its ours now. 😂😂😂
i feel nauseous seeing what was done to Indigenous population
lol
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9:11 Mayan Prophecy
I guess some religions are to be more revered than others.
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A prophecy has been fulfilled and we can see through each others' eyes now? Damn I must have missed out on the magic blessing. I guess I'm not allowed to protect the environment either.
I really like colonizers
What was her main point of this video? Like the overall main point?
Maddie to learn more about our roots and how our families have been affected/contributed to colonization. This video is to open your mind to ‘colonization’ and ‘decolonization’ and what it means. Watch again !
Do. Your. Bit.
grifters keeping historical grievances alive.
It’s 2024 and it’s happening in living colour in Palestine
I really appreciate the mention of global colonization. Sumerians, Egyptians, Persians, Chinese, Greeks, Romans, Christians, Muslims, Ottomans. All have enslaved. We don't know the majority of those peoples. We remember the Celts, the Druids. We remember Boudica and Spartacus. But most we will never know.
Everyone enslaved each other, even the tribes here fought and colonized each other. The whole talk is pointless.
@@23Revan84 That is a very skewed history of humanity you are spouting here. It's not a universal feature of human nature to desire to compete, dominate, and enslave others! It's our cooperative instincts that have enable humanity to survive and thrive.
For example, what people call “tribalism” may be the source of war, genocide, etc, but it’s been given a bad rap by imperialism. In other words, tribalism without imperialism is a source of creativity, diversification, and discovery/testing new ways of being (in some ways analogous to genetic speciation, just based on the transmission of behavioural/social information, rather than genetic -though of course the two can feedback and steer each other).
Mechanisms promoting tribalism have evolved in us precisely because they provide a large advantage to human being adaptability/survivorship. And, there have been many (many, many) “tribes” and scoeities historic and contemporary that exist outside of imperialistic ("enslaving") social-systems, and which have developed social-systems favouring cooperation and co-existence (rather than competition), and which have basically enabled humanity to survive thus far (unfortunately, the imperialistic societies are the ones that write the history books).
The Berbers have the Jewish Berber Queen Kahina who fought against the Arab conquest of North Africa. The Jews Simon Bar Kokhba against the Romans. The Syrian's have the Aramean Queen Zenobia against the Romans. The Carthaginians Hannibal.
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Hmm 36+million subscribers, and this only has 107k views.
I think that you should invest a little bit of your admin hours into making this Video make it up to at least 1-5million veiws
She's being vague about what she saying being that the US "Indigenous people" is being claimed by African Americans who are identified by
does anyone know where I can read more about the prophecy she mentioned?
Subtitles in English! Please....
I would ask that these leaders offer concrete solutions and strategies now. In this 13 minute talk the only solution I saw was "dismantle that" referring to past injustice and the changing of land ownership away from indigenous people. It is too vague. What about a specific material reparations package? What concrete wins will restore the economic comfort and political and social pride of First Nation people?
"Concrete solutions, strategies, wins, material reparations, and economic comfort." I'm smiling, though a bit sadly, at your stark example of colonial thinking, Adam.
This is a journey we follow together. It is not transactional.
That being said, lots of material needs are already known and requested, government to government according to promises made and long ago broken. Seems to be always quite an ask, to get, say, drinkable water or adequate healthcare.
we are here and now in a place to do this work...
Beautifully Put,..........We need Help to Decolonize the Mind first then the Lands,....its to Save Everything and Everyone,...!