Thank you Vice for highlighting bicycle travel. The United States becomes a better and kinder place each time someone steps onto a bicycle. I would love to see more.
Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta There was a Buffalo Soldier In the heart of America Stolen from Africa, brought to America Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival. " Bob Marley"
9:36 "How can we even heal a nation if we don't heal the past or understand our past, more than anything, right? "How do we more forward as a people of this country?" So damn true. This is what America needs, now more than ever.
good luck. right wingers are doing their best to erase this history. look at desantis and what is doing to the education system in florida. as long as republicans continue to hold office we will continue to devolve and regress.
That's not possible to begin with. "Healing" often only comes when people forget, or things are good enough to forget. Because constantly bringing it up often brings up bad feelings and mistrust. Kinda like how nobody brings up the mistreatment of Irish Americans eventually making people dismiss it as "something that happened before". Mind you, this doesn't excuse modern mistreatment, but the point is that when people constantly talk about past/modern mistreatment there is often a aspect of politicians bringing it up to maintain their voter base. Ala Al Sharpton.
Wow. It warms my heart knowing that we as Black folks have a way of communicating with our ancestors and never forgetting about the paths they paved for us and this world.
Iam 1st nation's indigenous native of Canada.. my ancestors went through worse things than u can imagine.. native Americans like me have lots of compassion. We love our planet.. I wish all races were like that .
The US historically creates strife between minority and other suppressed groups to this very day. Poor black people against poor white people, Asian against blacks, blacks against indigenous, indigenous against Mexican. People who should be fighting for the same needs and rights. If you keep people separated, you can keep them from focusing on creating real change. This is true for many countries. Thank you for this story.
Buffalo soldiers were literally slaves that were used to genocide indigenous tribes. So the white man can have the land to enslave those soldiers. Just overall retarded to glorify this history.
This is just flat out BS propaganda, wtf? The US doesn't "create" strife, that strife is the natural end result of people seeking to better or hurt others -if Hispanics achieve political power to become the "face" of the US, then its at the expense of other groups. The rich whites that supposedly get off from this "strife" themselves fight against each other and other rich people of varying colors. This is just a feel good way to ignore the real issues.
We've been aware of Erick ever since he owned and ran the Bicycle Nomad Café in Phoenix, AZ. Always a great member of the cycling community, I remember seeing all his Instagram photos with all of the bicycle travelers who would come through Phoenix and visit his café. Great guy.
Natives owned black slaves as well. If they’re against the “Buffalo Soldiers” they might wanna address that too, no? And unlike this one incident, the Natives owned black slaves for centuries.
Yeah, the so-called Five Civilized Tribes assimilated into whiteness by mimicking them - everything from the way they spoke, their style of dress, adopting Christianity, and owning slaves. In recent history, we saw the Seminole tribe deny black Native Americans (Freedmen) Covid vaccines. The history between blacks and Native Americans need to be explored in its entirety.
History is complex and deserves to be remembered in detail. Thank you for addressing their use against Natives, they where literally the ham in the sandwich being abused and disrespected and yet also doing some of the dirty work against Natives. The road to healing needs to be travelled in all of it many curves. Peace to all !
Wow our history is finally coming together. Erick Cedeno thank you for your enthusiasm and inspiration on the Underground Railroad project. To revive their Dignity is Honoring our Ancestors.
why is it any time vice makes a video on a race you get comments flooded with “well what about this race? what about this event? what about this? what about that?” like the video is like 30 min old and there’s already people asking for a “white soldiers biking across america video”. this is why we can’t have nice things
I have been looking for POC who ride cross country for months this makes me so happy 🥰🤗 the history of this is very painful so happy I’m learning from the the past.
Vice, I know of a Professor who studied US and Southern history. Her dissertation was about the correlation between historically Black Towns and the Underground Railroad. Dr. Boles of Rice U (Houston, TX) rejected it, denying the truths she uncovered about historically Black Towns in North America. It’s called the Black Towns project.
Respect for vice for showing the darker side of the buffalo soldiers. But these men were following the orders of their white officers And I say this as a right leaning political entity. Yes they could have refused but if I was one of them my own freedom would trump that of others and I don't believe you can blame someone for that.
Yes. Reggae hadn't become popular with black people in the U.S., and that song was an attempt by him to appeal to that audience and cross over (and also to appeal to pan-Africanism and "one love"), but it didn't really work at the time. Black America then was mainly interested in it's own music forms: funk, disco, soul, R&B, motown, blues, and jazz. The primary U.S. audience for reggae during Bob Marley's lifetime was white college kids and musicians. Reggae has a much broader reach and appeal today. Fela Kuti and Afrobeat also never really crossed over at the time, but people in the U.S. have slowly discovered it since then.
Wow! Am not sure if VICE realizes but the closing of this beautiful little documentary has a potential for a very diverse history lesson of the true America...
Very interesting! The Buffalo Soldier history is also here on the Llano Estacado (plains) of Texas. And when I ride around Tahoka I often think of an incident involving them and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, among other Comanches. A good read is The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 by Paul H Carlson, Texas Tech Professor emeritus of history.
Great video. I watch a lot of VICE videos. This is one of the most interesting ones. Biking, history, natives, buffalo soldiers, spirituality, how can you get a better mix than that? Not to mention the majority of the video is on bikes. Makes ya feel like you're riding with them. And yes, history can be dark, all that stuff happened in real time, some didn't know what actually was happening. I dont blame anybody for the most part. Spoken as a Comanche from Oklahoma.
AMAZING but tooo short ... got to the end wanting MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEE once again vice u have not HELPED SUPPORT THIS MAN SHARE HIS SOCIALS?? UA-cam ETC???
Native Americans enslaved our people, some fought on the confederate side. Gen.Stan Waite was a confederate fighting to keep us enslaved. The 5 Civilized Tribes were called this because they took on the attitudes and beliefs of the colonizers. Today, some tribes are disenrolling Black members of their tribes. The actor Don Cheadle's ancestors were enslaved by Native people in Oaklahoma. History is fascinating.
It was hardly one or the other, at one time or another groups have done terrible things. A lot of Native American tribes fought alongside the Confederacy to maintain slavery of African Americans for their own benefit. Apologies are meaningless; accepting the past and trying to do better is what's important.
'not really' as in the title does not really suggest the reporter goes the full distance. And even if it DID falsely suggest that, it's irrelevant because that's not the point of the video. Are you tipsy already?
pro tips from a Dutchie for Americans getting into cycling. attach cargo to the back, get one with a cargo rack & bags there. your steering wheel is balanced by your hands so it's more tiring to balance the weight too. the back ain't. Really interesting video. much more than just another bike story like i expected. as for bikes, instead of looking to us, look at your own history to inspire transportation change. you've got plenty. from this, to US paratroopers in WW2 who dropped with folding bicycles.
Cargo racks on the back make maintenance harder plus you don’t need much steering when you’re out of the city biking for hundreds of miles in a straight line.
@@airhab this is not true because you balance with the steering wheel. Just try cicling with the steering wheel welded stuck. ;) A basic Cargo rack doesn't impact maintainance. It's just one extra beam next to the main one of the frame. Repairing the tire doesn't onvolve replacing the whole wheel but even if you do there's no difference.
I disagree with negative comments on the black soldiers; they were soldiers following orders that did not have the privilege of refusing orders. The path to freedom from the past was ugly and imperfect don’t judged those who tried or expect black people to save the world; btw native Americans owned slaves
@@orfeo793 Penalties went from being whipped, then to being hanged/executed very quickly for minor infractions today. This was to insure blind obedience to run into cannon fire, because there was at least a small odd chance you might live compare to be 100% odds of being killed if you tried to refuse a suicide mission. The acceptable losses was very eschewed back then, then again they also formed straight lines on open fields to shoot at each other... To stand still with Calvary unit charging you required severe bravery or severe terror about what would happened if you tried to turn around and flee.
@@ablemagawitch Very true. Even in WWI you had soldiers being hanged to make an example out of them for refusing suicidal missions or deserting etc (not sure if the US did that, but France, UK, and Germany sure did at times). So yeah, I'd imagine the punishment would be similar if not more harsh in the 1800s, regardless of what race you were. But given the level of institutionalized racism, I can't help but think that black soldiers disobeying orders would (on average at least) get it worse than their white counterparts. Or maybe not, I don't know. Either way, it was more or less do or die back when you were given direct orders, for all soldiers.
@@orfeo793 Race or skin color did effect the severity, as in so do First Nation(Native Americans), Any POC, you were second class and your life was less valuable. It was even stupid for free Black Man to join to fight because if any were caught by the South/Confederates he would be sold into slavery but yet many joined facing far greater risks than the white fellow Union(North) Soldiers. If you saw the Film "Glory" (1989 is based on true events and the script came from Colonel Robert Gould Shaw 's letters home and what history is known, which wasn't much as documenting the Black regiment wasn't news worthy beyond the Novelty of it) about the USA's Civil War" with one of the first Union Black Regiments" it was very brutal watch at times. The fact that even In north the White Colonel 's Boyhood friend who was a Free Black Man joined and because of their rank difference, they couldn't be friends now. No one wanted to train the colored soldiers, so the Colonel got an older Irish Veteran Sargent that didn't see their color of their skin just young boys and men that had to be made into soldiers. That didn't understand how serious war was. While harsh and strict, you also saw him giving the guy a hand up telling them was no shame in it for being thrown to the ground repetitively when learning how to fight against him. It shows the Regiment in good light and then how they lead the first of very severe causality likely waves (80% will be shot and die) on a Harden fort in Charleston South Carolina. The trailer is ua-cam.com/video/CvmuHfSgra8/v-deo.html Stellar Film and cast. The British Film "The War Below" (2021)was equally good about showing the harsh discipline and life in the trenches. The miners were brought into to tunnel under no-man's land to plant large explosives under fortified position, they military couldn't take above ground. Which later lead to the both sides digging tunnels under the battle field towards each other to do the same. But in the beginning these miners were a field commander's crazy idea of using miners that weren't soldiers because they knew how to dig and the tunnels tried were collapsing in that dirt. So they needed miners that knew how to dig and tunnel, all under ground being hit by artillery to add to the complexities. So they didn't have the military disciple training as they were rushed through to dig this test case.... and made some mistakes in addressing superior officers and were met with discipline of the time. Trailer for the film ua-cam.com/video/UlGA14yTMBk/v-deo.html Really an indepth "stealth" War Film. You'll see the honor these men had in serving their country, being miners they weren't allowed to join the military(profession preempted service as being crucial to war industries) and that lack of going to the war reflected badly for honor on them back home. If you haven't seen either I hope you'll check them out and if you have maybe a rewatch will be good. On the subject and one I plead for people to watch, If you have not seen the film "They Shall Not Grow Old" ua-cam.com/video/IrabKK9Bhds/v-deo.html I can't suggest that one highly enough, it is colorize d and audio recreated from old WW1 film Black and white film, no audio that they're colorized, sync up all the various frame rates(hand crank cameras and speed was frames a second was 16-24-32-48 and random in between),. The Audio was created by bring in in lip readers to get what they soldiers were saying on Camera , then hired actors from each regiments home location so their speech accent was correct for that unit. Sound effects were created with actual real WW1 military equipment from antiques, a roof where the slate roofing is falling ff each piece was scored and as sliding and falling so that they not only each has unique sound they change as the piles grows from artillery concussion knocking them loose. They might show in theaters again this December 18th in theaters if you have art/documentary theaters. Which if it comes this year & they show it again, you owe yourself seeing it in theater. Otherwise I suggest watching it and seeing the clips where the director explains on youtube all they did to make that "not seen before" old archive film come back to life like is was modern film, to give those silent soldiers a voice.... The scene where they sitting together and being filmed with moving pictures camera , that was big deal ( as just having photos was barley common) and you can hear one of young soldiers telling his friends to shut up and pay attention here the camera comes we're going to be famous... Realizing most of the boys in the section of film would die on the battlefield shortly and even if the did live after the war, and they've had full long lives, meaning they are all still dead now. So it is really an amazing bringing history and people back to life unlike any before cleaning up old and possibly colorized with an added audio film footage. I try to encourage people to watch this because it was truly an amazing job they did. If you have seen "They Shall Not Grow Old"(2018/2019) , "Glory" (1989) and/or "The War Below"(2021) please let me know what you thought, if not please check them out and come back and you can thank me or possibly cuss me out for how you mind is now seeing history.
I was on the verge of leaving Anchorage AK by bike in the summer of 2016. She talked me out if it. I wonder what that version of me would be now? Probably eaten by wild animals.
weirdly enough, there was a major bike race going on at the same time we filmed this that was intersecting with this route! I agree though, it would be pretty cool to see a proper race of this. The tricky thing would be figuring out exactly what the route is, because so many of the original paths are gone or forgotten, or go through what is now private land. But Erick would be the guy to do it.
@@dexdigi might not be exact in some areas but the main roads used back then are still used today. At about 1600 miles the tour would be a little shy of the Tour de France and could be just as economical. Attracting racers from around the world. The first bike tour of America
I am stunned to see a Murdoch/Disney/Soros/A&E/TPG owned Vice news ask for viewer donations. Absolute dystopia. These corpos do not need your money, don't give it to them!
These are the type of American Blacks that should always be in the media, not the rappers and gang bangers, please. The world is always watching, put out your best.
The media created a negative subculture,not the ADOS (American Decendants of Slavery) We don't buy that garbage, whites in USA do. MSNBC Ari Fliecher quotes rappers every night. It ridiculous! A grown man? 80% of all rap is purchased by whites.The rest by foreigners.
Crazy, people from outside of the US have a precondition perception of American Black people because of Rap/Reality TV. Media tries to make being "black" one thing.
ok i think usuing the word black in title is unreal you should of said a soldier and now we wonder why people do not like news stations or stuff like that but that is just me the point would still be the same but get again you throw the race card into play
To be fair. isnt it akin to doing something like calling the irish potato famine the european potato famine? Its just as accurate to say that but you wouldnt know how deeply if affected the irish people because their role in it has been erased by the "European" moniker. Its not racist or whatever to point out that a specific group of people was affected by something. They were called Buffalo soldiers and the significance of that is tied to their skin color. I wish darker skin didn't matter then or now but obviously it does to a LOT of people including the many in positions of power. So in this case pointing out that they were black indeed is relevant as it tells a huge part of why this is even a story to begin with.
@@GFarrsight Okay, first, I don't think that analogy works too well because its a specific nation.. Second, this is just perpetuating the fact that A LOT of people care waaaay too much about skin colors. Yes, in this one case it is related to race...somewhat. But this is an everyday occurrence for UA-cam titles. Especially if its on channels that call themselves "news". We've all seen it thousands of times. If its a blk man being shot or anything that will gain sympathy or praise, the title WILL call them a blk man. But if its a hwhite man in any of those situations, its just man. On the flip side, if its a blk person commiting something heinous, its a real shock if they even show the mug shot, let alone putting a race in the title. Yet if its a white person even seeming like they did something wrong, its in the title 14 times.... This is Vice. They're the racist ones who care waaaaay too much about skin colors. And besides, they could have put something about Buffalo Soilders in the title and that would have been way more helpful anf descriptive...
very interesting story! and the last tidbit of the descendent of a slave owner being a generous host to a black guest.... so refreshing in comparison to all the outrage culture woke nonsense. ppl just need to talk things through....
Thank you Vice for highlighting bicycle travel. The United States becomes a better and kinder place each time someone steps onto a bicycle.
I would love to see more.
Wow, I wish this episode was longer! Definitely would love to hear more of Erick's stories.
He has a bike shop in Arizona, I think it's called Bicycle Nomad or that's what he goes by.
Buffalo Soldier, dreadlock Rasta
There was a Buffalo Soldier
In the heart of America
Stolen from Africa, brought to America
Fighting on arrival, fighting for survival. " Bob Marley"
9:36 "How can we even heal a nation if we don't heal the past or understand our past, more than anything, right?
"How do we more forward as a people of this country?"
So damn true. This is what America needs, now more than ever.
There’s never going to be enough healing … this will go on forever
Facts
good luck. right wingers are doing their best to erase this history. look at desantis and what is doing to the education system in florida. as long as republicans continue to hold office we will continue to devolve and regress.
That's not possible to begin with. "Healing" often only comes when people forget, or things are good enough to forget. Because constantly bringing it up often brings up bad feelings and mistrust. Kinda like how nobody brings up the mistreatment of Irish Americans eventually making people dismiss it as "something that happened before".
Mind you, this doesn't excuse modern mistreatment, but the point is that when people constantly talk about past/modern mistreatment there is often a aspect of politicians bringing it up to maintain their voter base. Ala Al Sharpton.
Amazing. Thank you Erick for connecting us all to history through the inexplicable magic of bicycles.
I hope this video was cause for some ambivalence also. It's not just a celebration of bikes. geez.
Wow. It warms my heart knowing that we as Black folks have a way of communicating with our ancestors and never forgetting about the paths they paved for us and this world.
Much respect to the buffalo soldiers, I first heard about them through Bob Marley's song. Now I know how bad ass they were.
The ones from the time of the bicycles didn’t commit crimes but the ones from the 1870s were genocidal tools of murder.
In all of my year's of life, I did not know how far and; treacherous ride that they had.
Bad ass at killing indigenous peoples. The buffalo soldiers were not heroes they are monster.
This guy takes a very honest look at history. It's so refreshing to hear someone talk of history without stars in his eyes or outrage in his voice.
thanks so much for watching!
Iam 1st nation's indigenous native of Canada.. my ancestors went through worse things than u can imagine.. native Americans like me have lots of compassion. We love our planet.. I wish all races were like that .
The US historically creates strife between minority and other suppressed groups to this very day. Poor black people against poor white people, Asian against blacks, blacks against indigenous, indigenous against Mexican. People who should be fighting for the same needs and rights. If you keep people separated, you can keep them from focusing on creating real change. This is true for many countries. Thank you for this story.
as you say, a very common story. thanks so much for watching.
Buffalo soldiers were literally slaves that were used to genocide indigenous tribes. So the white man can have the land to enslave those soldiers. Just overall retarded to glorify this history.
This is just flat out BS propaganda, wtf? The US doesn't "create" strife, that strife is the natural end result of people seeking to better or hurt others -if Hispanics achieve political power to become the "face" of the US, then its at the expense of other groups. The rich whites that supposedly get off from this "strife" themselves fight against each other and other rich people of varying colors.
This is just a feel good way to ignore the real issues.
We've been aware of Erick ever since he owned and ran the Bicycle Nomad Café in Phoenix, AZ. Always a great member of the cycling community, I remember seeing all his Instagram photos with all of the bicycle travelers who would come through Phoenix and visit his café. Great guy.
Whoa- thank you so much! I knew he looked familiar
Natives owned black slaves as well. If they’re against the “Buffalo Soldiers” they might wanna address that too, no? And unlike this one incident, the Natives owned black slaves for centuries.
Yeah, the so-called Five Civilized Tribes assimilated into whiteness by mimicking them - everything from the way they spoke, their style of dress, adopting Christianity, and owning slaves.
In recent history, we saw the Seminole tribe deny black Native Americans (Freedmen) Covid vaccines.
The history between blacks and Native Americans need to be explored in its entirety.
This was great!
Thank you for covering this
Even with modern equipment and a light load, that would be one hell of a journey. Can't even imagine what they went through back then.
History is complex and deserves to be remembered in detail. Thank you for addressing their use against Natives, they where literally the ham in the sandwich being abused and disrespected and yet also doing some of the dirty work against Natives. The road to healing needs to be travelled in all of it many curves. Peace to all !
Much agreed. Such a contradictory error in racial history that very easily could have been overlooked.
One of the best, and most interesting documentaries I've ever watched on youTube - thank you!
Fantastic piece. Thank you for this story
thanks so much for watching.
Stunning cycling scenery plus a great story. Thank you for taking the time to document.
This is good much respect
Comments starting to fill with trolls. Ignore them.
I WAS HERE FOR THE ENTIRE 7 DAYS.
THE PEOPLE LAID OUT THE RED CARPET FOR US IN MISSOULA, WALLACE IDAHO AND ST.LOUIS,MO.
See you in Houston 2023!
Wow our history is finally coming together. Erick Cedeno thank you for your enthusiasm and inspiration on the Underground Railroad project. To revive their Dignity is Honoring our Ancestors.
I never knew how revolutionary bikes were, they seem so ubiquitous now it almost seemed like they'd been around forever.
Wow. The Buffalo Soldiers demonstrate how complicated American history is, full of nuance.
Wow. When he got the feeling to take a different route and has that encounter. That was breathtaking.
I learned something new today, bikes used in war. Amazing story.
This is an awesome history video
I’m so inspired by Erick and his purpose. Incredibly moving
"That's US history."
People trying to be free, subjecting others. Rinse and repeat, but it's still an ideal.
thats human history
That’s the reality of 20+ countries in Africa today too. Rinse and repeat.
@@dudeguy818 and Russia and Ukraine
I did not know this about the bike infantry very intresting
why is it any time vice makes a video on a race you get comments flooded with “well what about this race? what about this event? what about this? what about that?” like the video is like 30 min old and there’s already people asking for a “white soldiers biking across america video”. this is why we can’t have nice things
Bro they are almost always trolls meant to agitate and subvert the discussion away from historical fact.
whataboutisms come out reflexively, its the level of discourse they have to offer
like little kids throwing a tantrum really. but what about butbutbut
eh, it always happens, so I'm used to it. I'm just grateful people took the time to watch something we made!
White ppl are so used to being centered that its destabilizing whenever they are not.
@@dexdigi EXCELLENT work as always Dexter.
What a actual good piece by vice news
LOVE LOVE this!! Inspiring me to do something like it too 🖤
I have been looking for POC who ride cross country for months this makes me so happy 🥰🤗 the history of this is very painful so happy I’m learning from the the past.
Vice, I know of a Professor who studied US and Southern history. Her dissertation was about the correlation between historically Black Towns and the Underground Railroad. Dr. Boles of Rice U (Houston, TX) rejected it, denying the truths she uncovered about historically Black Towns in North America. It’s called the Black Towns project.
You meet interesting, memorable and kind people when travelling by Bicycle. It's one of the most satisfying means of Travel there is. 🚴🙂
Such a awesome adventure and highlighting a not as well known bit of history for cycling and us history
This is so dope! I would LOVE to try something like this, even if it’s for a much shorter distance! 🤩🤩🤩
They are brave and fearless! Much respect to them!
I need to check this guy out on IG for sure.
You're so beautiful, my god!
@@83chared Thank you!
Look into bikepacking/bike touring. People like pathlesspedaled or Ryan van duzer
Interest piece
Thanks Vice
Pretty positive guy. Needs a part 2.
I'm glad you bring up buffalo soldiers killing natives. Usually it's brushed off as though it was nothing.
I wished the story of the Buffalo soldiers and the Native Americans was told with proper context in this video. Both groups were victims.
Sometimes we make decisions that aren't right but to no history and know the difference of right and wrong is so different
Respect for vice for showing the darker side of the buffalo soldiers. But these men were following the orders of their white officers And I say this as a right leaning political entity. Yes they could have refused but if I was one of them my own freedom would trump that of others and I don't believe you can blame someone for that.
True , something probably said by gangs in LA . Just keep following orders hu 😂
Awesome thanks 👍
Amazing unknown story! I’m so glad to learn this important information. Thank you!
Check out the team of black alpinists that did an Everest expedition this spring. Expedition Full Circle
So that’s what Bob Marley meant when he was singing 🎶 “Buffalo Soldier” 🎶
Yes. Reggae hadn't become popular with black people in the U.S., and that song was an attempt by him to appeal to that audience and cross over (and also to appeal to pan-Africanism and "one love"), but it didn't really work at the time. Black America then was mainly interested in it's own music forms: funk, disco, soul, R&B, motown, blues, and jazz. The primary U.S. audience for reggae during Bob Marley's lifetime was white college kids and musicians. Reggae has a much broader reach and appeal today. Fela Kuti and Afrobeat also never really crossed over at the time, but people in the U.S. have slowly discovered it since then.
Erick Need’s a UA-cam channel. Would love to hear his stories. ❤️🙌🏾
Wow! Am not sure if VICE realizes but the closing of this beautiful little documentary has a potential for a very diverse history lesson of the true America...
Very interesting! The Buffalo Soldier history is also here on the Llano Estacado (plains) of Texas. And when I ride around Tahoka I often think of an incident involving them and Comanche Chief Quanah Parker, among other Comanches. A good read is The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877 by Paul H Carlson, Texas Tech Professor emeritus of history.
I want more! That was good
Great video. I watch a lot of VICE videos. This is one of the most interesting ones. Biking, history, natives, buffalo soldiers, spirituality, how can you get a better mix than that? Not to mention the majority of the video is on bikes. Makes ya feel like you're riding with them. And yes, history can be dark, all that stuff happened in real time, some didn't know what actually was happening. I dont blame anybody for the most part. Spoken as a Comanche from Oklahoma.
Series on this man and his stories
AMAZING but tooo short ... got to the end wanting MOREEEEEEEEEEEEEE once again vice u have not HELPED SUPPORT THIS MAN SHARE HIS SOCIALS?? UA-cam ETC???
🤔 So much history about my people that has never been told. My apologies to the Native Indians for the things my people were made to do. 😞
Respect
Native Americans enslaved our people, some fought on the confederate side. Gen.Stan Waite was a confederate fighting to keep us enslaved. The 5 Civilized Tribes were called this because they took on the attitudes and beliefs of the colonizers. Today, some tribes are disenrolling Black members of their tribes. The actor Don Cheadle's ancestors were enslaved by
Native people in Oaklahoma. History is fascinating.
It was hardly one or the other, at one time or another groups have done terrible things. A lot of Native American tribes fought alongside the Confederacy to maintain slavery of African Americans for their own benefit. Apologies are meaningless; accepting the past and trying to do better is what's important.
love it !!! happy labor day
Well done!
wow! a good vice video . i like
as an European I love seeing those guys cycle
You can hear in their voices who road in a car 90% of the way and got out for video to look like they biked and who actually made the trip...
They were taking it easy and only the one guy did the whole trip. The vice guy only did some of the trip.
@@tamaraj4200 yes but the title suggests otherwise...
Not really. Also, that's besides the point anyway. It's not an endurance event.
@@richardtedyell3350 Not really what? What an odd response. We are aware it is not an endurance event. Are you slow?
'not really' as in the title does not really suggest the reporter goes the full distance. And even if it DID falsely suggest that, it's irrelevant because that's not the point of the video.
Are you tipsy already?
Respect to them
Gravel bikes ❤️
I know about the Buffalo Soldiers but i didn't know they used bikes. Wow.
Awe. Some.
2,000 miles fucking hell 😳
Inspiring
This was a good video. I didn't know the Buffalo Soldiers did that to the natives
So cool
incredible
I LOVE IT!
Brilliant
I would let the Bicycle Corps stay in my back yard anytime. Don't have a big enough house for them all :)
Anybody know what bags where on the guy's front wheel?
Long! Live! the United State's of America!
TANKERS LEAD THE WAY
👊😎
Awesome
how on earth is this only at 46k views?
pro tips from a Dutchie for Americans getting into cycling. attach cargo to the back, get one with a cargo rack & bags there.
your steering wheel is balanced by your hands so it's more tiring to balance the weight too. the back ain't.
Really interesting video. much more than just another bike story like i expected.
as for bikes, instead of looking to us, look at your own history to inspire transportation change.
you've got plenty. from this, to US paratroopers in WW2 who dropped with folding bicycles.
Cargo racks on the back make maintenance harder plus you don’t need much steering when you’re out of the city biking for hundreds of miles in a straight line.
@@airhab this is not true because you balance with the steering wheel. Just try cicling with the steering wheel welded stuck. ;) A basic Cargo rack doesn't impact maintainance. It's just one extra beam next to the main one of the frame. Repairing the tire doesn't onvolve replacing the whole wheel but even if you do there's no difference.
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I disagree with negative comments on the black soldiers; they were soldiers following orders that did not have the privilege of refusing orders. The path to freedom from the past was ugly and imperfect don’t judged those who tried or expect black people to save the world; btw native Americans owned slaves
Very few soldiers back then had the privilege of refusing orders, but yes, the penalties would probably be a bit worse for the black soldiers.
@@orfeo793 Penalties went from being whipped, then to being hanged/executed very quickly for minor infractions today. This was to insure blind obedience to run into cannon fire, because there was at least a small odd chance you might live compare to be 100% odds of being killed if you tried to refuse a suicide mission. The acceptable losses was very eschewed back then, then again they also formed straight lines on open fields to shoot at each other... To stand still with Calvary unit charging you required severe bravery or severe terror about what would happened if you tried to turn around and flee.
@@ablemagawitch Very true. Even in WWI you had soldiers being hanged to make an example out of them for refusing suicidal missions or deserting etc (not sure if the US did that, but France, UK, and Germany sure did at times). So yeah, I'd imagine the punishment would be similar if not more harsh in the 1800s, regardless of what race you were. But given the level of institutionalized racism, I can't help but think that black soldiers disobeying orders would (on average at least) get it worse than their white counterparts. Or maybe not, I don't know. Either way, it was more or less do or die back when you were given direct orders, for all soldiers.
@@orfeo793 Race or skin color did effect the severity, as in so do First Nation(Native Americans), Any POC, you were second class and your life was less valuable. It was even stupid for free Black Man to join to fight because if any were caught by the South/Confederates he would be sold into slavery but yet many joined facing far greater risks than the white fellow Union(North) Soldiers. If you saw the Film "Glory" (1989 is based on true events and the script came from Colonel Robert Gould Shaw 's letters home and what history is known, which wasn't much as documenting the Black regiment wasn't news worthy beyond the Novelty of it) about the USA's Civil War" with one of the first Union Black Regiments" it was very brutal watch at times. The fact that even In north the White Colonel 's Boyhood friend who was a Free Black Man joined and because of their rank difference, they couldn't be friends now. No one wanted to train the colored soldiers, so the Colonel got an older Irish Veteran Sargent that didn't see their color of their skin just young boys and men that had to be made into soldiers. That didn't understand how serious war was. While harsh and strict, you also saw him giving the guy a hand up telling them was no shame in it for being thrown to the ground repetitively when learning how to fight against him. It shows the Regiment in good light and then how they lead the first of very severe causality likely waves (80% will be shot and die) on a Harden fort in Charleston South Carolina. The trailer is ua-cam.com/video/CvmuHfSgra8/v-deo.html Stellar Film and cast.
The British Film "The War Below" (2021)was equally good about showing the harsh discipline and life in the trenches. The miners were brought into to tunnel under no-man's land to plant large explosives under fortified position, they military couldn't take above ground. Which later lead to the both sides digging tunnels under the battle field towards each other to do the same. But in the beginning these miners were a field commander's crazy idea of using miners that weren't soldiers because they knew how to dig and the tunnels tried were collapsing in that dirt. So they needed miners that knew how to dig and tunnel, all under ground being hit by artillery to add to the complexities. So they didn't have the military disciple training as they were rushed through to dig this test case.... and made some mistakes in addressing superior officers and were met with discipline of the time. Trailer for the film ua-cam.com/video/UlGA14yTMBk/v-deo.html Really an indepth "stealth" War Film. You'll see the honor these men had in serving their country, being miners they weren't allowed to join the military(profession preempted service as being crucial to war industries) and that lack of going to the war reflected badly for honor on them back home.
If you haven't seen either I hope you'll check them out and if you have maybe a rewatch will be good.
On the subject and one I plead for people to watch,
If you have not seen the film "They Shall Not Grow Old" ua-cam.com/video/IrabKK9Bhds/v-deo.html I can't suggest that one highly enough, it is colorize d and audio recreated from old WW1 film Black and white film, no audio that they're colorized, sync up all the various frame rates(hand crank cameras and speed was frames a second was 16-24-32-48 and random in between),. The Audio was created by bring in in lip readers to get what they soldiers were saying on Camera , then hired actors from each regiments home location so their speech accent was correct for that unit. Sound effects were created with actual real WW1 military equipment from antiques, a roof where the slate roofing is falling ff each piece was scored and as sliding and falling so that they not only each has unique sound they change as the piles grows from artillery concussion knocking them loose. They might show in theaters again this December 18th in theaters if you have art/documentary theaters. Which if it comes this year & they show it again, you owe yourself seeing it in theater. Otherwise I suggest watching it and seeing the clips where the director explains on youtube all they did to make that "not seen before" old archive film come back to life like is was modern film, to give those silent soldiers a voice.... The scene where they sitting together and being filmed with moving pictures camera , that was big deal ( as just having photos was barley common) and you can hear one of young soldiers telling his friends to shut up and pay attention here the camera comes we're going to be famous... Realizing most of the boys in the section of film would die on the battlefield shortly and even if the did live after the war, and they've had full long lives, meaning they are all still dead now. So it is really an amazing bringing history and people back to life unlike any before cleaning up old and possibly colorized with an added audio film footage. I try to encourage people to watch this because it was truly an amazing job they did.
If you have seen "They Shall Not Grow Old"(2018/2019) , "Glory" (1989) and/or "The War Below"(2021) please let me know what you thought, if not please check them out and come back and you can thank me or possibly cuss me out for how you mind is now seeing history.
Following orders is no excuse for genocide. Just ask the nazis.
I was on the verge of leaving Anchorage AK by bike in the summer of 2016. She talked me out if it. I wonder what that version of me would be now? Probably eaten by wild animals.
Do it
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Read about the 25th a few years back, always thought it would be cool to have a bike race along that route
weirdly enough, there was a major bike race going on at the same time we filmed this that was intersecting with this route! I agree though, it would be pretty cool to see a proper race of this. The tricky thing would be figuring out exactly what the route is, because so many of the original paths are gone or forgotten, or go through what is now private land. But Erick would be the guy to do it.
@@dexdigi might not be exact in some areas but the main roads used back then are still used today. At about 1600 miles the tour would be a little shy of the Tour de France and could be just as economical. Attracting racers from around the world. The first bike tour of America
I literally just saw a video on this on the Biographics channel
Just say following American war veterans or army travelling across the USA .
They road fixed gear
What about "Code Talkers". The Dine. Their language helped the USA win WW2. Japan NEVER BROKE THE CODE. A'ho
What about them. This isn’t about the natives. I’m sure vice will cover that but you bring it up as if this video is some slight at them is lame.
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What??? I grew up in Montana and I never learned about these guys! Go figure…☹️
Can you please do a interview on a Latin American family for etc Salvadorian , Honduras , Mexico etc that would be amazing
Also I wonder if there is any first person account what the buffalo soldiers thought about them being used for white supremacy aims.
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I am stunned to see a Murdoch/Disney/Soros/A&E/TPG owned Vice news ask for viewer donations. Absolute dystopia. These corpos do not need your money, don't give it to them!
These are the type of American Blacks that should always be in the media, not the rappers and gang bangers, please. The world is always watching, put out your best.
The media created a negative subculture,not the ADOS (American Decendants of Slavery) We don't buy that garbage, whites in USA do. MSNBC Ari Fliecher quotes rappers every night.
It ridiculous! A grown man? 80% of all rap is purchased by whites.The rest by foreigners.
Agreed
Crazy, people from outside of the US have a precondition perception of American Black people because of Rap/Reality TV. Media tries to make being "black" one thing.
@@StromLxrd6 Until I started researching about American blacks, I thought they all wore sagging pants, carry guns and do drive by's
Following the buffalo soldiers that biked across America.
There fixed the title for you
he slept in one of the owner most slaves in south tennese, thats is something wow!!!:O
ok i think usuing the word black in title is unreal you should of said a soldier and now we wonder why people do not like news stations or stuff like that but that is just me the point would still be the same but get again you throw the race card into play
Come bike in Colorado! (more diversity needed)
Would have been better if title read “American soldiers “ but none less this was amazing
To be fair. isnt it akin to doing something like calling the irish potato famine the european potato famine? Its just as accurate to say that but you wouldnt know how deeply if affected the irish people because their role in it has been erased by the "European" moniker.
Its not racist or whatever to point out that a specific group of people was affected by something. They were called Buffalo soldiers and the significance of that is tied to their skin color. I wish darker skin didn't matter then or now but obviously it does to a LOT of people including the many in positions of power. So in this case pointing out that they were black indeed is relevant as it tells a huge part of why this is even a story to begin with.
@@GFarrsight Okay, first, I don't think that analogy works too well because its a specific nation..
Second, this is just perpetuating the fact that A LOT of people care waaaay too much about skin colors. Yes, in this one case it is related to race...somewhat. But this is an everyday occurrence for UA-cam titles. Especially if its on channels that call themselves "news". We've all seen it thousands of times. If its a blk man being shot or anything that will gain sympathy or praise, the title WILL call them a blk man. But if its a hwhite man in any of those situations, its just man. On the flip side, if its a blk person commiting something heinous, its a real shock if they even show the mug shot, let alone putting a race in the title. Yet if its a white person even seeming like they did something wrong, its in the title 14 times....
This is Vice. They're the racist ones who care waaaaay too much about skin colors. And besides, they could have put something about Buffalo Soilders in the title and that would have been way more helpful anf descriptive...
Stop whining, white boy.
very interesting story! and the last tidbit of the descendent of a slave owner being a generous host to a black guest.... so refreshing in comparison to all the outrage culture woke nonsense. ppl just need to talk things through....
I chuckled at the question "And you stayed at his house?" and repeated it to myself in a woke voice 😲😄
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