The Navajo Water Lady

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  • Опубліковано 15 сер 2015
  • In this corner of the Navajo Nation, just 100 miles west of Albuquerque, N.M., an estimated 40 percent of residents don't have access to running water. Their savior is Darlene Arviso, born and raised on the Reservation, who drives her precious cargo - a tanker truck filled with water - to make monthly deliveries to 250 families. Lee Cowan reports.

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  • @hansolo189-6
    @hansolo189-6 4 роки тому +826

    That teen had tears in her eyes because she was so ashamed for not having clean water....

    • @yaomang08
      @yaomang08 4 роки тому +48

      I had that shame too, and I was so happy when we finally had running water to our home haha I’m navajo and yeah it is an problem. Seeing the girls face just gave me flashbacks because I was embarrassed as well

    • @ChristineJonah88
      @ChristineJonah88 4 роки тому +17

      Poor girl. I have tears for her too.

    • @dax8407
      @dax8407 4 роки тому +23

      Theres girls her age that feel the same way but because they dont have a cell phone

    • @takeresponsibility6064
      @takeresponsibility6064 4 роки тому +7

      Someone should tell her to stop crying and do something. Research water filtration systems. Contribute and change your circumstances instead of crying about it. Tears get you no where in life. If you want to be a victim, you will be. Choose not too, and be the change you want. Keep crying and see how far that gets you in life.

    • @takeresponsibility6064
      @takeresponsibility6064 4 роки тому +3

      @M E it won't be easy. Nothing in life is. Those who stand and face adversity only become stronger by doing so. Expecting things to be easy is a weak mentality that will get a person no where in life

  • @jessicakay233
    @jessicakay233 4 роки тому +1525

    “National embarrassment “ is right.
    Shame on county, state for allowing this to continue

    • @Spacejunk57
      @Spacejunk57 4 роки тому +46

      It's truly not right our government could afford to help these reservations out, government wastes so much money gives money to other countrys. We need to help them.

    • @TheFarmersFarmington
      @TheFarmersFarmington 4 роки тому +9

      Found the fed

    • @spurlindarby4587
      @spurlindarby4587 4 роки тому +15

      They live that way by choice hauling water is not that big of a deal

    • @shoppingbag6973
      @shoppingbag6973 4 роки тому +51

      spurlin darby You are delusional if you think they want to live like this and think it is no big deal. That thinking is part of the problem.

    • @crys2982
      @crys2982 4 роки тому +56

      David shame on you too! Blaming people who have been banished to undesired land and hard conditions on account of the US government. You can thank the Navajo for helping the US during WWII and this is the thanks they get from this country and people like you.

  • @eddvcr598
    @eddvcr598 4 роки тому +1080

    I’m appalled at the living conditions of the native people, the original Americans. The government owes them so much more after destroying their nations.

    • @alieldorado1438
      @alieldorado1438 4 роки тому +37

      Edd, please never call Indigenous people "original Americans". We were here before the word America. You had good intentions, and I appreciate that very much. Not trying to belittle you, just educating you. Much love.

    • @spurlindarby4587
      @spurlindarby4587 4 роки тому

      By choice

    • @spurlindarby4587
      @spurlindarby4587 4 роки тому

      Did you pay attention to where that is it is absolutely beautiful there

    • @barrypark1881
      @barrypark1881 4 роки тому +16

      Even our own local government cant help. The Navajo Nation Government and its president are a joke. They are corrupt as the politicians ik Washington

    • @barrypark1881
      @barrypark1881 4 роки тому +8

      I lived on the reservation for a good part of my life. And my god I can safely say that I love the city away from there. There is so much drama out there. And catching the bus to the nearest city took 2 hours every day.

  • @epsilonsilver7860
    @epsilonsilver7860 4 роки тому +298

    I think of this lady often.
    It makes me wonder who will take over for her when she gets too old to do it anymore.

    • @MrRebustr
      @MrRebustr 4 роки тому +14

      I will ..i appreciate your considering

    • @lthompson6750
      @lthompson6750 4 роки тому +2

      @@MrRebustr have you heard of these? ua-cam.com/video/96tp_S4rK6o/v-deo.html
      Israeli company makes WATER out of thin air!
      ua-cam.com/video/FxQE_rQYWuM/v-deo.html
      Texas Man's Invention Creates Drinking Water from Air

    • @davidtrujillo7846
      @davidtrujillo7846 4 роки тому +2

      Epsilon Silver I thought the same thing good friend

    • @MrRebustr
      @MrRebustr 4 роки тому +1

      I have few different methods to master down for long runs but once i do have a fail proof system believe me it will get to everyone ...thanks for caring ♥

    • @pabloascencio7397
      @pabloascencio7397 4 роки тому +1

      @@lthompson6750 then you would need electricity to barely make water

  • @CT-wc5nu
    @CT-wc5nu 5 років тому +844

    I'm Navajo, most of my life I lived with no running water or electricity. We haul water from the nearest town for us & our livestock, we use a generator for some electricity. We always find a way to make it work & it's not that hard. It's so common & we're okay with it. Makes us appreciate everything more.

    • @yvettejones4249
      @yvettejones4249 5 років тому +48

      That is awesome and makes us see how millions of us are spoiled and take things for granted. Just don't let go of your culture. Maintain your language, your dances, your culture, study hard and have a lot of children because that's what they don't want you to do.

    • @nurfacealways
      @nurfacealways 5 років тому +21

      For real... You are more likely to maintain mental stability when others loose their convenience to food water and shelter
      Better to be independent than dependant on government

    • @tamarackmi9195
      @tamarackmi9195 5 років тому

      Dutchsinse addressed this issue! Ck out my playlist!

    • @nurfacealways
      @nurfacealways 5 років тому +19

      @Lvl42 GT
      Because then that whole land will be raped

    • @nurfacealways
      @nurfacealways 5 років тому +12

      @Lvl42 GT
      Have you read the land treaties?

  • @lolavonvegan6770
    @lolavonvegan6770 7 років тому +294

    This woman is a national treasure 💛

  • @eduardomadrigal1977
    @eduardomadrigal1977 4 роки тому +53

    Man, I feel like spending my life savings and getting another water truck and helping her out. What she's doing is amazing for people who need something that is critical in everyday life. Makes me happy knowing She's doing something so generous all by herself when no one else did it's so heartwarming

    • @AniClips699
      @AniClips699 11 місяців тому

      or pay for some pumping stations and piping so the trucks arent needed. tho i applaud her for what shes doing it isnt easy work at all she obviously has a huge heart tho

    • @corneliakoller1914
      @corneliakoller1914 6 місяців тому

  • @muffa9125
    @muffa9125 4 роки тому +266

    as of now 199 dislikes , if you ever ended up in a similar situation you would be thankful for someone like this lady to show up , and maybe you would spin that thumb around

    • @buysexual.
      @buysexual. 4 роки тому +7

      MUFFA 912 they probably disliked the video because of what it’s about, it’s sad.

    • @fatdabs7379
      @fatdabs7379 4 роки тому +1

      Maybe they disliked the video cause there agreeing about how the native are being treated is wrong

    • @takeresponsibility6064
      @takeresponsibility6064 4 роки тому +2

      If I ended up in this situation I wouldnt wait for some lady to deliver water. I'd do whatever it takes to empower myself and change my situation to become a stronger. If not, that's how you become dependent on others and a weak person.

    • @sabrinanina4100
      @sabrinanina4100 4 роки тому

      🙏🙏🙏

    • @DonJulio510
      @DonJulio510 4 роки тому +2

      Take Responsibility yup and that is why people south of the border come here illegally.

  • @lumpyKat2
    @lumpyKat2 5 років тому +170

    Man, when I was kid we would always haul water from the river in huge barrels to take home to use as bath water or to cook with. My family lived on the navajo reservation close to Aneth. Only a few years ago my mom finally got approved for a house to be built with running water and electricity.

    • @leonardlong7236
      @leonardlong7236 4 роки тому +1

      That's cool my grandparents got running water a couple years back so pretty recently

    • @faragraf9380
      @faragraf9380 11 місяців тому

      we in Germany had no running water in villages by my parents time. But it doesn’t matter. The men digged a well and there was one in the village. Did we miss this? Now water runs in houses, electricity is on ceilings. Are we happier? We are more bored.

  • @VermontHomesteading
    @VermontHomesteading 7 років тому +742

    "almost sacred"?? water is the most sacred element and the water lady is by far a hero of the Navajo.

    • @ohwell2652
      @ohwell2652 5 років тому +2

      Rev limits abundant? You talking about the ocean well bad news we cannot drink that water 🙄

    • @nicholascherry5962
      @nicholascherry5962 5 років тому +1

      Water isn't an element?

    • @mjade1673
      @mjade1673 5 років тому +4

      @Rev limits its sacred to life 😂 not the universe. Not rarity. And not just scarcity in this case. Proper water for supporting human life has always been sacred! It has always been able dry up or be easily contaminated! Wow. Your thinking is so off base. Non realistic.

    • @michaelbyrneskiai
      @michaelbyrneskiai 5 років тому +3

      Cant she just rain dance?

    • @eastside0434
      @eastside0434 5 років тому +5

      @@michaelbyrneskiai you need to go without water and not welcome on the rez.

  • @3rbabyjok
    @3rbabyjok 4 роки тому +27

    She’s definitely an angel!!! God bless her and her family ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ToyeaHakso
    @ToyeaHakso 4 роки тому +14

    Thank you water lady, you are awesome

  • @1M005E1
    @1M005E1 5 років тому +326

    Darlene is an "Angel" to her people. May God the creator of heaven & earth bless this woman abundantly.

    • @TheRalphie2020
      @TheRalphie2020 4 роки тому

      Letit Bemee 🙏🙏🙏

    • @sailingsolar2371
      @sailingsolar2371 4 роки тому

      Absolutely, look how much hes has done for them so far! Sadly his blessings are as effective and helpful as if God did nothing. Asking for more can't really hurt, right? It won't help either.

    • @TheUnheardVoices_
      @TheUnheardVoices_ 4 роки тому +1

      She is a living saint as the guy said.

    • @ahoorakia
      @ahoorakia 4 роки тому +1

      your god didn't do anything,so they are doing it themselves! how ever your money can help! if you really mean it

    • @dezertraider
      @dezertraider 3 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/APwUDx3mZ70/v-deo.html

  • @erinvaughn3739
    @erinvaughn3739 5 років тому +754

    Let's not forget the Navajo won a War for us ! 🙏💪❤

    • @chamalapahe6261
      @chamalapahe6261 5 років тому +32

      Ah yes never forget that....(our language is very hard to learn ;-;)

    • @bigstevie1690
      @bigstevie1690 5 років тому +11

      The Windtalkers, i loved the movie

    • @bob.evans.8679
      @bob.evans.8679 5 років тому +4

      I wouldn't say its all because of you guys

    • @yvettejones4249
      @yvettejones4249 5 років тому +30

      Yes. How ungrateful the U.S. is and then goes about taking more land and providing no help.

    • @Theodorej1960
      @Theodorej1960 5 років тому +18

      I say "Semper Fi" to my brothers in arms and fellow Marines, the Navajo Code Talkers!!!

  • @swaggerjagg22
    @swaggerjagg22 4 роки тому +47

    This breaks my heart! 💔The way they are living and not many people give a damn! I wish I could go to the us and help

  • @gst3033
    @gst3033 4 роки тому +294

    Shame on our goverment we're helping people in other countries meanwhile this is going on right here in our own country

    • @btwarner2124
      @btwarner2124 4 роки тому +3

      That state is first to blame.

    • @btwarner2124
      @btwarner2124 4 роки тому +2

      @Robert salinas I want thT teen age girls information. I want to send her some gift cards.

    • @maxboi1036
      @maxboi1036 4 роки тому +2

      Musical Outlaw
      The point went right over you head

    • @aljeroalfonso5490
      @aljeroalfonso5490 4 роки тому

      Talk is not the government problem they are Native American have more money

    • @aljeroalfonso5490
      @aljeroalfonso5490 4 роки тому

      They have money casino oh my God they have a big money for one night they can build like up a water park

  • @lss1730
    @lss1730 8 років тому +797

    Darlene is my grandma. thxs mom for helping our people and u said u would take me for a ride in ur truck lol. but thxs mom for helping us. god bless u

    • @reneejoy8004
      @reneejoy8004 8 років тому +34

      +Babygirl AlexisS You are so blessed to have such an awesome granma who makes such a difference...watching this made me cry. Love to all Navajo from a Tsalagi (Cherokee) sister.

    • @jadatoav
      @jadatoav 7 років тому +16

      Lady with a Big Heart!💗

    • @lolavonvegan6770
      @lolavonvegan6770 7 років тому +13

      Babygirl Alexis wow ! this brought tears to my eyes! she an amazing woman !☺

    • @Kateydid18
      @Kateydid18 7 років тому +12

      You have a wonderful role model :)

    • @katieholtsoi3060
      @katieholtsoi3060 6 років тому +13

      Níma saní is amazing. She is a light of our community. How can I get in contact with her? I am a Navajo from Gallup, NM and would love to meet her.

  • @areg3750
    @areg3750 6 років тому +134

    This is wrong on so many levels. They deserve better than this.

  • @bluerose6859
    @bluerose6859 4 роки тому +6

    Im barely getting by but how much I wish I was in a position to help communities like this. Bless everyone who helps our people. I hope things get better soon.

  • @JimmyG01
    @JimmyG01 4 роки тому +6

    Imagine not having water available from tap or faucet at home, let alone not having any clean water at all. We really take these sort of things for granted. Bless this lady. She is doing gods work!

  • @chunkystains8950
    @chunkystains8950 5 років тому +396

    I'm a structural steel detailer. I'd gladly do some work for free if asked to help design any buildings for the Navajo.

    • @aitusk2116
      @aitusk2116 4 роки тому +7

      you are evil man truly evil

    • @Photoshop5857
      @Photoshop5857 4 роки тому +22

      oiewey how about u get out of youtube no reason to be rude

    • @Photoshop5857
      @Photoshop5857 4 роки тому +2

      Jose Pineda lmao

    • @loveleonk
      @loveleonk 4 роки тому +16

      @Jose Pineda he has a point. Instead of waiting for fame just saying something most likely fake. It's better to just do it instantly to save more lives and hard work.

    • @moggy_soggy
      @moggy_soggy 4 роки тому +18

      Zuzu my people would be grateful if you help us with the water

  • @dgwhitcomb
    @dgwhitcomb 8 років тому +570

    I have been on the res. Fish Point, Blue Gap and Cottonwood. I have friends on the res, and they deal with issues everyday just to survive, that most people in the city could not handle. Very disgusting how our government still treats Native Americans.

    • @jermainejohnson7026
      @jermainejohnson7026 5 років тому +16

      Yes, very true and heartbreaking I’m Navajo as well and it is still like that today in some areas.

    • @daddyo3d990
      @daddyo3d990 5 років тому +14

      David Whitcomb Sham on our government!

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому +19

      David Whitcomb Wait just one second. The Navajo nation runs the reservation not the USA. They just need to drill wells. Until then folks all over the Southwest haul water. The Indians can haul water also. If unemployment is high then you have to go where there is work. Do not make lazy our problem. You can do what everybody else does. Work Hard.

    • @msdaisy6949
      @msdaisy6949 5 років тому +16

      How do they treat them? Of all those people only one lady works to get water to people? Indians asked NOT to be a part of our government. How can you blame reservation woes on the USA now?

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому +3

      Ms Daisy Well put.

  • @Paineinyourblank
    @Paineinyourblank 4 роки тому +63

    I live on the border of the navajo nation and in a town that is maybe 80% navajo. We are minutes away from Antelope Canyon, a natural cavern with tours daily given by the navajo tour companies. these companies rake in hundreds of thousands of dollars from this but they dont seem to give any of it back to their communities and it makes me so angry. Just a mile away from the city and its like youre living in the 1900's

    • @jarretwilson5811
      @jarretwilson5811 4 роки тому

      So my question is that its a private companies job to provide for the entire community??

    • @egonandedith
      @egonandedith 4 роки тому +1

      @@jarretwilson5811 the natives could try out communism. it works when its small scale...

    • @oneseater9554
      @oneseater9554 3 роки тому +2

      🤔 with the hope for running water, 🤔 They'll be Wise, " To consider their risks "

    • @derpphil5400
      @derpphil5400 3 роки тому

      @@jarretwilson5811 Sure, its called taxes, though it doesn't seem to be making it back to the community with visible benefits from what the OP as described.

    • @mainerockflour3462
      @mainerockflour3462 2 роки тому

      @@egonandedith Oh yeah, 'centralized power'. We didn't see that one coming.

  • @sready3220
    @sready3220 4 роки тому +11

    My heart goes out to these precious people. Somebody in the United States needs to step up... God bless them.

  • @chrisgordon5719
    @chrisgordon5719 5 років тому +143

    Darlene Arviso is a better human than those that watch Pat Robertson and the 700 club.

    • @dezertraider
      @dezertraider 3 роки тому

      PAT IS PART OF THE TERRORISM FROM MCCAIN....

  • @michellecollins4301
    @michellecollins4301 5 років тому +81

    She is one of God's Angels on Earth-Be Blessed

  • @CamperGirl03
    @CamperGirl03 4 роки тому +23

    This just makes me cry!! How can this be in America??!!!!

    • @jadefields9020
      @jadefields9020 4 роки тому +2

      Becuse Americans think we own the world we have all this money to build nukes and weapins arms etc but we do not have time to help these pepole and after all they did to us in the armed forces you would think we help them and there elderly what a shame😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠

  • @betweenevenings
    @betweenevenings 4 роки тому +2

    Everyone please let me pass on my experiences to you. I lived and worked in the Cayman Islands for several years, on Cayman brac one of the smaller sister islands and grand cayman. There was issues with water to homes there also and this water truck system was in place. I had a large water tank outside of my apartment and would call the company up whenever I ran low, usually once a month. It was connected to my home so had running water inside. It is still used in the Cayman Islands and am sure other island living places. I cannot believe the US is not able to finance a simple system like this.

  • @SolarWarden613
    @SolarWarden613 5 років тому +26

    God bless You and your service to the people Darlene Arviso

  • @MariE-bz2eq
    @MariE-bz2eq 7 років тому +56

    This is fucked up. Richest country in the world and our poorest citizens can't have running water

    • @johnboy6965
      @johnboy6965 7 років тому

      Makenzie Smith how

    • @aliyaruelas69
      @aliyaruelas69 7 років тому +1

      Arya Stark I'm Navajo and they might get treated like that but we know how to save it okay most the times we are not inside we our outside working

    • @jesedelgadillo8290
      @jesedelgadillo8290 7 років тому

      John P Weeding out the stupid people.

    • @jesedelgadillo8290
      @jesedelgadillo8290 7 років тому

      Arya Stark Because they are shit.

    • @inforent5420
      @inforent5420 6 років тому

      It's not that hot up there,
      I used to live there :)

  • @austinwatson2037
    @austinwatson2037 4 роки тому +105

    The native people have been forgotten and push under the rug by this country

    • @fbksfrank4
      @fbksfrank4 4 роки тому

      Bootstraps my boy, find them, use them.

    • @ninja1676
      @ninja1676 4 роки тому +3

      They took so much from them and made them worthless in their own native land. It's just pure awful.

    • @vgs1259
      @vgs1259 3 роки тому +6

      Frank Bowne @Frank Bowne History, education and a touch of compassion for those that share a very different story than you, my boy... use it.

    • @leefrancis4565
      @leefrancis4565 3 роки тому

      Your opinion only.

    • @leefrancis4565
      @leefrancis4565 3 роки тому

      @@ninja1676 They sure didn't leave anything for the younger generation did they?

  • @canoslo6126
    @canoslo6126 4 роки тому +1

    That’s not a truck driver. That’s an Angel. 💕💕💕

  • @bfun4615
    @bfun4615 5 років тому +44

    This reminds me of a time when I was growing up and we had no running water in our house. We had to go a mile to the local pond where there was a fresh water pipe from the city with clean water. We would fill gallon jugs and 5 gallon pails as well. I am grateful for my father who raised my brother and I by himself. Don't take running water for granted.

  • @diankreczmer6595
    @diankreczmer6595 6 років тому +14

    I lived in Safford ,arizona for 25 years and wells always went dry and we ended up hauling water. there are no easy answers and my heart goes out to anyone who has to put up with this.

  • @terrywereb7639
    @terrywereb7639 4 роки тому +12

    This tugs strongly at my heart, in many areas of interest. I am old and physically disabled, but Id love to use my education to help.

  • @felixmoonrocks7488
    @felixmoonrocks7488 4 роки тому +174

    I hope things have improved since this has aired.

    • @addanametocontinue
      @addanametocontinue 4 роки тому +3

      I hope they at least bought rain collection systems. Plenty of people use those: collect rain when it comes and store it into big plastic tanks.

    • @clairecallaway3519
      @clairecallaway3519 4 роки тому +26

      The area only gets around 7 inches of precipitation annually so rain collection wouldn’t do much. This video scratched the surface on all the wrong doings the US government has done to these people and they still don’t care about helping them build infrastructure. Still, there’s no running water for many people nor electricity or cell service.

    • @marlinweekley51
      @marlinweekley51 4 роки тому +19

      This kind of treatment of native Americans has gone on for hundreds of years. Let’s remember how they ended up in these remote, desert area where jobs are impossible and poverty assured at birth.

    • @musxic_dealer8910
      @musxic_dealer8910 4 роки тому +3

      Its has not watch the newsss

    • @BehindGrnEyes1
      @BehindGrnEyes1 4 роки тому +16

      Im from a bordertown to the reservation, Farmington. I recommend if you want to help, the best way is sharing this getting the word out that indeed things are NOT better there. They recently (and i mean just DAYS ago) recieved emergency funding from the first stimulus, and it was only a fraction of what they had asked for. This needs to be shared as much as possible to raise awareness, and help to pressure politicians so the Navajo do not go ignored again. Only something huge can save these people. They are dying at nearly the largest rates (per capita) in the US due to the water, but also poor access to healthcare, proper nutrition and all the other things you saw in this news story. So many grandchildren on the Rez being raised by grandparents...so many children are losing the only parents they know. Pray for them. 😢

  • @richardhalsted1984
    @richardhalsted1984 8 років тому +156

    Atmospheric water generators are about $1,000 and create 7 gallons of water a day and can be run on solar. Some charity should donate to these people.

    • @MarkSentMe
      @MarkSentMe 6 років тому +6

      You can give to St Bonaventure Indian School

    • @mazhmuskett1782
      @mazhmuskett1782 6 років тому +3

      Yea you should raise the money and give it to them.

    • @michaellovell2518
      @michaellovell2518 5 років тому +21

      Atmospheric water generators rely on humidity that can be extracted from the surrounding air. They don't work well in arid environments where there is very little humidity... You can't extract moisture from air that doesn't contain any.

    • @jeanettewyatt9525
      @jeanettewyatt9525 5 років тому +3

      solar power is a super idea. they could definitely create power with
      all the sun.

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому +2

      richardhalsted1984 Do your research. They don’t work. Suckers born everyday.

  • @j.francisco3020
    @j.francisco3020 5 років тому +3

    Thanks to my auntie helping our Navajo Nation... God bless the people out there ❤❤❤🙏

  • @eddvcr598
    @eddvcr598 4 роки тому +2

    She is a shining example of the kind of humans who make this world a better place for all of us.

  • @Wartah20
    @Wartah20 4 роки тому +2

    What a sweet and beautiful hearted lady

  • @Theodorej1960
    @Theodorej1960 5 років тому +16

    I love this lady!!! What a good, kind soul!! Kudos to Darlene and her people!!!

  • @nickjohnsonvideoss1877
    @nickjohnsonvideoss1877 5 років тому +23

    BLESS THE WATER LADY!💦🙌

  • @sydneymullen6137
    @sydneymullen6137 4 роки тому +7

    my heart goes out to these people. I went on an amazing trip to Wyoming last year and visited many reservations there where the natives live. It was eye opening.

    • @35ABSTRACT
      @35ABSTRACT 11 місяців тому

      But not eye opening enough to send them a check or a Venmo, huh?

  • @demetria2189
    @demetria2189 4 роки тому +4

    I remember this life style growing up, wasn’t so crazy for me because water was close and we had huge barrels and vehicles. But it hurts to see masaní with only that amount of water! I wanna go and help her too. I have a soft spot for my elders. ❤️

  • @beebeebeeleaves9767
    @beebeebeeleaves9767 8 років тому +307

    What is it that Henry Ford said? “Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.”

    • @sirtipsalot7320
      @sirtipsalot7320 8 років тому +37

      Well the super wealthy in our nation would say otherwise. They've been able to get an economic system that prioritizes their wealth as the dominant system in America for decades now. The government has taken very good care of them.

    • @beebeebeeleaves9767
      @beebeebeeleaves9767 8 років тому +9

      +Sir Tips A Lot YEP. And more so these last twenty years and even more so since 2008 when they ruined our country's economy and our government bailed them out and they hogged the money from We the People and the vital small businesses and more. We the People MUST bail out of any bailed out bank, any bank that was helped, walk out on them. Close your accounts and go elsewhere. Let's see how big they are if we do that as We the People strong.

    • @Slickmickyoyo97
      @Slickmickyoyo97 8 років тому +6

      +BeeBee BeeLeaves Yes, the nation's economy was entirely ruined by the super wealthy. Place absolutely ZERO blame on the people who petulantly ran up billions of dollars in collective credit card debt, refinanced mortgages they couldn't afford to begin with as a quick fix to pay off that debt, then ran up their unsecured debt again and subsequently defaulted on their mortgages. Poor people should never be held accountable for their actions, GOTCHA!

    • @helenpatterson3858
      @helenpatterson3858 6 років тому +2

      BeeBee BeeLeaves
      Sounds like something Will Rogers would have said. He was Cherokee, you know.

    • @MyChilepepper
      @MyChilepepper 5 років тому +6

      Take even closer look when the corporations get bailed by the tax payers with hundred of millions when they’re down.

  • @helenkiely-oregan7605
    @helenkiely-oregan7605 8 років тому +214

    I'm irish but I spent three months with my ex husband's family in Lukachukai on the Navajo nation. I saw with my own eyes and I was shocked and saddened that many Navajo don't have basics like running water and electricity. The US government and the American people should do something to help. they should be ashamed to live in the USA knowing that people are living like this in their own country. I wish that I had the money to help and if I ever do get money like that, I'll honor my promise

    • @brownoforrington8310
      @brownoforrington8310 7 років тому +20

      It's a shame the world acclaimed richest and civilized is letting the indigenous people of the USA down, I am disgusted.

    • @kaejvron
      @kaejvron 7 років тому +3

      Here's something new we can do:
      www.indiegogo.com/projects/waterseer-water-women#/

    • @johnos4892
      @johnos4892 5 років тому +13

      Shouldn't the Navajo government address these issues? What are they doing with the profits from their 4 casinos?

    • @maryrodger5130
      @maryrodger5130 5 років тому

      john os, I truly don't mean to be rude BUT, where do you live firstly? The reason I ask makes you sound very innocent to the nth degree.

    • @kkknotcool
      @kkknotcool 5 років тому +5

      Nobody is keeping them there.
      They are free to go make a living like everyone else.
      I hate how people are blaming the government.
      It's not the fed's fault or the local government's fault. It's the fault of people not wanting to go find work, sitting in the desert decaying away.

  • @byronmilla9865
    @byronmilla9865 Рік тому

    Respect to the lady!!! Delivering water!!! Amazing!!!

  • @SassyMa_
    @SassyMa_ 4 роки тому +5

    I thought the same thing, that she is a Saint! God bless her and her People ❤️🙏!

  • @pumpkinmuffin609
    @pumpkinmuffin609 4 роки тому +8

    It's heartbreaking to witness and then ignore, sending good thoughts.

  • @carloslinares6576
    @carloslinares6576 5 років тому +39

    Heartbreaking and unbelievable 2018..... and these great PEOPLE lack water, Really?.....

    • @leonardlong7236
      @leonardlong7236 4 роки тому +2

      Most also lack electricity still and use wooden stoves for heat and such

  • @jakbender3881
    @jakbender3881 7 місяців тому

    This Lady bring more than water, she brings the Light.

  • @elizabethmeyer7447
    @elizabethmeyer7447 4 роки тому +1

    You should have your water, and much more you are our first people of this country this is criminal. 🙏🙏😢😢💞💞

  • @karlchandran4631
    @karlchandran4631 4 роки тому +3

    Darlene is amazing! Her drive to serve and help her people is exemplary!

  • @stuffguy6664
    @stuffguy6664 5 років тому +11

    Depressing that a proud people live like this..

  • @rosalainz2165
    @rosalainz2165 4 роки тому

    God bless this people who helping others.

  • @jessyep9287
    @jessyep9287 4 роки тому +99

    Everyone blames the US government... but not a lot of people are checking into the tribal councils... all the wasted money and red tape you have to go through to get anything from the council is sickening.

    • @geovannycruz9361
      @geovannycruz9361 4 роки тому +2

      Money hungry like the government

    • @neoasura
      @neoasura 4 роки тому +2

      Yes, this right here! People don't realize it's the tribal council that decides what to do with the money they get from the government.

    • @latitajones8711
      @latitajones8711 4 роки тому

      This is so true, with all this help coming in, it needs to be audited, especially when it's distributed out to the chapter House's...

    • @marlinweekley51
      @marlinweekley51 4 роки тому +2

      neoasura you should know the councils were setup by the government to buy off the Indian leadership. The Indians had no power to create those councils. They allowed (allow) a way for agents to demand kick backs. If these people were white Americans the gov would just go put in the infrastructure - in fact they wouldn’t be living in a remote god for shaken desert in the first place.

    • @marlinweekley51
      @marlinweekley51 3 роки тому

      So true so true

  • @DMotivationals
    @DMotivationals 6 років тому +190

    How can a third world country like mine help? I know we dont have much but we want to help. From the Philippines.

    • @tonysbaby2005
      @tonysbaby2005 5 років тому +6

      JC Bongo I spent some time in the Philippines back in 2011 after two months in Subic Bay I learned some people are poor due to circumstance and some are poor by choice. If you chose to live in the middle of nowhere dont be surprised if they don't have water. These people dont live in a poor country they choose to live in a secluded area.

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 5 років тому +27

      Bradley Henderson
      I can't get the water because of the uranium poisoning problem... did you not watch this video here ?
      The cant just do regular Drilling for water they have to go down a lot further to go beyond where the uranium debris is

    • @gardensofthegods
      @gardensofthegods 5 років тому +9

      You can see the videos about the Pechanga Casino and Resort which is very successful in Southern California in Temecula... but you will notice because of their location and access to plenty of Clean Water contribute it to their success... then you go to the flip side of that success and see what happens when even American Indians turn greedy and victimize their own people.
      You can find a documentary called something like thousands of Americans are being kicked out of their tribes Across the Nation... and it's about how they were doing pretty good in that reservation and then the tribal council got greedy and started looking for ways to kick families out so that they could have more money for themselves.
      I tell you about this just in case anybody is interested.. that's all.

    • @indigenoussouthwest6834
      @indigenoussouthwest6834 5 років тому +17

      @Bradley Henderson We do remember the ways of our ancestors. So do not speak for us!

    • @url_-_o
      @url_-_o 5 років тому +12

      @Bradley Henderson your comment is so ignorant it made me laugh , lmaoooo stupid

  • @keplynrobinson4115
    @keplynrobinson4115 5 років тому +3

    How have I lived in America for 44 years and just learning about this? This is an atrocity!! I will help as best I can. I will share their story and give as I can.

  • @dodecaheathenblue8132
    @dodecaheathenblue8132 5 років тому +5

    What a Sweet Soul !! - Absolute Angel !

  • @brendarueda8460
    @brendarueda8460 Місяць тому

    I live in Louisiana and do the same thing, water is precious.

  • @nbv0232
    @nbv0232 7 років тому +55

    We have dropped over a hundred million in bombs in Afghanistan and Syria in the past ten days, not to mention military operations costs but these poor people are living in pure misery. This County in an embarrassment to it's own people.

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому +4

      Jose Marinez The Navajo are a sovereign nation. Do not make this our problem. This problem is entirety theirs.

    • @starbum6524
      @starbum6524 5 років тому

      Jose Marinez and getting worse by the day I’m afraid. I have an idea. I’m going to get permission to take cases of water to these poor people.

    • @ach6386
      @ach6386 5 років тому

      Don't forget the other people that we take of....that doesn't belong to this nation. Yeah. Maybe the money we spend on outsiders (illegals)...could possibly be used to help our own! How come Elizabeth Warren isn't more outspoken on this topic? Too busy getting into catfights with politicians?

  • @DonziyahDenny55
    @DonziyahDenny55 5 років тому +25

    Bless this woman’s heart for the road she walks. It’s up to the tribal council these people were voted in to take care of the rez and their people. It’s their job to lobby for water to write grants for wells, the government has money they need to show proof of said funds, they’re lying since the government came into existence. Wake up and make your council work for you not just themselves.

  • @a.n.c.australia
    @a.n.c.australia Місяць тому

    Yes, there's something that draws me to this lifestyle when I'm watching these segments :)

  • @ladycharlenegrace8023
    @ladycharlenegrace8023 5 років тому +16

    It IS sacred! Taking water to those in need! What a Saint
    3:21 Amen Darlene Arbeso is a Saint
    God bless her!

  • @umaribnal-khattabmalaysia6831
    @umaribnal-khattabmalaysia6831 5 років тому +4

    Darlene the world need the people like you everywhere. My deep heart pray for every native person. Darlene You are belong to the great tribe. Darlene I am sure your grand grandfather was great chief.

  • @jodymckee1975
    @jodymckee1975 8 років тому +74

    Very sad story. Our government should be ashamed.

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому +2

      Jody McKee No the Navajo should be ashamed.

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому

      catothewiser The Navaho live on their own nation. They get the government they deserve.

    • @indigenoussouthwest6834
      @indigenoussouthwest6834 5 років тому

      Our rivers and lakes were detoured to nearby cities such as Phoenix and Las Vegas. What small good lands that was left was salted by U.S. Armies. Our hunting grounds have no more room to harvest game. Our lands were raped and disrespected. A land once rich in resources is now dry. White People did not know anything of their own besides playing with rocks and sitting by the fire. Everything you have now has all come from Parent Tribes. You can try to dictate your own failed system, but we know for a fact that you well not be missed.

    • @joylynjake4268
      @joylynjake4268 5 років тому +1

      @@mikewhite9818 your last name says it all about you.

  • @adrianolmos4823
    @adrianolmos4823 3 роки тому +1

    Hopefully things are getting better!!! I wish there lives are better now!!!

  • @mirandaceballos3529
    @mirandaceballos3529 Рік тому

    Darlene is a godsend may God bless her she's saving lives ❤️❤️❤️

  • @parati9032
    @parati9032 3 роки тому +4

    "If there's a will, there is a way"
    We are in the digital era where everything else is almost possible..

  • @kickativetruth3419
    @kickativetruth3419 8 років тому +56

    im kickapoo. Shout out to our dine brothers and sisters

    • @indigenoussouthwest6834
      @indigenoussouthwest6834 5 років тому +1

      @PunchingMegaTree You have nothing to go by but political comebacks. No one well miss you too.

  • @byronmilla9865
    @byronmilla9865 Рік тому

    See why I'm great full for everything I have and had ! Since I move to California the USA, to me this nation its always being very generous!!! Even when they have people living In such conditions with in their borders!!! 🙏🙏🙏 I guess nobody is perfect!!!

  • @brendalopez874
    @brendalopez874 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you water lady for doing what you do . ❤🤗❤⚘

  • @shirleymhernandez4197
    @shirleymhernandez4197 5 років тому +5

    love you thank you for what your doing ..your heaven sent..

  • @bradleymadosh4300
    @bradleymadosh4300 4 роки тому +3

    Sending prayers my fellow native people. So sad to see our native people having to live like this. Prayers from the Menomonee Indian Reservation

  • @carriee.9712
    @carriee.9712 4 роки тому +1

    Breaks my heart. I hope things get better in the near future. We need to be funding this type of stuff to help them for real.

  • @eastside0434
    @eastside0434 5 років тому +2

    So sad to see all the comments pointing the finger around, this water problem must be addressed, it is great
    that the water lady does a great job in helping, They all need to join together and protest to the government and make it top priority, everyone knows water means life, Navajos have been forgotten about for too long.
    Get the water problem out to the nation and keep protesting until something gets done.
    The water lady is certainly an Angel.
    God bless all Navajos.
    May the water flow soon.

  • @johannulloa5991
    @johannulloa5991 4 роки тому +6

    I can't believe this is happening in my state and I never new about this

  • @selenahiguera817
    @selenahiguera817 4 роки тому +5

    Breaks my heart! 💔😭

  • @judya.shroads8245
    @judya.shroads8245 4 роки тому +1

    This Wonderful lady is helping her ppl and friends just to sustain life. GOD BLESS HER AND ALL THESE HONORABLE PPL. I pray they get food water soon with the help of this nice and caring man

  • @user-ff8tg2jz9k
    @user-ff8tg2jz9k 2 місяці тому

    Bless this lady.

  • @wolf30349
    @wolf30349 8 років тому +4

    The flower at the end was very nice just like the water angel :)

  • @christjesusislord3372
    @christjesusislord3372 5 років тому +6

    Love thy neighbor as thy self...

  • @oliviamorgan9390
    @oliviamorgan9390 3 роки тому +2

    Ms. Darlene is a great woman! No one can explain. Ayóó yíínshníì shí ma yazhí

  • @greatspiritbull8772
    @greatspiritbull8772 4 роки тому

    Great spirit please help this family this lady do a great good my prayer are with you all you are all great people

  • @sheilak4493
    @sheilak4493 4 роки тому +10

    Oh how awful to be drove from their land and all these years still treated this way

  • @robertboudreauxxx
    @robertboudreauxxx 4 роки тому +19

    Everybody deserves running water, in this day of age I'm really surprised.

  • @suebrown7032
    @suebrown7032 4 роки тому +1

    This is most important. Our Navajo brothers and sisters havent had water in their homes yet , ever.🌒🌎💫🌈🌧. .

  • @rebeccaallen6632
    @rebeccaallen6632 4 роки тому

    Darlene you are an angel I wish there were more water trucks to help deliver I call myself a watergirl too do not feel embarrassed I live in the islands and we have no running water luckily it does rain often but we build cisterns under the houses or have big water buffalo tanks to store water using submergible pumps or having a tap on it to drain water if you don't have electricity many kids here are used to conserving water I tell my kids this makes you a stronger person and know how to rough it and be a survivor when we have to rely on ourselves your way of living reminds me of ours but I hope you can do the wells or people can help to donate for buffaloes so elderly people don't have it as hard and shame on the government's they owe you that much I'll pray for you all , one Love

  • @burnsred2172
    @burnsred2172 4 роки тому +42

    I'm native and idk whether to hit "thumbs up or thumbs down" 🤔🙁

    • @alekto101
      @alekto101 4 роки тому +8

      hit "thumbs up" for the water lady. after all, the story is about her service to her people.

  • @jamesgonda3785
    @jamesgonda3785 4 роки тому +6

    what a story, a story with more story's. We still talking story's ! So many ways to get them water but it could change their way of life right? But seriously so many ways no need to keep digging it would have been done already. 😎🇺🇸

  • @user-ls9jl1no5i
    @user-ls9jl1no5i 7 місяців тому

    God bless you what you do for your people 🙏😇🌹

  • @kenzieh8925
    @kenzieh8925 4 роки тому

    God bless this woman.... she is truly a saint

  • @elkcreekkiowa96
    @elkcreekkiowa96 6 років тому +4

    This is so sad I know a lot of these people are my grandfathers neighbors

  • @norrisonian
    @norrisonian 7 років тому +137

    The Navajo Nation has "4" casinos on it! Does anyone understand that the Navajo's are a sovereign nation within the United States. Maybe I'm wrong but it's seems to me that they are being mistreated by their own Nation because as much money as 4 casinos make, doesn't it seem that they could help their own people get water? That is what is logical to me but maybe I'm wrong.

    • @PhaseGamer
      @PhaseGamer 6 років тому +1

      blame obama and the dems for wanting more taxes... most whites are against taxes...

    • @andersd8956
      @andersd8956 6 років тому +3

      Ha Ha Benson...You hate white people but you love our firewater.

    • @3506Dodge
      @3506Dodge 5 років тому +8

      They are not sovereign territory. they are a sovereign group of people. They don't have sovereign authority over land. They own their land, but don't have sovereign authority over any land.

    • @michaellovell2518
      @michaellovell2518 5 років тому +10

      All people are basically the same, regardless of ethnicity. The greedy gain power through exploitation of the masses, and use that power to generate vulgarly excessive amounts of wealth for themselves at the expense of the people. It's the same in China, the U.S, or the Navajo Nation. It isn't about Ethnicity or skin color. The powers that be simply exploit these differences to keep the poor divided, which is useful in maintaining control over the masses. Racism is good for business.

    • @mikewhite9818
      @mikewhite9818 5 років тому +2

      norrisonian Your not wrong. Quit saying I may be wrong. This is the Navajo responsibility and no one else’s.

  • @davidbradley3074
    @davidbradley3074 4 роки тому

    The state should help all of these people!

  • @mirandaceballos992
    @mirandaceballos992 3 роки тому

    God bless her she's a miracle worker

  • @JennRighter
    @JennRighter 5 років тому +3

    Anyone in these circumstances should not feel shame.
    Anyone outside of these circumstances should.
    I know I do. So, so, shameful. Abhorrent and disgusting. How can we let people live this way?

  • @nadinependleton1563
    @nadinependleton1563 8 років тому +17

    God bless her. It is a shame that our people can't have the natural resources that we take for granted. Just think what it would be like to have no water. I am a white person that married a navajo. My children are beautiful. I can't believe that this is an issue. Clean water should be available to all people. Shame on our government.

  • @SunflowerSunflower101
    @SunflowerSunflower101 4 роки тому

    This makes me cry. All I can do is cry.

  • @robball9264
    @robball9264 3 роки тому +1

    GOOD GOOD ,From a Dad in UK .