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
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.
@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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
@@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
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 ♥
@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.
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.
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.
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
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
+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.
@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.
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.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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. 😢
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
+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.
+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!
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!
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
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. ❤️
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.
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?
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.
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😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I want to give her a hug !! and she is a Saint !! I love her !!! if this World had more human beeings like her this would be a much better place to live ,God bless her for helping her people with this precious cargo !! Water is Life
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.
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.
How can I help you raise money for the Navajo so we can help them this is not fair for the Navajo. At the moment I live on Texas but on November we are going to move to Arizona. I am a Mexican but I am white with greens eyes I grew up with Apache Indians in my home town my grandfather spoke Apache language pretty good I only know few words. Please tell us how can we help them??? & at gram pa's cattle ranch we use to collect water from the river I remember during the winter times we had to carry & boil water to take a warm bath. I know what is like to live like them I did it for many years at my gram pa's farm. I just do not see this fair.
It disgusts me to see how First Nations people are still being treated. Darlene is truly a life-saver and a saint. She is doing God's work. I lived in Arizona for 5 years and used to tutor a woman from the Navajo Reservation and what I heard about the lack of resources, poverty, and unjust treatment deeply disturbed me.
I live without running water or electricity, although, to be fair my dad worked awhile to get a generator so we have to an extent electricity but the generator will usually will have a problem of some sort and gasoline is expensive.
Ashley Powers the only thing is that Mobile homes have metal roofs that have no protection, meaning that metal would runoff into their water. Good thinking tough!
I'd catch it - haul a large tank if I had a truck... we have villages here in Alaska that freeze solid from October to March - with no proper plumbing. Fancy carrying a bucket full of poop and pee and dumping it into a metal tank by hand? Pretty miserable - especially in constant below zero temperatures... at least it doesn't smell so strongly in the freezing weather...
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!!!
Jaime Alonzo thats not what he means, this Country of the United States of America is a facade with only the success of the wealthy and white to show the world but in reality its an embarrassment, the condition of the native reservations being a contributing factor. I know every country has bad things going on but for a country that prides itself on being the best in the world, this is an embarrassment like the dude said.
Jaime Alonzo thats for sure, they gave them autonomy but took their land, money, and basic modern living conditions, its just sad, how ignored they are as if its their fault they are put there. corruption is a horrible thing
What a shame people in the United States have no water our government should make it a priority to drill Wells for those people it's time to get those people water
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
@@mnight207 Never said you didn't. Only saying that if you are going to force others to be generous, be generous with your own money first. ( And whose to say those millionaires and billionaires haven't donated?)
@@mnight207 Okay. Again, why don't you help them? More than what you have? Why not ask others to help? If you wait for the so called "millionaires and billionaires" to help, and they haven't helped now, when will they? Better yet, the Federal government is their caretaker. Why don't they help?
That teen had tears in her eyes because she was so ashamed for not having clean water....
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
Poor girl. I have tears for her too.
Theres girls her age that feel the same way but because they dont have a cell phone
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.
@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
“National embarrassment “ is right.
Shame on county, state for allowing this to continue
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.
Found the fed
They live that way by choice hauling water is not that big of a deal
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Dutchsinse addressed this issue! Ck out my playlist!
@Lvl42 GT
Because then that whole land will be raped
@Lvl42 GT
Have you read the land treaties?
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.
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.
By choice
Did you pay attention to where that is it is absolutely beautiful there
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
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.
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.
I will ..i appreciate your considering
@@MrRebustr have you heard of these? ua-cam.com/video/96tp_S4rK6o/v-deo.html
Israeli company makes WATER out of thin air!
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Texas Man's Invention Creates Drinking Water from Air
Epsilon Silver I thought the same thing good friend
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 ♥
@@lthompson6750 then you would need electricity to barely make water
"almost sacred"?? water is the most sacred element and the water lady is by far a hero of the Navajo.
Rev limits abundant? You talking about the ocean well bad news we cannot drink that water 🙄
Water isn't an element?
@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.
Cant she just rain dance?
@@michaelbyrneskiai you need to go without water and not welcome on the rez.
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.
That's cool my grandparents got running water a couple years back so pretty recently
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.
This woman is a national treasure 💛
Prayers going up
EARTH ANGEL 🤗😍😇😘
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
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
Shame on our goverment we're helping people in other countries meanwhile this is going on right here in our own country
That state is first to blame.
@Robert salinas I want thT teen age girls information. I want to send her some gift cards.
Musical Outlaw
The point went right over you head
Talk is not the government problem they are Native American have more money
They have money casino oh my God they have a big money for one night they can build like up a water park
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
+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.
Lady with a Big Heart!💗
Babygirl Alexis wow ! this brought tears to my eyes! she an amazing woman !☺
You have a wonderful role model :)
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.
I'm a structural steel detailer. I'd gladly do some work for free if asked to help design any buildings for the Navajo.
you are evil man truly evil
oiewey how about u get out of youtube no reason to be rude
Jose Pineda lmao
@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.
Zuzu my people would be grateful if you help us with the water
Darlene is an "Angel" to her people. May God the creator of heaven & earth bless this woman abundantly.
Letit Bemee 🙏🙏🙏
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.
She is a living saint as the guy said.
your god didn't do anything,so they are doing it themselves! how ever your money can help! if you really mean it
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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
MUFFA 912 they probably disliked the video because of what it’s about, it’s sad.
Maybe they disliked the video cause there agreeing about how the native are being treated is wrong
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.
🙏🙏🙏
Take Responsibility yup and that is why people south of the border come here illegally.
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
So my question is that its a private companies job to provide for the entire community??
@@jarretwilson5811 the natives could try out communism. it works when its small scale...
🤔 with the hope for running water, 🤔 They'll be Wise, " To consider their risks "
@@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.
@@egonandedith Oh yeah, 'centralized power'. We didn't see that one coming.
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.
Yes, very true and heartbreaking I’m Navajo as well and it is still like that today in some areas.
David Whitcomb Sham on our government!
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.
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?
Ms Daisy Well put.
This is wrong on so many levels. They deserve better than this.
Let's not forget the Navajo won a War for us ! 🙏💪❤
Ah yes never forget that....(our language is very hard to learn ;-;)
The Windtalkers, i loved the movie
I wouldn't say its all because of you guys
Yes. How ungrateful the U.S. is and then goes about taking more land and providing no help.
I say "Semper Fi" to my brothers in arms and fellow Marines, the Navajo Code Talkers!!!
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
She’s definitely an angel!!! God bless her and her family ❤️❤️❤️
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.
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.
Darlene Arviso is a better human than those that watch Pat Robertson and the 700 club.
PAT IS PART OF THE TERRORISM FROM MCCAIN....
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.
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.
How can a third world country like mine help? I know we dont have much but we want to help. From the Philippines.
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.
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
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.
@Bradley Henderson We do remember the ways of our ancestors. So do not speak for us!
@Bradley Henderson your comment is so ignorant it made me laugh , lmaoooo stupid
She is one of God's Angels on Earth-Be Blessed
I hope things have improved since this has aired.
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.
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.
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.
Its has not watch the newsss
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. 😢
The native people have been forgotten and push under the rug by this country
Bootstraps my boy, find them, use them.
They took so much from them and made them worthless in their own native land. It's just pure awful.
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.
Your opinion only.
@@ninja1676 They sure didn't leave anything for the younger generation did they?
My heart goes out to these precious people. Somebody in the United States needs to step up... God bless them.
God bless You and your service to the people Darlene Arviso
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
It's a shame the world acclaimed richest and civilized is letting the indigenous people of the USA down, I am disgusted.
Here's something new we can do:
www.indiegogo.com/projects/waterseer-water-women#/
Shouldn't the Navajo government address these issues? What are they doing with the profits from their 4 casinos?
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.
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.
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.
You can give to St Bonaventure Indian School
Yea you should raise the money and give it to them.
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.
solar power is a super idea. they could definitely create power with
all the sun.
richardhalsted1984 Do your research. They don’t work. Suckers born everyday.
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.
But not eye opening enough to send them a check or a Venmo, huh?
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.
Money hungry like the government
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.
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...
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.
So true so true
I love this lady!!! What a good, kind soul!! Kudos to Darlene and her people!!!
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.”
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.
+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.
+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!
BeeBee BeeLeaves
Sounds like something Will Rogers would have said. He was Cherokee, you know.
Take even closer look when the corporations get bailed by the tax payers with hundred of millions when they’re down.
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!
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
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. ❤️
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.
Jose Marinez The Navajo are a sovereign nation. Do not make this our problem. This problem is entirety theirs.
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.
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?
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.
Darlene is amazing! Her drive to serve and help her people is exemplary!
She is a shining example of the kind of humans who make this world a better place for all of us.
This just makes me cry!! How can this be in America??!!!!
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😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠😠
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.
blame obama and the dems for wanting more taxes... most whites are against taxes...
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.
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.
norrisonian Your not wrong. Quit saying I may be wrong. This is the Navajo responsibility and no one else’s.
you are not too bright. no easy answers for a complex problem , your mind won't digest. try tho..OK?
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.
Heartbreaking and unbelievable 2018..... and these great PEOPLE lack water, Really?.....
Most also lack electricity still and use wooden stoves for heat and such
Thank you water lady, you are awesome
I'm native and idk whether to hit "thumbs up or thumbs down" 🤔🙁
hit "thumbs up" for the water lady. after all, the story is about her service to her people.
I thought the same thing, that she is a Saint! God bless her and her People ❤️🙏!
It IS sacred! Taking water to those in need! What a Saint
3:21 Amen Darlene Arbeso is a Saint
God bless her!
Depressing that a proud people live like this..
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.
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.
This is fucked up. Richest country in the world and our poorest citizens can't have running water
Makenzie Smith how
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
John P Weeding out the stupid people.
Arya Stark Because they are shit.
It's not that hot up there,
I used to live there :)
Oh how awful to be drove from their land and all these years still treated this way
Very sad story. Our government should be ashamed.
Jody McKee No the Navajo should be ashamed.
catothewiser The Navaho live on their own nation. They get the government they deserve.
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.
@@mikewhite9818 your last name says it all about you.
The preserverence of these people amaze me. I am grateful for their spirit and also I am grateful for everything and everyone in my life
I want to give her a hug !! and she is a Saint !! I love her !!! if this World had more human beeings like her this would be a much better place to live ,God bless her for helping her people with this precious cargo !! Water is Life
Sending prayers my fellow native people. So sad to see our native people having to live like this. Prayers from the Menomonee Indian Reservation
What a Sweet Soul !! - Absolute Angel !
Wow...
She is a Blessing.
Do she have a Go Fund me Account?
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.
What a sweet and beautiful hearted lady
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.
How can I help you raise money for the Navajo so we can help them this is not fair for the Navajo.
At the moment I live on Texas but on November we are going to move to Arizona.
I am a Mexican but I am white with greens eyes I grew up with Apache Indians in my home town my grandfather spoke Apache language pretty good I only know few words.
Please tell us how can we help them??? & at gram pa's cattle ranch we use to collect water from the river I remember during the winter times we had to carry & boil water to take a warm bath. I know what is like to live like them I did it for many years at my gram pa's farm.
I just do not see this fair.
love you thank you for what your doing ..your heaven sent..
That’s not a truck driver. That’s an Angel. 💕💕💕
It disgusts me to see how First Nations people are still being treated. Darlene is truly a life-saver and a saint. She is doing God's work. I lived in Arizona for 5 years and used to tutor a woman from the Navajo Reservation and what I heard about the lack of resources, poverty, and unjust treatment deeply disturbed me.
im kickapoo. Shout out to our dine brothers and sisters
@PunchingMegaTree You have nothing to go by but political comebacks. No one well miss you too.
Everybody deserves running water, in this day of age I'm really surprised.
"If there's a will, there is a way"
We are in the digital era where everything else is almost possible..
Great spirit please help this family this lady do a great good my prayer are with you all you are all great people
Darlene is a godsend may God bless her she's saving lives ❤️❤️❤️
BLESS THE WATER LADY!💦🙌
I can't believe this is happening in my state and I never new about this
The flower at the end was very nice just like the water angel :)
wish there were more people like darlene the smiles she puts on their faces tells it all
Beautiful lady, inside & out. Much respect to you.
This is so sad I know a lot of these people are my grandfathers neighbors
Love thy neighbor as thy self...
That’s exactly the way my grandma did it too. Insanity
Rez living is insanity
My heart breaks for them 💔💔 I pray their getting the help & recognition they need bless them 🙏🏽❤️❤️
Hopefully things are getting better!!! I wish there lives are better now!!!
I live without running water or electricity, although, to be fair my dad worked awhile to get a generator so we have to an extent electricity but the generator will usually will have a problem of some sort and gasoline is expensive.
Hope you come back and ck this page. I have put links up to several commenters that l just found myself. l have to haul water too.
Breaks my heart! 💔😭
If there is mud, there is water. They need a type of catchment system off roofs and other buildings. I wish them all the best.
Ashley Powers the only thing is that Mobile homes have metal roofs that have no protection, meaning that metal would runoff into their water. Good thinking tough!
*though
I'd catch it - haul a large tank if I had a truck... we have villages here in Alaska that freeze solid from October to March - with no proper plumbing. Fancy carrying a bucket full of poop and pee and dumping it into a metal tank by hand? Pretty miserable - especially in constant below zero temperatures... at least it doesn't smell so strongly in the freezing weather...
There you go. The first practical idea, yet.
@@aprilmoore2917 Why don't they build composting toilets?
God bless this people who helping others.
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!!!
What is the present day situation now in 2019??
It's still the same. 2020.
@@gwencoco7901 awaful just awful this is the big reason why i do not identify as american😠
Jaime Alonzo thats not what he means, this Country of the United States of America is a facade with only the success of the wealthy and white to show the world but in reality its an embarrassment, the condition of the native reservations being a contributing factor. I know every country has bad things going on but for a country that prides itself on being the best in the world, this is an embarrassment like the dude said.
Jaime Alonzo thats for sure, they gave them autonomy but took their land, money, and basic modern living conditions, its just sad, how ignored they are as if its their fault they are put there. corruption is a horrible thing
@@andrewareynoso9235 Took modern living conditions? they never had modern living conditions, because the didn't build infrastructure
Interview the past elected leaders of the Tribe.Corruption comes in all colors...
What a shame people in the United States have no water our government should make it a priority to drill Wells for those people it's time to get those people water
Navajo Nation is responsible not the US Government. The millions they make and zero going back to it's people.
Wow.... That's really blows my mind. Tears of joy for the lady and shame to some from the government
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
I love water lady I want to come help you!
You would think the water well guy, would set up a Go Fund Me, and Patreon Page for these very necessary water projects.
All the millionaires and billionaires in this country and not one of them cares to donate a couple hundred thousand dollars?
Why don't you donate?
Jared Walgren Why would you jump to the conclusion that I haven’t?
@@mnight207 Never said you didn't. Only saying that if you are going to force others to be generous, be generous with your own money first. ( And whose to say those millionaires and billionaires haven't donated?)
Jared Walgren Because I live in New Mexico and I know these people and I know they haven’t donated.
@@mnight207 Okay. Again, why don't you help them? More than what you have? Why not ask others to help? If you wait for the so called "millionaires and billionaires" to help, and they haven't helped now, when will they? Better yet, the Federal government is their caretaker. Why don't they help?
I’m from New Mexico and still living here I love it here it’s so beautiful 🙂
thank you for sharing your journey darlene