The Mystery of the Horse Creek Girl - Main Street, Wyoming
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- Опубліковано 6 жов 2024
- Fifty years after Horse Creek Girl's remains were found, a seemingly simple tribal identification project blossomed into a complex, multi-discipline study. As a result, we now have an idea of how the Horse Creek Girl may have lived and died, and we get a different look at early reservation history than we may be accustomed to.
I worked with Dr. George Gill at his lab at UW. I was the one who identified the U.S. Army officer's braided hat cord therefore establishing a timeline of 1872 on the remains. Dr. Gill is a brilliant anthropologist and it was a pleasure working with him.
@Marrowbones does it matter?
@Marrowbones we were at war for hundreds of years..
My grandmother was a Blackfeet, She would tell me stories of her childhood and her people's lives. As a kid I would spend summers with her in Osage County Oklahoma. Pawhuska and Barnsdall. We would go to the land office and get some food. It was for the more part powdered everything. My mother would always bring different foods for her . She was always treated as a different person . I as a kid noticed it . This was in the sixes . It has always bothered me .
Being Born American And White My family moved from Los Angles California to St. Petersburg Florida the last few months of 1963 where I had my ears Slapped Purple for drinking out of a BLACK Water Fountain I had no idea "WTF" was going on I had NEVER Heard Of SUCH A THING Coming From The West Coast. My wife & I Live In The GREAT SOUTHWEST DESERT And We Brought Up Our Children To Believe That All Men & Women Are Created Equal Never Judge A Book By Its Cover.
I am so sorry for what happened! People talk about how we (I'm from Àlabama) treated our slaves. IT'S NOTHING COMPARED TO HOW OUR GOVERNMENT TREATED OUR ORIGINAL AMERICANS- THE INDIANS!!!!!😪😥
Bitter sweet. Glad she is finally home. Bless all those who helped make it so.
What a tragic legacy.
Great Documentary. The Starvation Winter of 1883/84’ took the lives of over 500 Piegan/Blackeet’ that were confined to the Old Agency Montana. That Winter was likely equally as bad for the Eastern Shoshone. Old Snapshot photos of the American Indians are the best testament to what life was like during those years-along with the few historical honest writings that document it. Tragic episodes of Humanity we must learn from. It wasn’t just the American Indians that struggled! Many immigrants and common folk went through Tuff times🇺🇸
I still can’t believe how they were treated it’s heart breaking .
I am really appalled of what the government did still the same even now in som cases
There is a horse creek close to Fort Laramie. My grandfather has a farm on it.
It's a stain that will never be removed . We must accept what was done by design !
A wonderful documentary. Thank you.
Wonderful? Did you not hear how horribly and inhumane the native people were treated? How they were purposefully starved to death by the supposedly "civilised whites"? Maybe your terminology or either your views aught to be rethought.
@@scottie1038 She clearly didn't mean (or say) that the history was wonderful but that the telling of it was. Get a grip.
I have discovered a gold mine in Wyoming PBS, Bravo. What these people have been able to do is amazing to me. The revelations of what our federal government is complicit of is not surprising to me but horrifies me to my core. Were it possible I would charge them with crimes against humanity in the form of genocide against indigenous peoples across this nation. To the Tribes, I grieve and am truly sorry for the crimes that have been perpetrated against you. I know they are hollow words, my heart is broken none the less.
Need to go after those Romans as well then as they did the same thing :/
I spent several months in Wyoming over the last 2 years and I have learned so much by visiting and then looking at Wyo PBS to fill in other information. This documentary really touched me. I never knew that the indians (native Americans) were treated so poorly- that they were forced to stay on the reservation and starve them.
Yes, we want to know the truth.
Native people,have been telling you the truth for a long time...Its just that until recently,,nobody wanted to hear it and accept it as the truth..
There are no words for this. US government still at it, only have different ways of genocide.
@ImNotMad ButUR not altogether true. Some of us are willing to talk the truth. Some are not willing to listen and still in denial. I still experience racism till this day but that doesn't stop me from telling what happened and still happens. It's unfortunate but as much talking and educating as we try to do, change comes only when someone is ready and willing to understand.
It's so easy and convenient to blame "whitey".(and today fashionable) When the reality is, there were idiots on BOTH sides! But I guess that's not in fashion, nor politically correct.
Treatment of indigenous people is not uncommon among conquering nations. However, US government attitudes and policies regarding indigenous Americans can legitimately be called “The American Holocaust.”
I'm glad they did all the research. Now with more modern dna, I wonder if they could see if there were any family left?
Sad that this wasnt that long ago in history terms.
Lord Almighty, the sheer horror that exists in the human heart knows no end. This story is repeated over and over since the beginning of time with no end in sight. Thinking about this is so demoralizing, so much so it is hard to hold up one's head.
elenthora I felt the same way after watching Dances with Wolves way back in the late 80s. So ashamed to be white. I live in Wyoming and try my utmost to make up for my predecessors. 🤦🏼♀️
Thank You For Sharing This Program
Heartbreaking.
The Governments actions here are dispicable but this is what happens when you trust government. SO sad that this happened to the Shoshone and especially when Chief Washakie tried to have his people survive the changing world.
This is so precious....
Very little has changed - the Government still does not keep its word, Ego-Minds lack Wisdom, or rarely yield to it.
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How about get some natives to answer some cultural questions?
Doubtful they will know attire 130 years ago - their culture has been largely erased by the Gov.
@@bethbartlett5692 some of us know all too well our history. I am Winnebago and today we still make the same kind of moccasins that were worn when the government force marched us out of Wisconsin to Minnesota, to South Dakota and finally to a reservation in Nebraska. We still make the same clothing with the same designs. These are traditions of our culture that we held onto even after the boarding schools tried to remove all traces of memory. My grandmother taught me these things and I teach my children and grandchildren. WE ARE VERY MUCH STILL HERE AND WILLING TO TEACH OTHERS HOW TO LIVE IN HARMONY WITH THE EARTH AND EACH OTHER.
This is probably one of the smarter comments I've read on this thread. Thank you and I would be happy to discuss my culture with anyone who is interested ☺
I have a question.What was the name of the tent city between Hanna and Rawlins that followed the railroad?Rumor has it 100 people were killed there in 90 days.Gunfights,card games.
The name was Benton. Was only around for about 3 months.
That is beautiful....what heroes...
Her humanity was never in doubt. You mean your perception of her humanity was restored. Unconsciously ethnocentric.
It is horrible that people possibly stole objects from the grave before the proper authorities could take control of it. As a trained Archaeologist I can understand the need to use the remains to properly identify as much as possible who this young woman was so she could be returned to her people for proper reburial - it would have been impossible to leave her where she was originally buried simply because there are too many horrible people out there that might dig up the remains for whatever sick reason. The facial reconstruction hit me hard, I was already angry and teary-eyed listening to how the native people were treated - the corrupt agents should have been shot! How could you expect starving people to farm for food!!! It is insanity. I'm in the process of reading about the Dakota War of 1862 which was caused by corrupt and greedy agents and politicians the resulting execution of 38 Native men, the imprisonment and abuse of others and the treatment of their families was despicable.
How are you suppose to farm w/o farming equipment in soil that was extremely poor? It grieves me to think how the indigenous people of America were treated by the white man...no respect and preconceived notions of the native American Indian were usually untrue. Starvation was the white mans chosen form of genocide of the native Americans. How could we have been so cruel?
d baez
cause people are stupid and a army is just a group of stupid people following stupid peoples directions
VERY SAD.
I would not treat an animal the way these Idiots treated these people. How can u stand by while humans are suffering and starving to death? And we all know we are not the only living beings in the Universe, but we know why they don't want anything to do with humans...
She died in both moccasins from starvation
What a story.
Interesting vid.
In all honesty it wasn't the Government that starved them, or impoverished them. It was the Indian agents. The Indian agents mostly took half the money meant for the Indians, for themselves. The rest they bought food for them. Very little food, and mostly rancid meat, that the butcher shops were throwing away. They had very little scruples, if any. The Government really had no idea what was going on. Just some reports and complaints that never made it too far up the ladder to the people that would have cared. Look at every Government intervention in anything. At first it might start off ok. That's ok, not good. Then later because of the Government handles things. It turns to sh&t because of corruption.
this was not a single tribe occurrence. think about it.
Sheridan Isashitstain the governmental big shots were guilty of stealing the native land. So to (get rid ) of them was the way to get rid of the guilt, since the people were a constant reminder.
kind of like the unknown of us now ? homeless,so jail.homeless,so not fed.no wonder people hate so.
The cruelty and inhumane treatment of such a noble people is hard to listen to.
Some were noble and tried to get along, while others were absolutely barbaric....to other tribes.
Why was it a tragic time? As it is a tragic time, still today?
Those are the remains of a human being. They should only be handled in the most respectful ceremonial way. It's disgusting to see people handling human remains like they have no descendants to be horrified. The remains should have been left in place, given ceremony, and protected. We do not need to know who she was or get political. You are totally "playing around" with remains.
But the remains had already been moved...decades ago. They found out who she was, so she could be returned to her people rather than sit in a box in the coroners office. Even today, if human remains are found, people will not just recover them and leave them alone. It's not in the nature of lesser types of humans.
I thought there were very respectful. What did you want them to do?
When someone is buried or otherwise. layed to rest they should remain that way
Obviously her remains had become unearthed naturally. It wasn't a dig.
Beth Bartlett I wonder where they laid her to rest. I would think that these folk would have laid her to rest in the town somewhere, does anyone know?
@@pamelawherey4583 She was returned to the tribe, so I doubt she was taken to town.
Why bluer the bones ?
Images of remains were blurred at the tribes’ request.
Really cant learn much from the bones when they are blurred out, which is stupid when trying to inform people of the story behind the bones.
You Tube will remove videos that have human remains - even educational ones. There are some strange rules - like you can't say suicide or you get demonetized.
Just pray and cover over a human you find after death. It's disgusting. No respect.
And this is an example of what progressivism could do to our country and people. Depending on the government.
W T F IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE?I have so many tears I c a my text!and r
Americans and the Brits are clearly among the most inhumane colonial powers. The Belgians are close. We still treat Native Americans so poorly! We should feel great shame but it doesn’t seem to bother us in the least.
Go easy on the white guilt.
I would never support liberal pbs...no way
Good for you misery, you tell em ole gal.
They found the mocs were made in China....