@Janet Bakerbecause most people don't know or care to live in harmony with the things that surround them. i am a pasty faced pecker wood, and i try to live that every day , although sometimes i find it a bit hard to do . i walk my dogs along a levee. if they spot a rabbit or other wildlife they could consume for food , i allow them to do so . i don't go out and hunt the critters down, i allow them to come to me . my huskies rarely get a rabbit or chicken, but when they do it is a pleasant treat and it helps with their training and works their natural talents. people in general are so worried about what they can get out of something instead of letting nature takes its course and go along for the ride. because that is all we are passengers on a moving,changing world and we want it to stay the same. new flash the planet is doing fine , the people are fucked
@Ace The Golan Heights were captured by Israel on June 9-10, 1967 during the 3rd Israeli- Arab war. Syria was part of the combined arab armies that attacked Israel. No treaty was signed for it. Get your facts straight.
@Janet Baker In a word. MONEY. not saying that is right in fact I think it is not right only answering the question you asked. "Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money can not be eaten." Cree native proverb.
Being born there and seeing the treatment of the people for 8 years turned me into a trump despising liberal. trump going there disgusts me. A ton of money was made from the gold stolen by miners. Constitutionally it's the native's. If the land is returned, i think that they'll leave it up.
Funny thing is, they have access to a fund, the Government is holding, that's more than a BILLION DOLLARS... They'd rather have their land back...WoW!!!
Chief Red Cloud was the only one to defeat the US troops in battle and dictate treaty terms. After he visited Washington and New York he realised he could not win. He was a noble man who fought for his people.
Especially because there were leaders who liked the natives or at least were sympathetic towards them and tried to get along with them and then the pendulum swung back and racist leaders stepped in and got power and reneged on the treaties or what was supposed to happen to or with the native people, pretty much what happens in America to this day
You mean that they let them live of course, when other nations would have just killed them all off...like they did in the province of Newfoundland , Canada. A fact that Newfies are proud of to this day...their coat of arms includes a solitary native...the last Beothuk . Look it up if you don't believe me that such a thing could happen in a "socialist paradise" like Canada.
Maybe it's me, but I don't think *America* has *_represented_* the foundation for which the *Constitution* was written...for at least the last century!
Wouldn’t it be a great time to bring another suit to the SC if you could get it there. I mean you have all these “Originalists” on the court. How could they rule against the Sioux when it’s there in plain english? I would love to see the mental gymnastics they would go through to rule against. Because you know they would. Why mess with tradition right? 🤬
This is precisely why I can't help but shake my head when you have all these people crying out "but they should come here the legal way" when clearly the US government only believes in following the law when it suits it.
One must be either ignorant or afraid of sharing the wealth they accumulated on the back of others in this country. Its so fucking enraging. But, change is coming, the new generation is not putting up with this injustice anymore.
Anita inStLouis actually the US is still better than most countries today. And even if the US wasn’t around, the land mass is still pretty good. People haven’t stopped coming.
@@anitainmo489 Nope, and looking at what the EU and Canada are doing they don't want us there either. Those fuckwits are getting their wish of isolationism.
That's pretty par for the course, unfortunately. Hockey game that some native kids got to go to as a special trip ended up with them getting beer poured on them and racist names being called at them for not standing for the national anthem. They have their own, and these were six and seven year olds. It's horrible how white people treat them there. I always hated it, and got into quite a few arguments with other white folks when I called them out.
@@olliefoxx7165 Well, Ollie, if you're a black man or woman, the founding documents ensured the only real right you had was the right to be returned to your "owners" *spit* if you escaped. That doesn't sound great.
@@dabouras Oh, I full understand who used it and why "If you have a flag you are invaded, if you don't your discovered". However, it's still more complicated than that take India for example but I was just trying to point out the mindset of the West/Europe :)
Bingo! Thank you. Been saying this for a while now. I also believe he had a hand in picking Trump's campaign staff and also Trump's interns. They talk about the deep state, they talk about this huge conspiracy that's happening. Well, they are the conspiracy, the deep state of White Nationalists who have taken complete control of the Executive Branch of our government.
Lol, I was going to write that up on top but I see you beat me to it. It is Steven Miller making those choices and the buffoon is only to happy to go along with it.
When a nation fights more vociferously for its symbols than its principles, that nation is dead, IMO. Thanks, Beau for making this video. I agree with you 100%.
This has been a topic on my mind regarding patriotism. Seems we have converted to a form of patriotism that mostly distinguishes the institutions as being the thing we fight for. I suppose that’s more akin to a nationalistic approach?
"The West Bank, the Gaza Strip, soon to be parking lots....for American tourists......and fascists cops yeah" *Propagandhi ua-cam.com/video/HOB17fAZweA/v-deo.html
I was literally just saying the same thing an hour ago. Just give the land back. Also, make reparations to African-Americans and quit treating people like animals and start treating them like PEOPLE. When one group rules over the others, everyone suffers, including the rulers. We are only as free as the least free amongst us.
What's your reparations plan? Half black get paid? Kin of black slave owners, do they get paid? How long do we go back in time having to pay for the sins of our fathers? Do you believe in individualism at all?
@@themaddane1550 that's funny because the United States has had no problem paying reparations to almost all the groups they have wronged EXCEPT descends of slaves.
The Mad Dane pretty sure this is the government paying reparations not individuals. And if it’s done out of taxes then take it from corporations. Then again if taken from public taxes it’s better than being used for the military-industrial complex’s agenda. The reason reparations are appropriate from the US government is because liberalism and the value of individuals wasn’t afforded to black Americans since the beginning. They made a collectivist judgement on black people and found them subhuman. That was illiberal.
What part of Treaties are the law of the land is so hard to understand? Give it to the people who the original treaty said was the rightful owners,@@BobPapadopoulos.
It's astounding how similar indigenous people's struggles are. Here in Australia, the federal government gave Ayers Rock back to the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people, the traditional land owners and recognised their renaming of it as Uluru, it's traditional name. Since then the only change has been is that no-one is allowed to climb to the top of the rock anymore, something I can live with, after all, Uluru is sacred to them and I don't think we'd appreciate tourists climbing all over our cathedrals. Give Rushmore back, it's a small gesture to make to further reconcilliation.
I’m a black man from Harlem, N.Y. Who would be honored to play any role in your campaign. Would you please run for President so we can right this damn ship.
Beau has stated in other videos that he won't run for political office. He has far too many skeletons in his closet. I suspect most, if not all, of them are honorable skeletons but the sort of thing that political opponents can attack him over by omitting vital context. Also, he doesn't trust himself with that much power.
Jason Crosby I don’t know if you paid any attention to the contents of the video at all, but again: THERE IS A TREATY, Law of The Land. On the other hand no treaty or constitution of any European state, or the US constitution for that matter, says that non-natives aren’t allowed. But if you can’t barely find a white person in London I suggest you check again. There are millions, actually. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/development-and-population-information/Documents/census-information-reports-ethnicity.pdf
If you're into that kind of thing, their decision not to accept payment for the land has had some huge positive knock on effects for tribal law all over what's now known as the US. I'm into that kind of stuff so I find it particularly interesting, but I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea lol Worth looking into if it sounds interesting though :) I know Beau prefers not to give links normally, and I get his reasoning, but I figured I'd toss a couple links here just in case anyone wants a head start researching :) This article is from 2011 and does a decent job summarizing most of the major points from the 1800's to 2011, talks about why they didn't take the money, etc. www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/north_america-july-dec11-blackhills_08-23 This article is from a few days ago and focuses more on why the Ojibwe (Sioux) people didn't want Trump to visit: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/01/mount-rushmore-donald-trump-sioux These articles are from a few hours ago and talk about what happened while Trump was actually there, at Mount Rushmore. For balance, I've included one from the New York Times and one from Indian Country Today NYT: www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html ICT: indiancountrytoday.com/news/treaty-defenders-block-road-leading-to-mount-rushmore-ctPNfZ1W0UiABOWreb-srA
@Kelly Te Kopa Kairau Thank you for that information. That elders response was truly powerful. I would really hope that one day they give it back. Cause heck... If we cant even keep a promise to ourselves. What hope do we have in keeping our promises to the rest of the world. My sincerest thanks for your post.
You want to give up your home and move back to where your ancestors are from??? We started breaking treaties way back east. If you have a good plan on how to relocate every one I'd like to hear it.
So well stated, thanks Wanda. Himmler is the perfect equivalent for Miller. Both are paranoid, psychotic and delusional racists who worship a dictator.
would be my guess as well. especially regarding Tulsa... to get something wrong on so many levels. I have to say i was kinda impressed. That takes planning and commitment! And thats why i can't believe a "wups! we didn't notice..." with these provocations.
Well no one knows for sure but I speculate that Trump is a bonafide card carrying racist and he's dumb as a box of rocks. He wouldn't even know what Juneteenth is or about the Tulsa Massacre. But someone like Stephen Miller would. So I imagine there's a group of these cronies behind closed doors because you know the devil can't just walk around with horns and a pointy tail.
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The US did a similar thing in Oklahoma as in the Black Hills. Oklahoma was given to some Native American tribes as a new place to settle at the end of the Trail of Tears, but when it became more valuable because of settling and especially oil, the US took it back. The US obviously doesn't respect its treaties with Native Americans.
Yes, I just read a book "Killers of the Flower Moon" about the Osage Nation there. In the 1920s they were the richest people in the world per capita due to the oil discovered there. And then they started being killed under "mysterious circumstances". Excellent book, terrible story.
I found it heart warming that you chose to talk about the sacredness of the Black Hills to the Sioux. The indigenous peoples of America seem to be discarded and threw to the side of the road when it comes to respect and fair treatment. Their own protest movements never get a mention. Thousands of their girls and women have gone missing for decades from both sides of the America/Canada border, and hardly anything is being done or said by broadcasters, law officials, newspapers or anyone else, except the occasional writer or investigative journalist to bring it to the world's attention. Can you imagine the clamour and uproar from the populace if it was white women and white girls? America has broken every treaty it has ever signed with the native Americans. It seems to be going down that road with agreements it has signed with other nations too in this modern age. I've taught my kids that a person is only as good as their word, and that their integrity is precious, and can only be taken from them if they allow it to be. It will be interesting to see over the next three or four months just how much will be let out concerning the Ms.Maxwell sordid grooming for Epstein scandal. My money is on a massive cover-up by the establishment and probably a massive diversionary action during the trial too. Anyway, thanks for another illuminating conversation mate.
Odd, the Lakota Sioux are from Minnesota and didn't move into the Black Hills until about a century before they lost them. Don't you mean the sacredness of them to the Crow, Cheyenne, and Pawnee whom they took them from, or is that unimportant?
Ster E props on the Native History! So many tribes forgotten and lost to time, were gon'na need Historians like you in the Near Future, keep that knowledge Sacred!
When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money. -Cree Prophecy
Ironically...it is the natives that are the biggest polluters, and the ones that hunt areas into extinction and even put nets right across rivers to catch all the fish. Indigenous culture is WORTHLESS.
@@markanthony3275 you just generalized hundreds of nations as being the biggest polluters, but a core principle in many Indigenous cultures is to take only as much from the earth as one can put in. Don't claim a culture is worthless when you truly know nothing about it. There is so much to learn from Indigenous peoples and culture(S) that can help make our own societies better...don't ignorantly characterize people like that.
@@Will14ification I live in an area of Canada surrounded by about twenty native bands...they are the most violent , racist, and reprehensible people you will ever meet. Their reserves are littered with garbage, and even the road out of the city I live in is covered with garbage that they throw out of their trucks on the way to their reserves They all say they adhere to these principles...but NONE of them do. Two years ago, one band was hunting Caribou...so another band from the next province over, drove up with freezer trucks and guns...and they slaughtered several hundred caribou, which they fought over. Others go fishing out of season and catch fifty pickerel...and just leave them to rot...because they CAN. So don't lecture me about natives until you've had to live around , see them, hear them and smell them, for about twenty years. They are savages...no other word is fitting. There is nothing honourable, noble or trustworthy about them.
@@markanthony3275 You have a problem, and it's not with the First Nations people. Your problem is in your ignorant head and your black, cold heart. You are a racist, a hater of anyone not like YOU, and you and your ilk make decent, kind, and caring people sick.
Yep, Trump's a white supremacist, but like Beau said in another recent video, he's even bad at being a racist. Stephen Miller on the other hand is a cunning white supremacist who actually knows his history and is proud of every horrific thing white people have done.
Imagine my shock, as an American Historian, who spent this past semester researching Plains Indian’s history and culture, to find out that the US government violated a treaty with Native Americans! Yeah very little shock here. Especially given Trump’s response to the Dakota pipeline protests.
A lot of people seem to forget about the Dakota pipeline being one of Trump's first executive orders. That should have been a red flag what his intentions are with America, not to mention all of the racial and disrespectful things he said about many people before he was even elected.
Today I heard many people turn it around and say that natives violated terms of treaty so US was in their right to take the land. It's sort of like the tactics Israel use on Palestinians to take their land. Signing treaty with invader was a bad idea for natives. You give up your right by allowing foreigner to dictate how you should conduct yourself on your own land.
My grandmother says "Thank you and I appreciate everything you say and do. You have clarified a lot of things and given background info I didn't know. We watch your channel every day."
I majored in Anthropology at OSU ( class of 1975). I remember my freshman year when I learned about the broken treaties. It blew my mind. It was never talked about in my history classes through high school, and I was a history buff. We are spoon fed the corporate line to keep us in line. Thank you for your reporting. We must honor the First Amendment to keep our country free.
Watching the protest last night made me so sad. Remember when bill barr said history is written by the winners.... it's time to win VOTE THE HATE OUT!!!
Love your videos Beau, you're honest, not making 10 minute long videos to capitalize on these issues, just being genuine, and stating your opinions and facts. Keep it up!
If making his videos a wee bit longer would give him a modest increase in revenue from UA-cam I would be all for it. We get more excellent content and Beau gets a few more dollars, win - win.
Crazy that my family members are responding to this video by saying, 'well I guess the next step is to return to the countries of our immigrant Families origin.....: Really? That's the best they can come up with? God help us all because I'm sure most of us have relatives that are this extremist and obviously all hope is lost to reason with them.... Thank you Beau for your continuous messages of truth and knowledge in these horrendous times! Bless You--Brother!
In Australia ‘Ayres Rock’ was returned to the indigenous people. It’s name was replaced with it’s indigenous name Uluru, and now nobody is permitted to climb the monolith, deface it or treat it in anyway other than through the beliefs of the indigenous people. In New Zealand there are also many sacred sites that are protected by the Maoris, the indigenous people of New Zealand. In an age of deciding who and what matters, Indigenous Lives Matter, and the customs, territories should be respected and acknowledged. American history abounds with broken treaties, lack of respect, and lack of consultation with the indigenous people of America.
I've seen Mt. Rushmore. I didn't feel inspired like it was a work of art. With all the rubble at the base it looked more like someone messed up a perfectly good mountain.
“We don’t have a say!” Anyone else feel like that concept terrifies a lot of these “patriots”? That they might, just once, find themselves in the position Native Americans and minorities have been in since the USA came to be?
“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them". Just one of many quotes in the Bible against symbols, statues, etc. Such hypocracy!!!!
Tell that to the American Bible Belt, Israel, France, Germany, England, Russia...hell any number of countries that worship piles of rocks and paper books like that will save them from anything.
Maybe, just maybe if we the People begin to Honor the Slaves, Slavery Survivors & Native Americans as we Honor our Veterans we could develop an actual national identity worth being proud of?
veterans are not honored they are made homeless. honor the Natives of America, the enslaved and those who served with actual humility and love.... honor the idea of humanity... JC we are dreaming too big
The US government and media DON'T honor our veterans. They fetishize them for optics and toss them to the curb when they're no longer useful to whatever agenda the powers that be want to push. The way we treat veterans in this country is reprehensible.
Thank you Beau for addressing this. I learned from my best friend who was Sioux about the true history of Mt Rushmore. He was angry till the day he died about that broken promise and I cant see anything but the broken promise when I look upon the monument. It's theirs and it's an injustice that we still claim it in any way.
0:25 Oh, it's absolutely intentional otherwise why the two places exactly this year having the timing in mind? This is Stephen Miller's doing, I'd bet. It's sending the massage to the worst of the worst in their base.
Sadly, he also has scheduled a rally on 08/27 for Axe Handle Saturday, in which African Americans were openly attacked and killed with bats in Jacksonville, FL. Look it up. It's not a coincidence.
I'm Australian In 1985 the Australian Government gave Uluru (Ayers Rock) back to the native Pitjantjatjara people Uluru is a national symbol in our country too and the world didn't end when it was given it back to the people that held it sacred They manage the area now and tourists still visit and generate income for "ALL" the local people
Great video, but I just want to clarify something. The treaty of Fort Laramie didn't GIVE the Black Hills to anyone. It was a treaty between two sovereign nations which defined the laws each would live under in order to have peace between both nations. The part concerning the Black Hills was meant to ensure white settlers would stay off land that ALREADY BELONGED to the Sioux. They owned it forever. This treaty did not give them anything, it was already theirs to begin with.
Just wanted to add, I know you kind of clarified this later in your video, but I think it's super important not to talk about treaties as some kind of gift from the US to Indigenous people. None of the treaties were that, including the Fort Laramie treaty, but a lot of white people talk about it as if the US gifted Indigenous people land, they think of reservations like that too. It's a sore spot for a lot of Indigenous folks. (I'm Indigenous but not "Sioux"). Also, it's not just the area that's sacred for them, it's the mountain itself. I think they have every right to "deface" Mt. Rushmore. The US specifically put those dead presidents on that specific mountain as a way to rub salt in the wounds of the Indigenous people who lived there. They knew that mountain was sacred to them. They wanted to shit on them, so they defaced their sacred land mass. "defacing" it now would be an effort to return some of that sacredness and wipe away some of the colonial atrocity.
It's a "debate" for the same reason that gay marriage was a "debate": the opposing side doesn't have a solid argument to stand on, so the best they can hope for is to run the clock as long as possible.
@@arib515 how can you talk about revoking citizenship? They were natives long before the invasion of the Pilgrims! They were already inhabiting the land. You need to sit down and shut up. Go do some research and stop running up your mouth, with your bloody walls!
I remember when I was working in South Dakota.. a native ask me.. have u been to Custer- Crazy Horse-Museum? I said no. I have only been in Mt Rushmore. Isn't it the main attraction here? She smiled and told me,in a few years it might not be. So I went to Custer and understood what she meant.. ✌
You know what dude - a friend turned me onto you a few weeks back, I may have said this on a previous post, and I have to say (also maybe again) - THANK you. It's refreshing to hear no bullshit truth these days. Hoping you and yours are blessed, and remain so - keep 'em coming!
@Angel Fish, I must've been 'channeling' you yesterday but I was thinking C4 perhaps? My children have both Lakota and Cherokee blood flowing thru their veins. And yes, I did donate to the Standing Rock DAPL cluster. Also, Free Leonard! Pilamaya friend.
"This land was nice when we found it. Well we stole it from the Mexicans and the Indians but hey! It was nice when we stole it! Have you seen it lately? Have you taken a good look at it? We've taken this beautiful land and turn it into a shopping mall!" - George Carlin
The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent, to pay our share The time has come, a fact's a fact It belongs to them, let's give it back -Midnight Oil
I don't disagree, but it's literally the side of a mountain. It will take thousands of years for Rushmore to erode. We're talking end of modern civilization before you see any real deterioration of the faces on Rushmore.
Different time and context but similar sentiment: "The time has come to say fair's fair To pay the rent now, to pay our share The time has come, a fact's a fact It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back"
"The ripest, rankest case of land theft in American history" - what the USSC termed the taking of the Black Hills. Just a note: the issue concerns the Black Hills, yes, but the scale of the theft takes in half, literally, of South Dakota, from the Missouri River to Wyoming.
Cat of the Castle Oh? And that’s the only solution? It’s not? 🤔So, it’s difficult? Complicated? Inconvenient? UNCOMFORTABLE? Well then...pfft. Nvm. 🙄 Forgive me. I’m not trying to @ you. Just...I believe I made the mistake of going into a UA-cam comment section with a migraine Stay Safe
Thank you Beau... I've been trying to explain the Black Hill mountains to family/friends (who live on fox news) and how (I know) it too was stolen from Indian tribes by white led government and destroyed then turned into Rushmore. I'm glad I have backup for this
Our symbol of our state, 'the old man in the mountain', fell off the mountain a number of years ago. Funny, New Hampshire is still here. So even stone can fall and humans can go on. Good talk, Beau, Thanks.
So are u saying that u are plotting a uprising against the government? You have weapons? Bombs? Pretty sure 70percent of readers work FOR the gov. What's your address?
I knew that the First Nations were kicked out of their treaty lands, the Black Hills, because of the gold discovered there, but the fact that under the US Constitution it is still theirs, I did not. I thought that the Black Hills were very beautiful and that the monument carving in Mount Rushmore was an insult to the very stone from which it was carved. Thanks yet again to another brilliant presentation.
If they taught about manifest destiny, the divine right of Kings or eminent domain( a Trump favorite), they taught that these concepts existed without making value judgements,for if they did, those schools would have lost Federal funds. Defining Immorality is up to US!
@@garthpilkey5965 Since they would know about the Party Switch of platform that ended in the late 30's - I'm guessing They would be _more_ proud of being Democrats... Seing as they're basically the philosophical inheritors of the Party of Lincoln.
Its kinda stunning that we care so much about some rock. You know, its not like we can recreate it even better somewhere else that isn't hallowed ground that has been stolen
It's all stolen. And there should be a way to make it right. But many of the tribes and nations are long gone. We brought the false concept of ownership with us.
The argument of "but you're destroying our history" has never made sense to me. You can't destroy history by taking a monument down, the history will be there forever that's why it's called history!
Pretty sure a klansman did the carving or at least commissioned it. Complete defacing of the sacred 6 Grandfathers, that can never be undone, in someone else's nation, but yeah, great white supremacist colonialist 'art'
Hate when people say the US gave us something they never owned. Crazy Horse monument needs to be mentioned
Janet Baker my Grandfather told me “we will all find out who owns who” meaning when you die
@Janet Bakerbecause most people don't know or care to live in harmony with the things that surround them. i am a pasty faced pecker wood, and i try to live that every day , although sometimes i find it a bit hard to do . i walk my dogs along a levee. if they spot a rabbit or other wildlife they could consume for food , i allow them to do so . i don't go out and hunt the critters down, i allow them to come to me . my huskies rarely get a rabbit or chicken, but when they do it is a pleasant treat and it helps with their training and works their natural talents. people in general are so worried about what they can get out of something instead of letting nature takes its course and go along for the ride. because that is all we are passengers on a moving,changing world and we want it to stay the same. new flash the planet is doing fine , the people are fucked
@Ace The Golan Heights were captured by Israel on June 9-10, 1967 during the 3rd Israeli- Arab war. Syria was part of the combined arab armies that attacked Israel. No treaty was signed for it. Get your facts straight.
@Janet Baker In a word. MONEY. not saying that is right in fact I think it is not right only answering the question you asked. "Only after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only then will you find that money can not be eaten." Cree native proverb.
Being born there and seeing the treatment of the people for 8 years turned me into a trump despising liberal. trump going there disgusts me. A ton of money was made from the gold stolen by miners. Constitutionally it's the native's. If the land is returned, i think that they'll leave it up.
But America has broken every social contract that was ever made with Native Americans. 😩
Funny thing is, they have access to a fund, the Government is holding, that's more than a BILLION DOLLARS...
They'd rather have their land back...WoW!!!
Bryon Kidder goes to show how much they care. I love a good rejection of capitalism
American has broken every social contract
@@bryonkidder6199 I have an idea, let's give the settlers the money to move and get them off their land
'social' contract?
America has a long and nasty history of breaking its TREATIES with native peoples.
As far as the question of who is picking these places at these times... "I'll go with Steven Miller for $100, Alex"
This is a relevant comment.
Trump is not intelligent.
Spot on
You got that right!
Bingo! He's a blight on History.
Hahahaha....probably!
"They made us many promises but they kept only one. They promised to take our land and they did." ~ Chief Red Cloud
I have a talking stick With pendulum I call it my direct Connect to the ancestors they are very very pissed and will step in
That land belongs to the Lomita Souix and the Ancestors want that land given back
@Linda Sandoval With everything going on in America right now, it's almost like America was built on native American burial ground.
@@BigDG80 even trump wants to build on native burial ground. Shame
Chief Red Cloud was the only one to defeat the US troops in battle and dictate treaty terms. After he visited Washington and New York he realised he could not win. He was a noble man who fought for his people.
The Black Hills belong to the indigenous people. Plain and simple.
The Lakota people* yes. It belongs to me, my family, my tribe.
emond67 Phoenician hieroglyphics have zero to do with Europeans though.
@emond67 so what..??? That has nothing to do with the topic.
The government's history with native Americans is deeply disturbing. Same with slavery.
Especially because there were leaders who liked the natives or at least were sympathetic towards them and tried to get along with them and then the pendulum swung back and racist leaders stepped in and got power and reneged on the treaties or what was supposed to happen to or with the native people, pretty much what happens in America to this day
You mean that they let them live of course, when other nations would have just killed them all off...like they did in the province of Newfoundland , Canada. A fact that Newfies are proud of to this day...their coat of arms includes a solitary native...the last Beothuk . Look it up if you don't believe me that such a thing could happen in a "socialist paradise" like Canada.
2 wrongs don’t make a right. Mount Rushmore is beautiful and needs to be defended, NOT destroyed!
Wi To to white people it needs to be protected. 😂
Mike Birmingham truth
Maybe it's me, but I don't think *America* has *_represented_* the foundation for which the *Constitution* was written...for at least the last century!
It’s not just you.
If ever.
It sadly hasn't... It's hard to see people twisting the Constitution to push their own political agendas. It was never meant to be used like it is
@Clifford Roebuck plus fed reserve
Wouldn’t it be a great time to bring another suit to the SC if you could get it there. I mean you have all these “Originalists” on the court. How could they rule against the Sioux when it’s there in plain english? I would love to see the mental gymnastics they would go through to rule against. Because you know they would. Why mess with tradition right? 🤬
This is precisely why I can't help but shake my head when you have all these people crying out "but they should come here the legal way" when clearly the US government only believes in following the law when it suits it.
I don't think anyone wants to come here any more.
One must be either ignorant or afraid of sharing the wealth they accumulated on the back of others in this country. Its so fucking enraging. But, change is coming, the new generation is not putting up with this injustice anymore.
@@anitainmo489 I know I don't.
Anita inStLouis actually the US is still better than most countries today. And even if the US wasn’t around, the land mass is still pretty good. People haven’t stopped coming.
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Nope, and looking at what the EU and Canada are doing they don't want us there either. Those fuckwits are getting their wish of isolationism.
The great George Carlin once said,” I’ll leave symbols to the symbol-minded”.
The worst part was hearing those yell to the native protesters “ go back where you came from “
the only proper response being, "you first."
That broke my heart
The yelling of "Go back where you came from", shows the complete ignorance and lack of intelligence that permeates Trump and his cult followers.
Probably because they can't think of anything else to yell, they are copying what they heard before and think that means they win the yelling contest.
That's pretty par for the course, unfortunately. Hockey game that some native kids got to go to as a special trip ended up with them getting beer poured on them and racist names being called at them for not standing for the national anthem. They have their own, and these were six and seven year olds. It's horrible how white people treat them there. I always hated it, and got into quite a few arguments with other white folks when I called them out.
It takes a special type of people to steal the same thing twice.
But we all know Americans are the most special people of the world. They even claim to be that.
@@gpapenburg1737 what country is better? Where do you have MORE rights enshrined in the founding documents? What country us free from sin?
Ollie Foxx Moot point you are trying to make. Think about what you are doing asking that question.
Beau is here to help bro. Just let it out.
@@olliefoxx7165 Well, Ollie, if you're a black man or woman, the founding documents ensured the only real right you had was the right to be returned to your "owners" *spit* if you escaped. That doesn't sound great.
I've never understood how you "discover" a country or a continent where people have lived for hundreds or thousands of years
Thanks for your comment. I have the same thought.
It's called Colonialism. Indigenous peoples only count of they can stop you from taking their land.
Isn't 'terra nullius,' grand? To have a god, and arms, and infested blankets that render other people 'nobody.'
@@dabouras Oh, I full understand who used it and why "If you have a flag you are invaded, if you don't your discovered". However, it's still more complicated than that take India for example but I was just trying to point out the mindset of the West/Europe :)
I'll have to check Columbus's diary and the Spanish history books and get back to you on that one...
We all know it was the human skid mark, Steven Miller making these choices.
Bingo! Thank you. Been saying this for a while now. I also believe he had a hand in picking Trump's campaign staff and also Trump's interns. They talk about the deep state, they talk about this huge conspiracy that's happening. Well, they are the conspiracy, the deep state of White Nationalists who have taken complete control of the Executive Branch of our government.
I'm sure that S. Bannon could have suggested it.
Lol, I was going to write that up on top but I see you beat me to it. It is Steven Miller making those choices and the buffoon is only to happy to go along with it.
"Human skid mark"... I love It and how appropriate!!!
I knew something stunk.
When a nation fights more vociferously for its symbols than its principles, that nation is dead, IMO. Thanks, Beau for making this video. I agree with you 100%.
This has been a topic on my mind regarding patriotism. Seems we have converted to a form of patriotism that mostly distinguishes the institutions as being the thing we fight for. I suppose that’s more akin to a nationalistic approach?
Thank you Beau...we need YOU!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
"Theypaved Paradise and put up a parking lot,"-- Joni Mitchell
Big Yellow Taxi has always been one of my favorites. "You don't know what you've got till it's gone". I was a teenager when Joni hit the charts.
Call some place Paradise and kiss it goodbye. - The Eagles.
"The West Bank, the Gaza Strip, soon to be parking lots....for American tourists......and fascists cops yeah"
*Propagandhi
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HEY Don't appropriate! I declare that song to be Canadian culture - not American. Joni is daughter of Canada.
Love the message hate that god dam annoying song though.
I was literally just saying the same thing an hour ago. Just give the land back. Also, make reparations to African-Americans and quit treating people like animals and start treating them like PEOPLE. When one group rules over the others, everyone suffers, including the rulers. We are only as free as the least free amongst us.
What's your reparations plan? Half black get paid? Kin of black slave owners, do they get paid? How long do we go back in time having to pay for the sins of our fathers?
Do you believe in individualism at all?
@@themaddane1550 that's funny because the United States has had no problem paying reparations to almost all the groups they have wronged EXCEPT descends of slaves.
The Mad Dane pretty sure this is the government paying reparations not individuals. And if it’s done out of taxes then take it from corporations. Then again if taken from public taxes it’s better than being used for the military-industrial complex’s agenda. The reason reparations are appropriate from the US government is because liberalism and the value of individuals wasn’t afforded to black Americans since the beginning. They made a collectivist judgement on black people and found them subhuman. That was illiberal.
@@jessesmith2655 address my questions please.
@@blackflagsnroses6013 also, address my questions please?
I love the Black Hills and believe with all my heart that it should be returned.
To whom? The Lakota are the first in line, but they're originally from Minnesota and took them by force from the Crow and Cheyenne.
@@BobPapadopoulos
By treaty obligation, it's supposed to be the property of the Sioux.
So that's the law.
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What part of Treaties are the law of the land is so hard to understand? Give it to the people who the original treaty said was the rightful owners,@@BobPapadopoulos.
It's astounding how similar indigenous people's struggles are. Here in Australia, the federal government gave Ayers Rock back to the Yankunytjatjara and Pitjantjatjara people, the traditional land owners and recognised their renaming of it as Uluru, it's traditional name. Since then the only change has been is that no-one is allowed to climb to the top of the rock anymore, something I can live with, after all, Uluru is sacred to them and I don't think we'd appreciate tourists climbing all over our cathedrals. Give Rushmore back, it's a small gesture to make to further reconcilliation.
I’m a black man from Harlem, N.Y. Who would be honored to play any role in your campaign. Would you please run for President so we can right this damn ship.
Go see Biden, the next president of the USA.
Beau has stated in other videos that he won't run for political office. He has far too many skeletons in his closet. I suspect most, if not all, of them are honorable skeletons but the sort of thing that political opponents can attack him over by omitting vital context.
Also, he doesn't trust himself with that much power.
This “episode” is not just a thought, it is the truth, the inescapable truth. Period. End of subject.
@Frances Wilson Yes there are times when the tag line isn't necessary.
This is surely one of them.
Jason Crosby I don’t know if you paid any attention to the contents of the video at all, but again: THERE IS A TREATY, Law of The Land. On the other hand no treaty or constitution of any European state, or the US constitution for that matter, says that non-natives aren’t allowed. But if you can’t barely find a white person in London I suggest you check again. There are millions, actually. www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/services/environment-and-planning/planning/development-and-population-information/Documents/census-information-reports-ethnicity.pdf
It's great that they didn't take the money. NOT EVERYTHING FOR SALE
They show their honour and integrity, unlike Trump, how dare he go there uninvited and unwanted
Not even Greenland!
If you're into that kind of thing, their decision not to accept payment for the land has had some huge positive knock on effects for tribal law all over what's now known as the US. I'm into that kind of stuff so I find it particularly interesting, but I get that it's not everyone's cup of tea lol Worth looking into if it sounds interesting though :) I know Beau prefers not to give links normally, and I get his reasoning, but I figured I'd toss a couple links here just in case anyone wants a head start researching :)
This article is from 2011 and does a decent job summarizing most of the major points from the 1800's to 2011, talks about why they didn't take the money, etc. www.pbs.org/newshour/arts/north_america-july-dec11-blackhills_08-23
This article is from a few days ago and focuses more on why the Ojibwe (Sioux) people didn't want Trump to visit: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/01/mount-rushmore-donald-trump-sioux
These articles are from a few hours ago and talk about what happened while Trump was actually there, at Mount Rushmore. For balance, I've included one from the New York Times and one from Indian Country Today
NYT: www.nytimes.com/2020/07/03/us/politics/trump-coronavirus-mount-rushmore.html
ICT: indiancountrytoday.com/news/treaty-defenders-block-road-leading-to-mount-rushmore-ctPNfZ1W0UiABOWreb-srA
@@crazywoollady9325 Such a helpful comment.
Joaquin Cortada ....The Lakota Sioux are proud, righteous and spiritual people! 🇨🇦🌊💙🌊💙❤️🖤🇺🇸💔
Giving it back would be the honorable thing to do.
So it's staying where it is..
So, no giving it back, then?
The land *plus* the price of all the gold extracted from it.
@Kelly Te Kopa Kairau Thank you for that information. That elders response was truly powerful. I would really hope that one day they give it back. Cause heck... If we cant even keep a promise to ourselves. What hope do we have in keeping our promises to the rest of the world. My sincerest thanks for your post.
You want to give up your home and move back to where your ancestors are from??? We started breaking treaties way back east. If you have a good plan on how to relocate every one I'd like to hear it.
Thank you bright young man. You’re teaching me. I am a fifty year old woman with a learning disability, yet I am getting educated by you with ease
If its Stephen Miller, count on it being intentional. He is the Himler of Trump's administration.
Miller probably wrote that horrific, divisive speech too
So well stated, thanks Wanda. Himmler is the perfect equivalent for Miller. Both are paranoid, psychotic and delusional racists who worship a dictator.
would be my guess as well. especially regarding Tulsa... to get something wrong on so many levels. I have to say i was kinda impressed. That takes planning and commitment! And thats why i can't believe a "wups! we didn't notice..." with these provocations.
Why do they keep lining up with the 20 in the 80/20 argument. 1st graders can do this math.
Well no one knows for sure but I speculate that Trump is a bonafide card carrying racist and he's dumb as a box of rocks. He wouldn't even know what Juneteenth is or about the Tulsa Massacre. But someone like Stephen Miller would. So I imagine there's a group of these cronies behind closed doors because you know the devil can't just walk around with horns and a pointy tail.
“The time has come, a fact’s a fact, it belongs to them, let’s give it back...” Midnight Oil
Peter Garrett: "Let's give it back"
"Like your 15 acre estate?"
Garrett: "Oh no, not that... but it is listed for sale!"
I was singing the same tune.
Yep!
🤗 I effing love that track! I included it (& many other great songs from practically every genre), in my Revolution playlist I’ve been working on!
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@@SarahofNewTerra Like your Revolution playlist, Sarah! May I suggest you add Anti-Flag-911 for Peace to your list.
The US did a similar thing in Oklahoma as in the Black Hills. Oklahoma was given to some Native American tribes as a new place to settle at the end of the Trail of Tears, but when it became more valuable because of settling and especially oil, the US took it back. The US obviously doesn't respect its treaties with Native Americans.
I agree with you just it wasn't a treaty it was a act signed by Andrew Jackson in 1836 "Indian Removal act".
Yes, I just read a book "Killers of the Flower Moon" about the Osage Nation there. In the 1920s they were the richest people in the world per capita due to the oil discovered there. And then they started being killed under "mysterious circumstances". Excellent book, terrible story.
Steven DuVall Not for nothing, research US history with treaties overseas as well...
@@yoquieronachos Oh I know. It's really terrible. Check out our interference in other countries, especially South and Central America.
Give it back.
Period.
I found it heart warming that you chose to talk about the sacredness of the Black Hills to the Sioux.
The indigenous peoples of America seem to be discarded and threw to the side of the road when it comes to respect and fair treatment.
Their own protest movements never get a mention.
Thousands of their girls and women have gone missing for decades from both sides of the America/Canada border, and hardly anything is being done or said by broadcasters, law officials, newspapers or anyone else, except the occasional writer or investigative journalist to bring it to the world's attention.
Can you imagine the clamour and uproar from the populace if it was white women and white girls?
America has broken every treaty it has ever signed with the native Americans.
It seems to be going down that road with agreements it has signed with other nations too in this modern age.
I've taught my kids that a person is only as good as their word, and that their integrity is precious, and can only be taken from them if they allow it to be.
It will be interesting to see over the next three or four months just how much will be let out concerning the Ms.Maxwell sordid grooming for Epstein scandal.
My money is on a massive cover-up by the establishment and probably a massive diversionary action during the trial too.
Anyway, thanks for another illuminating conversation mate.
Odd, the Lakota Sioux are from Minnesota and didn't move into the Black Hills until about a century before they lost them. Don't you mean the sacredness of them to the Crow, Cheyenne, and Pawnee whom they took them from, or is that unimportant?
Beautifully said.
Ster E props on the Native History! So many tribes forgotten and lost to time, were gon'na need Historians like you in the Near Future, keep that knowledge Sacred!
"They made us many promises but they kept only one. They promised to take our land and they did." - Chief Red Cloud
When all the trees have been cut down,
when all the animals have been hunted,
when all the waters are polluted,
when all the air is unsafe to breathe,
only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
-Cree Prophecy
Ironically...it is the natives that are the biggest polluters, and the ones that hunt areas into extinction and even put nets right across rivers to catch all the fish. Indigenous culture is WORTHLESS.
@@markanthony3275 you just generalized hundreds of nations as being the biggest polluters, but a core principle in many Indigenous cultures is to take only as much from the earth as one can put in. Don't claim a culture is worthless when you truly know nothing about it. There is so much to learn from Indigenous peoples and culture(S) that can help make our own societies better...don't ignorantly characterize people like that.
@@Will14ification I live in an area of Canada surrounded by about twenty native bands...they are the most violent , racist, and reprehensible people you will ever meet. Their reserves are littered with garbage, and even the road out of the city I live in is covered with garbage that they throw out of their trucks on the way to their reserves They all say they adhere to these principles...but NONE of them do. Two years ago, one band was hunting Caribou...so another band from the next province over, drove up with freezer trucks and guns...and they slaughtered several hundred caribou, which they fought over. Others go fishing out of season and catch fifty pickerel...and just leave them to rot...because they CAN. So don't lecture me about natives until you've had to live around , see them, hear them and smell them, for about twenty years. They are savages...no other word is fitting. There is nothing honourable, noble or trustworthy about them.
@@markanthony3275 You have a problem, and it's not with the First Nations people. Your problem is in your ignorant head and your black, cold heart. You are a racist, a hater of anyone not like YOU, and you and your ilk make decent, kind, and caring people sick.
Will Greene Well said!
My theory has been Stephen Miller's been behind these things, but that's just a guess.
Aside from being difficult to look at Miller has very deep hatred inside. I pray that God is merciful to his kind and all of us sinners.
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Yep, Trump's a white supremacist, but like Beau said in another recent video, he's even bad at being a racist. Stephen Miller on the other hand is a cunning white supremacist who actually knows his history and is proud of every horrific thing white people have done.
Whats Steve Bannon up to? He is a pro at Edward Bernays racially motivated propaganda, how he got Trump elected.
Yes TOTALLY a wild guess. Because we all know is to dam stupid and Miller is such an altruistic person
Totally plausible. I hate that guy!
Imagine my shock, as an American Historian, who spent this past semester researching Plains Indian’s history and culture, to find out that the US government violated a treaty with Native Americans! Yeah very little shock here. Especially given Trump’s response to the Dakota pipeline protests.
A lot of people seem to forget about the Dakota pipeline being one of Trump's first executive orders. That should have been a red flag what his intentions are with America, not to mention all of the racial and disrespectful things he said about many people before he was even elected.
Today I heard many people turn it around and say that natives violated terms of treaty so US was in their right to take the land. It's sort of like the tactics Israel use on Palestinians to take their land. Signing treaty with invader was a bad idea for natives. You give up your right by allowing foreigner to dictate how you should conduct yourself on your own land.
Can you post links- I'd like to read them
Evan Hartigan if you want I can email you my research paper
@@johnwall7968 Cool thanks , I would love to read it, i love history
Thanks for your thoughts. I am a Lakota (Sioux) from the Cheyenne River Reservation. I enjoy your videos.
Hope it helps.
As always, Beau's T-shirt bears some relation to the video. It's not an expression of support, it's the literal truth.
I hope I see the land returned to the Sioux in my lifetime. I am in my 40's.
Honor the treaty and give them back THEIR LAND. Unlike so many other treaties that's been taken away from the Native Americans
@Spoony G - What does not believing in permanent ownership have to do with the US Government failing to uphold their end of the bargain?
My grandmother says "Thank you and I appreciate everything you say and do. You have clarified a lot of things and given background info I didn't know. We watch your channel every day."
My sentiments exactly.
#HonorTheTreaties
I majored in Anthropology at OSU ( class of 1975). I remember my freshman year when I learned about the broken treaties. It blew my mind. It was never talked about in my history classes through high school, and I was a history buff. We are spoon fed the corporate line to keep us in line. Thank you for your reporting. We must honor the First Amendment to keep our country free.
Watching the protest last night made me so sad. Remember when bill barr said history is written by the winners.... it's time to win VOTE THE HATE OUT!!!
It is their holy land. Give it back! and apologize for stealing it.
Thanks for articulating my rage so calmly and efficiently! Appreciate you Beau!
He’s good like that
Love your videos Beau, you're honest, not making 10 minute long videos to capitalize on these issues, just being genuine, and stating your opinions and facts. Keep it up!
I agree.
If making his videos a wee bit longer would give him a modest increase in revenue from UA-cam I would be all for it. We get more excellent content and Beau gets a few more dollars, win - win.
Great listening to you. Beau. You are logical, objective, and well spoken. Thank you.
“Let’s say they do take it down; so what?”
Right? Totally agree.
Mt. Rushmore is one symbol. Blowing it off the hill would be another symbol. Only the latter would be a symbol representing reality.
Crazy that my family members are responding to this video by saying, 'well I guess the next step is to return to the countries of our immigrant Families origin.....: Really? That's the best they can come up with? God help us all because I'm sure most of us have relatives that are this extremist and obviously all hope is lost to reason with them.... Thank you Beau for your continuous messages of truth and knowledge in these horrendous times! Bless You--Brother!
In Australia ‘Ayres Rock’ was returned to the indigenous people. It’s name was replaced with it’s indigenous name Uluru, and now nobody is permitted to climb the monolith, deface it or treat it in anyway other than through the beliefs of the indigenous people. In New Zealand there are also many sacred sites that are protected by the Maoris, the indigenous people of New Zealand. In an age of deciding who and what matters, Indigenous Lives Matter, and the customs, territories should be respected and acknowledged. American history abounds with broken treaties, lack of respect, and lack of consultation with the indigenous people of America.
I've seen Mt. Rushmore. I didn't feel inspired like it was a work of art. With all the rubble at the base it looked more like someone messed up a perfectly good mountain.
It looks nice in pictures, but it was never finished and most people are disappointed by it
“We don’t have a say!”
Anyone else feel like that concept terrifies a lot of these “patriots”? That they might, just once, find themselves in the position Native Americans and minorities have been in since the USA came to be?
I am Lion Man I feel it. 10000’s native women go missing every year, and in Canada too. Ever hear of it? “Rock Your Mocs”!
Until the government goes into full scale genocide attempts, we will have no idea what the Indigenous people have gone through.
Kristina Karina To be honest, no I have not heard of Rock Your Mocs. Got a feeling that looking it up will not be an uplifting experience?
I look forward to that day.
“Those who cling to worthless idols turn away from God’s love for them". Just one of many quotes in the Bible against symbols, statues, etc. Such hypocracy!!!!
The bible quote refers to the WORSHIP of idols... get it straight snowflake...
Fiona Kotziampasi a dude with his comments off calling someone a snowflake. Fiona, judgement day is going to be heartbreaking for a ton of people.
Tell that to the American Bible Belt, Israel, France, Germany, England, Russia...hell any number of countries that worship piles of rocks and paper books like that will save them from anything.
I salute your patriotism. Thank you sir. You're a good man 🙏🇺🇸🗽🗻
Maybe, just maybe if we the People begin to Honor the Slaves, Slavery Survivors & Native Americans as we Honor our Veterans we could develop an actual national identity worth being proud of?
Not "slaves" "people who were enslaved" they were born as human beings
No; not until there isn't one veteran living homeless on the street, or not receiving the healthcare, income, and support they need to live again.
@@BigHenFor It's possible to fight for more than one thing at the same time.
veterans are not honored they are made homeless. honor the Natives of America, the enslaved and those who served with actual humility and love.... honor the idea of humanity... JC we are dreaming too big
The US government and media DON'T honor our veterans. They fetishize them for optics and toss them to the curb when they're no longer useful to whatever agenda the powers that be want to push.
The way we treat veterans in this country is reprehensible.
Thank you Beau for addressing this. I learned from my best friend who was Sioux about the true history of Mt Rushmore. He was angry till the day he died about that broken promise and I cant see anything but the broken promise when I look upon the monument. It's theirs and it's an injustice that we still claim it in any way.
0:25 Oh, it's absolutely intentional otherwise why the two places exactly this year having the timing in mind? This is Stephen Miller's doing, I'd bet. It's sending the massage to the worst of the worst in their base.
And don't forget "triggering the libs," the political version of "pull my finger."
Sadly, he also has scheduled a rally on 08/27 for Axe Handle Saturday, in which African Americans were openly attacked and killed with bats in Jacksonville, FL. Look it up. It's not a coincidence.
I could use a massage right now.....
Lila Oliva
I totally agree with you. It's by design & unfortunately his faction base goes for it all in
They're doing this sort of thing so regularly the past few weeks it's clearly intentional...
I'm Australian
In 1985 the Australian Government gave Uluru (Ayers Rock) back to the native Pitjantjatjara people
Uluru is a national symbol in our country too and the world didn't end when it was given it back to the people that held it sacred
They manage the area now and tourists still visit and generate income for "ALL" the local people
Let’s give it back and help them ... we should make this right for them ... they are still suffering , they have suffered for long enough
Great video, but I just want to clarify something. The treaty of Fort Laramie didn't GIVE the Black Hills to anyone. It was a treaty between two sovereign nations which defined the laws each would live under in order to have peace between both nations. The part concerning the Black Hills was meant to ensure white settlers would stay off land that ALREADY BELONGED to the Sioux. They owned it forever. This treaty did not give them anything, it was already theirs to begin with.
Just wanted to add, I know you kind of clarified this later in your video, but I think it's super important not to talk about treaties as some kind of gift from the US to Indigenous people. None of the treaties were that, including the Fort Laramie treaty, but a lot of white people talk about it as if the US gifted Indigenous people land, they think of reservations like that too. It's a sore spot for a lot of Indigenous folks. (I'm Indigenous but not "Sioux"). Also, it's not just the area that's sacred for them, it's the mountain itself. I think they have every right to "deface" Mt. Rushmore. The US specifically put those dead presidents on that specific mountain as a way to rub salt in the wounds of the Indigenous people who lived there. They knew that mountain was sacred to them. They wanted to shit on them, so they defaced their sacred land mass. "defacing" it now would be an effort to return some of that sacredness and wipe away some of the colonial atrocity.
Crazy W......thanks for sharing about this.
Crazy WoolLady ...thank you for clarifying that from one native to another!!! The land belongs to no man....but if it did it would be the Natives!!!!!
@@lifeisamazingoutthere2446 You put it better than me
Thank you. In much the same way that the Constitution does not give a person any rights. It guarantees pre-existing rights.
Amazingly enlightening...thank you for your thoughts.
'It's theirs give it back.'
I'm in tears for the beautiful people of Eden - Black Hills.
It's a "debate" for the same reason that gay marriage was a "debate": the opposing side doesn't have a solid argument to stand on, so the best they can hope for is to run the clock as long as possible.
That's ridiculous. Btw, no one's stopping you from GIVING up your land or paying reparations. Go ahead and set an example.
Well said Beau.
The chief of the Sioux is currently Mr Bear Running. He should be respected. Trump needed to get his permission, and taken no for an answer.
Trump is literally incapable of taking no for an answer.
@@arib515 give all of amerika back. Because it was all of their land. Fun fact you seem to forget there bud
@@arib515 how can you talk about revoking citizenship? They were natives long before the invasion of the Pilgrims! They were already inhabiting the land. You need to sit down and shut up. Go do some research and stop running up your mouth, with your bloody walls!
@@arib515 yes Trump should go home! ( to the Soviet bloc where his family came from!
@@arib515 No sir, for you only Narnia, Eternia, and Tantooine are your options. Pick one of them Ari b.
I remember when I was working in South Dakota.. a native ask me.. have u been to Custer- Crazy Horse-Museum? I said no. I have only been in Mt Rushmore. Isn't it the main attraction here? She smiled and told me,in a few years it might not be. So I went to Custer and understood what she meant.. ✌
The Needles Highway is one of the most beautiful places anywhere.
Oh this is too good. Did not know any of this.
You know what dude - a friend turned me onto you a few weeks back, I may have said this on a previous post, and I have to say (also maybe again) - THANK you. It's refreshing to hear no bullshit truth these days.
Hoping you and yours are blessed, and remain so - keep 'em coming!
Glad you're here, love your profile pic!
@@katiekane5247 thanks 😊
as a Native american I would love to see it dynamited.
Angel Fish I don’t want too much damage done to the black hills, but a good sanding would be great
@Angel Fish, I must've been 'channeling' you yesterday but I was thinking C4 perhaps? My children have both Lakota and Cherokee blood flowing thru their veins. And yes, I did donate to the Standing Rock DAPL cluster.
Also, Free Leonard!
Pilamaya friend.
i am half native and I agree. Blast it down. Give my ppl back their land.
I would happily go to the Black Hills for that!!!
do what you want, it yours, don't apply for a permit just do as you like !
... but consider consulting your elders first ?! because it's yours plural
To me the carvings were like a slap in the face to all Native Americans. A really long lasting slap.
Yeah, it's not just you. That was the intent.
"This land was nice when we found it. Well we stole it from the Mexicans and the Indians but hey! It was nice when we stole it! Have you seen it lately? Have you taken a good look at it? We've taken this beautiful land and turn it into a shopping mall!" - George Carlin
We first stole it from England
They turned it into a land full of hate,
Sin, and greed.
@@garthpilkey5965 And the English stole it from the natives
@@GorinRedspear and the Romans, Germans, French, Danes, etc stole England from its Natives
The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, let's give it back
-Midnight Oil
It is their land...!
Let mt Rushmore be embraced by the elements. It shall crumble under the rain, ice, wind, sun, and gravity.
I don't disagree, but it's literally the side of a mountain. It will take thousands of years for Rushmore to erode. We're talking end of modern civilization before you see any real deterioration of the faces on Rushmore.
Different time and context but similar sentiment:
"The time has come to say fair's fair
To pay the rent now, to pay our share
The time has come, a fact's a fact
It belongs to them, we're gonna give it back"
Another commenter quoted this song under this video. He was a lawyer.
Yep, had the same thought, truth fits anywhere
Great song, and I share the sentiment entirely.
Time has come today.
time to pay them reparations' also...
This is beautiful. Thank you. This is a sacred decision that should be honored. History needs to Evolve.
You very great and corageous Beau. Incridible fighting spirit Beau 💪💪💪👌👌👍👍👍👍
The only good thing about the last 3.5 yrs is that I've learned a lot.
"The ripest, rankest case of land theft in American history" - what the USSC termed the taking of the Black Hills. Just a note: the issue concerns the Black Hills, yes, but the scale of the theft takes in half, literally, of South Dakota, from the Missouri River to Wyoming.
Actually west into the Rockies I think.
Don't know how far north and south it went.
Well, let’s give it all back then? Where will you put 100,000,000 people?
Cat of the Castle Oh? And that’s the only solution? It’s not? 🤔So, it’s difficult? Complicated? Inconvenient? UNCOMFORTABLE? Well then...pfft. Nvm. 🙄
Forgive me. I’m not trying to @ you. Just...I believe I made the mistake of going into a UA-cam comment section with a migraine
Stay Safe
@@catofthecastle1681 are you talking about every treaty, or just the standing rock sioux? Not sure where you find 100 million people in Western SD.
Actually, that a quote from the U.S. Court of Claims.
Today on "arguments that have really clear answer but we're going to pretend is difficult and ambiguous."
and by "we" you mean recalcitrant Republicans who hate change I'm guessing...
BOOM
@@timmyrobinson9436 tough actin tinactin!
I like you..
Thank you on behalf of myself and all my Native Sisters, past, present, and future 😌🙏✊
I love the truth this guy speaks!!! Keep on telling the truth brother
It's called doing the right thing! Easier for kids to do than for adults!
apparently so in this day
These have ceased being unfortunate coincidences long ago.
Not even an hour ago I had the thought
"Natives! Take Back Your Country!!
We Got Your Back!!"
They know you have not.
@@gpapenburg1737
I Absolutely Do!!
You could save them a bit of trouble and just give them what ever land you or any family members have.
Mary Raines We’ve been trying for 600 years...
@@yoquieronachos ??
I don't know what your background is Bo...but you always make
More sense than anyone else I take time for!!
Thank you, as a Metis Canadian woman, I have tried to explain treaties to some of my friends who do understand nothing about them. Good Job.
Damn straight it never should have been there. Leave mountains alone. I'm looking at you Georgia.
As a native Georgian I endorse this message.
Give back the land you live on and donate the money you have. It's only fair.
Thank you Beau... I've been trying to explain the Black Hill mountains to family/friends (who live on fox news) and how (I know) it too was stolen from Indian tribes by white led government and destroyed then turned into Rushmore. I'm glad I have backup for this
Our symbol of our state, 'the old man in the mountain', fell off the mountain a number of years ago. Funny, New Hampshire is still here. So even stone can fall and humans can go on. Good talk, Beau, Thanks.
This country is about to see something they've never expected to see.
So are u saying that u are plotting a uprising against the government? You have weapons? Bombs? Pretty sure 70percent of readers work FOR the gov. What's your address?
@@princeofallnegros4035 really dude ? I'm much smarter than that . I said what I said. What you just said was a waste of words.
@@derwinsexton6283 you said nothing, that's the problem...dude! Tell us, what going to happen, lmao
Civil War II?
@@kneurotic138 christ will reign! Good will be called evil and the evil will call good evil...so which side will you choose?
I knew that the First Nations were kicked out of their treaty lands, the Black Hills, because of the gold discovered there, but the fact that under the US Constitution it is still theirs, I did not. I thought that the Black Hills were very beautiful and that the monument carving in Mount Rushmore was an insult to the very stone from which it was carved. Thanks yet again to another brilliant presentation.
If they taught us the truth in history class I doubt we would be to proud to be Americans.
If they taught about manifest destiny, the divine right of Kings or eminent domain( a Trump favorite), they taught that these concepts existed without making value judgements,for if they did, those schools would have lost Federal funds. Defining Immorality is up to US!
Pulaski Condo Association Howard Zinn
If they taught the truth in history class I doubt any american would be a proud democrat
It actually makes me angry that I worked so hard in school to memorize lies and get A's for doing it. Talk about control.
@@garthpilkey5965 Since they would know about the Party Switch of platform that ended in the late 30's - I'm guessing They would be _more_ proud of being Democrats... Seing as they're basically the philosophical inheritors of the Party of Lincoln.
Its kinda stunning that we care so much about some rock. You know, its not like we can recreate it even better somewhere else that isn't hallowed ground that has been stolen
Like the LARPer that shot a guy in New Mexico over a carved rock of a conquistador that never even came to America
It's all stolen. And there should be a way to make it right. But many of the tribes and nations are long gone. We brought the false concept of ownership with us.
Robert Ashton the Teepees are gone, the people are not
I LOVE YOUR HEART Beau .
You're So Intelligent and Authentic,
THANK YOU so very much for Sharing. 👏👍🏼✌💋💖
The truth hurts, but it's still the truth.
Love it.
Lets give it back. Yes. We should.
Lets heal our relationship with everyone.
We will not be at peace until we do this.
The argument of "but you're destroying our history" has never made sense to me. You can't destroy history by taking a monument down, the history will be there forever that's why it's called history!
It's perfectly OK to destroy history, just as long as it's not your history.
Library of Alexandria: Am I a joke to you?
Q: I wonder if they had conversations like this about the Sphinx way back in the day?
A: YES....lol
Yup agreed- Statues are toppled all the time
Hans Kuijsten history isn’t a statue
Beau you did such a good job with this one.
"give" it back.
it shouldn't even need to be a discussion
It's like with trans rights (or any other minority right really): Everyone knows. But one side is playing for time.
Beau knows constitution too.
#boknows 🏈⚾️
America has broken every contract it's ever made! TIMES UP!
We sure do have a lot of healing to do that this country has done to others. Perhaps now is the time.
40 acres and a mule.
..actually, the right time was decades ago...but hey, better late than never. It would certainly be a step in the right direction.
Everything this country does "for its people" is delayed unless "the people" are businesses...kind of always been that way.
At this time, I fear an amputation would be the best way.
At least it would show that for once promises made will be promises kept
Doing it intentionally.
Stephen Miller
While the white American carvings on Mount Rushmore represent an impressive amount of work, they are not (in my opinion) great art.
Pretty sure a klansman did the carving or at least commissioned it. Complete defacing of the sacred 6 Grandfathers, that can never be undone, in someone else's nation, but yeah, great white supremacist colonialist 'art'
I remember thinking it was so amazing when I was a kid. Now it's just tacky as hell.
@777sillydog I studied art history for 6 years. These carvings never came up in any class. You're right - they're just big.
I've been there. It looks kinda dopey, actually.
It was Teddy Roosevelt's ego trip putting himself up there with the greatest presidents while violating Native Rights and Lands.
Amen brother! It is theirs. Give it back! Honor your, our, their Constitution!
Thank you B.for educating those that not aware about the history of the Dakota's Black hills👍