Hidden Waters, Native American (Navajo) Life Along The Wild Colorado
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
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Navajo People lived along the banks of the Colorado River. Others that were not Navajo but later became Navajo also called the river banks their home.
The river offered life, protection, and peace. The waters fed the fields and the steep canyon walls offered protection.
Today the Colorado River provides life and powers the homes of millions.
But, in a world of ownership it is difficult to lay claim on what traditionally couldn't be owned.
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Thank you to ALL the people involved in making this video. With all my soul I appreciate you ALL. May the great spirit bless ALL of you. 🙌🏻🦅 ☀️🌱
Beautiful land and teachings. I apologize for the ignorant people who desecrated the rock paintings. Hurts my heart. Remain free, proud and wise. Thank you Grandfather and Shane.
Why would you apologize? Did you do it? Or are you a spokesman for them? Seem like an issue that needs to be addressed before you do something harmful.
@tomwery5155
That was uncalled for. If someone's family member has died and you tell them you're sorry for their loss, it doesn't mean they are responsible for that loss. Same thing.
She spoke from her heart. ❤
As people that have moved into their lands and culture, many of us feel badly for what has been done to many of the 500 nations! Nothing can be done about it now. But we can befriend them and support them as I have done. Whether we are guilty of destruction of their ancestry or not, the feeling can be expressed, and is! Blessings and healing for our wise native friends. ❤
@tomwery
Why would you say something so igmorant? Did you carve up or shoot at these peoples' ancient record and culture ? Shame.
You are a very wise loving person that is scarse today keep hold of that and don't let go its in all cultures ❤😢😊😊
Thank You Uncle Wally, for another truth in history.
😁😁😁😁😁♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗 THANK YOU & EVERYONE ELSE HELPING OTHERS LEARN MORE OF THE CULTURE & HISTORY!! ♥️😏😁😁😁😁😁 I LOOOOOVE THAT YOU'RE TEACHING OTHERS EVEN MORE SO!! LOVE, BLESSINGS & PRAYERS FOR EVERYONE, ALWAYS!! 😁😁😁😁😁♥️🤗🌈🌈❇️❇️❇️❇️❇️
What a wonderful thing!! Ibe bern following for awhile. ❤
Thank you for your teachings and the blessings.
tyvm for the water video many blessing to you and your family
Much love. Im from the land you speak of and I love it with all my heart
Thank you for sharing , true history 🫶🏻
Thank you for sharing this interesting and important information from your peoples' history. Beautiful area! 🙏
WOW …. I didn’t know all this about The Colorado River …. 🙏🏽❤️
My dad’s first job as a teenager was a white river guide near there. Thank you for this beautiful video❤
Thank you for this teaching. 🙏
My last name is Armenta I am Chumash from san luis obispo/Santa Barabra area(Cenral Coast California). I currently live 20 minutes South of Las vegas on hiway95 about 20 min from colorado river. There is a cove called Armenta's Cove. The water is so clear so beautiful in the summer I like to swim in the nice cool water. Although I have no ownership of the land and water in this area, somewhere deep down inside I feel my ancestors over centries have migrated all across this land. I feel connected to this land a water and no land owners government, borders or state can take that away. One Nation.
😮 wow that is a remarkable incredible connection! Thank you for sharing. One people one nation that's beautiful. I love that so much ❤ my defector Scandinavian ancestors mixed with the local people along the central coast I won't say which tribe we don't know my Choctaw Irish great grandmother walked through this land on her way to California because Choctaw territory was becoming extremely uninhabitable with the dustbowl. I felt like I was in very sacred land when I was in Sedona, Arizona the area is vast and filled with life in the hardest conditions it's a miracle. The stories we all have transcend time and they are inside us no matter what it felt like I was back home and it was the first time visiting for me. I hope I get to see more of the Four Corners in the coming future I pray we all get to have a change of heart and love and appreciate this holy land and pay respects to the descendents of the holy people who inhabited it for thousands of years! ❤
Hello Armenta . Greetings and blessings from a non-native friend.
One nation, one tribe ,one race the human race. ❤❤❤JZ Rev7-17 Screaming eagle 🦅 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
It is a great shame that the Colorado river water has been used and is being used so that there is almost no water flowing out to the Pacific.
The Dané. Not sure of the spelling. I apologize.
My comment is there seems to be a connection to the tuatha de 'danen'. These were the holy people from Ireland.
Just very curious.
Love what give us and are grateful for u grandfather.💙
Tthank you for teaching everyone about your nation and peoples, It's far more interesting and entertaining than any history book. I was never taught any of this in school. People who don't respect the petroglyphs and buildings are ignorant, That ignorance make them oblivious to how precious and important all history and all relics of the past are, but knowledge breeds respect. Blessings and Peace.
The Colorado River and The Canyon and You compliment each other. You look at home there. I love that area too. Thanks for this.
I have always wanted to go camp down in the canyon area. I was taught it is a sacred place and magical spiritual encounters of ancestors. Before the filled the canyon it was even more majestic. The Govt's never leaves the First Nations sacred spots in peace with their people😢.
@@fireupyourheartfortruth government recognizes nothing as sacred unless forced to do so by the People.
@@LindaLanglitz642 the atrocious atrocities of the govt are horrifying. My own life experience and also visiting Native areas. Some in my ancestry. The canyons when they dammed the water was just more genocide of the people's heritage. Plenty of people's opposed that way back. The authorities purposely wanted the very special places under water and steal water rights. All for money and to abuse Natives more. All disgusting. 💔
There will always be those who want to destroy but it does not mean any one people are all bad.. I hope everyone knows the world is a crazy place and has been for many generations. Lets all try to be the best we can, and not the worst. Enjoy life for it is not long. I thank you for giving your knowledge brothers. We are all united and created to find harmony to make a perfect balance. Life is ruff enough dont add to the sadness. Be positive and positive you will be. Be negative and destroy the honor of your family who fought and died to get so far, just to be brought back to the same line in the sand. Grow like the mountains do not waste your time fighting for imaginary lines. Love to all who are able to listen. Even more to the ones who cannot. Do not pity the lost, but guide, or your part of the problem. Bless this beautiful rock, and all that dwel appon it. Maybe one day we will dance happily together. That is my dream, and I pray more think the same. yee yee
Thank you for the real historical perspective. You are a great Nation. That land and water belongs to you. Fight for it. The Great One is with you.
First thank you for this..second I hope they caught Bob..third never give up your rights..educate..things are changing for the better.but that doesn't mean the work is over..people are starting to see all sides...but it takes time..generations..A lot of people don't know the truth..once they find out they can decide..most will pick the truth because in their hearts and soul they know..once they know..there is no excuse.
Thank you for the history.
What about petrified giants that shaped the country and mountains?
What about the devil's tower in wyoming as a tree stump?
Check out the bucket wheel (digger) an its tracks, it looks exactly like canyons nowadays.
I hope we can all go back to more a peaceful lifestyle as in the days of old of the Navajo people.
We’re in S OR. They’re stealing our water too. “Urbanization”
Thank you Mr. Brown AND Shane!
I love the colours and I love the Colorado river. The view is breath taking. River feels peaceful now. Thanks for sharing....☀️
This is my favourite UA-cam channel. I am so happy whenever I see a new video has been uploaded! Thank you, Wally, for sharing all your wisdom with us. Warm greetings from southern Brazil!
Their are millions of channels on you tube and this one is my favorite of all, thank you Shane and Wally
I am sincerely thankful for your teaching about the Colorado River
Thank you for sharing ✌️💖🤟✨️🧚♂️
I lived in Cherokee North Carolina and Cortez Co. You bring back very good memories for me of a simpler time in my life. God Bless You Sir. I have enjoyed watching and listening and learning.
I live in Cortez, Co now. Been here most of my 56 years of life. Good place to grow up and live.
Just stopping in to say "Lol lol lol lol" - that's what I say to the evil one. And I understand that Dneh have terrific variance on that outlook. We all have sustained joviality in life and Love! With honour and integrity the Great Spirit speaks!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 🙂 Oops! Forgot to say thanks! ThankYou!. 🙂
Thank you very much.
I would like to come and sit in that river this summer. How do I ask permission? I know I'm allowed to just go, but it seems disrespectful. There are no passports or visas. Your videos make me want to come to Dinetah to learn more first-hand. What should I do?
I wish you and your nation success in water rights. That said, I'm distracted from your message by such a beautiful place. I'd love to wade out and cast a line.
Thankyou for sharing your heritage and history with the collective. I have a feeling that your people will reclaim what was and is rightfully yours. Peace to you all and blessings 🦋😌
A great river, and lesson . Thanks Wally!😎👍
A very important teaching of your outstanding beauty ❤
Thank you 🙏
Wish you would document landmark names before the white man named them. Been thinking this for years wish they'd switch back to Indian names while they still remember!
Ive been listening to Wally for tge last 3 years and his way is such that I wish I could one of the tribe.
I know he says that every 5 fingered human being is Dene' but it the same without the culture that they have..
Beautiful day by the looks and amazing crossing for so many years!!
Hello from Colorado, would like to come visit😊
Strongest native I've known since I've been listening to you for 6 years now. Thank you for all your teachings.❤
If ive had some questions. They've been answered tastefully & Eloquently. Keep the Dine' tradition alive!!! Elder Wally 💯
Thank You Navajo Nation, Diné We Love You
"Dam LIES!"
That was a great teaching from this youtube channel as well.
May the future see the water of the Colorado set free for the native people.
💦 #WaterIsLife 💰⚖💰 #SCOTUSStench
Decades of negotiations with the state of Arizona have proven fruitless. The state has been uniquely aggressive in using the scarce resource as a bargaining chip to extract concessions from the Navajo Nation and other tribes, dragging out the talks while Indigenous communities await desperately needed water and infrastructure.
The Navajo Nation sued in hopes of accelerating the process. The case, launched 20 years ago, held the potential to reimagine how tribes secure their water rights. But the U.S. Supreme Court last week dashed those hopes by largely deferring to the status quo the tribe has dealt with for decades.
On June 22, 2023, the United States Supreme Court refused to hold the United States accountable for water rights it holds in trust for the Navajo Nation. The Court’s decision in Arizona v. Navajo Nation held that the United States did not have an affirmative treaty or trust obligation to identify and account for Navajo Nation water rights in the Colorado River.
While the Court agreed tribal nations indeed have water rights under the Winters doctrine, the Court nevertheless concluded there was no obligation to take steps to secure, or even identify, the water needed for the reservation. Winters rights, confirmed in the Winters case, are water rights tribal nations have to ensure their reservations are livable and productive.
In a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court held that the United States as water-rights trustee has no affirmative, judicially enforceable obligation to support water access or infrastructure on the Navajo reservation - or even to assess the extent of the Navajo Nation's reserved water rights.
The Court denied the Navajo Nation's effort to enjoin certain federal actions involving the operation of the Lower Colorado River (LCR), which begins at Lee Ferry, Arizona, between Lake Powell in the Upper Basin of the Colorado River and Lake Mead in the Lower Basin of the Colorado River.
White man still speaks with forked tongue. 🐍
From 1944 to 1986, nearly 30 million tons of uranium ore were extracted from Navajo lands. As a result, uranium mining has left the Navajo Nation with a legacy of over 500 abandoned uranium mines (AUMs), four inactive uranium milling sites, a former dump site, contaminated groundwater, structures that may contain elevated levels of radiation, and environmental and public health concerns.
Many Navajo people worked in and near the mines, often living and raising families within close proximity to the mines and processing sites. Routine respiratory protections were not provided to miners. Navajo uranium miners suffered from high mortality rates from lung cancer, tuberculosis, and other respiratory diseases.
After the Cold War ended and the federal government no longer needed uranium to produce
nuclear weapons, many of the mines on Navajo lands were abandoned --- not covered, or sealed, or remediated. The uranium processing sites were decommissioned by the United States government, and radioactive mill tailings were capped with clay and rock and left at the former mill sites.
Today, there are approximately 524 uranium mine sites, with only 219 sites having funds available for clean-up and remediation efforts, leaving a total of 305 sites stagnant with no efforts being made to address the environmental and health hazards to surrounding areas and people.
Separately from the 524 abandoned uranium mines, there are also four Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Control Act (UMTRCA) sites within the Navajo Nation. Three of those sites are disposal cell sites located in Mexican Hat, Utah; Shiprock, NM; and Tuba City, AZ and one is a processing site located in Monument Valley, Arizona.
There is also one other processing site located immediately adjacent to the Navajo Nation in Church Rock, NM. The cleanup and management of the tailings from these sites is overseen by the Department of Energy Office of Legacy Management.
The Department of Energy funds groundwater-remediation activities and long-term surveillance and maintenance at these four Navajo Nation UMTRCA sites, at an annual cost of approximately $4 million.
The uranium legacy on the Navajo Nation is not only costly but the remediation efforts are fragmented across numerous federal agencies including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), the U.S Department of Energy (DOE), Indian Health Service (IHS), and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry to name a few. This fragmentation results in constant state of evaluations and re-evaluations but never promulgates steps toward remediation.
Unfortunately, there are countless testimonial stories in Navajo communities that reveal how past uranium activity has devastated Navajo families, traditions, and our Mother Earth. Many Navajos were uranium workers, or lived near a mine or a mill, or were otherwise exposed to uranium toxicity on the reservation.
Some common examples include an individual who as a child played in an abandoned mine or mill tailing pile, a sheep herder who watered his sheep in an un-reclaimed open pit mine, an elderly woman who for many years washed the dust-coated clothing of her uranium miner husband, or a family who obtained their drinking water from a stream that ran through or near a uranium mine. These stories are telling of our tragic history of uranium mining on the Navajo Nation.
In terms of both short- and long-term environmental impact, uranium mining is the most
environmentally problematic of any mining activity on the Navajo Nation because the radioactivity of the ore creates a problem that cannot be chemically mitigated.
Uranium mines generate wastes in the form of overburden, waste rock and low-grade ore. When exposed to air, the hazardous and radioactive substances native to the rock are oxidized and released to the environment through runoff and wind dispersion.
Many mines also result in contamination of pristine aquifers by bringing them into contact with radioactive ore bodies. The toxic constituents within the Abandoned Uranium Mine Settlements on the Navajo Nation of mine waste include uranium, arsenic, cadmium, lead, molybdenum and selenium, and the radioactive constituents include uranium, thorium, radium, and lead.
Because of the horrible legacy of uranium mining and processing on Diné lands, in 2005 the
Navajo Nation Council passed the Diné Natural Resources Protection Act, a law prohibiting
uranium mining and processing on any site within Navajo Indian Country.
Although uranium mining and milling activities no longer occur on Navajo lands, the legacy of these activities remains, including more than 523 abandoned uranium mine claims with thousands of mine features such as pits, trenches, adits, vent holes, etc., as well as four former uranium mills.
Abandoned mine tailings including radioactive ore were used to build homes and other structures. Radioactive rock was crushed and used to make concrete. In addition, there are
drinking water sources with elevated levels of uranium, radium, and other metals.
Furthermore, none of the former mill sites were properly lined underneath allowing the radioactive materials from mill tailings to leach into the groundwater. The fact that these mines and mills were never properly remediated still allows for dust and radiation to continue to be released into the environment. ☢
Some miners took rocks from the mines to build their homes or chimneys. They drank water collected from the mines. In 1950, the U.S. Public Health Service began studying the health effects of radiation.
They enrolled more than 4,000 miners in the study without their consent. The Navajo miners were never told about the health or environmental effects of mining uranium. The U.S. government knew it was dangerous, but they did not share that information. 💔
Thank you for your knowledge sir , sorry about all the Bobs in the world. Their day is close. Much respect. USMC
Amen, brothers outstanding voice and video
Very interesting story and sad that people don't share the water that is for everyone...
I am so blessed and grateful to listen to this knowledge of the Diné during this lifetime. My heart broke when I heard the vandalism I'm sooooo sorry 😢 your tribe's resilience is humbling and so inspiring and honorable. ❤❤❤❤
Thank you. You have helped me through a difficult time. I will be in your area this fall/winter. Wil offer presents to you or one of yours as a repayment. Much gratitude.
Thanks! Wally 🌅
Yes grandpa
Remember I told you there's alott of wrong stories
And do navajos wear features and do they ahoo or my relatives
Another thing ,, is peyote n powwow navajo ,
Yes the corn pollen is ours , and we have straight songs ,
Song from the gods , the warrior song , good way , and protection songs ,
This is ours RIGHT
and the hopi say n the acomas , we own the diné ppl.
Is this true ,,,,
You a good night ,shii cheii,, love you cheii
There no good byes n our diné way ,
So take care 🖐
There is a guy has a channel named eye of the serpent, he himself can see the Maya engineering and handiwork in the land
Thank you for sharing what you know with us. You are a blessing to those of us that want to know the teachings. I look forward to next time.
Thank you for your priceless teachings. Much love! 🪶
Curious about Staff Mr. Brown always holds . Is this a talking staff? Thank you ❤
people can be so horrid. I ride a bike for health reason's, and you would be amazed at the amount of trash people just toss out their window while driving...clueless or unconcerned with the impact the trash has on the environment.
Thanks for sharing guys! good stuff!
The water of the Colorado River has been poorly managed and wasted for many years, and the First Nation Tribes of the area have been neglected and ignored. They deserve and need to have more water rights. This should be a humanitarian as well as a legal issue. Keep raising awareness of this unfair situation, and let all people know what we can do to help the cause.
So beautiful, peaceful
Empowering & uplifting video. Felt like a falcon flying round all that breathtaking scenery. A genuine Thank You! N.T.T. Prod. team for sharing this knowledge & wisdom.
one love.......
Wow beautiful place i hope i get to see these wonderful places ive been to sedona i hadstrange experience with spirit andother things i can't explain great video 😊
Evening shi-cheii that nizhonii and nizhoneeh talking about Colorado river . Bii’ghah and Ahe’hee 🪶
Water looks beautiful there. Thanks again.❤
Hello sir,, you are a great teacher of history,, thanks ,, 🤠✋
Aóó ahéhee naaná dóó léhł Shi Cheii. Nihi Diyin Diné thanks you for educating everyone who watch your videos. ❤
❤Warrior, You Are Living history.❤
❤Many, Many, Blessings ❤
How can give someone something they already own?
Elder, love you, your brother william
That is a good looking spot.
A blessing to your people and by means of earth, our family too, for longevity and continuity of the Elder's great teachings xxx
We must come together to regain our rights before it’s all gone.
Thank you for sharing your culture, recording the history, and sharing your wisdom. I hope one day things can be made as right as they can be.
Thank you sir,great history lesson
I belong to these lands now and forever and it is a constant effort to remove trash from the river basin. But I don't mind, because all things come from the creator, we are blessed by them and only need to take responsibility in each moment to do our part. Each moment is there to give us a choice and do the right thing.
Thanks cheii. But your history is very wrong. Keep your teaching off the internet. And for your denii people only who believe you. Clif. Dewelers are not Navajo. Navajo people came from Alaska. Nomadic people. Which most Navajo people live by besides yourself. Just wish you wouldn't put my people down Which were here before your people. You know who you Keep referring to cheii.
Blessings and much love
Thank you for the video.
It is so sad that people are not taught to respect anyone but themselves. People who live in the city or in differing cultures are raised to believe their own is the only true culture and the only one worth preserving, and, that is the largest contributor to the deterioration if the human species. People, raise your children to respect EVERYONE! Where in hades would a people (unfortunately, yes, I am talking to my own people of origin-European and "Christian") get the idea that they are somehow superior to ANY other?!
Nations need water
Thank you for the education and history and stories. I am soo very sad and disappointed in people vandalizing such sacred parts of history. You all absolutely have rightful claim to sooo very much. My deepest gratitude for you.❤
Thank you.
I am enjoying learning more about your people. Love the videos!
Thank you for this teaching. Very heartbreaking what the Govt's back when did with the Canyon. 😢❤
I'm sorry for the pilaging of the native peoples through history. thank you for your wisdom.
👍🙏>>>💚~~~ THANK YOU
The Maya are the Anasazi
I appreciate this wisdom as always brother god.
Much love everyone, from McDermitt Oregon
McDermitt rings a bell, what part of Oregon is that if you don't mind me asking?
Sending back much love to U from Idaho 🌳 🌲 🌳 🌲
@williamsherman1089 No worries William, McDermitt is a 95 highway border town between Nevada/Oregon.. very SE Oregon. 80 miles north of Winnemucca (on I80), 180 to Nampa or 160 to Burns Oregon (I think)
People let's hit that Like button and help out this channel!
Don't be a Bob 😠
A people who don’t have knowledge or respect for the people that have come before will have no future!
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👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Philámayaye grandfather ❤
You look so happy there by the river.
Magnificent to see you and the canyon! A work of art!
Does it only take 40 seconds in Navajo to explain the same thing that you speak for 11 min for in English?
lol I’m guessing no but I’m not certain
Omg Really Jody, REALLY!? 🙄🤦🏻😆🤣🤣🤣🤣
You know it!! Pro's...can't touch it...😮😂🤪🤓😎 Recognize ❤
Some of the Navajo words indeed can explain things in a short message. Our language is very sacred to us. Why else would the non natives used our language to win the war. No one could decipher it.
But that is not to say only the Dine language won the war. Many other native tribes used their own language during the war.
@@2nickles647 much love and thanks to the code talkers🙏✨❤️
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