This was awesome to watch. As a First Nations person it was awesome to see the indigenous youth pay tribute to our ancestors. Seeing all the different nations also shows the diversity of the Indigenous people of Canada. There are hundreds of tribes with different languages, different cultures (Northwest, Inuit, Prairies, and the East). There are four tribes within the greater Vancouver/Whistler areas. The Musqueam, tsleilwatuth, squamish, lilwat. Thank you for sharing this video.
So much stigma about my people, I loved how the Olympic games introduced this, it makes me proud of my heritage. I think people should stop being ignorant and at least go to a Pow wow and experience this, because I'm tired of all the degrading comments.
@Ptero Dactyloid lol i guess yuo never heard of the medicine wheel, we even invented wireless communication-smoke signals, lol please stop hating us white people, we love you all even through all the bad your people have done to us, save your soul and leave that wolf behind your feeding it too much hate
I love this video it also including the four directions of Canada. it is so inspiring - beautiful - amazing how they introduced Native from the four direction of Canada.
I'm so white its scary, I wished all my life I was a native. Respect the land and live from it Truly feel bad for how people chose to go modern instead of self-sufficient. Props to our Canadian natives.
Never be ashamed or embarrassed of who you are.. Never let anyone decide who and what you are based on your skin... Leave all judgment to God/Creator..
Our cook at the daycare I work at and her husband were part of the dancers. She has some funny stories to tell about the box lunches the volunteers were fed!
They did, at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City. Look it up, idiot, and stop talking like a hypocrite. Including them in an Olympics ceremony isn't going to erase the 300 years of mistreatment - in both countries. Canada has treated their native people as badly as the U.S. has.
Salt Lake City, 8 years before Vancouver, Full-Blooded Ojibwe, son of a residential school survivor here, we're here to unite, not divide, keep the ignorance to a minimum, ask an elder before you say something you're not sure about ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6uUvY8GhVAY.html
Amazing. I remember watching this live, and it gave me goosebumps (in a good way) :) I'm really happy that the First Nations people were able to showcase their culture at the games. It was an amazing sight to behold.
Howah:)! This is so beautiful, a very breathtaking video. This makes me so proud being a First Nations Canadian. This is so wonderful & amazing, One of the most fantastic dances in our culture, I ever seen. I just sometimes forgot how beautiful our culture is, but this just backed me up further. Crying out of this - very absolute perfection. I gotta thank all of the dancers for pulling this incredible dance flawlessly. Bravo & a huge hello to all of our Native brothers & sisters!! Much love!XO
Very nice presentation but kind of ironic to celebrate symbolically only when the world is watching, considering that on average, First Nations people in Canada are still disproportionately disadvantaged. Canada still has a long way to go
You could look at it that way, however this was a platform in which the First Nations/Native American people were acknowledged internationally. As a First Nations person I am proud that we could share our culture with everyone. Traditionally we share what we have with everyone and we also welcome visitors to our land; this isn't as ironic as it's just a way of being for my people. Yes I do agree that the Aboriginal people of Canada face adversity and a lack of opportunity in comparison to most Canadians. But their getting stronger and there are a lot of successful aboriginal people within the nation.
This welcoming ceremony and performance from the four first nations was incredibly powerful and amazing!! The aborginal culture is very interesting to me. I wish I was there for this.
Did they really dance even when the cameras weren't rolling? Seriously, if that's so, major props - you're made of sterner stuff than I. Awesome performance, wish I could have seen it in person!
It doesn't feel like 2010 was so long ago. And yet the technology was so primitive. I didn't realize how much video quality had developed over the course of the 202nd decade.
Thank you for posting this!! Sooo Beautifull to see...I had a chance to go Up North Ont to a healing sweat lodge with a friend..i was visiting and had been still very sad-my brother has died and had not fully gotten over that..this small group who i never met were so kind& gracious to me during my visit there- they will remain forever in my heart..I had an open vision in the sweat of dancers singing and dancing among the stars Wow..soo amazing! It was -40 C- i was so happy and safe there!
Your Story Touch My Heart and I'm Sorry to of Heard about your Brother! Your a Strong Lady and I want you to know this!As,A Metis Of Canada (Native Canadian)! Your Are Alway Welcome Back anytime! I hope your Healed!Thank you for Respecting Our Culture!
@breeherbs if your not from vancouver (or its area) we dont expect you to recognize the four host first nations (Lil'wat, Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh) because there population isnt as large as other nations. also the language that they speak is Halkomelem but they probably speak diffrent dialects of Halkomelem.
could somebody plz tell me if this part and these particular viewpoints are in the dvd box set only or were these the angles offered live on CTV? And was brian williams speaking during the CTV opening ceremony live broadcast? Plz somebody tell me!
how about not only Canada and the US but almost at every point around the world still have a long way to go namely the Basques, Mordvin and Sami in Europe the Circassians and Kets in Russia the Ainu in Japan and of course the Aboriginals of Australia and New Zealand and then allover Central and South America and Africa, yes unfortunately some Native peoples have it worse, do not go by me look it up ur self if u want to, but from the little i know about, i would have to say the few Kets that are left in Siberia have to suffer the worst from all kinds of directions not just the climate, if theres a colder place on earth its more then definitely in Antarctica ahaha
New Zealand's Maori have it pretty good, in comparison to the native peoples of Australia... But yes, thank you for thinking of my Basque and Sami people. No one pays attention to us simply because we look like our own oppressors...
And to think my country tried to wipe out all of these beautiful people by residential schools and the 60s scoop... Watching this fills me with so much pride 🧡 every child matters 🧡
it's actually kinda embrassing. I didnt reconize any of those "host" tribes. What were they speaking? french? I still think metis is not an actual tribe. native woman were forced to marry some white men cos they knew the trails and such for the fur trade. it would of been better if they spoke ojibwe or cree. something legit. but overall i'm glad they did this even though it's embrassing. i'm ojibwe/lakota. so piss off if u think i'm white.
