I Lived in the Desert with a Navajo Family Speaking Their Language

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Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel (thanks for the sponsorship! ) 🎉 Get 6 months FREE when you sign up for 6 months ➡️ go.babbel.com/... I’ve been studying Navajo recently, and I managed to get in touch with a Navajo Native American family who lives in the Arizona desert totally off the grid, over a hundred miles, often on dirt roads, from the nearest small shopping town, with no address, no running water, no cell service, and until just a few years ago no electricity either. They actually had to legally fight to be able to get drivers licenses with just a general area rather than a specific address.
It’s extremely rare for outsiders to get to experience this very traditional and very hardcore lifestyle, and I’m so grateful to them for opening up their home to me and my friends ‪@DaveDisci‬ and ‪@SeaboltSpeaks‬. Both we and the family were fully vaccinated for COVID before this trip, and thanks also to Babbel for sponsoring this video and I’ll be donating 100% of the sponsorship proceeds to the Rock Point Community School, which educates local kids.
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@xiaomanyc 3 года назад

Thanks Babbel for supporting the channel! Start speaking a new language in 3 weeks with Babbel 🎉 Get 6 months FREE when you sign up for 6 months ➡️ go.babbel.com/6plus6-youtube-xiaomanyc3-may-2021/default & as mentioned in the vid I'll be donating all proceeds to the Rock Point Community School, love them out there!!!

@lucypearson5864 3 года назад

My dude

@Fwthechicken 3 года назад

@ssenpaijeje 3 года назад

helo

@juicekasten4615 3 года назад

I’m actually mixed Hopi and Navajo that’s crazy

@tae5216 3 года назад

wassup

@guitaro5000 3 года назад

Your ability to learn languages is like a magic ticket to all these adventure rides.

@dejaeviz 3 года назад

wow, i just watched a Guitaro5000 video before i watched this one, ha haha My sister lives in ATL, wish i had known you were there at the time you shot your ATL videos. A jam would have been most awesome !

@guitaro5000 3 года назад

@@dejaeviz awesome! Thanks :)

@flat-earther 3 года назад

Thumbs down for xiaoma propagating vaccines for fake viruses.

@elchuzalongo4339 3 года назад

@@flat-earther ?

@isaacparker8801 3 года назад

Kind of but he barely learns enough to roughly small talk for youtube. Its like taking guitar lessons for 3 weeks learning 2 simple song and saying you can play the guitar.

@adrianpatino5166 2 года назад

It's so crazy to see how many similarities there are between their culture and Mexican culture. You can tell the proximity of the ancient communities left them with things in common. I love my native American cousins 🇲🇽🤎

@tyrelldescheny 2 года назад

that's so true! I often say how our culture was influenced by Mexican.

@kellyhryniuk1869 2 года назад

I believe that we all came from Mexico 🇲🇽 Even us natives in Canada 🇨🇦 there's not much of deference between us

@nashobawave4134 2 года назад

We came from Alaska, Athabascan are our lineage before the tundra, the great crossing. We were separated by a snake thus becoming the Navajo who settled north of us while we apaches settled south of them. Over the years as nomadic culture we traded values to learn what we are today.

@captainpancake8177 2 года назад

@@kellyhryniuk1869 humans actually migrated to the americas from alaska actually when it still was connected through asia

@adamg.6615 2 года назад

@@kellyhryniuk1869 Navajo are actually descended from an Athabascan group from the north around Alaska, not all natives came from the region that is now Mexico but some did, all tribes have different histories.

@terrykunst3883 3 года назад

Thank you for taking us along on such an amazing experience. Thank you to the family who opened their home and shared their lives with you.

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

It was definitely an amazing experience to bring them in with the short amount of time they were here

@jcbusto122 3 года назад

My ex girlfriend is Navajo and lives in the Navajo nation and out in the middle of no where with her family and has a very similar lifestyle. The Hogan, the fry bread and food the wilderness, the culture, all of it I fell in love with.

@stetson711 Год назад

But not your girlfriend?

@dancewomyn1 2 года назад

This was such an inspiring video...When we learn the languages of others, we open our hearts to one another! Thank you Xiaoma, for sharing this rich experience with us.

@Metaljaybird007 2 года назад

Thank you for this video! Us navajo people (Diné). Are very open people. Sharing our food n culture to whomever is in the same mindset. We struggle alot but still stand strong

@heartsofgoldenrod 3 года назад

“And we’re on....(opens door and looks around at the native land)....Mars!” 😂

@Zpolyglot 3 года назад

ive seen alll of your videos and by far that was the best one! So heart felt and a great way for people to see something i know isnt trending or blowing up the internet. Thank you for showing us that.

@stevenplayford8223 3 года назад

I really enjoyed this. Would love to know more about Navajo culture.

@redant2798 3 года назад

Nothing better than some Navajo fry bread. Now he needs some native tacos and to head north to the Dakota and Lakota nations to try some wojapi.

@va7405 2 года назад

I love your diversity in language! Please stop by Fort Berthold Indian Reservation In North Dakota! I promise great local interactions and a interesting view on our culture!

@markuk7935 Год назад

What wonderful people. 👏👏

@slybeatrc5715 2 года назад

Something that we all need to learn to respect is the abilities to share such amazing culture and knowledge of how they live and breathe in this beautiful place. Respect 🙏

@maiNmusica 3 года назад

This was so interesting to watch and the family seem like really lovely people. Thanks for sharing your experience.

@loriwagner6299 2 года назад

Such an amazing family! 💖

@jizzdabomb6195 3 года назад

I'd love to experience something like this even for a few days or something despite being British I've always been fascinated by native Americans

@monicarust2383 2 года назад

An amazing and interesting video! Thank you!!!

@dexterwagmeister3848 2 года назад

You’re awesome!!

@marleneperry6972 Год назад

Yep, most have to move off the Res to get a decent income, we, my family off-Res send $$ & other stuff back home.

@martybow9013 2 года назад

That's the Rez Life. ❤️🐑

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

Once again, thank you so much for wanting to learn to speak our language, respecting our culture and seeing a part of the reservation like no other. I look forward to seeing you once again and you’ll definitely learn more! Ahxéé’héé’ nitsáagó!

@dionh70 3 года назад

@Tyrell Descherry Thank YOU for being a great human being.

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

@@dionh70 thank you! That truly means a lot.

@XD152awesomeness 3 года назад

It looks like you were a wonderful host. And that area was beautiful!

@DJ-nn6vg 3 года назад

Tyrell you should learn about greenhouses and passive solar heating for your home. It can be built very cheap and respects the integrity of your land.

@stankythecat6735 3 года назад

Your kindness and hospitality opened many eyes with this video. Thank you for that !

@fasaionjarvison9752 3 года назад

As a Navajo, this family was legit! Lol they treated you guys to the best there is. The only thing missing was freshly roasted green chile to pair with the frybread

@imtired6104 2 года назад

Exactly, I was like "Where is the chile?!"

@donaldcochrane3283 2 года назад

Did he eat. A Chee

@williamhoskins2300 Год назад

and the inipi

@redwingrob1036 Год назад

Chilli🌶️; Chile🇨🇱😉

@fw8jayy Год назад

yes

@Ginga_Steve 3 года назад

Came here to listen to Navajo , ended up feeling hungry seeing all that food

@Ginga_Steve 3 года назад

I still wish I had even 0.01% of your talent ..... The Native languages and ways of life definitely need preserving for future generations

@tiffanynewberry4498 3 года назад

So true!!!

@hanadavies 3 года назад

Fr I don’t like mutton but I would 100% eat that soup

@lovelyfox_21sweet8 3 года назад

I am in Rhode Island and craving dumpling stew. No idea where to go for mutton. Guess I will make it with beef stew meat. But I brought my juniper ash and ground blue corn for blue corn mush. Seriously missing home and my mom.

@KateMcCridhe 3 года назад

No kidding!

@quinnbloodmoon1112 3 года назад

Non-Navajo person: where do you live? Navajo: keep going straight until you see a tire hanging on a post, then take a right and then take a left at the bush... 🤣🤣

@TerrellB3donie 3 года назад

"If you see the dead horse you've gone too far" 🤣

@AssistantToTheRegionalManager 3 года назад

This is also how all people give directions in rural Saskatchewan.

@nicholasbilta2457 3 года назад

I remember saying that to people.

@TheDeadlyLotu5 3 года назад

Once when I was younger coming back from camp I told my counselor when dropping me off back home, to turn left right here and he turned right! XD

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

I legit told them “once you feel like you’re lost in the middle nowhere, then you’re going the right way!” 🤣

@milliem1061 3 года назад

I don know wh I’m crying. I’m African, Zimbabwean to be exact. Indigenous American cultures have so much in common with African ones. And the system of reservations was typical in British colonies. Watching this video reminded me of visiting my grandparents home , simple, clean and in tune with nature. It’s sad that we as a generation have lost our connection with our roots and history.

@hoppinggnomethe4154 Год назад

Some minor tribes in Vietnam and other South East Asian countries are also very similar to some of these Injun tribes.

@delbert6205 Год назад

As native American I totally agree with you...

@Fatblue246 10 месяцев назад

Reservations were set up by the US government not the British. In fact, many tribes who were settled in what became the US opted to resettle in what is now Canada due to the more friendly relations with the British and the protection from american colonists they offered. The US is who crossed the continent in the pursuit of expansion, did the trail of tears, created the reservation system for natives etc. That’s all after the revolutionary war. Not saying the British did no wrong to the natives or that they were always friendly with one another, but historically they have had a more passive policy than the US. The Navajo are in central south western NA, which is not an area that was ever actively controlled by the British.

@Big_Glizzy. 8 месяцев назад

Yes reserves are a part of early American legislation, although I do not know of this was practiced in Europe prior to European migration, that time being from Europe or more specially an English, dutch, or German thing.

@alexissmall34 Месяц назад

My fiance is Nigerian. He's from the Edo tribe.

@BigTownBilly 3 года назад

I’ve worked for some of the world’s top RU-vidrs for years, and on a platform where so many creators (including the ones making millions) are all too eager to steal and copy content from others, here’s a respectful young man doing original content while making the world a better place for us all. I truly respect and appreciate your dedication and content!

@Swamp205 3 года назад

Who did you work for

@jacepearson2680 3 года назад

@@Swamp205 he worked for creators (including the ones making millions) all too eager to steal and copy content from others

@L8dyAriel 3 года назад

@@jacepearson2680 lol.. TY... You read my mind.

@totallytubular618 3 года назад

@@L8dyAriel don't forget Jim Browning

@KaliMaaaaa 3 года назад

You are joking right? Do you have ANY idea what the Navajo have done AND ARE STILL DOING to the Zuni's and Hopi ppl? Including stealing their land, art designs, ceremonies etc. The ignorance and arrogance of "spiritual" consumers and culture vultures never stops amazing me.

@squintytable6582 3 года назад

I remember passing these places in Arizona. These Natives have it hard, they deserve the utmost respect

@inwardpod 3 года назад

Utmost**

@squintytable6582 3 года назад

@@inwardpod Thanks

@poopahskoopahh8563 3 года назад

In canada too, we're living 3rd world countries

@poopahskoopahh8563 3 года назад

*Conditions

@christianbanick496 3 года назад

They enjoy the hard work that's how they have survived on this continent for 10 thousand years

@breezeh1127 3 года назад

This family really put themselves out there to share their food and home with you. They are truly amazing 💜

@Ochibason 2 года назад

Its normal.

@breezeh1127 2 года назад

@@Ochibason To whom?

@4eyedjohnson954 2 года назад

@@Ochibason tell us about all the foreign families you've invited to stay at your house. I'm very curious to hear about all these cultures

@Anna_Stetik 2 года назад

They may not have all the luxuries, but that looks like a lot more peaceful life than what most of us have. No drama, no noise, no congestion, no dirty air, no rushing....just them and nature - the way it was supposed to be.

@SaltLakeCityKitty Год назад

But they all had the stupid covid vaccine. That's a modern intrusion (and an extremely bad one) into what was a more natural way of living.

@rociolopez4785 10 месяцев назад

I feel like their way of living would cure my depression ❤

@CynthiaOvv 2 года назад

I'm half Navajo, my mom speaks it fluently and I'm sad I never learned growing up. I absolutely love this!! I've been with my husband for 5 years and he's never been to the reservation.

@Ochibason 2 года назад

Go Today. Go now. Life is short. Take the Day!

@brucewayne4537 2 года назад

@Ernie B whats that supposed to mean? if you're talking about the guy in the video explain how he isnt respecting your culture cause to me it looks like he is taking the time to learn to live of the land with this family and is learning alot about your culture in the short time he's with them i see no disrespect at all so explain what you mean

@juliahart8593 2 года назад

@Ernie B timestamps?

@brucewayne4537 2 года назад

@Ernie B as i said before explain how

@Aziz-wl1xf 2 года назад

@@brucewayne4537 he was clearly talking about the commenter's husband

@destinywilson8964 3 года назад

Hey, I showed my grandma and my aunt your videos they loved hearing you speak Navajo! My aunt laughed so much today, partly watching your video and because of my pronunciation! I have always wondered what my grandma was saying in her prayers, so I thought if you could learn I could give it a shot! My family are teaching me a few phrases, and my tongue is lazy but even so I won't give up!

@dawnturner7010 3 года назад

Do try to learn your language. The native American/Canadian languages are dying and we need people to keep them alive!

@kumarvikramaditya9636 2 года назад

@@dawnturner7010 can I ask something? Native American people had their own God's. Where did they go?

@drakebell5649 2 года назад

@@kumarvikramaditya9636 they didn’t go anywhere same way the christian god didn’t go anywhere. your question is confusing

@r3gret2079 2 года назад

It's been 6 months Destiny. How is your progress? Either way you are awesome. Keep up the good work, and I wish you the best. Thank you.

@Ninjapiratecowboy 2 года назад

Yeah Destiny, how is the progress coming?

@michaeljamessage 3 года назад

I really enjoyed your trip out to my rez. Tyrell is awesome and I'm so happy you connected with him and his family. You're were all amazing and respectful guest. I miss home and you showing your experience was so heart warming. Thank you.

@nichelledelaine-rust1588 3 года назад

How can we buy the rugs to support the family

@Trish620 3 года назад

Yeah, is there a way to buy rugs? I'm even in Utah, so is there a place to buy them on the way to and from?

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

thank you so much!

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

@@Trish620 I am not entirely sure of where to buy them in Utah, but most likely some of the trading posts perhaps. Or you could ask them and see if they have any suggestions

@_RYEN_ 3 года назад

@@Trish620 his Instagram

@bones6615 2 года назад

You dont understand how much you inspire our own tribe, to learn our language our own culture, thank you. you are my hero. -from a kid from the navajo nation

@nevillec5252 2 года назад

There are a few Navajo language apps on the play store that may help you. Good luck learning. I hope you become fluent some day, and help preserve the Navajo language and culture.

@MuantanamoMobile Год назад

What was done to your people is great and unforgivable crime.

@TerrellB3donie 3 года назад

Growing up in Chinle, traveling all over the deepest parts of the rez with my grandparents, it's been a long time awaiting for our culture to get a spotlight to the world, it is truly heart warming. I always try to explain how remote the reservation can be, but this video really captures that. One thing I'll always admire about my people is the respect we have for our elders and our guests, as kids it was mandatory we shook hands with everyone who entered our home. Thank you again for being so interested in our culture. Walk In Beauty!

@19bishop56 3 года назад

I also admire the respect for our elders, also guests. American youth have lost that, I believe. Many are so self centered. On the Rez, family, food, and humor are the best!

@jacobstreets8445 3 года назад

I love that! Walk in beauty.

@aralifefarming 28 дней назад

When we go to visit family friends in navaham mountain.I always stop in chinle at the dinner of the motel for vavajo tacos. I try to warn people ahead of time that they're huge, so you better have a big appetite. A lot of people try on that road.Also, don't realize what you leave chinle to four corners, you make the left to go over the mesa to cut out distance on your journey.

@lukasalofs7582 3 года назад

Wow. As a european white male I feel so bad for all the Native Americans being treated like animals. You are and will forever be my favorite kind of people. I admire your respect for animals and nature and your generosity overall. Ayóó anííníshní diné bikéyah.❤️

@isaiahbaggett5014 3 года назад

I'm so glad you are highlighting their culture.

@thereisnopandemic 3 года назад

Tribalism the most destructive plague in existence

@scoopstacey3112 3 года назад

@@thereisnopandemic why are you here? lol

@BOOOOOOOONE 3 года назад

@@thereisnopandemic piss-poor trolling atempt. Get better material.

@wolfpax1284 3 года назад

笔触

@THE-APEX 3 года назад

Well said. 👍

@sikosis999 3 года назад

my heart cries for this, so hard to live free any more. i hope you continue to interact and thank the nations for allowing you access and the family for sharing their lives . . . and thank you for sharing i'm old and all my elders gone, detached from the nations and miss the sounds, smells and touch of my family gone, this gave me those things again for a brief moment.

@VincentASMR 3 года назад

❤️

@Ochibason 2 года назад

That is well put. Ones heart crys for this. Its the human spirit and its has no borders and is global. To have a out sider come in and speak ones Mothers tongue is powerful.

@brettmeister 3 года назад

Thank you for making our culture and the Navajo people relevant. This is huge for our community!

@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 3 года назад

You’re still not relevant...

@JohnSmith-dy2vu 3 года назад

@@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 Damn ...that's cold.

@Catlily5 2 года назад

Of course they are relevant.

@Ninja56272 2 года назад

@@Jackmerius_Tacktheritrix5733 no you

@rispatha 2 года назад

Just ignore Enzo. He is insignificant in this existence compared to the Navajo people. His spirit will perish as yours will live on forever.

@leeleejames4927 2 года назад

Xioama has to be the most worldly, friendly, genuine person I've seen. It's amazing he embraces language so much and makes the effort to learn so extensively. His appreciation for all cultures is what we need more of. ❤️

@blajing 2 года назад

I wish America the nation was like Xiaoma!

@sirskateify 2 года назад

Reminds me of when my Navajo buddy fit 7 sheep into a geo metro because his truck was broken and he needed to make a good impression on his girlfriends parents. It was hilarious to see.

@ultra_ore 3 года назад

5:04 and the Diné tradition for living in a hoghaan, the door must always be placed on the east side to greet our father Sun in the morning.

@shaniageorge1886 3 года назад

Awww...I so wanted to meet Xiaoma !!! 😭😭😭😭 I'm Native American/Navajo .. just wish I knew where to meet him and would come around more. Your No Stranger Xiaoma.. Whenever Shiprock Fair is up again. Ride a float for all Natives to see YOU n your FamBam 💙🙏 All love Xiaoma ... Come again SOON!! 🙏☺😇 #XIAOMA #XIAOMA !! 🙃

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

We gotta pitch in for the outrageous parade fee 😹 jk

@dblbegaye3380 3 года назад

Yup Xiaoma needs to hit the flea markets on rez.

@meganrussell2693 3 года назад

This is so heart warming, it left me in awe. I've always adored your journeys and how you put yourself into different cultures. As a Navajo living on the Navajo Nation, this brought happy tears to my eyes to see my culture experienced by you first hand and others. Ahe'hee shikis.

@TheLiveOutLoudFamily 2 года назад

Hi, Megan. i know this is a random request but do you know of any families that would be willing to teach our family of four more about your culture like this? We are heading west and would find this life changing.

@nevillec5252 2 года назад

@@TheLiveOutLoudFamily There are a few Navajo language apps on the play store that may help you, if you want to learn a bit of the language first.

@ElderFoxDocumentaries 3 года назад

Xiaomanyc! I need your help. I need to know how to pronounce 'Séítah' meaning 'amongst the sand'. NASA are using Navajo names for features on Mars but I can't find the pronunciation anywhere. Please help!

@voodude6850 3 года назад

Séítah is pronounced "SAY-TAAH". SAY as in the word "say". TAH though, the A is a long A. "TAAH", similar to but not exactly as in the word "taught" but without the "t" and a little pronunciation on the "h", a short "h". The word Séí is referencing a type of rock/sand, like sandstone.

@boring.doerings 3 года назад

You realize how lucky you are? To be invited in and to be shown their ways? So incredible, great video! Thank you😎

@krissyduffy 3 года назад

As a Diné woman and already a subscriber I am so glad to see you learning about our culture and language! So amazing!! Keep it up!!! ❤️✊🏽

@CherryGryffon 3 года назад

This was SO beautiful, and brought me back to my childhood in Phoenix. Growing up I remember a lot of these Navajo influences, food wise, so this is another level of nostalgic. It's like watching how my childhood foods were made when I didn't know already

@Booseungkwanie2005 3 года назад

I’m so glad you had fun on our reservation! It means a lot that you shared this since there’s rarely any videos Ike this thank you ☺️💜. My sister goes to the rock point school there too but we live 30 minutes away

@TheXXxOblivion 3 года назад

There needs to be more Native restaurants or food trucks. Native food is too good to not be shared lol

@gfxlab 3 года назад

They are all over the reservation lol.

@L8dyAriel 3 года назад

Which is why people need to go visit there and EAT! I'd be impressed if my friend from AZ would come to NY and make me fry bread and some killer smoked meats but then again I'd miss out on those stars and rock hounding and seeing my friend. So.. restaurants? I'd rather hang out around a fire and help scrape the dishes vs. knowing McDonalds has pretty much destroyed the culture in this country with "fast food" and learn the ancient stories about the warriors and immersion. I love when the Red Hawk Council (New York) gathers as I always attend.

@MistyRiversGaming 3 года назад

Well we sell them here in texas on a food cart with my mom and dad. We get lot's of customers

@lovelyfox_21sweet8 3 года назад

@@L8dyAriel I am in RI . So , glad my mom taught me how to make frybread.

@alexavila6507 3 года назад

@@MistyRiversGaming what part of TX?

@marsistarrett-pearson2720 3 года назад

I live in San Juan county, NM on the Navajo reservation and im half Navajo. It is sooo cool to see the Navajo ppl getting recognized for their language and culture.

@n3xtbit683 3 года назад

Red Valley for me

@andrewjennings7306 3 года назад

Seems like every native American is only ever half native tops. If you guys want to continue existing you need to stop mixing with other races.

@emmettlester739 2 года назад

@@andrewjennings7306 I am full... don't speak for us you weirdo.

@andrewjennings7306 2 года назад

@@emmettlester739 what? Im just worried about your survival as a people.

@emmettlester739 2 года назад

@@andrewjennings7306 If a white person said, what you said about about natives, but to a black person, it'd sound insanely racist. So weirdo.... as a full native, surrounded by full natives.... don't speak for us.

@pewpewpechew3327 3 года назад

I have known my whole life that Cherokee is apart of my heritage, I was always against trying to find ways the learn the language because I felt it was not my place as I'm not even half Cherokee. But seeing the joy of the Navajo people from you being so interested in their Language has sparked inspiration to learn. Thank you!

@randomstuff3413 2 года назад

Good luck man

@MPHampel86 2 года назад

Cherokee is in your blood, it’s a part of who you are. You should dive in.

@grimble4564 2 года назад

Bro I'm not even remotely Cherokee but I still learned some because I wanted to. There's no better way to honor a people than taking the time to learn their language. Nobody is out here gate-keeping languages and if they are, they're stupid. That kind of self-imposed ignorance only prevents people from understanding each other.

@williamsporing1500 Год назад

The government is trying to get the Cherokee to stop using their native tongue to this day. Learn it. I’m half Wyandot, and I’m trying to learn, but it’s almost a dead language.

@davidpayne1519 Год назад

I too I'm part Cherokee

@manuelsilva6244 3 года назад

This is exactly how my grandparents lived and my parents lived when they where kids and I'm from Europe. Our cultures are from completly different places but are very similar in some ways.

@yeti2turnt435 3 года назад

Yeah it’s pretty crazy how similar lifestyles people can live all across the world!

@eddiedelisio 2 года назад

Humans are like other humans. Crazy 😜

@Ochibason 2 года назад

Born in exhile parents fled the 2nd Soviet Communist invasion occupation genocide of the Baltic states from Latvian. Then to America Minnesota and our diaspora is global now. After the collapse of the Soviet Union we got our homes and farms back and I moved back after growing up in Minnesota. Some farm homes very basic just wood heat and out house. But everyone has a Sauna and a wading pool Pirts. Baltics where last to be Christianize d I am Lutheran but our old ways are 100% still intact and am also a Dievturi. The old ways in the Baltics are almost identical to North American Northern Natives. We sing dance music dance troops weddings births funerals all done in the old way for many.

@nevillec5252 2 года назад

@@Ochibason You seem to have led a very eventful life. I'm very happy that the Baltic nations are so supportive of Ukraine these days. Here's hoping that that war ends soon, with Ukraine completely free.

@littlerabbit9525 3 года назад

Thank you for showing this! I am native myself and nobody sees this side of they think natives are just handed everything and they aren’t.

@ah5721 3 года назад

If anything the government treats them worse than dirt . A really nice lady I know grew up on the Arizona Rez and she told me her experience going without running water and electricity often and didn't want her son to experience what she did so she left. She was very kind to my son while she was watching him I will never forget.

@StepheneeDuran 3 года назад

I’ve never met anyone that thought that.

@Chompchompyerded 3 года назад

Right? Lot of us live simply, but we live good. Lot of family going on. So good to see someone who is both respectful and appreciative, and took the time to learn our language. Even some of our own kids don't do that these days.

@barrypark1881 3 года назад

Which sucks that the Navajo Government so treats its own citizens badly as well....

@Chompchompyerded 3 года назад

@@barrypark1881 Are you Navajo? Because if you're not, you have no right or room to criticize us, our government, or the way we choose to live our lives. You also need to understand that there are jurisdictional problems which have nothing to do with our tribe or tribal government. I assure you that most of us do not feel that our tribal government has treated us poorly. We often times choose to live simply, and sometimes if we live a long way from regular utilities, that's not the tribal government's fault. it might be a little bit the fault of the utility's fault, but not really so much. If you move into a place a long way from the power lines in any other part of the country you have to pay at least part of the cost of running the electricity in. If it's digging a well, sometimes the Navajo government helps but they get that money from the state and federal government, and they haven't been keeping up their end of the bargain. What's new with that? State and Federal government and big businesses have always given us a tough time. At least they're not actively killing us anymore.

@havoc1zero 3 года назад

“Feed the animals before you feed the people.” That is beautiful.

@Dreadshadw 3 года назад

I grew up with Feed the animals then children and adults last. Taught my kids the same tradition (along with a few others)

@S_H9260 3 года назад

My dad always told me this as well.

@douglasrainey1755 3 года назад

I mean technically people aka humans are animals....

@ejnicks5644 3 года назад

Animals, children, adults.

@Riaa666 3 года назад

@@douglasrainey1755 There’s always that one person 🤦🏻‍♀️

@SuperFlowback 3 года назад

I’m sure every indigenous person will tell the same but, My grandma still makes the best fry bread. 😁

@crazy_tulip1552 3 года назад

Everyone should have this experience at least once in their lives. Learning the culture of the native peoples in your area is so important, especially for children. They must learn that native people are the true cultivators of this land we live on and that without them and their knowledge we would be nowhere.

@bee4590 2 года назад

@@blahblahblah4544 acknowledging the under-appreciated and silent contributions of native peoples =/= supremacist race veneration

@xaviercopeland2789 2 года назад

Nowhere? I agree it’s important to teach others of the importance of different cultures, but to say we’d be nowhere is a long shot given the culture we have now doesn’t come from them and we have effectively wiped them out and are doing fine.

@PureMagic101 2 года назад

@@xaviercopeland2789 they got wiped out after they taught us how to grow and prepare food from here and a lot of ways to survive here Then we decided genocide was best Don’t discredit all that they did to ensure we could survive before we fucked them over

@blazethecat363 Год назад

I agree. when my family adopted me, we went on a trip to the American Southwest where I met many amazing Navajo people! their culture was so beautiful and they were always so welcoming and friendly! someday I plan to go back and visit the Navajo again.

@crazy_tulip1552 Год назад

@@xaviercopeland2789 Right it’s not like they played a vital role in helping the colonizers learn and cultivate the land on which we still live on to this day……….

@zrosix2240 3 года назад

You are actually extremely lucky to get invited to live with them, I live in Arizona and the red mountains are illegal to go to as a non native without invite! Meaning not even I, as someone who’s lived in Arizona my whole life would ever get to have even a fraction of the opportunity you received here. Such kind people

@AbzDeen 2 года назад

I looked this up and couldn't find anything about this?

@Ochibason 2 года назад

He is a true lingual ambassador. Language is each cultures gift and life. He works hard and does well. All folks here are lucky and fortunate.

@aaronz9410 2 года назад

@@AbzDeen I too looked it up, couldn't find any legal statue about it anywhere. I am guessing its more of an unspoken rule that you simply don't.

@AbzDeen 2 года назад

@@Remykapel where's there somewhere I can read on this? I'm from Scotland and find it hard to believe

@codyfrancis4474 2 года назад

@@AbzDeen shouldnt be that hard to believe. It is their land after all lol

@SocketSilver 3 года назад

Been anxiously waiting for this. We are fighting for voter rights in these remote locations in AZ.

@sendformilo620 3 года назад

I can't believe they don't have the right to vote... America is so far behind where it thinks it is.

@jhonyermo 3 года назад

DEMOCRACY !!

@SherriLyle80s 3 года назад

@@sendformilo620 they say no ID, no vote. Problem is they wont give them an ID because they wont recognize many of their addresses, being off the beaten path or res. That's how they are getting away with voter suppression. It's utter BS. They do it in other states also.

@AmandaFromWisconsin 3 года назад

@@sendformilo620 They have the right to vote. Jesus. (Eye roll)

@sendformilo620 3 года назад

@@AmandaFromWisconsin If you have to fight to vote, you don't have the right to vote..

@veteranhoffman6776 2 года назад

Osiyo (hello in Cherokee), I think it’s awesome that you’re learning a Native American language, I’ve tried learning a few different languages myself, but too difficult for me. So I know a few words in many languages 😆. My ancestry is German, Irish, and Cherokee but predominantly German. Cherokee is considered a Class IV language in difficulty, so I only know a few words.

@senpai704 2 года назад

Every european is cherroke🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@williamsporing1500 Год назад

I’m half German, half Wyandot. That’s why I don’t touch alcohol lol

@Sheepybearry 7 месяцев назад

@@senpai704 Ive met a lot of half German half Cherokee.

@toneshayazzie9487 3 года назад

Xiaoman, Dave, and Navajo culture. mindblown. my worlds are colliding.

@AZ-ms6if 3 года назад

Is he Dave from the Dave desi channel?

@toneshayazzie9487 3 года назад

@@AZ-ms6if yes Edit: he posted about in on Instagram @dave.disci

@redant2798 3 года назад

I know, it's crazy!

@derricktaylordavid1393 3 года назад

Same!!

@tyrolyazzie_1356 3 года назад

Ikr

@Britvidmit 3 года назад

Everything you were eating in the video I literally could taste it, I been living off the rez for 12 years and I sure miss it. That's real hospitality when you're getting mutton. That steam corn stew is my favorite! Ayoo likaan

@j.osh.4261 3 года назад

Yá’át’ééh! that’s that real food disin chin now

@KyraStitch 3 года назад

I live on the Navajo Nation! Happy to see someone interested in our culture. Wish I had my grand parents. Tried to learn my own language, and I’ll tell you, I wish it was as easy as you make it seem. Diné Pride!

@timd8470 3 года назад

What an amazing Navajo family! So impressive to see how they adapt to the environment and thrive on their homestead. One of the threads I enjoy through all your videos, Xiaoma, is how people from different cultures are so much ... like us! Thanks for these wonderful peeks into other cultures.

@rui4762 3 года назад

Thank you soooo much for making these Native American themes! This is so unique and interesting. I'm a Chinese.I love Native Americans from the bottom of my heart.They are so spiritual and inclusive just like Tibetans to me.🙏🏻 Please explore more Native American cultures.🙏🏻

@ShawnChristopher10101 3 года назад

Seriously, even if you don't find this entertaining, watch till the end, give it a like, subscribe, just because Xiaomanyc donates the sponsorship funds to people who need it

@frenchfilmco4197 3 года назад

I have straight tears in my eyes when you guys had your first fry bread.

@debbieflaherty1975 2 года назад

Ari, you are so respectful of the folks you meet. I love how their faces light-up when you speak to them in their language. I also love it when you enjoy their food. You must be an absolute joy to cook for! It’s so unifying when the language barrier is removed. Thank you for sharing your beautiful interactions.

@fatimakane3052 10 месяцев назад

Unifying indeed, mostly when, besides the language barrier, people are seen as equals who deserve respect, above all! Everything else stems from this basic principle. Such a joy to watch this video!

@juliem.679 3 года назад

"Always feed the animals before the people." What a wonderful coincidence to find in your video! That is a law of the Torah (of Judaism) as well. When we start the day, we feed and water the animals before we ourselves eat.

@Alexeater 3 года назад

It's a very sensible law... you certainly won't forget to feed the animals that way.

@carlajohnson7953 3 года назад

I do this also and I am Sicilian

@isaiasdiaz7578 3 года назад

Lots of books out there saying we Natives Americans are from the 12 tribes of Israel.

@juliem.679 3 года назад

@@isaiasdiaz7578 I do not think that theory is plausible, but there is certainly a spiritual connection to the Holy Creator that we share, if there are laws and ethics in common, which is a far more important connection than genetics, in my opinion.

@tyrelldescheny 3 года назад

That's amazing! It's the first thing most of us do before breakfast or heading to school/work.

@lrdstrahd1 3 года назад

This is what I love about languages. Breaks down barriers and allows people to get to know each other. Amazing vid guys. Keep up the great work.

@MrToasty7861 3 года назад

Way cool my dude(: im Navajo and thats the way we grew up(: thanks for learning and visiting our ways

@RetiredMegatron 2 года назад

You give me hope dude. Showing the world ´that normal people are kind and welcoming. Not like what the media tells us. We should really just smile more.

@cmehop2it383 3 года назад

A lot of people in The US think we have so many rights and live a good life because the government pays for tribal schools, Indian Health Services and receiving percapita every month and making all this money from casinos. But for the majority of Native American reservations a lot of families are poor and barely make it by. No running water. No electricity. No stores nearby. Etc. It's like going back in time with many families who have to live off the land and use horses and cows for various work around the house. I'm glad you are learning a Native American language and looking into the lifestyle of some parts of Native America. Thanks for shedding some light on our heritage.

@Sheepybearry 7 месяцев назад

The US people, like me should stop caring as much about whats going on across the world and help the native americans. The government too, they should be cleaning up uranium on the Navajo reservation! I really want to learn Navajo and visit the reservation.

@troysims2753 3 года назад

More videos interacting with the Navajo elders in their language the next time you go! I enjoyed this so much and wish it were longer!

@sheilaj70 3 года назад

As Navajos we are so blessed to hv such a beautiful culture and reside within the four sacred mountains 🌾🤍💛💙🖤

@liadc4840 3 года назад

It's really incredible what Xiaoma is doing, I can't stop watching him make the world a better place by bringing down barriers of culture using languages from around the world - that's how you make peace, by making people feel heard, by reaching out to them in the most honorable way and appreciating who they are and their heritage.

@cameroncolfack7623 3 года назад

Everybody needs to try fry bread at least once in their lives.

@coasternut3091 2 года назад

We need more of a spotlight on languages like this. I like seeing this one and the one with you learning more Mayan. Wee need to keep some of the ancient culture alive

@Frossiart 3 года назад

you are more than a friend to them, don't forget to contact them ... often!

@carlosfuentez9267 3 года назад

The best part is looking up at the stars at night and seeing everything up close it’s dope.

@james1795 3 года назад

Dope? Ha!

@natashajean395 3 года назад

This is great! Immersing yourself in the Native American reservation way of life. This really allows others to see the Native American reservation way of life through their lens

@usnchief1339 3 года назад

Many thanks to the family for opening up their home to the world! This type of experience is what brings us closer.

@lachezararnaudov7991 2 года назад

Very nice video, you met some great and true people. The fried bread seems wonderful. I am from Bulgaria, and we hear make something like that we call it "mekitsa" basically it is dough you spread for pizza and fry it in a pan. It is best with some honey, jam or some white brined cheese, depending on what you like more, salty or sweet breakfast. And for a drink yogurt with some water. Keep it up, your making lots of people happy and proud of their culture, food, language etc.

@Greensky02 3 года назад

We just gonna ignore that Xiaoma is on crutches? What happened? o.0

@bobby6308 3 года назад

Thought that too lol

@chilliam00 3 года назад

Also it looks as if he recovered there by the end of the video he wasn't using crutches?

@tobiastho9639 3 года назад

To me it looked like he was trying them out. You can see in the video that they didn't come with him but we're from thier place. Also gotta remember that we only had a peek at a few days.

@AssistantToTheRegionalManager 3 года назад

Got caught sneaking a peak at an aunty?

@SilvaDreams 3 года назад

Going to guess since he has no cast or anything he likely just twisted or sprained his ankle.

@traxion1114 3 года назад

Shoot.... the Frybread and honey was always my Friday delight to enjoy after school walking to the fleamarkets!!! Damn Prez Nez needs to open up!!!!!!

@wstwarrior1237 3 года назад

Me as a full-blooded native american I am grateful and thank you for highlighting and learning out language

@arielp7582 2 года назад

Wow your full blooded? That's so cool

@frnkiecarebear21 3 года назад

This literally makes me want to cry thinking about my grandma. I miss Indian fry bread like that it is so good. It’s really good with jam on top too.

@hammerguard8325 3 года назад

That is probably a once in a lifetime experience that most people never get I mean the whole experience of learning the language a lot in just a month but then also going and staying with a Navajo family that still practices the old ways for some things is awesome their family definitely seemed extremely welcoming.

@michaelworley6431 3 года назад

Thanks for bringing my culture to RU-vid Glad you enjoyed your time on the reservation

@jamspola 3 года назад

Thank you for visiting my culture

@dappppppppt 3 года назад

I didn't want this to end! Can you please do an extended version? Aroha from Aotearoa New Zealand

@eddieb1995 3 года назад

This man is the Gordon Ramsay of language. This felt like an episode of Uncharted from NatGeo.

@gerihenry2261 2 года назад

You guys are adorable!! Thank you for such a great video of our people and our lifestyle as the Diné! I absolutely loved the way you devoured the food, it's one of our best assets. ;) You and people like you are welcome onto Navajo Land anytime, the respect and appreciation you show is truly priceless and much appreciated. Be well!

@gfxlab 3 года назад

This made me nostalgic for my family back in NM. I’m glad you got to try mutton, frybread and all the other traditional foods. I was hoping, you’d get to try kinaalda. That’s my favorite! Thanks for highlighting the Navajo culture

@CaeA_C-Mail 3 года назад

More needs to be done for this culture. They should have been given the utilities that we all take for granted long before now. Including all the other services and rights that the rest of America have; school, healthcare, the ability to vote etc.......... If any group should be crying foul, this culture should be first in line. These people have suffered, and continue to suffer - this needs to stop. ❤️

@jasminebegay4832 3 года назад

I really love it when other people want to learn our culture. ❤️✨ full Navajo here 🤗

@helljumper115 3 года назад

Full Navajo huh? What’s your clans then? 😏

@jasminebegay4832 3 года назад

@@helljumper115 Nát’oh Dine’é táchii’nii Hooghan Łání Kinyaa’áanii Áshįįhí 🙄🙄

@helljumper115 3 года назад

@@jasminebegay4832 I was hoping I could snag me up an auntie but nah we related your second and third clan is the same as my first and second 😅

@cassiefriedman8685 2 года назад

I have such a high respect for native American culture and loving learning about it😘😘😘 and thank you so much for the video I learned a few things by watching this video

@N-Scale 3 года назад

That is totally awesome and so glad the family let you share in the Navajo traditions. Proud of them and you guys. ya-ta-hey

@danolf6090 3 года назад

I lived on my families land, in new Mexico I moved for school and lost my native language. It makes me sad with how long I haven’t been in my home land. We lived in the middle of no where like these folks and the mountains were just break taking. We owned a small farm that we made our own. I lived in a hogan which was honestly fun. I miss my home 😔

@ah5721 3 года назад

Go home. Visit the elders and don't let the language die with you.