I Moved Into a Native American Family 

One important thing you have to remember about us Natives is our love of humor and laughter. People like to think of us as serious and stoic, but really a lot of times we’re joking around and we laugh at ourselves.

My best friend was white and though out school, he'd come spend the weekend with us, run around and get dirty, and we'd ride horses and hike the mountains, and my late grandfather fell in love with him, called him grandson and when he passed away, he was one of the pallbearers, he cried just as much as we did, after high school, we parked ways, as friends and we know that we'll always be family

The grand finale is here! Family 10 of 10 🥹 What an amazing way to end this immersive cultural series. It's my favorite content I've ever filmed. The Native American episode is split into 3 videos. This is the first video and each one gets more epic. Native American culture is full of generosity, love, spirituality, community, and more. I feel so much more educated on their culture and comfortable interacting with the people in a respectful way. Hopefully it's the same for you too!

“Did you just call him baby yoda? That’s my grandma” 😂

You were definitely accepted, when a native picks or teases that means we think of you as being close. We wouldn’t joke around with people we don’t think are good people, we might come off as mean but if you snap a joke right back at us I guarantee you we’ll bust out laughing and give you loud “MLAH” jk

I’m Native American I see nothing wrong with this at all we all can learn from each other.

As a Plains Cree from Canada, this warms my heart. You're such a respectful and lovely person Markian

Natives have such a fun humor. We play pranks and to outsiders it might seem like insults or teasing but it's with love. Much like some Asian cultures, we are more polite in formal situations. If we pick at you and make jokes and give you a hard time, you're one of us now. If we smile and nod, we are listening to your character and your heart and will be over polite until we know you better. If we don't know you well enough to be open with you, we will still be kind and polite but you won't get razzed. We are also a very giving culture and that fact has been abused a lot throughout history. If you are in need, we will do all we can to help. There are around 500 different tribes in North America and each has a unique heritage, culture and practices. We don't all look the same, sound the same, dress the same or have the same spiritual beliefs. We hold different things sacred and dance different dances but we are all still here. Come to a powwow! Dance with us! Eat some good food and learn some real history.

I'm Anigilohi Cherokee. I want to Thank you for honoring us and showing a side of our people that many don't know. Wado

Love seeing people who aren’t our people respecting our culture and our ways and showing people our culture and how we are not scary and we aren’t bad we are just people who care about our culture and a lot of the time is spent with us with us laughing and spending time with family. What I’m trying to say is thank you this video, love from the Me-Wuk people and great great great great granddaughter of a chief❤❤

i love native culture, it's truly beautiful

My little family and I are 100% Navajo. A few years ago we moved to Clermont FL, when we first meet people here they have no idea what Native Americans and Navajo are! It’s crazy insulting, sad and disrespectful. It makes me sad. Educate urself people we r still around u, everywhere you are.

Aw I wouldn't have come across your channel if not for these videos. Obv I'm so happy to see someone take interest in our culture, we're proud of it and ready to share, but I think this series you're doing is not only important for us but for everyone in the US and Canada as well. The world is so divided politically, and racism is alive and well, so it's beautiful to see one person take interest in another culture with such an open mind and open heart. Miigwetch (Thank you). Also, some further docs/resources if anyone would like to learn more about what Devan touched on in terms of hunting. There are two documentaries you might be interested in called "Cree Hunters of Mistassini" and "Diet of Souls". Also, anthropologist Harvey Feit has a lot of work on subsistence hunting, he's a good reference.

The baby Yoda joke almost killed me... no lie....

i love your vlogs. im ethiopian and watching you wear our traditional clothes is so heart warming!

In Sweden where I live we learn in history about different countries indigenous groups, such as the native Americans and their history and current living conditions. I’m immersed how little the Americans know compared to me as a swede about their own indigenous people

as someone who is afro-native, i would absolutely love to be “adopted” into a native family because i want to learn so much more about my heritage and culture! love this video

I’m Native American, and when I saw this, I was kind of happy he was learning about it my tribe is Mallissee

I don't know how you got in contact with Devan and convinced him to do this. But Devan was the perfect person for this challenge.

i am Mescalero Apache and i am very honored that you saw what my culture is like sadly i couldn’t learn much about it due to grandparents passing but i am honored

Totally enjoyed your journey, I am Native American and live in Hawai'i. Where I started watching and ending it with this is absolutely beautiful. Native sarcasm is a bit of an adjustment, like Hawaiian. ❤😅

Nice heishi necklaces! Pow Wow is a word derived from the Narragansetts, the tribe of my home state of Rhode Island.

Please have a season 2!

3:55 "i cant believe you called that baby yoda! Thats my grandma!! " 😂😂😂😂

As a Native American Myself i enjoyed watching You take this Journey...i love how it bring light into lives and helps People embrace each other. As for Me Myself and I i say "welcome to The Family 💗" i was happy proud choked up scared and most of all filled with Joy watching this series!

Bannock bread is originally from Scotland, but with early contact between Scottish settlers and Native Americans it became common in Native cultures!.

Some things to know treaties were signed, some were broken, but it is the individual and their actions that matter the most. Don't be afraid to say thank you. And hey keep sharing the love :)

Each tribes culture and teachings are incredibly diverse and beautiful

Amazing series, you’ve been so respectful and gracious and open to new experiences even though it’s nerve wracking at times

I plan on going to my first Pow Wow in October , in Illinois im so very excited !! ❤ ❤ ❤ I have so much Love and respect for these Beautiful people . THANK YOU for this video ! ❤

im so glad you've made this series. i've always wanted to learn more about native americans and their beautiful culture. it seems so diverse and it's so interesting to me. and natives seem so friendly and humorous and i love that too

I just cant say enough ! ❤ Staying true to their heritage , their culture just warms my soul .

I love the "it's customary that you eat a piece." 😂 I was dying. I couldn't be the cameraman, js

This is such an interesting series. Excited to see the last episode!

I have been waiting for this one I just finished and English project on native voices and I can’t wait to see this ❤

Thank you for the video. I love how your were so open minded and respectful, especially at the powwow.

I absolutely love their culture. As a Greek, I am proud of my ancestry but I wish we had more in common with this culture and their spirituality rather than the warfare mentality of my culture. The funny part is that we, the whites, call these people savages, while our cultures (Greek, Roman, Saxon, Nordic) were far more brutal.

I have some indigenous bloodline in me, I’m mixed with other stuff too. But I just want to say that I appreciate and admire the way you have handled this. You have done a good job. Although for somebody who has no ties to this you sure sport that regalia well. 😂j-k

So glad this is a 2 parter! Can't wait for more tomorrow.

Thanks for doing this set of videos Markian! I'm Shoshone but didn't get to grow up around my culture. When I heard they were taking you to Fort Hall I got so excited!

Damn dude you are so lucky I would love to do somthing like this and learn from another culture

As a Cherokee this was funny cause I thought this was just gonna be Stereotypes about us but this is all accurate

I’ve been to a dozen bow wows and they blow me away every time I know something’s I’ve been trying to learn more .

Devon (though I dont want to assume how his name is spelled) seems like such an honest and good man. Our world needs a lot more like him.

This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing! Love learning more and more.

Loved this series Markian, some of my fav content lately. Keep up the good work bro

Oh my gosh such warmness ! Inviting someone in they dont know !

I chuckled immediately seeing him eat the meat lol gotteemm

Hey Devan!! Awesome chicken dancer! I’m Lakota, I’m the wife and mother of my family and personally, I always make sure that my family receives and eats their food first, usually because I’m pooped and hot from cooking! 😂

Markian I love how you show the best in every culture. You are so wonderful. Peacemakers are called the children of God!

From 7:25-8:00 I was cracking up. I knew that was joke. I just stumbled on this video. I’m looking forward to finishing this series.

This was very educational and enlightening. Thank you for sharing.

My Great great grandmother was a Blackfoot indian. I always tell people it's where I got my sense of humor. I hear she was amazing.

As a non status Métis woman from Saskatchewan, I knew he was just making him eat the raw meat for the joke of it all. 😂

Beautiful, thank you for showing genuine interest & respect 💞. Hiy hiy 🙌🏾.

Haha, it reminds me of bringing my white friends down to the reservations and showing them the powwows I live in MN but I am from pine ridge SD, Sisseton SD, and mystic lake in MN

I love your vlogs, it makes me feel like how the whole world is connected

i have been waiting for this for days man

The way he respects his wife and how it seems customary and cultural is Beautiful!!

I wanted to look up the powwow trial app Devon had mentioned so I looked him up to see that he’s recovering from a stroke!!! 😢 Sending all the healing energy to Devon.

“deliver food?? go hunt food” 😭😭

Been waiting man. Love ya vids

That bread sure looks good !

“What kind of savage are you” lol

4:15 IS THAT BABY YODA THATS MY GRANDMA 😂😂😂

What a beautiful man putting his children and wife before him. That’s a MAN ❤️

Hes got amazing humour

"i dont want flowers!" hahaha great video

Never have I ever heard of a man that eats last. That is sanely respectful to his family😮.

Love the design of the sticks. The spiral design is similar to the spiral design on the the Samoan to’oto’o (talking staff)

GoodBye markian we will remember you for smile one last SMILE SQUADD!!!!

finallyy i waited for this for so long love this episode

What a precious experience! It is too late to find a native man though. I've wished I knew that when I first came to the States how the Natives treat women. :-) My mother background which is Karen ethnic group, if they are not Christians, there is a custom to carry on just for the oldest daughter of the family. As far as I remember, the whole family has to eat a special meal in a hut yearly, either the whole chicken or pig. During the meal, it has to be quiet, no cries or no talking. My mom was the oldest, and my sister wanted to carry on, but my maternal grandmother decided to pass it down. My youngest uncle was a lovely clown in the family and he told me that he pinched my sister because he did not have enough, so they all had to start all over again. Bravo to their abilities to keep their traditions/costumes/cultural for centuries.

8:13 is soo reall!! Bro- if my man doesn’t know how to cook (even a little) I would break up

I have full respect for this community and the Devine culture they carry. We, as europeans, should be ashamed for what we did to them in residential schools and outside. Wounds are open and these people are so opening their hearts and souls to a western guy, so much to learn from this family. ❤

Deven and family are great!

Dam first powwow at fort hall 😂hell yuh

Merry Christmas brothers, good luck and defend and defend what is yours 👍

I'm native American I'm ponca and I loved this video OMG!!!

I’m always blown away by how huge houses and yards are in the US. For a house like these in the south of England it would be millions

the way he did it all wearing an Ethiopian orthodox shirt. Eating the raw meat was lowkey fitting

Make America Great Again? No. Make Turtle Island Indigenous Again? Yes. 🐢🏝

Being honest: I’m from New Orleans, La. I was in college until I learned that “Indians” were in Marco Gras, and that my grandmother hair was “good” because her mother was 1/4 “Indian”. And that the Disney movie have starred an “Indian”. Yet, as “America” is, I never EVER see Native Americans on tv. That should really really change. Let’s see MrBeast cover that topic. I would like that. Thanks for covering the topic

the raw meat 😭😭😭 anybody who has lived around natives a long time could tell he was fucking with you from a mile away 😂 i love native humor

The sacred object is very beautiful. Always take care of your traditions. I always love you, Indian brothers.

That floor plan is in every native housing complex

2005 I met my friend Craig he is apache we all were playing a pickup game of football. For weeks he stood on the sidelines khaki pants and a fishing cap just watching until one day I asked if he wanted to play. One of the fastest people I've ever met miss that dude he joined the Marines and haven't seen him in 15 years

A lot of that ‘native humour’ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Beautiful. Great series

Exited to see next episode ❤

It’s seems more that you learned not what it is to be American but rather human. Our cultures may be different but in the end we all have a zest for life, we have our fears, beliefs and differences. Excellent presentation!

I like how they are quite cool with his mistakes like. They understand that he doesn’t mean to offend them.

9:50 the bread looks so delicious, I wanna try making it here. Love from Malaysia! ❤🇲🇾

What an interesting Vlog,just subscribed to see a Family,culture and tradition so different from where I live (Nepal)yet so familiar as we are all connected 💜🌠😇🙏✨Daven's Aura and energy is just so infectious and the enthusiasm of both the Master and the disciple is just Wow😃👍🫶

I feel the same way when i go to a pow wow or a moon ceremony (as i was lucky enough to go to a few times). I never knew what to do or how to ask for help . Now im far away from home and dont have a community to learn from. Hes a lucky man to get this opportunity

Love the native humour 👍 im also indeginous, I'm Plains Cree and im from Canada and i live in Alberta

Im from the o'odham and salt river area from Arizona and i loved this!!!

These guys are living better than their Canadian counterparts😂

Da'an'zho pyialli I'm 100 💯% native american apache of texas you good person much respect

Thoroughly enjoyed this video from your perspective.