I think it’s super important to share the reality of the stories of the world around us. Many want to deny reality based history. However, if we go back in time, it’s not always the most glamorous or beautiful stories in fact, is the ugly stories, and for that reason, I think we need to talk about it because we cannot deny that people were not great people at one point, but in order for us to be better of people now it’s important for us to acknowledge the atrocities that did happen. In addition, I think it is important for us to talk about the impact that the indigenous people have had that impact us all. Without many of the indigenous people, several of the techniques in farming that we had today would not exist. Several of the uses for items that we have today would not exist. it is important to share the value that the indigenous people have contributed to us as a people in addition to realizing that even today they are being treated poorly. We must fix the issues that we have created for others by acknowledging their presents first and foremost, but also celebrating them.
Dear sweet Bunny, your empathy for others always comes through whenever you tell us about places like this. It’s hard to deny what has happened when you paint the picture so vividly for us all. I wish there was a way that more young people like yourself could be seen because the things that you share I think we all need to hear. we have been watching your museum videos since joining your channel and every time we learn some thing even as older people. You have even gotten us excited about going to more museums as we travel or whenever we are not traveling we try to take our grandkids.
Thank you so much!! I appreciate the kind words, my goal is to always share the unique stories I find and places that I visit so others can uncover the truths shared at them
Thank you so much I just wanted to echo the stories of the indigenous people and talk a bit more about some of the more difficult topics. But also celebrate all of the amazingness of the culture that we have seen throughout some of their mini contributions. There are so many wonderful things that we can learn from our past when it comes to a Indigenous voices and I think it’s important to have museums like this that do expressed that so that we can all get a few new brain wrinkles and perhaps leave with a better understanding.
Thank you so much I just try to make sure that everyone feels welcome for the tour and then also that we touch on the subjects that are important as we move about there’s no way that I can always include everything but I try to give a good enough look at what’s going on that people walk away from my video feeling like they learned some thing or that they could visit this place and others
Funny, we have a mentioned this previously however, I wanted to once again echo these sentiments. You bring a Museum to life. Your storytelling brings each of us into what you were talking about, and gives a detailed explanation, however also captivates even the youngest of audience. As you know, we homeschool our children on the road and try to take them to as many historic sites as possible. Some of those sites are designed more so for children and allow them to immerse themselves into the education that is provided. Others are a bit harder to do so, or simply do not provide enough of a learning curve for smaller children and so it makes it a little harder to expand upon the ideas inside. Museums many times have a lot of information, but can be a sensory overload for children. I appreciate the way that you communicate the museums, so that we can watch them as a family and learn. Our children find you to be fun and exciting in part because you wear a lot of bright colors and you seem very young, despite saying that you are older than you appear. You appeal to us as adults because you provide opportunities for us to challenge ourselves to envision life beyond our daily routines. And overall you form a bridge for us to communicate whenever we watch a video and then are able to go to the location. A museum like this typically would be something that our children would walk through and complete within 10 or 15 minutes if it was up to them however, after watching one of your videos and learning from it, we then go to a museum and then the kids are excited about what they see because they understand it because of your simplicity of language. thank you for making the kind of videos that you do. I hope that more homeschooling parents can find you and enjoy your videos the way that we have.
Thank you so much! I feel like places like this should be assessable to us all and even though sometimes they put together wonderful displays. I understand that everyone receives information differently. Some people will never have the opportunity to go to the specific museum others will so I want to provide videos which allow people who are visiting to have an overall storyline so that like you said you can go in and already have kind of understanding but for those who cannot I want to fill in the blanks of history so we can all learn together and get brain wrinkles. I want my channel to always be friendly to everyone and everyone feels so they can come here and learn something new. I know not every location I visit will be something that every single individual wants to do however and places like this I also want to put something that will serve as a talking point for the bigger picture of education out there on the Internet, especially in a time were so many people want to eradicate history I think places like this or more and more important.
I’m glad that you were able to come along. I always enjoy getting brain wrinkles and learning a bit to tell the bigger story of the overall picture of the people who were here before us. It’s fascinating to see how different groups survived and thrived in the earliest days of this country before it was even a country in many cases.
I’m glad that you were able to come along. I always enjoy getting brain wrinkles and learning a bit to tell the bigger story of the overall picture of the people who were here before us. It’s fascinating to see how different groups survived and thrived in the earliest days of this country before it was even a country in many cases.
I always seek out places in hopes of finding more about the various portions of our past. But also try to make sure that we talk about the people represented with respect and honor. So whenever I found this, I knew that this was going to be a good stop for putting together some more of the pieces of historical context I’m not only this area, but also the indigenous people.
You’ve done it again, expanded my brain wrinkles. Definitely going on my bucket list. Thank you for sharing and teaching us about the ingenues people of the Prescott/AZ area. 😊✌🏼😎👍🏼
It appears since the last time I watch, do you have been doing a lot of historical travel. I really enjoy watching these, and as you say getting brain wrinkles. Thank you for sharing the struggles of the indigenous people in a way that made this whole woman think a little bit more.
First and foremost I am catching up on your comments as well, and I am super sorry that your house got flooded due to a water leak. I hope everything is coming back together for you and it’s even better than it was before. I hope nothing that was of importance and value that could not be replaced with damage. Also, yes, tons of great Britain wrinkles on some of my adventures so I know if you’ll have lots of fun catching up on some of these.
I read a book last year about the code talkers, because I am a military history buff and you are right without them. The outcome of the war would’ve been very different.
Absolutely I think that the more that we dive into history, the more that we can see the contributions of the various people within our country. Even though sometimes those people are the ones that we try to erase from history, they have had a big impact for exceeding what Hollywood has depicted them to be. Whenever I went to the Arch in St. Louis, there was a great exhibit just about this. It talked about how the white hat cowboy was always depicted to be the hero, and they turned indigenous people into the villains by calling them savages and making them lesser than. Most peoples perception of reality comes from what they see, and knowing this Hollywood exploited the indigenous people, and turned it into a narrative of them being bad to capitalize on the fact that predominantly white settlers wanted to eradicate them from the face of the landscape. I believe it’s important for us to talk about the amazing things that they did, as opposed to the Hollywood depictions of these people.
I had a Hopi friend, Mary, in grade school when I lived in AZ. She taught me about her culture, and how to bead. She was a very interesting person who was very proud of her Hopi heritage, and was very eager to share it. The Hopis made piki bread out of blue corn. She made some and shared it with me one day. She also taught me a few words so I could ask for piki in her language. We lost touch over the years, but I will never forget her. Have very fond childhood memories of her. 💕
That is awesome that you had the ability at a younger age to have such a wonderful experience learning from someone who is indigenous. I think that it’s important that he uplift. His voice is even more so today so that more people can experience and see the amazing culture and value of these wonderful tribes. For so long, their voices have been suppressed so for you to have that experience and it have been so impactful and meaningful, I think says a lot.
Absolutely! My goal is always to share as much factual history as I can. I also have always made it a point to try to share underrepresented areas, attractions, or information. Especially in today’s climate, I think it’s very important to talk about the indigenous people even more so because their voices have been muffled for so long, so being able to share things about their culture and their history and also their current voices through this activism that is represented is extremely important important
I grew up and continue to be a part of the Christian faith. Within Christianity there are many denominations and beliefs, which vary. I also went to school with Catholic children, who believed very differently than I did. I am much older than you, and I still recall learning that God is love and you are supposed to love your neighbor when I heard you say that they were not allowed to practice their religion. This was the first that I knew of this. I am ashamed that this is the first time that I knew that they were restricted from being able to worship in the way that they do. my beliefs might be different, but I have always been under the impression that we are all supposed to be able to have our right to worship in our own way no matter our religious affiliation. I also remember learning the basic principles of our government at a young age, and it expressed that we should be able to do this. Why is it if we were taught that it was supposed to be something we could exercise that they did this to the people? The more I watch your videos and become better educated, the more I realize, the hypocrisy that surrounds us all I live through some of the most horrific points in history or so I thought during segregation, however, it appears that even knowing how bad that was that some people were treated just as badly but talked about much less. As an old woman now, I am learning and that is a hard pill to swallow to think that your entire life you never knew so much about so many of the things. Thank you for bringing a light to us and putting a light on these dark things that people have done. I have always tried to treat people with love, because that is what I was told to do through my religion. I don’t see how people who learned about the same Christ that I did could be so horrible to others.
Sadly, this is a story that is echoed by so many there are a lot of people out there, who have no idea what has happened to the indigenous people not because of their own willful ignorance, but more so that they were never taught or were the subjects discussed. On several previous videos, I have talked about how the modification of history has happened overtime in order to suppress indigenous voices and also voices of those who survive throughout the civil rights movement and before. The depiction of history that we have whenever we read a book typically is a water down version because there’s just so much That has happened over the past 200 years or more. The problem is many times whenever they’re choosing which points to put in the highlight Morceau of the villainess portions that they would like to depict versus the reality. Well, some of the facts that they are presenting share a timetable. Typically there isn’t a deep dive into the culture a lot of times, do the time constraints. But sometimes it is because of things that are happening very similarly to what’s going on in our climate today where people would like to omit pieces of history or rewrite books. For example, currently in Florida, they are trying to remove the fact that Rosa Parks was black. Without that piece of historic context, future generations will not fully grasp the full level of the civil rights movement, and why it was so impactful and continues to be such an impact even today. Similar things have happened with indigenous voices. That coupled with Hollywood, sharing a narrative of cowboys versus Indians and creating the narrative that the indigenous people were bad or they were savage versus the reality that many of these communities could not have survived without the indigenous people of the area, or that many of the indigenous people did work with those pioneers and settlers excuse the history and makes us ignorant to the fact that people not only existed here before settlers, but also thrived. Many times we see the depiction of indigenous people having nothing and that’s why they were so easily overtaken. They couldn’t be further from the truth many times the people who would come in and massacre them, would do so by the cloak of night. It’s important for us to go to places like this because we can learn the things about how they were able to practice or not practice their own religion, or how they were able to have skills and crafts, that they would pass on to those who did not have the same skills and crafts. Thank you so much for being so open and honest with your personal experience. I think that conversations like these start us all going down the right path so that we could not only understand indigenous voices, but also expand upon them, so that we can understand history a bit more clearly, and make for better tomorrow’s as a whole.
25:49 I would really enjoy seeing you share more about this topic. Up until a couple of years ago. I had no idea that these places even existed and then they found the mass graves in Canada and it brought a light to them. I know that myself, and so many others were horrified to know that this it happened to children. Would you feel comfortable tackling this in a bit more detail because I feel like you have a very specific way that you do your videos that shares facts in a way that we could all understand better..
I like many didn’t know very much about these, however, have learned a lot more since discovering that this happened. It’s some thing that because it’s so ugly has not been talked about historically in our regular education system. I’m not sure exactly where I could tackle this because most of the school areas still are privately owned areas. However, if I do get the opportunity, I would like to expand upon this because I think that knowledge is power, and the more that we acknowledge the atrocities the more that we can move forward as a People trying to find solutions to that this never happens again.
@@BunnyPlaysHere I really hope that you do because I think that your perspective on how you share things is something that takes away the defense of mini who think that something is too hard to listen to because you are very friendly. I also think that because of the way that you share stories that even in a tough situation, you could help us navigate through that.
Also, thank you for including the prices and also the discounts that are available. My husband and I have gone to a few places and been able to receive a discount as a result of learning that they do have discounts through your channel.
I loved Montezuma's Castle! I had such a deep experience there! I'll never forget it! Clan of the Cave Bear book series is one of my favorites! Although fiction, it really describes how a lot of the first people lived. ❤
I hope to visit potentially on a future visit. On this particular trip I could not and someone told me that they actually are not opening the same way that they used to be so I want to look more into this before I try to go.
19:34 curious the symbol that is on the basket I have seen it in indigenous art before that predates the German bad people, however, do you know the meaning?
From what I could find it is Hopi design that was used in many times indicated healing. I’m not sure if that is the only place that they used it however or the only trade with used it.
@@BunnyPlaysHere thank you. I have seen it before but I never knew why or how. Do you know how it was adopted from the German side was it because someone had seen it on the artwork here? I’m just curious because I find it fascinating to see symbolism, and how people have used it and then manipulated it.
It is really upsetting to know that they wouldn’t let them speak their own language, but then wanted to steal their language to help us. We should all be thankful that these men shared their language with us because they were under no obligation after the horrible treatment to do so.
11:57 why did the government think it was OK to ban them? Whatever happened to freedom of religion? I guess I shouldn’t ask that because currently people want to ban religion again for people who don’t agree with Christian values. And this is coming from someone who grew up in the church.
Hypocrisy has been strong in our country for quite some time when it comes to freedom of religion. The problem is not the words that originally granted freedom of religion. It is that the interpretation of that freedom of religion has fallen upon man and man is flawed. Man typically is very self-serving and wants what’s in the best interest of man. That doesn’t mean Allman it means the man who is interpreting at that moment. So unfortunately, I think a lot of the reasons we have problems. Today is because of individuals, interpreting for what they think would be the best interest of themselves, as opposed to the greater good of overall people.
@@BunnyPlaysHere hypocrisy definitely is still strong here in the United States. And it’s not just like the big stuff it’s the little stuff too. I remember in my hometown we had a school dance and the church said that people couldn’t go to the school dance because it was secular, but then they had a church dance, and it was OK. Supposedly it was because dancing was bad. But because they prayed at the beginning, they said that the dancing was fine. I thought at first it was because they might play different music, but they didn’t. They play the exact same kind of music. Talk about hypocrites.
