Royal Marine Reacts To The Last War Chief - Joe Medicine Crow 

"A horse is a horse." "Of course, of course."

If I remember correctly, Joe didn’t even realize he’d fulfilled all the requirements till some time later when he was telling war stories to some buddies. I can imagine they’re reacting being something along the lines of “whoa, hold on a minute Joe”

Lakota here, we also have similar requirements to become a war chief. Also your right about the eagle feathers is considered a big deal to the point there is a whole ceremony that is supposed to be done if one touched the ground and the reason for that goes back to one of our old legends we tell. You’re also right about different Native American groups have different traditions, but we all celebrate our warriors and if you want then look into your wife claim about possible Native American ancestry then you might get accepted into a tribe and no whatever tribe it is then you will be honored. If you want to know another Native American that served during WWII then look into one named Dave Beautiful Bald Eagle.

Nic is a jujitsu trainer. He co owns a gym and its his day job. No longer an electrician but still does that.

It amazes me Joe Medicine Crow doesn’t have a Sabaton song about him, huge missed opportunity

"Strategically Transferring Equine to Alternate Location"... 😁

Full blooded Mi’kmaq here, in our tribe to be war chief you had to be recognized in battle by wise women and only they could make you war chief

Just a brief correction, I'm sure Nick (TFE) knows this but misspoke, Joe Medicine Crow joined the US Army in 1943 and was a infantry scout, the Allies in France reached the Siegfried line in late 1944 and Joe along with other scouts and engineers breached the Line in January 1945.

I'm Yuchi (Euchee) and an enrolled citizen of the Muscogee Creek Nation. My tribe was originally from the southeast in what is now Tennessee and Georgia, and was moved here to what is now Oklahoma in the 1830s . While there were warriors in my tribe, my ancestors didn't have the same customs and requirements for becoming a war chief like what is mentioned in this video. As you mentioned, there were many tribes with specifically different cultures and languages. My people were from the eastern woodlands, and had a completely different way of life from the tribes that lived on the plains or in the deserts.

Ok, as someone who was born and raised in the state with more Natives and more reservations than any other state in the US I’ve got a few things to set straight for you since you’re British and don’t really know what the real life relationship is like between Native Americans and modern Americans. 1. Becoming a war chief to Native American warriors is similar to what a Medal of Honor is for modern American soldiers. It’s something only achieved by the bravest warriors. 2. It’s absolutely NOT disrespectful for white people to wear feathers in their hair if it’s done with respect. It’s disrespectful to wear full tribal chief headdress for Instagram or to make fun of Natives. That’s something that only happens on social media by ppl from big cities because anyone born in the country knows what headdresses symbolize. I have a fake Chiefs head dress, a few feathered headbands, and dream catchers in one of my closets that I got at Indian Powwows. I literally got them FROM Native Americans who were selling them as decorations. 3. Science far surpassed what we call “Old Indian Knowledge” a long time ago. They have a very spiritual and connected relationship with the land but modern science blew right past old Indian knowledge in the 1900’s. It’s still a very complicated relationship between Natives and Moderns but Natives are revered all across the country for their place in our culture. The United States Army respects Native American war tribes so much for their ferocity and fighting spirit that most Army helicopters are named after each individual war tribe as the ultimate sign of respect for a worthy adversary. Apache, Blackhawk, Kiowa, Comanche, Little Bird, etc.

its amazing that Joseph Medicinecrow was like hold on i need to do these sidequests during a war.

thanks for appreciating the accomplishments of this fantastic chief of the people

Family legend on my mother's side is we were married into the Chiricahua Apache tribe through Geronimo. Geronimo is one of the most effective Apache Chieftains, freeing his people and fighting the US over and over, only surrendering to them at Fort Bowie stating "My people are sick and dying. I am tired. Once, I moved like the wind. Now I surrender to you and that is all." Geronimo had surrendered with his 38 (70 at the start) men when over 5,000 soldiers and 2 veteran generals were trying to stop him. He had snuck past them all the way to their garrison to finally surrender. All after 25 years of proving his point.

Fat election is the best storyteller on the internet.

He probably injured himself doing BJJ. He's a trainer at a local gym.

My moms family is Lakota and Northern Cheyenne and my uncle served in Vietnam. He told me a story about how he and a few other Lakota friends of his surrounded a VC machine gun nest and started taunting the VC in Lakota and "whooping and hollering". It scared the VC so much they ran away and my uncle and his friends captured the machine gun. He composed a victory song about it. Translated into English: "The Dog Faces are running away! The Lakota have taken their gun! They are crying without it"

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I have a native american ancestor many many generations back, and while I don't look or claim to be a Native myself, I take a lot of pride in that part of my history, and I have taken on a journey over the last several years to explore that part of who I am, no matter how small it may be. One thing I have discovered on this journey is that there were a huge number of culturally distinctive tribes. There are some general truths that span across most of those tribes, such as the honoring or celebration of warriors who display high levels of bravery, and the respect for those who have come before you. I greatly welcome you to take your own journey to explore Native American cultures if you get a chance. Unfortunately, in my efforts to learn about who I am also lead me to learn that the tribe I would have belonged to has long been extinct as a culture (Pocomtuc) and mostly absorbed into other tribes or just faded into obscurity over time.

I’ve seen reports about Joe Medicine Crow. He was an amazing man.

10:49 this is true! Audie Murphy, who was the most decorated soldier in WWII and who the final battle in Fury is based on, became an actor when he got back to the US and in some movies he played himself portraying his own actions during WWII. And the Hollywood writers literally had to tone his real life down because it was “too unbelievable.” Even though he was literally the guy who had been there and done it.

0:23 bold of you to assume I am not already subscribed

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I can’t speak for everyone ofc, but I am Maya (Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, etc) and grew up around the Ojibwe people in Minnesota and Wisconsin area. Some people have already commented about feathers and everything but I also wanted to mention that a lot of indigenous people also view ‘southern’ native Americans as cousins or brothers and sisters too, but we also have our own differences as well. Some people think of native Americans as only AMERICAN, but there are ‘First nations’ in Canada, and indigenous people of mesoamerica (middle America), South America, and the Caribbean who also have their own cultures and ‘war chiefs’ but are also a little different. I also saw some comments talking about head dresses, eagle feathers, and dreamcatchers, honestly its difficult because some indigenous people will sell things other natives will scold them for selling but some NEED to make money some how, especially if they aren’t part of a federally recognized tribe or their tribe is poor. Basically? Just try to be respectful, and understand that some people wont care no matter what you do, some will care no matter what you do, and that since 1492 when the genocide sailed across the ocean blue, it was basically a death sentence to be found with a headdress, drum, dreamcatcher, regalia/uniform/traditional clothing, that was often used in ceremonies that were also banned and quite literally illegal in the 1930s and not protected until 1970, so many elders were alive knowing what it was like to have to hide not only their traditions, but their children too, else they be stolen and put in a boarding school that ‘wasn’t very nice’. If you’re really interested I’d do research, some tribal governments have websites teaching about their tribes traditions and struggles, and there’s also the National Museum of the American Indian which should have more information too. (I’m sure Canada has one too but honestly idk, its basically the same as America but with a little more French lol)

“A horse is a horse. Of course of course “. Lmao

In 2010 the Cornell University Genetic Ancestry Project used genetic tests to identify Native American heritage in between 4 percent and 5 percent of the 200 undergraduates studied. None of these students had ever been aware of Native Ancestry. Cornell is one of the waspiest universities in the Northeast, a region of the US where there is the least surviving Native culture for reasons that should be obvious. Long distance and many times removed Native Ancestry in the US is far more common than the census would lead us to believe and a part of this is the social stigma of being mixed race that was prevalent in the US until quite recently.

The movie To Hell and Back is the story about Medal of Honor winner Audie Murphy, with Audie Murphy playing himself. Murphy downplayed his heroism because some of the events in his career sounded way larger than real life. Hacksaw Ridge is also one of those films where the story it's based on sounds more like a legend than reality.

Braiding Sweet Grass is a great book!

So I'm not a Native. I'm Irish, Italian, German, Swedish and Finnish. I'm a straight mutttt. I have family who are Natives. I've fought 10-on-one twice and had issues when I was younger and got into fights. I've been to jail 3 times for fighting. The only reason I didn't end up in the U.S. Military is my medical records. I had a neurological issue that caused blindness. All that said, we Americans know- DONT F WITH THE NATIVES!!! As tough as you think you are, NOPE. My dad was a special operator and had a native on his team. He was a tracker, but this guy was tough. Don't mess with Native Americans. Full respect to all tribes, if you know what's good for you. ❤

The thing about Americans is a lot of us do have native American blood. Some more than others, both of my great grandmother's were native, and I have enough blood that I still have the bone structure, and skin color. I'm a white male German, and Welsh decent. My great great grandfather was Jefferson Davis the president of the Confederates in the civil war. Born and raised in Mississippi on a plantation. He went to West point and was one of the people who got away with the biggest drinking scandal in West point history lol. My great grandmother on my dad's side was atakapa native American, my great grandmother on my mom's side was chickasaw. My point is we are a mixed hogpog of cultures and race here in the states

Havasuipai. Come to the Canyons seriously. Next time you visit. I'll take you deep in the Canyons bush! 🐺

Starting somewhere around 20000 years ago, people began coming to North America. It's not all one group that came from one place, but many groups over centuries, that established the various tribes. I'm mainly Muskogee (registered Creek), but also have Cherokee and some others in my lineage. While one can be of mixed tribal heritage, one can only legally be registered with one tribe. It's always good to hear someone taking an interest in the mythologies and history.

He's a jiu-jitsu coach. He might have got popped rolling on accident.

Been a fan of yours for years and a fan of garand thumb, Brandon Herrera, fat electrician etc. just as long. It’s awesome to watch you discover the other creators I’ve been enjoying for years 🤙

He’s a jujitsu purple belt

Love the videos i know some cc get burnt out but just like to say i for one appreciate ya taking ya time to react and show us and giving us some thoughts and info on what you know to it aswell

The best book you could read (probably) about the Native Americans in North America is Black Elk Speaks. Black Elk was an actual historical figure who was present, experienced and remembered key points of the Native American/Anglo-American encounters. In his old age (1920s I think) he was interviewed with a couple of his friends and they describe growing up in the last days of traditional Lakota (Sioux) culture before it was erased by Anglo-Americans. Unlike a lot of books in which some historian or anthropologist voices speculations about such an experience, Black Elk actually lived it, witnessing and participating in key moments like the Fort Laramie Treaty, the battle at Little Big Horn and the slaughter at Wounded Knee. He was also a respected Medicine Man (shaman) and the descriptions of his "visions" are amazing. That said, I wouldn't go too overboard trying to elevate them as a people and revive the "Noble Savage concept. Human nature is universal, but the Native Americans largely as a whole conducted war in a particularly savage manner, where enslavement, rape and torture of captured enemies was practically recreational fun. That's also a universal practice, but, as in most things, provoking astonishment and amazement to an especially high degree is something in which Native Americans excel probably far more than any other group. Among others, the sentiment of having exceptionally savage practices in war was put forth by military historian John Keegan, a former lecturer at Sandhurst. In his book, A History of Warfare, Keegan nominated the Native Americans as being particularly ruthless in their martial behavior and when one looks at the so-called Flowery Wars of the Aztecs, or the descriptions of the systemic torture captives of the Comanche endured (for reading, Empire of the Summer Moon by Gwynne), Native American practices in such things IS far higher and very much beyond just about any other people, even the Mongols. If anyone read this far, thank you for the effort.

My family is (Iroquois) Haudenosaunee from upstate NY. It’s always nice seeing different tribal history being popular or viral reaction videos.

I'm a descendant of several races (¼German, ⅛Scottish, ⅛Irish, ¼Dutch) with a portion of my blood being that of the ⅛Comanche and ⅛Crow tribes. I was fortunate enough to spend a good amount of time with my great-grandmother, which was where my native ancestry comes from, she being half Comanche and half Crow and given that I was very young I don't remember everything but from what I can remember just those two tribes were very different from each other while still sharing many commonalities between the two. I remember something she said a few times was that the Comanche people often referred to themselves as Numunuu, which means The People, and the Crow people called themselves Apsáalooke which I think means the Children of the Large Beaked Bird or something like that. She was very adamant about teaching people about the ways our ancestors actually referred to themselves and the ways they would describe things. She would say that there is a power that flows through all things, and it's important to use the proper "tongue" when we speak about something. What she was meaning when she used the term "tongue" wasn't a reference to what language you use, but to how something is described and the emotions and intentions behind your words. She always felt the need to educate anyone who'd listen about this knowledge because she believed that the world was forgetting the true language of the earth. That language not being determined by the words or sounds you use but by giving an accurate description of something that is derived from the meaning behind the word(s) used and the energy and emotions tied to that description. You could say something using nothing but different sounds as long as it conveyed an accurate depiction of the energy and/or emotion behind what you wanted to say. Done properly, that statement could be understood by anyone no matter what language they spoke.

That should be made into a movie ASAP

Makes you proud to be on the same side as these honorable men

The horse stealing rule should be updated to include vehicles so they can get more war chiefs

Can I recommend his videos on 'The Real Tank Genius Of WW2 - Percy Hobo Hobart' he's a genius & he's a Brit!! 'The Infamous Eager Beavers & Their Custom B17 Bomber - Old 666' which is also amazing

There’s a Ken Burns documentary called “The War”, on WW2. Excellent all around. He’s interviewed in it.

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if you want to hear his story in his own words, he's in Ken Burns documentary of WWII. I recommend the series regardless, given that there are virtually zero "experts" interviewed, just those who lived through the war via interviews, letters home, and newspaper editorials from the time. it's structured around four towns spaced equally around the country, with the interviews largely coming from people who lived in those towns/cities and the war unfolds though their perspectives, and they were able to find people from those towns who give shape to the entire war- from the Home Front, to Europe, to the Pacific. Joe Medicine Crow DOESN'T come from one of the four towns/cities, but his story was extraordinary enough that they featured him regardless.

12:09 Bless you

you might have noticed, or in case you hadnt, but the fat electricians sponsorships are full of gold jokes too. worth watching the whole video, every time.

To put it in prospective it's a 42 day walk without stopping from LA to NY. So many different languages and cultures in between.

Respect on learning about the Native American mythology. Yes, you're right. A LOT of Americans say they have a little bit of 'instert native tribe here' in them. Edit: Holy shit! I have Braiding Sweetgrass on my nightstand right now. Absolutely incredible book. Literally made me tear up in parts.

I think Native American people and culture are absolutely amazing, and beautiful. I appreciate them very much. I am a mixed race lady, and IMO the Native ladies are absolutely beautiful. The ones I had the pleasure of being around were Apache, Crow, and Sioux. I have so much respect for them as well as their culture ❤

Stealing the horses is a chess move aswell. It prevents anyone from escaping to reveal their position.

Nick the fat electrician, is a fan of martial arts I would say the name of the one he specifically said he liked but for the life of me I can't remember. He talks about it on the unsubscribe podcast of which he's a co-host.

My grandmother is full blood Cherokee.My great-grandfather walked the trailer tears.I can't speak for every american but in my lineage , it's pretty recent

Please watch Nic’s adds. He usually does a funny skit between him and his wife which adds to the greatness of his videos. Also always watch till the end.

Oglala Lakota Code Talker Garfield T Brown from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota served with the First Infantry Division in North Africa ( Kasserine Pass), Tunisia, Sicily, Omaha Beach ( Normandy ) Bronze Star), Battle of The Bulge.

That wasn't a sneeze, that was your war whoop. :)

The First Snow you have to Clean your self (with the snow). Fully clean. Every year. At least that's what we do here.

11:00 Absolutely!! Also its amazing how many Medal of Honor recipients had to "tone down" the actual stories to get those awards

Bless you

My grandmother was born and raised on the Passamaquoddy pleasant point reservation in Maine..She was half Miqmac.....Maine has Large population of natives.

Try to stick around till after the “quack bang out,” often FE has interview footage or little extras hidden in the end credits.

I'm native,half Navajo Nation and half Muskogee Creek natio ,but I'm a City NdN,raiseD like the black,white ,Mexican and Asian kids in my town! My pops went to vietnam,and was the point man,he was first everywhere before his platoon,to make sure it was safe for the platoon to advance

The requirements being ticked off sounds like a Boy Scout mom keeping up with her son's Eagle requirements so he can for sure get the $5000 scholarship. :)

I live in Maine. The Mic Mac are one of the indigenous people here.

Good work dude

He tells stories so Dam good!

You are one of the few reactors that have seen this gem. this guy was a video game character who existed IRL

I know he says it a lot and I'm sure some people miss it so let me spell this out for you guys S - Strategically T - Transfer E - Equipment to an A - Alternate L - Location

I love these stories. Just a taste of history.

You really need to watch “unkillable” Roy Benavidez

Thank YOU.

Mighty Mouse of the UFC has been hanging out for a few days. I would not be the least bit surprised their are training dings and dents.

I just subscribed. Also I like your glasses.

2 generations my Grandmother. He is a Brazilian Judditsu black belt.

Please react to his video on the “77th infantry division” it’s my 2nd favorite of his videos I know it long but it’s well worth it

When I was younger I moved to Arizona to help take care of my parents for a short time I got a part time job at McDonald's because taking care of my parents was basically full time one of my coworkers was from the Hopi tribe and I got to hang out on the reservation for a little bit and I learned a lot about native American mythology I guess you could call it

Hahaha. Sure, there are some things that have been lost or buried in time that have to be rediscovered, but science is way ahead.

Bless you.

He did get a bunch of the dates wrong. The attack on the Siegfried line happened in late 1944.

Sir War Chief Joe Medicine Crow is certainly an interesting name

I don't think the Britt caught the Mister Ed reference😂

@OriginalHuman he’s a jujitsu teacher/practitioner he gets into fights all the time nothing out of the ordinary just his side job

Badass video 😊

Never forget educational aswell.

There is another one about the only sub to take out a train

Can you tell me the title of that mythology book? I'd like to check it out.

my ancestor was a chief for abanaki tribe, part of the Algonquin Tribe, my cousin was born with a tribal birthmark. Yea we’re mostly European, but they say the less % of a ethnicity you have, it makes sense why that would be your starting ethnicity, I mean if you go all the way back to what started your lineage, then it’d make the most sense as to why that ethnicity should hold more close too us then the ones that are like 98% etc, also I had Norway at like 14% but for some reason ancestry took it off, I do have Denmark, Sweden, England/NW Europe, Scotland, Wales & Indigenous

If you can find the video the trail of tears it will show and explain a lot about what happened to them good video everyone says they got messed up by America the ones that truly got screwed or the Indians

I don’t know if you watched until the video was over and Nic just didn’t have any funny parting words. But the Fat Electrician usually has some more at the ends of his videos. You gotta watch until he walks out of the video goes dark.

Nick is a purple belt martial arts instructor.

Nic (Fat Electrician) takes Jujitsu, and does fight.

the language of each tribe is all different and for me hard to learn. my grandpa spoke it very well but I cant comprehend it.

I always wonder what a name like Medicine Crow sounds like in the actual language of the nation.

If he was injured he dose Brazilian ju jitsu

If you like unbelievable true battlefield stories, you’ll really like TFE’s video on MSG Roy Benevidez!

Probably already seen this one 3 times with huskey electrons. Just here to hear you enjoy. 😉

To all the First Nations people in here, thank you for keeping your heritage going. This world still needs you.

Kickapoo here. You need to think of tribes as nations with bands inside those nations. Also we cover 2 continents so no nothing like the scottish lol. Many many different races and root languages, writing, building, &c.

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I think 34 is the cut off date now