The Maori Visit Wounded Knee 

To the Maori people, Thank you for coming and bringing us Indigenous Peoples together.....Hekta-o-eya unkyo stompi, Hena-o-hen-e-ya- um chlo-yapi k'tu a. We will be known forever by the tracks we leave behind.

Love to our Maori brothers and sisters for paying their respects to our Lakota relatives in such a touching manner.

Maori have been coming to Wounded Knee for many years to pay our respects. One of the first groups to visit this Sacred place was in 1975! May our connections to the people and the land be always strong!

Tears and chills. What a beautiful way to approach sacred land. May we all learn to honor each other.

Im a man and this made me tear up its rare but beautiful sight to see native peoples thousands of miles apart share the same message. Much love to the Māori❤️❤️❤️

My Mother is Maori and my Father is Cherokee/Seminole, with a hint of Irish as I always say...But I am proud to be of both worlds and feel the pain from both, my ancestors I pray for their guidance and strength when it comes to fighting any battle....They are my life line as well as Mother Earth.

SO HONORED THAT THEY CAME TO HONOR OUR ANCESTORS

Nina wopida to our Maori brothers and sisters for your gift of ceremony and respect shown our Lakota relatives massacred at Wounded Knee. This is a profoundly touching tribute.

That's one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my whole life.

My grandson is Maori (Tuhoe, Nga Puhi, Nhati Pukeko) and Lakota (from a family in Wounded Knee)...

alone, we are few... indigenous, we are many. peace and unity to All Nations!!! ✊

Thanks to our Maori whanau and our Lakota whanau for allowing us Maori on your land much appreciated love you guys

Ome' long live the Maori people long live the Lakota oyate' . Yokoke' am akaana'( thank you friends)

Thank you for honoring my ancestors in such a beautiful way.

I am a member of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and finally visited the site during our Annual Fort Robinson Cheyenne Break out Run. Their is a Great Presence there and my Nahko'ehe (Mother) and I got out of the car and we heard men singing..... WE looked all over and mind you it was dead of winter. We heard men singing!!! We noticed the sound was coming from the trees... Their spirits are still there and resiliant

Maori respect for Wounded Knee is a profound respect for those in the other side of the veil. God Bless that Warrior clearing the way , all Maori visitors All Lakota people and highest respect to those lying in wait at Wounded Knee......their souls speak ... listen... ... their call is there ... God bless all of you

This is so great to have found this clip. I am of Maori descent working in remote reservations. Thank you!

Thank you for the visit, the respect, tears, and the prayers. As a Lakota it was very heartfelt to see this video and appreciate your people's prayers and songs.

thank you for honoring my ancestors. I love the Maori culture!!!

Blessed Be to the Lakota and the Maori peoples for this ceremony of shared grief and respect. May all who witness this be blessed.

This video should have been longer. God bless the worlds native peoples. Keep it Tribal , never forget who you are and where you came from. Peace and Love : )

What a beautiful tribute. We can all learn from this type of respect, incorporation and acknowledgment of the beauty in our own culture and the beauty of other people’s traditions as well. How seamlessly these rites and traditions marry when we pay homage to others 💜💜💜

this is powerful stuff..i shed tears during the ceremonial approach to the cemetary

Thank you for paying respects to our brothers and sisters the Lakota. Bless you all for this!

This is so moving. Blessings to the members of New Zealand's Institute for Excellence in the Maori Language.

So beautiful. I’d love to learn the ways of the Maori more intimately. It’d be nice to visit and learn from every tribe😍 what a dream

I am an old white lady from Canada, watching with tears streaming down my cheeks. I live near The Algonquin Pikwakanagan First Nation People. I have many Indigenous family members and good friends. My son in law is Mi-kmaq from Moncton Nova Scotia. I feel such deep shame over the way my people, white people, my anscestors, have treated, and continue to treat our Indigenous Peoples. It's a heavy ache in my heart. Thank you for sharing this beautiful ceremoney. Meegwetch waki ijiwebis-i🙏

AAAHO! Waste' .... Ahéhee'...from the brothers and sisters of the southwest Dine'....i found this very moving and tearful thank you for sharing. (walk in beauty)

Pila Maiya Wakan Tanka, I am a Tongan (Polynesian) myself with a great love and connection with the Lakota Oyate. We brothers and sister will be forever standing in the name of the Great Spirit, the Creator, Tunkasila

I love you so much this. Honor to all Tribes of Mother Earth. Love love love love love love love. Apache and Cherokee Texas

Thanx for representing us there.... Much love to our native Indians brothers... Love frm nz...

This is a breathtaking beautiful tribute, so respectful, deep, profound of the Maori. Wow. Thank you for taping it and sharing. I almost thought I was going to see "Thunderheart" engraved on the memorial. I say that with great respect for the memorial and for the message the scenes in that movie portray about the very near ancestors of the Lakota who live today and the terrible senseless massacre of 200! defenseless people including women and children. Appalling. Thunderheart, the film, has very moving scenes at the Wounded Knee memorial, and elsewhere there, and, it has Val Kilmer and Sam Shepherd and Graham Greene and is one of my favorite films of all time, as is Whale Rider. A ho!

Beautiful! Thank you Maori people live long!

mahalo nui maori brothers & sisters * my heart will never stop aching from the pain inflicted by hatred, greed & indifference to deep spiritual connectedness to all life * may great spirit look kindly upon us all 🙏🕯

Kiaora & Nisa bula vinaka, name is Issy I'm both Maori/Fijian. Dad's Fijian mums Maori. Shes ngaitahu south Island (Murihiku).watching this video brought tears to my eye's. Having both Maori/Fijian blood's through my vein is an honor. Pride with (Mana) I leave in Canada now. When I watched this video, my heart starts to pumped up ready for battle. Thank you so much for shearing this vids,..(tu meke) Mean Maori mean.

Wow I never thought I’d be in tears 💙💙

Terrific video. May every blessing from the Creator flow to all of you. Mi-gwetch Gitche Manitou!

Outstanding and beautiful show of respect. I am Poly and Texas Apache.

I hope they never stop paying homage to their ancestors. A beautiful and united people. I felt warmth, sadness and love.

We need more of this, Im Maori and us indigenous people need to stick together, much love to your people.

Wopila!! (Thank-you!) This was/is absolutely beautiful.

I would have liked to see more of the ceremony. Love and respect to all spirits gathered here.

Thank you so much Austronesian brothers and sisters, for standing for the Native Americans. From the Philippines.

Stay strong our Lakota brothers! Kia Kaha (Stay and be strong) we are the same spiritual people my deepest respects to your people and YOUR tribal lands!

WOPILA DEAR RELATIVES TO THE UNASHAMED PEOPLE OF THE TEARS I HONOR YOU AND YOUR PRESENCE. WOPILA For Demonstrating Your Own Respect And That For Our People 🦋

Much love to all Nations & Tribes. May you always be connected, because all have endured great sufferage, injustices, pain, and tremendous losses over land and water, that has been greatly disrespected.

sharing the grief is really a very beautiful thing. May they be blessed

I always shed a few tears when I watch this….every single time. And I have watched this many many times.

thank you for your respects my fellow indigenous peoples my your ancestors love surround you

Qwaqwaii/Ah'hee'he/A'ho! LOVE from Hopi AZ!

The power of spiritual acknowledgement and respect... thank you for sharing this so that those who are lost from their tribes can remember. I seek my tribe 😔

May all of our ancestors Rest in Peace as we remember to find Peace in their Rest. May we all trace their steps in order to remember who we are, what we are, and why we are. Ometeotl, Brothers and Sisters of all Nations.🙏🏾🦉🙏🏾

On our way to Standing Rock Sioux Nation from the Navajo Nation in 2016 we stopped also at Wounded Knee. It is true you can feel the pain, the misery, the fear that our Lakota grandparents and children felt as they died that day, the same emotions felt by my Navajo ancestors at Ft. Sumner NM and on the way there called the Long Walk where over 2,000 Navajo also perished as they watched loved ones die at the hands of the same evil government's manifest destiny twist ideology military, the US Calvary. Where is the apology? Thank you to our Maori brothers and sisters.

Hau/Kia ora - it's wonderful to see some Maori leaders paying respects in the traditional way to the Great Lakota people at this important site.'"Hótȟaŋiŋpi" is the Lakota word for, "They will have their say."' Just a bit of research I see the 'ŋ' in Lakota is pronounced the same as Maori 'ng'? Tino pai. E pa to hau ...

Wow that is beautiful. You brought healing to that place no doubt. 🙏

I got tingles all over my body I know I am not ment for regular civilization I feel my spirit ...as of a native ...one that want to connect with land ..and his ansestors

Thankful for all Natives, you care for nature!! 😘 Thx so much

from one spiritual culture to another. speakn the same language at tha end of the day.

Beautiful, precious, sacred people.

Why am I crying is like they are communicating with my soul

This has me crying... I felt everything.

Thank you new Zealand .. watching this was very emotional... thank you. Respect. One love

I still can't watch these videos w/o getting emotional.

Kia Ora My great+ grandparents were killed at Wounded Knee, Gray Eyes, brother of Chief Spotted Elk/Big Foot. Pilamayaye/whakawhetai koe ♥️

powerful...a testament to the importance of community and tradition, something that has been lost to the modern cultures.

Wow this is such a beautiful thing to show your respect for this tragic past event and loss of life.

Which ones are the "savages"? Those who have a peaceful demonstration? Or those who do harm to disagree?

I am tearing up😢 beautiful and touching..

To the great warrior maori people visiting our wounded knee memorial site in South Dakota. The brutal Cheney rush massacre of April 17th of 1931. On the crow creek sioux Indian reservation of SD northwest of the town stephan along the narrow long valley just below the hilly prairie land country along the beautiful Missouri River! This is our very sad tragic story and the Dakota and the Lakota sioux warriors victory charge! We always remembered it as the American civilians intruders involvement that really started the Buffalo County war or the Great war for the northern part of the reservation! During the the time of the sooner policy act the reservation land take over of the twenty century! The only Dakota sioux Indian reservation in South Dakota actually fought a heroic victories war to save their northern reservation last Buffalo hunting grounds and their northern reservation rich fertile farm lands along the beautiful Missouri River! Also There's a very sad forgotten tragedy and the last Dakota and Lakota sioux warriors true victory song! Many decades after the wounded knee massacre. It actually started in the nearly the entire month April of 1931. The continued harassment by the local towns people and the ranchers in the northern part of the reservation! The American civilians intruders wanted the Dakota sioux Indian people leave immediately from their own reservation homelands! The early days of the great depression area of the two warm days 17th through the 18th of April of 1931. On the crow creek sioux Indian reservation SD northwest of the town stephan. The only resistance was a large encampment of a little over sixty hunkpati Dakota sioux people were still definitely living on Cheney rush, actually in a long narrow valley just below the hilly prairie land country along the beautiful Missouri River. On the morning on same day the Dakota sioux men went on a hunting trip on the other side of the reservation. When a large party of over a hundred white civilians came with guns and rifles! The Dakota sioux Indian encampment of traditional people had never expected no one to arrival there! The American civilians seriously wanted to take away the Dakota sioux Indians inside Northern reservation rich fertile farm lands along the beautiful Missouri River. When the American civilians had arrived there. An altercation of violence that really happened there! Just like many Indian wars had happened in the us history! The American intruders started a full bloody massacre fight! The American civilians had less fewer casualties omly three had died during the fierce fighting massacre! The entire Dakota sioux Indian encampment were all killed there! The American civilians had built a huge bound fire an burned the poor buried Dakota sioux bodies to burned ashes remains! Then they buried the ashes remains north on top of the one of two rolling small hills. The one hill on the left side this how it really happened there. Around that same time will playing along the Missouri River the Dakota sioux elders were young children heard the noice an ran towards what was happening over their. An very sudden shocking saw an witness the entire tragedy unfolded there will hiding a safe distance away. Many years later they told the story well crying and wipt of the tragic massacre. There's no memorial site there because of the forgotten tragedy that happened there.of the fallen Dakota sioux people. It's also the most huanted place on the reservation. Some of the Dakota sioux indians Were descents of bullghost the Dakota sioux Indian war leader later becoming the spiritual advisor of the ghost dance uprising of 1890 he inspired many Lakota sioux people to the ghost dance celebration in standing rock SD. Bullghost is buried ground is north of the reservation at big bend committee. The Cheney rush massacre is the only tragic massacre the someone tried to cover up the evidence that never happened there? Bullghost has many relatives from standing rock to crow creek SD. The hunkpati Dakota sioux people of the crow creek sioux Indian reservation still remember the sad tragic day of the Cheney rush massacre! Just like the sand creek massacre of 1864 and the wounded knee massacre of 1890. The Cheney rush massacre site is still there today half a mile northwest from the town stephan along the highway to the capital of Pierre SD north to the small rolling hill south is the beautiful Missouri River. on the same day of the Cheney rush massacre and the American civilians had buried the Dakota sioux Indian burned ashes remains in a secret mass grave site! The children want an told everyone on the reservation the very sad tragic story of their own people at the Cheney rush massacre! Many of the men in the Dakota sioux Indian encampment had entire families and young pregnant young ladies at the brutal Cheney rush massacre! The next day a larger party of over three hundred angered Dakota sioux Indian warriors were coming ready to fight against the American civilians! The American civilians we're setting up a camp site near the massacre site. Someone told they would be facing a huge massive large numbers of warriors coming towards them from a great distance away! The American civilians made the main battlefield on the prairie land country. The American civilians were surprised so many Dakota sioux Indian warriors were arriving! Iron Nation's kul wicasa oyate, the Lakota sioux warriors may have assisted in fighting to! In the sioux Indian warriors faver a swift running battle was fought turned into full bloody conflict battlefield scene! Probably Many more American intruders may have died in the fierce fighting! An several brave sioux Indian warriors would lose their lives in the very intense battlefield moment! Dust would rise up from the horses hooves made a great impressive fighting moment! The American civilians couldn't take any more fierce fighting! The rest of the defeated wounded weakened American civilians escaped or fled back across the reservation border lands! To thier ranches and towns never wanting to take back the hunkpati Dakota sioux indian people's traditional reservation Buffalo hunting grounds. The Cheney rush massacre is the last forgotten tragedy of the twenty century and the last forgotten Dakota sioux Indian war of the two warm days of spring time of 1931. The last forgotten true victory song for the Dakota and Lakota sioux people! The crow creek sioux Indian reservation of SD. Is the only Dakotah sioux indian reservation east of the beautiful Missouri River still has its own tribal traditional boundaries Lands. The Dakota and Lakota sioux elders never lie about tragic stories of our brave dakota and Lakota sioux indian people's traditional lifestyle. We Were once the Great warriors of the northern Great plains of the 1800's. The beautiful peninsula lake shore of de Grey lake resort lodging is twenty four and a half miles north of the Cheney rush massacre site! Were the dances with wolves movie Civil War battle scene was made along the beautiful Missouri River. We still remember the Cheney rush massacre victory battlefield site that's still there today as a great resistance for our native American indigenous people of North America! One of our tribal members actually took camera pictures of the massacre site and the secret mass grave site. Many of these brave Dakota and Lakota sioux indian warriors may have truly fought bravery in world War '2. My historical information for today have a great wonderful day.

How good was the cuzzy with the broom stick taiaha

I love seeing these Indigenous cultural crossovers

In segno di rispetto per loro 💝 un abbraccio affettuoso a tutti voi ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ Adriana da Roma ♥️

Bless all of you, living and passed on.

That was a great and very respectful watch I Loved it...

Spiritually strong, peace respect and love.

The wailing from our wāhine for the Lakota whānau taken really pulled on the heart strings. Proud of the whānau visiting and paying respect to the mate of the whenua. Ka nui te aroha kia koutou 🫶

Very interesting. Maori people have quite a bit in common with American Indians, Both were still are warriors and have been similarly treated by people from colonial powers.

Great to see the Maori saying how they were connected by shared experiences. Especially when the people of wounded knee were wiped out.

I think when I watched "Once Were Warriors" back in my 20's how very close our people Struggles and history are very Akin .Myself at one point then I felt like "We can take back what is ours" but then it gets complicated an better off "Saving what we can"... Have always felt a Kinship with these Peoples that know our hurt and I know of theirs we are Family, of the same.

Beautiful... Much love from New Zealand

very emotional

Wow! Brought tears to my eyes 😢 God bless you wonderful people for having empathy 🙏💚 I consider you all my brothers and sisters in Christ 🙏💖

Much love to the Maori for traveling over the great water to pay respect to our people . 🦬🦅🪶

My people make me so proud

Wow that was beautiful and moving..

Make a connection and show respect

We share the same pain our two cultures. Well worth the visit to pay respects I'll say e whanau #MAURIORAAAA!

This is true respect❤️

Thank you 🙌🏽✨💗

The way they pray sounds very similar to a Cree ceremony. Have to wonder of we American first nations really do originate from Asia.

🌬♨🌀🙏💋❤🌄🌌🦅🌈✌️ I Cried 😭 Peace On Earth We Are One ☝️ We All Bleed 🔴

Goosebumps!

Every Life is a Light connected to one another .This is an extraordinary exchange of spirituality.🌟💐🕊🔆🔥🙏❣️❣️

My heart goes out to our native cousins. History always repeats and never will rest in peace.

Very beautiful ceremony. I love the Māori chants.

Something I believe no Wasicu will ever understand or comprehend. And they called us savages? 😞

👍 Thanks for sharing 🙏🏻

This was very moving.

Thank You

Dee Brown's book Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is so shocking ,nothing like Hollywood movies , may I recommend the James Belich book I SHALL NOT DIE [Titokowaru's war] tells the story of the great MAORI chief , gives good accounts of how PAKEHAS [Europeans] didn't win any major battles against the Maori's guerilla tactics .I read it years ago when I lived in Aotearoa and was surprised that none of my Maori friends had heard of TITOKOWARU or the book , well worth a look.