This is so beautiful - please yes, do more of these oral histories on site. My father came from an Oregon Trail pioneer family and grew up in Portland in the 1920s. Wherever we went in the Pacific Northwest, he was telling stories of the history of the places we saw. I know as a child I was sometimes bored by the stories, but I sure wish he was still around to tell them to me again. The stories create a mental map of the landscape as well as providing important survival information.
Thank you Jon for sharing this history from the Yakama people. It is very special to hear the stories of the landscape that have been preserved and a gift that you share these with us today and let us see the land in a different and more personal way and make new connections with the land. Very, very special and I hope you will share more with us.
Thanks Nick for having Jon do this! The stories shared of Tribe’s history are an important basis for real understanding the landscapes we see as they were seen by these First Peoples. I admire them and love the land they loved.
Thank you, Jon Shellenberger for sharing Yakama tribe's oral history on how Union Gap formed!😃✨💗 Next time, we have a road trip through the area, I will be recalling your story and wonder!💞💙🎶
The presentation of history should be one of our first priorities. Thank you so much for sharing and presenting this. Much respect for everything you do Nick. 👋
I grew up in Yakima and have read that legend (the coyote/beaver one) in several books, but it was wonderful hearing Jon share it, along with bear and frog fighting over how humans would sleep. Jon’s insight on oral histories and valuing change and indigenous survival was inspiring, Thank you for producing this, Nick.
I love the connection to the land. It really emphasizes humans as part of nature and a reminder of everything that came before us. We owe so much to the plants and animals that we rely on for food and medicine. I hope one day we can again see humanity as the stewards of this earth instead of the insatiable machine of infinite growth. If we take care of the land, it'll take care of us.
[The story] "Never is shared when you are ready for it." Such truth there. He looks so cold. I am having a two dog (and one blanket) day myself. Thanks for all of this, Jon and Nick!
@@jdolneys.7381 I was shivering with you! Thank you so much for putting yourself out there, though. Hearing the stories brought the landscape to life. I particularly like the bear sliding down on his butt.
Thank you, Nick, for sharing this. I learned a little bit when my husband & I were on Journey with several tribes in 2013. Thank you, Jon, for your time & efforts here. I loved Randy's history lessons, I hope to hear more.
WHOiii Nick; Thank you for expanding and enriching our sense of this amazing planet; not just the outstanding science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) you bring to the process but by reminding us that to truly appreciate and understand the complex beauty and powerful spirit of the land it is critical to give voice to the cultural and arts of Her Indigenous Peoples : Dream STEAM!
Jon & Nick, Thank You! It's such a gift to hear the Ichishkiin spoken aloud for Coyote, Beaver, Wishram, and places. For those who are interested in more Yakama Teachings, the book Anaku Iwacha (Yakama Legends and Stories) prepared by Tuxamshish Dr. Virginia Beavert, Michelle Jacob, and Joana Jansen is a resource.
Thank you for sharing a little bit of your history Jon. It is my hope that many will listen and want to learn more. Thank you for bringing Jon to us Nick....you are a hero to many in a world where heroes are few.
Fascinating the oral stories. The Ojibwe in northwoods Wisconsin was told by the Creator to move to where food grows on water. LaPointe, Wi is Turtle Island, manoomin (ma new min), wild rice. Thank you Jon and thank you Nick for sharing. We're blessed to be enriched by sharing cultures.
I would love to see/hear more interviews like this that also share the original names of the landforms and special places. I would love to see a new approach to place names, something like how in Wales things are listed in English AND Welsh, or in Brussels, Belgium where you can find signs in French AND Flemish. Local history can go deeper than the last 200 years (without being PC or woke) and we will all be richer for it. Besides, who needs yet another landform called Devil’s (fill in the blank). Great interview, and I hope more people like him will share their stories, lest they disappear like so many other indigenous place names, stories, languages, and culture have and continue to do so.
How do Native Americans reconcile science and their creation stories? It's just like Christians and Muslims and all the other religions I suppose. Still entertaining to hear, the Human mind is amazing. Thanks Jon!
There’s some amazing native stories about the Bridge Of The Gods on the Colombia River. I remember there was a love triangle between Mt. Hood, St. Helens, and Mt. Rainier. I guess it ended badly for Ms. St. Helens?
One of our words for white people is Pashtun or Push-tun. It comes from Boston which is our interpretation of where you all came from. Shiyapo is the other one which is “stranger to the land”
It's a form of science , observation is the cornerstone of science. I've seen the coastal cutthroat trout , I've seen the barred owel , and the story's explain their ways so they can be your guide and they will tell you of their problems so you can be part of a solution