Oldest Inuit Footage Ever
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My Great Uncle Marvin “Muktuk” Marston organized the Alaska Territorial Guard among Alaska Natives during WWII. My Dad called him “Uncle Muktuk.” He traveled around Alaska by dog sled to Native villages organizing the Guard.
He also was one of the signers of the Alaska statehood bill. “Muktuk” means “whale blubber” and he was given that name by the Natives because he won a muktuk eating contest. My wife visited Inupiak elders in Nome in the 90’s to gather stories and some of them had known my Uncle Muktuk and was happy to hear that she was married to his great-grand nephew.
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You have to make a new shirt:
Homeland Security: Fighting Terrorism since 992 AD.
"The exploration of North America by Norsemen began in the late 10th century when they explored areas of the North Atlantic, colonized Greenland, and created a short-term settlement near the northern tip of Newfoundland. The remains of buildings were found at L’Anse aux Meadows in 1960 dating to approximately 1,000 years ago.[1][2][3] This discovery helped reignite archaeological exploration for the Norse in the North Atlantic.[4] This single settlement, located on the island of Newfoundland and not on the North American mainland, was abruptly abandoned.
The Norse settlements on Greenland lasted for almost 500 years. L’Anse aux Meadows, the only confirmed Norse site in present-day Canada,[5] was small and did not last as long. Other such Norse voyages are likely to have occurred for some time, but there is no evidence of any other Norse settlements in North America.
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Would not shock me if the Natives stole bow and arrow technology from the Norse
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Yes, that’s true about the Vikings. But they never tried to totally take over the land the way later Europeans did. But given the Viking penchant for “burn and pillage”, they probably weren’t the friendliest dudes to move in next door to you. Just ask the Celts.
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Fact check: According to Google: “There were at least four waves of bow and arrow use in northern North America. These occurred at **12000, 4500, 2400, and after about 1300 years ago”.
This is very old technology all over the world.
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Regarding Black Elk.
Wallace Black Elk was a 20th Century Lakota holy man who was related to the 19th Century Black Elk. Joe David, the Nuh-Cha-Nulth carver and artist from Vancouver Island, BC (and my wife’s adopted brother- I had posted about him earlier) was also a Sun Dancer and student of Wallace Black Elk. Wallace lived in Denver later in life. In the early 2000’s my wife happened to be in Denver on some other business and Joe contacted her and told her “Wallace is going to be dying soon, you need to go visit him.” So she took the family some boxes of food and got to spend some time with Grandfather Wallace near the end of his life and receive some kind words and blessings from him.
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It would not shock me if they infected the Natives with disease(s) first before the Europeans, but the plagues did not spread throughout the entire Americas.
This too. But given their numbers were probably very small, diplomacy may have been their favored tactic, versus their typical MOs.
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Very interesting!
Thank you for the fact check, you are right, I stand corrected.
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good video - short and full
(One of the horses at the Horses Sanctuary is named “Sioux” - and it’s a She… hihihi) 
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I had meant to post this above with my post about Wallace Black Elk.
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Chaco Canyon in New Mexico was the main ceremonial center for the Anasazi (ancestors of the modern day Pueblo tribes). I’ve been there 3 times and spent several days during each of my visits with extensive exploring of the numerous sites and trails and spending time meditating at places that felt powerful. Much of the architecture there is aligned with seasonal changes in the sunrise with equinoxes, solstices and even seasonal changes in moon rises, indicating that they had very detailed observational knowledge of the heavens.
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This always sickened me, even a kid!
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The Wixarika (Huichol) Tribe of Mexico may be the oldest Peyote using culture.
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You and me both.
One of the darkest times in human history.
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This seems like a great project to help the Wixarika (Huichol) people and this is also a beautiful little video with some great music. Headphones recommended!
By the way, the Wixarika, live in the Sierra Madre mountains and the sacred peyote gardens are in. the desert near the Texas border, around 300 miles away. They go on a sacred pilgrimage every year to gather their medicine. Peyote only grows in a small are near the Texas/Mexico border and it is somewhat endangered. There are efforts to preserve it only for Native use by the Wixarika and the Native American Church.
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