1. Can you make sure it's level?Copy !req
2. Is it straight?Copy !req
3. - Hmm.
- Yeah, it looks fine.Copy !req
4. Looks straight. Can I go now?Copy !req
5. You think you can throw a party in our
house and no one's gonna find out?Copy !req
6. You're staying.Copy !req
7. Besides, I invited all your friends.Copy !req
8. Cheese, Willie Jack, Elora.Copy !req
9. You and Elora okay?Copy !req
10. Eh.Copy !req
11. Just some old shit
she hasn't apologized for yet.Copy !req
12. It's pretty weird.Copy !req
13. I'm sure you guys will be fine.Copy !req
14. Well, if she does it again, we're done.Copy !req
15. If you say so.Copy !req
16. But trust me,
that's not how family works.Copy !req
17. Hmm.Copy !req
18. "NARDS."Copy !req
19. Wake up, pup.Copy !req
20. They start handing out
gift cards or what?Copy !req
21. What gift cards?Copy !req
22. I don't know. Sonics.Copy !req
23. - Right, Cheese?
- Yeah.Copy !req
24. - 15 bucks.
- 15 bu...Copy !req
25. Twofer Tuesdays.Copy !req
26. We're going there after.Copy !req
27. This is my first time
hearin' about this.Copy !req
28. It's the only reason
why we came here, Bear.Copy !req
29. Elora.Copy !req
30. Where do you want to sit?Copy !req
31. Oh.Copy !req
32. Come on, it's okay.Copy !req
33. She has her own friends, fawk.Copy !req
34. I'm not getting lice. Fuck.Copy !req
35. Hi, welcome!Copy !req
36. Thank you, everyone, for coming.Copy !req
37. - Use this.
- I don't need that.Copy !req
38. Then why did we buy it, then?Copy !req
39. Okay.Copy !req
40. Welcome.Copy !req
41. Eesh.Copy !req
42. - Yo, fawk.
- Okay.Copy !req
43. Oh, my God.Copy !req
44. Welcome, everyone.Copy !req
45. Thank you so much for coming
to our annual youth summit,Copy !req
46. "Native American Reclamation
and Decolonization Symposium."Copy !req
47. NARDS!Copy !req
48. I would like to bring up Elder FixicoCopy !req
49. to start us off
with an opening ceremony.Copy !req
50. Oh, no, no, no.Copy !req
51. - Use the mic.
- No.Copy !req
52. Would everyone please stand?Copy !req
53. Take hands.Copy !req
54. We stand here as the first
people to walk on this land.Copy !req
55. The greedy whites took our lands.Copy !req
56. Well, maybe another time.Copy !req
57. We must honor the four directions.Copy !req
58. Let us face the East,Copy !req
59. where our relative here is from as well,Copy !req
60. and greet our Grandfather Sun.Copy !req
61. Let us face the South,Copy !req
62. and honor our southern relativesCopy !req
63. Mexico and Central and South America.Copy !req
64. Let us face the North.Copy !req
65. Just pick a way. Pick a way.Copy !req
66. - Uh... I'm not sure...
- It's this way.Copy !req
67. I hope you're as excited as I am todayCopy !req
68. to welcome two outstanding role models.Copy !req
69. I've been DMing them
for the past two years,Copy !req
70. and I'm excited for the opportunityCopy !req
71. to have them on our reservation.Copy !req
72. MissM8tri@rch and Augusto Firekeeper.Copy !req
73. Aho!Copy !req
74. Hau. Hau. Anpetu waste,
my young relatives.Copy !req
75. MissM8tri@rch imaciapiyelo.Copy !req
76. I am a PhD student at Dartmouth.Copy !req
77. An auntie, a beader,Copy !req
78. a... a sister and a friend.Copy !req
79. But before we get started today,
I want to take a momentCopy !req
80. to acknowledge the traditional
caretakers of this land,Copy !req
81. the Caddo, the Osage,
and the Muscogee, of course.Copy !req
82. But before them were
our Neanderthal relatives,Copy !req
83. so acknowledge them.Copy !req
84. And before that, even,Copy !req
85. the Dinosaur Nation,
Dinosaur Oyate, you know?Copy !req
86. - Before that, the Star People.
- Mm.Copy !req
87. Also, our reptilian relatives,Copy !req
88. - above and below Earth.
- Mm.Copy !req
89. Yeah. And the people
who will come after usCopy !req
90. and take care of this land
once we are gone,Copy !req
91. because, someday, we will die.Copy !req
92. So just blessings everywhere.Copy !req
93. Uh...Copy !req
94. for having me
in your sacred space today.Copy !req
95. Before I say anything,
I want to say some things.Copy !req
96. Name is Augusto Firekeeper.Copy !req
97. Now, it's not traditional for meCopy !req
98. to talk about my accomplishments,Copy !req
99. but what I can say is I'm a actor,Copy !req
100. model, poet,Copy !req
101. hatmaker.Copy !req
102. Good one, at that.Copy !req
103. Normally, I couldn't say
this about myself.Copy !req
104. But others have said it, so I'll say it.Copy !req
105. - I'm a young elder.
- Mm.Copy !req
106. I carry knowledge beyond
my years and experience.Copy !req
107. Aho.Copy !req
108. Aho!
in the back, there, aunties.Copy !req
109. Keep it together.Copy !req
110. He's not single.Copy !req
111. We've got some great sessions
planned today...Copy !req
112. Uh, also, you got to stay till
the end to get your gift card.Copy !req
113. Thank you so much.Copy !req
114. - Oh, man...
- Seriously?Copy !req
115. These notebooks are your new journals.Copy !req
116. Give them a Native name.Copy !req
117. Decolonize them.Copy !req
118. That is beautiful.Copy !req
119. To start things off today,Copy !req
120. I want everybody to think of
a happy memory in your life.Copy !req
121. What if you've never been happy?Copy !req
122. Write about how you've never been happy.Copy !req
123. Shit.
White Steve, you got to write mine.Copy !req
124. It can be anything.Copy !req
125. A time you went to
your favorite restaurant,Copy !req
126. or a time you did something
that you were proud of.Copy !req
127. I will give you all ten minutesCopy !req
128. to write it down.Copy !req
129. Oh, shit.Copy !req
130. You one of us now, man.Copy !req
131. Aho, yeah!Copy !req
132. And that
was the happiest day of my life.Copy !req
133. I made the most
beautiful thing I have ever seen.Copy !req
134. Painting relaxes me.Copy !req
135. Art is a wonderful creative outlet.Copy !req
136. Thank you for sharing, nephew.Copy !req
137. That was, that was beautiful.Copy !req
138. All right. Who else hasn't gone?Copy !req
139. What about you?Copy !req
140. I didn't know we had
to read 'em out loud.Copy !req
141. That's okay. We're all friends here.Copy !req
142. As if. Fawk.Copy !req
143. Yeah.Copy !req
144. - These are my enemies.
- MISSM8TRI@RCH: No.Copy !req
145. That is a colonized
way of thinking, sister.Copy !req
146. We never had enemies
amongst our own back in the day.Copy !req
147. We could fight, yes, but...Copy !req
148. mostly we just made love, ate berries.Copy !req
149. Sometimes the deer would evenCopy !req
150. eat out of our palms. It was beautiful.Copy !req
151. These are your people.Copy !req
152. Go ahead.Copy !req
153. "One time, when I was little,Copy !req
154. "my brother taught me how to ride a bikeCopy !req
155. "in the alley behind my dad's house.Copy !req
156. "We was out there foreverCopy !req
157. "when I looked up and realizedCopy !req
158. "the fucker had let go of the bike.Copy !req
159. "I was pissed until I realizedCopy !req
160. "I was actually riding it on my own.Copy !req
161. "It was scary, but, like, in a good way.Copy !req
162. "I knew he was gonna
catch me if I fell."Copy !req
163. Or... whatever.Copy !req
164. That was beautiful.Copy !req
165. There is nothing like
the feeling of being freeCopy !req
166. and safe at the same time.Copy !req
167. Okay, we're gonna have
a little fun here.Copy !req
168. It's called the potato dance.Copy !req
169. Uh, you guys.Copy !req
170. Now, the potato is a symbolCopy !req
171. - of trust.
- Fuck.Copy !req
172. So when I start the song, I wantCopy !req
173. you and your partner
to hold that potato trustCopy !req
174. in between your third eyes
to keep it from falling.Copy !req
175. Let's do this.Copy !req
176. All right.
We doing this or what?Copy !req
177. Fuck it.Copy !req
178. Please, bro,
don't fuck this shit up.Copy !req
179. It takes two, fucker.Copy !req
180. Stay on beat, come on.Copy !req
181. - One, two.
- That's what I'm doing.Copy !req
182. - You ever see Squids Games?
- Shh.Copy !req
183. - Stop moving.
- I'm dancing.Copy !req
184. You have to dance.Copy !req
185. You smell so good.Copy !req
186. - Ugh. All right, I...
- What?Copy !req
187. We could've won that. Hey. No.Copy !req
188. I want that.Copy !req
189. Yo, what the fuck are you doing,
man? Stay on beat.Copy !req
190. I'm on beat, bitch.Copy !req
191. Like, what the fuck
you think we're doing?Copy !req
192. - Shut up, shut up, I got to focus.
- What do you mean?Copy !req
193. - You're the one that fucking...
- Shut up, shut up,Copy !req
194. just shut the fuck up.Copy !req
195. Cheese!Copy !req
196. Elora!Copy !req
197. Doing good.Copy !req
198. All right, let's get a little lower now.Copy !req
199. Go low. Oh, shit.Copy !req
200. Hey...Copy !req
201. You're losing rhythm, White Steve.Copy !req
202. What even is rhythm? I'm trying.Copy !req
203. Oh...Copy !req
204. Go low, go low.Copy !req
205. - What the fuck?
- Oh, shit.Copy !req
206. All right, we got
our winners here. Congratulations.Copy !req
207. Oh, shit.Copy !req
208. We would've won.Copy !req
209. Jackie's got a flat-ass forehead.Copy !req
210. Hey. Everyone here's having
a good time but you.Copy !req
211. Hey, Bear.
They gave me an extra fry bread.Copy !req
212. Do you want it?Copy !req
213. Yeah.Copy !req
214. What up?Copy !req
215. Brothers. What's good?Copy !req
216. Chillin'.Copy !req
217. See you growing that topknot.Copy !req
218. I'm growing it out a little.Copy !req
219. Man.Copy !req
220. Well, it makes my spirit happyCopy !req
221. seeing that I can inspire young NativesCopy !req
222. such as yourself to grow their hair.Copy !req
223. I just met you today.Copy !req
224. What about you? When are you
gonna grow that manhood out?Copy !req
225. Can I?Copy !req
226. So, where you from?Copy !req
227. I'm from the Lakota Oyate in Pine Ridge.Copy !req
228. Oh.Copy !req
229. - That's cool.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
230. My uncle's that.Copy !req
231. Well, what's it like there?Copy !req
232. Well, actually, I am from the Bay Area.Copy !req
233. Oh.Copy !req
234. City Indian. Cool.Copy !req
235. That's cool.Copy !req
236. That's awesome, actually.Copy !req
237. My body grew up in the Bay Area,Copy !req
238. but my spirit lives with my ancestors.Copy !req
239. Oh...Copy !req
240. I'm going home soon,
to make a documentaryCopy !req
241. about the youth that don't have
a fighting chance.Copy !req
242. Oh, for real?Copy !req
243. MISSM8TRI@RCH: Mm-hmm.Copy !req
244. - Bear makes documentaries all the time.
- Oh?Copy !req
245. Yeah, we go spray-paintingCopy !req
246. and we walk around, make actual art.Copy !req
247. - Mm.
- Fight.Copy !req
248. Fuckin' go steal shit.Copy !req
249. I would love to put that
in my documentary.Copy !req
250. Yeah.Copy !req
251. You're not eating?Copy !req
252. Can't.Copy !req
253. Why not?Copy !req
254. That bitch knows I work here.Copy !req
255. Probably put medicine on the beans.Copy !req
256. For what?Copy !req
257. I snagged her man.Copy !req
258. And her son.Copy !req
259. Not at the same time.Copy !req
260. It was, like, days apart.Copy !req
261. MISSM8TRI@RCH: My young ones, you do notCopy !req
262. have to go through
hard things in life alone.Copy !req
263. Sometimes, when things seem impossible,Copy !req
264. that is when you can rely
on your own peopleCopy !req
265. to keep you on the red road.Copy !req
266. Go ahead and start guiding
your partners.Copy !req
267. Okay.Copy !req
268. - Okay.
- Ready?Copy !req
269. - Yeah, you ready?
- Oh.Copy !req
270. Okay.Copy !req
271. Do... Go forward.Copy !req
272. Yeah, like two big steps. Yep.
Big steps.Copy !req
273. - Shit.
- Yeah.Copy !req
274. Right.Copy !req
275. Right another step.Copy !req
276. Yeah, okay. Forward, like, two steps.Copy !req
277. Okay, and then one step to your... left.Copy !req
278. Going, keep going, keep going,Copy !req
279. keep going, keep going... Uh, stop.Copy !req
280. Uh, one step to your left.Copy !req
281. Yup. Another one. Little one.Copy !req
282. Turn your body left.Copy !req
283. Go straight.Copy !req
284. Go straight, go straight,
go straight. Stop.Copy !req
285. Now reach in your pocket
and grab some change.Copy !req
286. What do you need the money for?Copy !req
287. Just put it in
and start pressing buttons.Copy !req
288. All right, keep straight.Copy !req
289. Yup.Copy !req
290. I said, keep straight.Copy !req
291. This is straight.Copy !req
292. Bro, that's fucking sideways.Copy !req
293. Why do you have to say it like that?Copy !req
294. Like what?
I'm just saying, move forward.Copy !req
295. Okay, forward. You could say it
with a little bit of respect.Copy !req
296. Respect? Okay.Copy !req
297. Go forward another step and then right.Copy !req
298. Yeah, respect.Copy !req
299. Like, you never thought
the shit you do affects people?Copy !req
300. Okay. I can respect that.Copy !req
301. I just... I hope that you can respect
that I'm trying, also.Copy !req
302. Okay, two steps to your right.Copy !req
303. I can because I'm gonna be
the bigger man. Fuck.Copy !req
304. Okay, um,Copy !req
305. and then two steps to your right.Copy !req
306. Hear that? Grab.Copy !req
307. What are you doing?Copy !req
308. Okay, now take five long steps forward.Copy !req
309. So, are we good?Copy !req
310. I don't know yet, man.Copy !req
311. Yeah, yeah, keep going.Copy !req
312. Mvto.Copy !req
313. Aho. Our young relatives,Copy !req
314. Bear and Elora Danan have
crossed the sacred finish line!Copy !req
315. Their trust is strong today.Copy !req
316. Okay, you two young matriarchs
come forward.Copy !req
317. - Fuck that.
- No fuckin' way.Copy !req
318. Nervousness is Creator's way
of letting you knowCopy !req
319. you're about to break through.Copy !req
320. Come.Copy !req
321. I want you to stand like this.Copy !req
322. I need you
to put your arms out like this,Copy !req
323. like Jesus did for you,Copy !req
324. and be ready to catch your sister here.Copy !req
325. Fuck. She's not my sister.Copy !req
326. - This bitch is gonna drop me.
- No.Copy !req
327. I want my Sonics. Fuck.
I'm not gonna fuck this up.Copy !req
328. All right, on the count of three,Copy !req
329. I want you to put your full faithCopy !req
330. in your sister, Willie Jack.Copy !req
331. Wanji, nunpa,Copy !req
332. yamni.Copy !req
333. That's for jumping my bro, sister.Copy !req
334. What's your fucking problem?Copy !req
335. I don't know.
You better go get your brotherCopy !req
336. to put those training wheels back on.Copy !req
337. Willie Jack, that was fucked up.Copy !req
338. What'd I do?Copy !req
339. Her brother died.Copy !req
340. Yeah, like Daniel.Copy !req
341. The fuck, man? I didn't know that.Copy !req
342. I'm so proud of you young ones.Copy !req
343. Just being here today is
an act of decolonization.Copy !req
344. Um, what-what exactly do you meanCopy !req
345. - when you say "decolonization"?
- Well,Copy !req
346. decolonization is
the undoing of colonialism.Copy !req
347. Well, I-I know the definition,Copy !req
348. um, but I was asking, uh,Copy !req
349. how are the things we did today
supposed to do anything?Copy !req
350. Well, uh, I like to think...Copy !req
351. - Allow me to speak for you, sister.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
352. We here as Indigenous people
are braiding togetherCopy !req
353. the hairs of our ancestral ways.Copy !req
354. That is decolonization.Copy !req
355. Yeah, that doesn't make any sense.Copy !req
356. Yes. Exactly.Copy !req
357. Keep thinking for yourselfCopy !req
358. - and asking questions.
- Yup.Copy !req
359. I'm so glad that I was able
to give you that gift today.Copy !req
360. You're welcome, little brother.
Shall we close out?Copy !req
361. Listen.Copy !req
362. Youth of this space.Copy !req
363. Yes, the space here,Copy !req
364. but also the space
with the suns and the stars.Copy !req
365. This land is your land.Copy !req
366. This land is their land,Copy !req
367. our ancestor's land.Copy !req
368. - Powerful.
- Mm-hmm.Copy !req
369. We are not dead. We are still here.Copy !req
370. Not like our ancestors.Copy !req
371. But some of their dreams were made.Copy !req
372. We... are still... here.Copy !req
373. I'm about to not be here.Copy !req
374. You...Copy !req
375. are still...Copy !req
376. here.Copy !req
377. Aho.Copy !req
378. Follow meCopy !req
379. at AugustoFireKeeper exclamation point.Copy !req
380. And me at "Miss Matriarch."Copy !req
381. That's at M-A-8... riarch.Copy !req
382. The other spelling was taken.Copy !req
383. Hey.Copy !req
384. Sorry...Copy !req
385. about before.Copy !req
386. I didn't know you lost a brother.Copy !req
387. That's fucked up.Copy !req
388. No wonder why
you act solid all the time.Copy !req
389. I mean, it's cool he taught you
how to ride a bikeCopy !req
390. and stuff.Copy !req
391. Watch your fucking back.Copy !req
392. Well, fuck you, too, then.Copy !req
393. How many tater tots
do you think are in a large?Copy !req
394. I don't know. Like, 25, 20 or some shit.Copy !req
395. Hmm.Copy !req
396. - Hey.
- Hey, Elora.Copy !req
397. Y'all seen Jackie? She's my ride.Copy !req
398. No.Copy !req
399. Jinx.Copy !req
400. She must've took off.Copy !req
401. I don't blame her.
That was fucked up.Copy !req
402. What was fucked up?Copy !req
403. Willie Jack... dropping her
and talking shit on her dead brother.Copy !req
404. It's fucked.Copy !req
405. Are you serious right now?Copy !req
406. I mean, come on, bro.Copy !req
407. Willie Jack didn't even know.Copy !req
408. And you're just automatically
taking Jackie's side?Copy !req
409. What are you talking about, "side"?Copy !req
410. No, I... It's all fucked up.Copy !req
411. Come on. You can't fault
Willie Jack for being loyal.Copy !req
412. Not like you know anything about that.Copy !req
413. I mean, to be honest, I don't even knowCopy !req
414. why you came here today.Copy !req
415. All you've done is just
showed up and act likeCopy !req
416. everybody's supposed
to get along. And I mean,Copy !req
417. come on. You never even
once said, "I'm sorry, Bear,"Copy !req
418. or, "I fucked up," or, "Thanks
for fucking being there."Copy !req
419. I mean, all you've done
is shit on your friendsCopy !req
420. and expect us to show up for you.Copy !req
421. Honestly, you're gonna end up
exactly like your grandma...Copy !req
422. alone until it's too late.Copy !req
423. What a big fucking man.Copy !req
424. Seriously, Bear,Copy !req
425. you're just living
in some kid fucking drama.Copy !req
426. Maybe you can't see how sorry I amCopy !req
427. because you can't
fucking see outside of yourself.Copy !req
428. I'm sorry I hurt you.Copy !req
429. I am. But fucking hearing all this,Copy !req
430. I'm not sorry I left you.Copy !req
431. Elora?Copy !req
432. Elora!Copy !req
433. Don't... talk to me for a while, Bear.Copy !req
434. Wow.Copy !req
435. That was really awkward for me.Copy !req
436. Cheese, fuck off, man.Copy !req
437. Okay.Copy !req
438. jumped across
the street and is parked backwards.Copy !req
439. I may not knowCopy !req
440. where I keep my keys,Copy !req
441. but I know where I parked my carCopy !req
442. Why does it smell like...Copy !req
443. Maybe it was
Ted the cat, marking his territory.Copy !req
444. And who finished
this whole box of cookies?Copy !req
445. I'm supposed to serve these
to my book club tonight.Copy !req
446. Oh, look at what the light did nowCopy !req
447. Look at what the light did nowCopy !req
448. Look at what the light did nowCopy !req
449. Ooh, do-do, do, do-doCopy !req
450. Do, do-do, do, doCopy !req
451. Do, do-do, do, do-doCopy !req
452. Do, do-do, do, doCopy !req
453. We'll meet soon as nephews, niecesCopy !req
454. Look at what the light did nowCopy !req
455. Oh, look at what the light did nowCopy !req
456. Look at what the light did nowCopy !req
457. Do, do-do, do, do-doCopy !req
458. Do, do-do, do, do...Copy !req