Why the Comanches Don't Have Reservations w/S.C. Gwynne | Joe Rogan

Taken from JRE #1397 w/S.C. Gwynne:

[anaverageamerican]

As an “Indian” whose mother was born on a reservation she removed us from all the government programs that are available to us. She said ‘If you want to see what a hundred years of welfare does to a people, look at your cousins on the reservations’. She was a very wise woman.

[TooljunkieDave]

I’m a Native American from the Pacific Northwest. I come from the third largest tribe in Washington state the Quinault Nation and life on the reservation can be very hard at times and we used to have such a bad drug epidemic in my village but in the past few years most people started to get clean and find their way into the red road if recovery. There are many issues in the reservation but I honestly am very proud to say that I am from the village of Taholah, on the Quinault nation reservation in Washington state. The land of the Quinault is the land of the creator. Gods country. It’s so beautiful living in the coastal rainforest

[chrisl]

God bless the Sioux nation. They saved our lives during the blizzard that dropped a meter of snow December 2022. We were stranded on a state road near Mission for two days and two nights. Some of the locals ignored state orders and curfews to go out and rescue people, people died in their cars. We were so lucky. I’m talking snowdrifts that went all the way up the sides of semis. 60 mile an hour wind gusts. Blizzard didn’t let up for 4 days but they were out there saving people including my brother and I. They let us stay in the homeless shelter and never asked us to pay them for the rescue. The Sioux deserve so much more.

[jaykaramales]

Just this week I read Gwynne's "Empire of the Summer Moon" and learned so much about the history of the Comanche and why the settlement of Texas transpired the way it did. I couldn't recommend it more highly.

[HTmada]

We are still here in Texas. Assimilated...none the less we are here.

[xjp]

Watching this as one who is part Comanche, it's hard to explain how things are or were in Oklahoma. My Great Grandparents got their kids and left Oklahoma to come to Texas, and now I have no family on my Grandmother's side in Oklahoma. They are all in Texas now. I was born in Texas and grew up near Palo Duro Canyon, so I know that area. But one correction it was the pony massacre in the Canyon that brought Quanah in, not just the killing of the Buffalo. The US army found the ponies in the canyon and killed all of them. From stories my grandmother told me, it's heartbreaking on what the US government did, But when I look at my Dad's side of the family, I also have two founding fathers who signed the Declaration of Independence. It's complicated to think of everything. On the one hand, you're amazed by how they founded the US, and on the other hand, your like, why did this happen to the other side? This was tough as a teen back in the day, but I remember when my cousins and brothers all went to the army, and my Grand Mother was so happy about it. I asked her why she said they are warriors protecting the family, and it hit me once I went in and oversees what she meant. When I came home, I understood protecting all the family was what was important now, and I went and stood and paid my respects to my Mother's and Father's families. I have accepted both sides fully.

[crackawood]

I'm from West Texas in an area that used to be Comanche territory. A good book to read along with Empire of the Summer Moon is Nine Years Among The Indians, a book about Herman Lehmann, who was abducted by the Apaches as a child and lived with them and Comanches until he was an adult.

[jewlz]

My great-grandma removed her family from the reservation because she knew it wouldn’t be a good life, we’re still not registered to any tribe and I’m glad she was able to see the future because we have flourished but the rest of our family didn’t…

[GDO]

Coughing at 2:35 "Tail end of the flu..." Oh how innocent we were back in Dec 2019...

[ww]

Texas actually owes some credit for its existence to the Comanches. It was the presence of the Comanches that kept Spain & Mexico from heavily settling the Texas area, which ultimately led to Mexico allowing anglos from the US to settle into east Texas, provided that they speak Spanish and were catholic. This of course was the seeds of the Texas revolution.

[thelmajomowatt]

We are still here ....we are seated in Lawton Oklahoma ...there's a shit ton of us ....steady thriving

[thedrunkenstoner]

Had a pair of Comanche brothers they were the most noble friends I ever had around me

[loveshiking]

I left the Rez 12 years ago, best decision I ever made. I can make it on my own.

[Eagle]

The history of Native Americans is vast, I was so privileged to sit and listen to family stories that were passed down. Up until a few years ago, I had family members who did not speak English.

[dawnleyva]

We are still here!! Thankful for my ancestors!

[raymarshall]

My great great grandfather had two brothers Henry and William who walked the trail of tears ...we have lost our contact

[imageaware]

The Choctaw nation showed empathy and respect for the Irish people during the great hunger. This was a hunger forced upon us by the British empire. We were people on the other side of the world, unknown to the Choctaw nation, yet they showed us great respect and gave money in an act of kindness that can never be repaid. As an Irishman I do not know the Choctaw, but I know their hearts, and I am proud to call them my Brothers and my Sisters.

[adamrasnic]

Much love to the indigenous peoples of America. And a big thank you to the Choctaw for sending help to my mother Ireland during the famine

[MrBendayho]

It would be interesting for Joe to speak with a Native American and hear their side of the story.

[heidiwilliams]

Having researched Native history for many years I have and read an excellent book "Comanches-Lords of the Plains" which details all aspects of that tribes culture in depth. Informatoin gathered and chronicled by anthropologists from the mid 1800s. One of the best books I've ever read.