85 Yr Old Cherokee Indian Says "I'm Not African" – YouTube Dictation Transcript & Vocabulary

1.alright peace y'all peace how y'all doing man I'm here with a with a powerful brother what's your name again sir Ryder Van Dyne Lionel Van Dam I see you got on a veteran hat man you got on the veteran hat what's that what branch who've been in the Army Army but I didn't come at the age of 17 and you are how old today 85 you are 85 something that was very interesting that you said to me um when that the last time I was here to see my grandmother and we talked a little bit about the Native American Indians and when you told me he was a Native American it really say that Cherokee Indian Cherokee Indian when did you when did you learn you was a Cherokee Indian my mother worked my mother at three years old so when you was three years old your mother lets you know yes have you ever been to some of the powwow that's out there yes I have what can you tell us about it power house reunion are all the tribes or the Cherokee Nation we stick together like glue we feed the nation of our people and we take care of our people and we never give up I'll die Indian and that's it I don't care what my complexion is it doesn't matter my kids are Indian and I'm Indian so are you telling me sir that you are not African you don't have no African blood or not have no I don't know what about daddy was he right my mother I guess he stole a piece from her because she was pretty Oh incidentally my mother was very fair almost white blue veins red hair but she still was a Cherokee Indian she had no white in her at all she's part of the name she lived to be 89 grandmother lived to be 90 grandfather lived to be a hundred and ten I'm 85 and I'm going to try and beat my grandfather and go a hundred twelve if I can definitely make it what can you tell me about the arm relationship between the Cherokee Indians in the African people hi thank you darling between the African we have no qualms I'll tell you this and I like you young people to understand it the Africans will always be the Africans they've got their own country they was born in Africa Africa is their country you're a Negro what the white man gave you that name and that's what you are the Africans have nothing to do with the Negroes in the United States they walk away in a minute and it's safe I'm a doctor I'm a lawyer I'm whatever and I'm African and I'm black and I've got my own country so that's it I do not deny my relationship I'll be an Indian until I die so when you write in on your resume or when they say what is your nationality what do you say Cherokee Indian I've lost some good jobs I went to I'll tell you a secret I went to apply for a porter job that sweeping the streets of Rockefeller Center which everybody knows Rockefeller Center he's got all kinds of little things on the sidewalk I was going in to sweep the street to get a job my name is Van Dyne the reason why my name is their dad because my grandfather worked for the Dutch