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amongst the works away that still holds many secrets. the settlements have cooled, the banks of the re, the homes of thousands of years. many different coaches live here, but they're all americans. the for men visit the jump to tribes to a group of unique cowboys. the delta he will right is the mississippi river, is intriguing from the land water and in the journey through the soul of america. the

today is a special day for payton and jays members. of the jump to people. the tribe has lived along the banks of the mississippi river for centuries. they hated for a place that sacred to the jump to an ancient earth with mount built by indigenous people around 400 c 8. the 2 young men will take part in it coming of age ritual at the sight. this is the anyway mound is a very special place to us. and we just decided because they will perform a dunce, and the elder will say a few words. i'm glad you guys are here, your people that we can teach you and you guys learn the though our

way to keep are the way he's going. i am very proud and honored that our mother mountain is still here and we can still still keep the honor and tradition going behind the non the why alliance with the age of a sacred truck to sign theory or is characterized by water and swamps. the hot lines, the most sacred place, the 90. why a cage choked to legend has it that this is the best place of humanity with people 1st and most onto the surface of the other tribes, then migrate to the no directions. only the jump to remain choosing to stay

close to the mother mound the yeah. go okay. i show a lot about him at the idea of good, nice, thank you. young people for coming i do. we carry a great spirit in us. why? yeah, and it's up to us to pass it on. i will go, but i thank you for everything you've learned, but don't forget it and i'll go wherever your feet touch the earth and never forget where you come from. me. i thank you. yeah, you know what the what what what, what, what much is the coach it was last when the talk to was approved by european central is or even the origin of the truck to name is on such

a some belief. it's derived from the woods to rid of people the truck to were driven of the land in the 19th century, and could only remain if they agreed to become american citizens. families within the last of the plots of land to work according to european knowns. peyton and his father demanded descendants from these shop to people there ending the special day by fishing together. the i am proud to be a talk to mr van and chuck danes. i am probably because we still learn about our cultures and traditions and we'll see what we came from, the jump to withdrawn to their own reservation in 1945. now they also have the

right to sales governance. chopped out is represented through our indian cultures, mississippi band of chopped out indians. i was recognized back in early 19 hundreds i believe that the mississippi mississippi jumped out. the volunteer from the dance and rabbit are treated through the trails of tiers. and um, i'm glad that our ancestors had evolved here. and um, i'm proud that we are still here. and they know going anywhere in the mississippi. chuck to reservation covers about 140 square kilometers in 10 different rural areas in the states. the mississippi river is nearly full, 1000 kilometers loan. and while it's the country's most important river, it's not the longest. memphis, tennessee, in new orleans,

louisiana to key cities in the lower mississippi delta, which ends at the river's mouth. the minutes that sees the gateway to the southern course of the mississippi. and is named after the ancient egyptian city of memphis, once the gateway to the nile delta the name led to the selection of a gloss pyramid as a new land mom. but for most, memphis still stands for blues and rock'n'roll, the beale street is the haunts of its music scene. the careers of many stones began here, louis armstrong, joining cash. and of course, the king of rock and roll elvis presley, the seeing

and naomi taylor dreams of having a korea like this. she's performing in memphis for the very 1st time the there's a special spirit here, a just with arts, in general, all forms of art, music, visual art. this, everything there is this. i feel like there's a, it's in the air. the city sits high expectations on musicians. naomi road alone has good luck, john. good tom. this is my grandfather's guitar. he passed away this past year, but he was in a sibling vans where he travel with his brothers and sisters and play together. and

he's the only other musician in the family that really took it seriously and said to professionally, so he passed it down to me. i guess the carry on his legacy, which is really cool. not only is also playing in a bar on beale street the teen roof. will anyone come to watch her play? one of her dreams for the future. and 10 years i hope to hope to play so a lot of people hope to get my music out there and just travel and play music. that's all i want to do. the the,

the teen roof. he's feeling up naomi's got a crowd the she survived the baptism by fire in memphis. the musicians performed through the 19 ponds on beale street. but doing these already breaking beckett the chuck to a reservation the, the state of mississippi is celebrating its native american peoples and a heritage with american indian day. it's also an important day for the morris family and the lake. his mother tells her to hurry up

in chuck to make a mistake. he's taking part in the joke tools, annual high school princess pageants as a little bit nervous too. and this is the 1st time they ever did on stage question. during the american indian princess pageant too. so i got prepared for that. so let's keep practice one more, but the mother dimitria is a full the princess. and now i'm a lake, a hopes to carry on the tradition the, the morris family, like most of the tribes have a good life on the reservation. having the right to operate to can see notes keeps that shop to us and financial security the they also have their own police force coolant system and fire department. the lake is high school

home to the seas. princess pageant also benefits from the casino. the patrons who had he's coming of age ceremony yesterday was last year's prince. i like to ask symbolism, tips, honestly, just going out there having fun in being yourself. so it is been, it's been like has to a mother has been months making the lake is dress willow, the if it pay off who who the event starts at the sports field, the way most shocked or events do with traditional dances

the lake here into a fellow contestants of being judged by the reigning prince and princess, as well as a jury. each girl must give a speech. the most important thing about being chalk, those are coach our culture and make those who we are and talk to people who can tell plenty outside cooking is a color in b. b, word is the tradition that's been passed down for so many generations to y'all called the last. and i think it was a jury, be impressed by my leg is use of jump to she was the only one to speaking anything but english american indian day high school friends this that is going to be contestant number 11, miss lake, re morris. they would maybe future contestants will

be encouraged to use more truck to in their speeches of the american indian day festivities of winding down after a day full of native american tradition. peyton and his friends celebrate with another american tradition, hamburgers and coke. the macon state. we native americans are still american and we do have the american food burgers, pizzas, check in, cries and coke, just as regular americans. personally, i enjoy the native tradition more is that fryeburg may be

peyton's generation, will take the best of these traditions and create new ones, unique to the young choctaws of mississippi, the land that would later become the state of mississippi was settled by europeans in the late 17th an 18th centuries, they built their own culture and customs with them and built you repeat in style houses the many of those living in the lower mississippi delta still take pride in preserving some of those traditions. julie vo check nick named mustang julie hopes to be part of a classic cars show today, but her cars breaks a jammed and it wants stats. the husband tom is

lending a hand. i think guys, they think i'm kind of an anomaly because a lot of their wives don't jump in and work on the car, so they work on their own car. i know one gal who one is in comp wrong gas. julie needs to be on the road in 3 hours or risk missing the show. she and her husband done collect just any old cars. they see their old emotive restoration as an act of patriotism. the old cars are part of our heritage and it shows how far we've come. i mean, you say to bucket roaster, clicking down the road, you know, or like change any bang, bang, or you see one of these. and, you know, it just brings back memories to people. the ford model a was part of if it's to bring mobility to the american methods in the late 19 twenties. but sixty's models hold a special place in this couple thoughts. the 1969,

you'll notice we've got 69 corvette and 69 mustang. that was a year allowed and fast, you know, that was a year. we landed on the moon. that was the year that america was at. it's truly greatest. and i, i think america is going to be great again. you know, we're bringing back the muscle car. thank goodness show. here we go. or julie hopes they fix the problems. she's ready to roll, dressed as if it was still the sixty's. the

last year we are $93.00 modeling and or 1930 model a. we ended up winning people's choice. so that was exciting. the julie could be on route to picking up another award this year, but then she smells trouble. we're have a little bit of a something might be burning, so we're going to stop and check it out. he's the kind of shows us the julie before it's again, but i think we're making this show i'm going to pump the brakes a little bit on the way there and the

whole, the good spots are already taken by the time she writes the it's a very patriotic, so it's a case layer for space for military. and so usually people display the american flags, american cons from the 1950s, sixties, and seventies. oh, and some things in common. they size and they love of gasoline. truly. first checks out the competition. the other mustangs look pretty cool to julie often stands out move in her account. does she have a shorter the price?

never $2969.00. 1969 a year. it's okay. you know, and it was a great so beautiful car was ever one coming out. that's okay. last year the lady serviced service. okay. julie knows that more and more women and becoming hobby mechanics and giving man a run. so the money the mississippi was an important transport route even before cause and trains were invented. but the water level has full and steadily and recent is making inland navigation. honda, not only with goods transported on the river slaves, what is so once an important congo giving rise to the phrase sold down the river? still today over a 3rd of mississippi into black, making it one of the us states with the largest african american populations. a

different kind of a quest reading club is about 250 kilometers south of memphis. the greenville the delta hill right is jesse brown boards, 3 horses here in larry pellet stable. i would say they'll ride tomorrow with just the door to jordan, taking part for the 1st time the death here. 3 is a group african american, cowboy, yeah. real capital. i learned from a cruise and a lot of history, real cowboy. no fake, no nodes you. we're really right. it's

important given to the kids like kids and pass it down and keep the door. cuz of what all the technology going on. the horses, you know, sometimes these things going to pay how does 10 year old jordan feel about his 1st? right? as a cal go i'm very nervous. uh, but i feel like my dad will show me to a lot of stuff so i'm excited to at the same time as we'll discover the new business he's will found it. they'll think he'll right is hold the traditional barbecue the night before group rides. jim and lindale, poor to tell some interesting, if not entirely true legends about cowboys know cowboys. a lot of black ro cows. now, i mean, a lot of blackboard renters back in the old days. and i hate to say it, but

a lot of was call boys a lot back in the days too. so. but if boys work and account is the name originally came about, they will tell more. it'll tell you this. that's where they came from. you got some real famous blackout boys as well, and they, you know, that make moves and stuff. we know john wayne, the duke is one of the most famous white cowboys that ever lived. but he's not the original more z as an ex. according to puerto hollywood turned into a rugged 3 named for african american count, hands into a monica of a white heroes who became the stuff of legend for the delta heal. right, is real cowboys, a blank wall to wall with oh, mine. oh bill. sit off

tomorrow. morning and ride the horses all the way to the banks of the mississippi. the around $500.00 columbus is for the sale, environmental researcher, and photographer ben depth is already on route to his destination. the mouth of the monkey, mississippi river on the gulf of mexico. fun to a huge river delta, the louisiana has sort of the fastest for roading coast in the world. and we're losing thousands of square miles of westland. and it's

a combination of factors including sea level rise and natural subsidence for the same thing. been has the monitoring changes to the dentist to use the build this small sail boat a few months ago. been in friend, richie a sailing to a remote highland in the delta. they want to camp. so the nice and spend the following day exploring the i feel like slowing down taking half a day to get anywhere. that process of slowing down kind of helps me see this landscape better. more clearly growing up here was a good way to understand this landscape. and i, i spent holidays and summers on my dad shrimp,

of learning these waters. i learned to swim right over there. and much of these areas have, have washed away into something unrecognizable. the ben is looking for the most island to spend the night on, because tomorrow he wants to do something out of the ordinary. go ahead and assemble my powered paraglider so that i'm ready to go early in the morning. i usually wake up an hour before sunrise and kind of set things up, but it takes a little longer to put the loader back together after sailing the

mississippi river delta of the base. and it's a low lying area and the islands of flats. the best way to explode and is from the bins powered power. glider is perfect, but it's range is limited. the been in richey enjoy evenings like these just trying to get a little fire started. we don't really need it this evening, but it's more for psychological reasons. right, a little warrants that scares us any animals. there's a few priorities on the island. nothing to worry about that. i have seen cougar footprints just about 10 miles from here. the to spend a peaceful night with mississippi mates. the gulf of mexico. little do they know what tomorrow will bring? the

the delta hill right is get the horses ready. the next morning, 10 year old jordan is supposed to join them for the 1st time. no problem says stable own or larry, the big data backs news a little more play. i didn't of white, you know, they have more fail when they ran it was, they'd be wanting to move a little more style again to get up to, you know, you know, so, and so is a, do it going to be easy. jordan's big moments, the well well over larry is confident jordan can keep pace during the

ride. others on convinced including the father, jesse. oh, who doesn't say? yeah, i'm a little bit afraid she thinks she can do it. i really want it to do it. i have a rose and a long time though. i never put the rope. i'm, i guess i always put the children close. it quits for now. stores don't be. i know you're nervous right now, but you're gonna get to try again. yeah. okay. the, the delta here right, is considered themselves america's true cowboys. it so that after the us civil war, one in every full campbell ways was black. but hollywood wrote them out of history, [000:00:00;00]

the one bringing the awareness to the cowboys in mississippi, delta, you know, let him know. black capitol is, is this, you know, we all, we be around, it is more the family and they have coach. and so i me, oh oh or fam, eric close always animal air. good. you too bye. it wants to bring to the other teams that we're here to stay the deal. so who right is more recognition for their role in history? because black cowboy played an important part in building american,

the environmental research here and photographer been den, gets his parent blind. a ready to take off early in the morning. he wants to explore punts of the mississippi delta, starting from the silent, the very when the today. so it's a lot of it. i've been has been flying and documenting the last of islands in the delta for years. hurricane ida came through this area last fall and came through just a little bit west of here and it really damaged a lot of islands, a little bit west of here. so i'm kind of also curious to see if hurricane ida

damage came this far east. hans of the delta has been cleared to make lanes for launch condo sheets and pipelines. the work helps the water sweep more and more little islands away. sounds like something just broke. the engine stopped, and ben was making an emergency landing. it's good, he will and out over the was a yes. not exactly sure what head could have been uh been trying to make the best of things. he patches up the propeller and other parts a belt probably snapped time for a 2nd attempt. he doesn't want to make an emergency landing in these alligator

infested. wolf has success. the motor is running smoothly. been can stone to take pictures the he quickly realizes that shoots waves of land, the gain be lost in recent months. more than 50 full square, columbus is a washed away each year. the new orleans, the cities deep water contain a port contributes to the last land ships need. if

a deep and navigation channels you will ins is known by many different names. the parents of the south queen of the south, the birthplace of jazz. and the big easy, the french quarter is the cities historic hans. the jump to trade in goods that it's french markets. and joe, nevada now stands here, a gift from france, the african american symbols lift them up, bringing jazz and fu due to new orleans. the. the french culture is home to do pre stance. christina bought peace performing a love spell for one of our clients. the

i've seen elders take one sofa candle like this and move mountains with it. so it's really all about your intentions. were to do uh, were serving the one below. oh wow. spirit switch. so it is intermediaries between humans and the supreme creates a lot of people assume that a mambo, i'm a sideway. no, not yet. i'm still on my way up. so i work under my mom, but my bone, mambo. sally glassman today. christina is meeting with mom, both sally and for the match. she always performs the same rituals as part of the training to become a member of a subway. will find priestess. does this stop? the symmetry? christina drew strings here from her ancestors. she feels and especially strong

connection to her deceased grandfather. what are uh, family transitions over there with us we they call it god speed for reason. if we call the name their right. like my grandfather who i've been talking about is right behind me. you can feel what i do with my gifts. i listen to my body. i feel the changes in the energy. the next stop condos, gwen, slaves gathered here once a week in the 19th century. it was the only place they were permitted to dance and speaks in native languages. but they still weren't allowed to practice voodoo here . who do practitioners would instead bring this sacrifices to the trees, which also served as gallows,

the fisheries were used to be able. they were used to have, you know, my ancestors and many other ancestors here, actually vibrating right now. i have shows all over my body just speaking these words about them. i can hand them, i can feel then christine is food still help is the temple of her mom. but sally and the preparations are really being made for the mess, which the high priestess herself will love to see the jelly and has been practicing who do since 1977. christina hopes to follow in her footsteps.

the that's been a lot of burden on her shoulders and i expect that christina is going to expect her to go all the way that she will become a member of a subway. definitely. i want to go as far as the low. i want me to go and as many people as i can bring awareness to and bring them sort of religion, i'm off of the or the rituals big enough to sun down. food is follow is no longer have to hide their religion. originally from west africa, buddha was brought here by the slave trade from haiti once demonized in suppressed respect for the religion is now growing. the and christina also has faith that one day she too will be a member

a so great the vince is a small community nestled among swamps about 100 kilometers southeast of new orleans. the richie blinking co work a month load seedlings on these narrow boats at the marina no longer contains jones to help his friend bin the paraglider study. the shrinking delta richie is actively combating is the today, what we're going to be doing is we're going to be planning from cypress trees out

in the wetland areas. and i began doing this work around 2009 or so 2010. and i was working in the oil and gas industry and i was driving the boat's here in the harbor. right. and i was going back and forth between the harbor and the spots on the golf and noticing a lot of land loss over the years. and i wanted to be doing anything i could to, to be slowing that down and, and so planting trees with the local township, but he's most devoted to his work in the delta. so you can see there's water in the ground here. very high water table. the saw island is at risk because it doesn't have a single tree. and the roots of the plans aren't more than a couple of centimeters deep. a mock has been planting trees alongside reach

e c is my family came here in early 1700 has been living here ever since. and if it goes away, we go way. the humans that we're living here before they built earth and mountains made on a one basket of money shell of the time. they pulled their efforts in labor together to live in these exceedingly productive places. and when the europeans got here, we built lobbies and we started controlling nature. and where we find the problems here is where we tried to control nature too much. since the building of the levies and the 19 cities, the sea level here has risen by about 9 millimeters each year. and about 5000 square kilometers of land has been lost in mississippi river. it has provided for my family for generations. and the delta is in peril, right? and so we're, i'm doing what i can and others are to, to help restore this area because they don't take care of us and into the future.

and the mississippi river brings all americans together in one way or another, right? it makes us who we are. scientists expect that most of the little islands will be gone for good in just 20 years. but richey and others who, leased by the mississippi, refused to give up hope, just yet, the hudson's euro. and see russia as their enemy. many young people in georgia have positioned themselves against the pro russian government. and since an opportunity in the upcoming parliamentary elections, what they want for the country is true. independence. focus on europe. in 30 minutes on the w,

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