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the mississippi river, america's life blood amongst the wars away that still holds many secrets. the settlements have cooled, the banks of the read 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 here 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 shop, to an ancient this work 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 to be here. 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 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 top lines the most sacred, twice the money. why a cage choked to legend has it that this is the 1st place of humanity with people 1st, a mode stone to the surface of the other tribes, then migrate to the no directions. only the truck to remain choosing to stay

close to the mother mound the yeah. cool. 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 law. 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 the uh what what, what much is the coach? it was louis when the talk to was approved by european central is or even the origin of the truck to name is on the search. and some believe it's derived from

the woods to read the people the truck to would driven off 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 nunes, 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. chuck dog 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, choctaws, a volunteer from the dance and rabbit to treat it 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 neely 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 rivers 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. the but for most memphis still stands for blues and rock'n'roll, the beale street. he's the hoss of its music. saint korea's of many stones began here, louis armstrong, joining cash. and of course, the king of rock and roll. elvis presley the

senior night on the beach halo 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's 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 traveled with his brothers and sisters and played 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, to carry on his legacy, which is really cool. naomi is also playing in a bar on bill 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 through 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 perform through the 19 pods 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 is mother tells her to hurry up

in chalk to make up this fuss lake. he's taking part in the choke 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 medium census pageant too. so i got prepared for that, so just keep practice one more, but the mother demitria is a full of princess. and now i'm a lake, a hoops 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 the shop to some 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 mean, like i ask symbolism, tips, honestly, just going out there having fun in being yourself. so it is been, it's more 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 talked on people who could oh, plenty outside cooking, dish or color it may be were, is a tradition that's been passed down for so many generations to y'all called the last. and i think we would, you re be impressed by lake is use of jump to she was the only one to speaking anything but english american indian de high school friends this and that is going to be contest in 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 says regular americans, personally, i enjoy the native condition 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, the land that would later become the state of mississippi. we settled by europeans in the late 17th. an 18th centuries. they built their own culture and customs with them and to build european style houses the many of those living in the lower mississippi delta still take pride in preserving some of those traditions. julie bo 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 wifes don't just jump in and work on the cars or they work on their own car. i know one gal who won't even pump your own gas. julie needs to be on the road in 3 hours or risk missing. the show that she and her husband done collects 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 a t bucket roaster, clicking down the road, you know, or like change any bang, bang, or you say 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. in 1969,

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

last year we are 1930 model a an 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. 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 the 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 where for space, for military. and so usually people the way the american flag american cons from the 1950s, sixties and seventies. have some things in common. the size and the love of gasoline truly 1st 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 men 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 ease 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, ne, greenville, the delta hill right is jesse brown boats, 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 uh so uh, the group, uh, african american, cowboy young, real capital i learned from occurs and a lot of history, real capital, no fake, no nodes here. we're really right.

it's important given to the kids my kids and pass it down and keep it though. because of what our technology going. oh the horses you know sometimes the thing going to pay how does 10 year old jordan see you about the 1st right? is a cow go i'm very nervous. oh, 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. the delta 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. no cow boar, lot of black ro cows. so i mean, a lot of black for the ranch was back in the old days. and i hate to say it, but

a lot of us has called boys a lot back in the days too. so somebody from the boys work in the account who was the name originally came about, they will tell more, it'll tell you this and that's where they came from. you got some real famous blackout boys as well. 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 pam or z as an ex. according to puerto hollywood turned it to rugged 3 names. the african american cow hands into a monica of a white heroes who became the stuff of legend for the delta. who right is real cowboys applied to the oh my oh,

the bill set 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 research here and photographer been deb. he's already on route to his destination, the miles of the monkey, mississippi river on the gulf of mexico. fun to a huge river delta. the louisiana has some of the fastest for routing codes in the world. we're losing thousands of square miles of westland. and that'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 built this small sail boat a few months ago been and friend, richie a sailing to a remote highland in the delta they want camp, so the nice and spend the following day exploring the i feel like slowing down taking half a day to get anywhere at process of slowing down kind of house. they see this landscape better and more clearly. growing up here was a good way to understand this landscape, and i spent holidays and summers all my dad shrimp the learning these waters.

i learned a swim right over there and much of these areas have, have washed away into something unrecognizable the been, he's looking for a remote 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, the delta base, and you said low lying area on the islands of flats. the best way to explore them is from the bins powered power. glider is perfect, but its range is limited. the spin in richey enjoy evenings like this is 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 warm 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, they get it back news a little more play. i didn't of white, you know, they have more fail when they rattle was they'd be wanting to move a little more style again to get up to, you know, you know, so, and so is it going to be easy? jordan's big moments? the . whoa, whoa,

larry is confident. jordan can keep pace during the ride. others on convinced, including the father, jesse. oh, oh, it doesn't say i'm a little bit afraid is she can't do it. i really want it to do it. i have a rose and horse and a long time though. i never put the rope. i'm a safe guess. i always put the children close. it quits for now. don't be. i know you're nervous right now, but you're going to get try again. yeah. ok. in the delta heal ride is consider themselves america's true cowboys. it's the that after the us civil war, one in every full campbell ways was black. but hollywood wrote them out of history . the

hollywood marine go away. and it's to the cowboys in mississippi deal to, you know, let him know black cowboys, the 2, i know we always be around. it is more the family in the head coach. and so i me, oh oh or fam, eric close always animal agriculture to it, wants to bring to the of other teams that we're here. we're here to stay the deal. so he'll ride is want recognition for their role in history. because black cowboy played an important part in building america, the

environmental research here and photographer been den gets he's paraglider ready for take off early in the morning. he wants to explore parts of the mississippi delta, starting from the silence 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. and so i'm kind of also curious to see if hurricane ida damage came this far east pots of the delta has been cleared to make

lanes for lunch, condo sheets, and pipelines. the work helps the water sweet 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 wasn't out over the was a yes. exactly sure. what head could have been, uh spin tries 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 waters. $0.06 the most it was 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 as 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 cool, whatever 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 americans of also lift them up, bringing jazz and fu due to new orleans. the. the french quarter was home to do pre stance. christina bought peace performing a love spell for one of her clients. the, the, the, i've seen elders take one single candle like this and move mountains with

it. so it's really all about your intentions. we'll do. uh, we're serving the little one below. oh wow. spirits which service intermediaries between humans and the supreme creates a lot of people assume that a mom or 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 that this stopped the symmetry. christina drew strings here from her ancestors. she feels and especially strong connection to her deceased grandfather. when our family

transitions over there with us we, they call and god speed for a 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 mix stop condos. gwen slaves gathered here once a week in the 19th century. it was the only place they were permitted to dance and speak, then they took languages, but they still weren't allowed to practice. do do here, do 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 member sally and the preparations are ready being made for the mess which the high priestess herself will love to see the felon who has been practicing to 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 why 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 the ritual speaking off to sundown. who does follow is no longer have to hide their religion. originally from when staff, i guess rudy was brought to you by the slave trade from haiti once demonized and suppressed respect for the religion is now growing. the and christina is so hesitates that one day she too, will be a member a so great the

a vintage, there's a small community nestled among swamps about 100 kilometers southeast of new orleans. the richey blinking co work a month load seedlings on these narrow boats within the reno. no longer contains jones to help his friends been the paraglider, studied the shrinking. delta richie is actively conversing. it's the today. what we're going to be doing is we're going to be planning from cypress trees out into 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 so planting trees was something that i could do within my own power. richie and ma could already planted several 1000 trees in the mississippi delta. the tree roots give the islands greatest ability. so the notice easily washed away, richie knows these f, it's a just a drop in the bucket. but because it's better than doing nothing,

the richie grows the seedlings, and these are on god and receipts no financial assistance from the governmental aid organizations. he used to work as a fisherman and later on an offshore oil rig. richey now has a job 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. this island is it risk because it doesn't have a single tree. and the roots of the plans are more than a couple of centimeters deep mock has been planting trees alongside richie for years. my family came here in early 1700 has been living here

ever since. and if it goes away, we go way the humans that were living here before they built earth and mountains made on a one basket of money show 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 levies 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 is 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 richie and others who leased by the mississippi refuse to give up hope just yet the to the point. strong opinions, clear positions, international perspective. the situation in ukraine is going dire as soldiers struggling to maintain that. meanwhile, jo, me is discussing the possibility of freezing the warm sun to the point we off to skin ground. how would tell me on the west response to the point in 2 minutes, d, w, the

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