. >> it's the lakota sioux in south dakota. >> and the reservations there are the forest places in americawe think of traveling the world to find third world poverty, but there is poverty right here. and there is so much dreaming and brilliance inside it, from these kids. they are dreamers and survivors. their faces, arcing back to their warrior ancestors. and their spirits are that, too. the children of the pine ridge indian reservation who refuse to be defeated the astonishing children can always see a distant horizon. we ride up in the hills of the pine ridge, where a 12-year-old girl says she wants to tell us about the land she loves. so beautiful up here. she is louise clifford, who wants a beautiful future, while honoring her past. >> everything's sacred. the dancing, the tepees, the horses, the buffalo. everything just gets to me because it's strong and in my blood. >> and on this night, we go to her home, it is freezing. >> how's that? >> better. >> reporte >> she takes me into her bedroom, all pink. >> these, i have these shirts. >> do you ever watch families on tv and think how l

a 12-year-old with a face arcing back to those warriors of the lakota sioux path, like sitting bull, crazy horse. james, a boy who has their face and is trying to find their strength. his name is robert looks twice. his long hair, an indian symbol of strength. and at the tribal dances, he has masters the fierce precision to every beat of the drum. he's the hunter, echoing the movements of his prey. on a freezing afternoon, i meet him in an isolated corner of the reservation. his name comes from his great, great, great, great grandfather who looked twice, who looked for the right path. and robert tells me how he tries to find a quiet corner in this room so he can study. he plans to be the first in his family to go to college and after that? what is your goal for yourself? >> i want to be the first native american president. >> reporter: i'm not laughing because it's impossible. i'm just laughing because it's great. to understand how extraordinary robert and his aspirations are, you have to look around at the world he sees. the water, leaking in the old trailer where he lives. and on t