Waching daily Apr 3 2018

(rhythmic drumming)

- [Voiceover] It is another world.

Thriving with 100 million people.

Connected by elaborate roads, ridges,

and social networks spanning continents.

(loud eagle caw)

With monumental cities aligned to the heavens.

(rhythmic drumming)

And some of the greatest civilizations on earth.

(loud horn)

This is America more than 500 years ago.

(fast rattling)

Native Americans create America's first democracy,

that later inspires the United States constitution.

Shape Mississippi swamp land into the largest pyramids

on the planet.

(eerie music)

Carve Andean mountain slope into fields that feed millions.

(crow cawing)

And domesticate plants

that now provide 60% of the world's food.

They elevate America's natural beauty

into spiritual beliefs

that echo across 10 thousand years.

(loud rattling)

(loud whooshing)

And dig deep into those beliefs

to survive the worst lost of life

from disease and genocidal warfare in history.

(loud gunshot)

- We are not dead.

We're often referred to in history books

in the past tense.

But here we are in the present

and we're going full force.

You know, we're still here.

(rock pounding)

- The Inca traditions, the Inca knowledge,

has never disappeared.

It is still alive.

It's not a religion, it's a way of life.

(loud horn)

- When I come on out to the water,

there's a connection to my ancestors.

A relationship that goes through my blood and my veins.

- As a Comanche woman, this just completes me.

Because all of my relatives were here.

They probably prayed for us

and prayed that someday we would be here.

And our culture would continue.

(loud rattling)

- The people that have lived here,

have understood this place

and this knowledge has been accumulated

over thousand of years.

The past is also part of the present.

(uplifting music)

- [Voiceover] This is a new vision of America

and the people who built it.

This is Native America.

(rhythmic drumming)