(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)
