1 00:00:03,903 --> 00:00:07,273 POWER. WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND 2 00:00:07,407 --> 00:00:11,012 ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER 3 00:00:11,145 --> 00:00:13,680 JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT GENERATION. 4 00:00:13,813 --> 00:00:19,520 TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. ENTERGY. 5 00:00:19,653 --> 00:00:21,655 ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY THE FRED B. AND RUTH B. 6 00:00:21,788 --> 00:00:25,025 ZIEGLER FOUNDATION AND THE ZIEGLER ART MUSEUM IN JENNINGS 7 00:00:25,158 --> 00:00:33,500 CITY HALL. THE MUSEUM FOCUSES ON EMERGING 8 00:00:33,633 --> 00:00:34,902 LOUISIANA ARTISTS AND IS AN HISTORICAL AND CULTURAL CENTER 9 00:00:35,035 --> 00:00:37,003 FOR SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA. AND THE FOUNDATION FOR 10 00:00:37,137 --> 00:00:38,472 EXCELLENCE IN LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING WITH SUPPORT FROM 11 00:00:38,605 --> 00:00:47,413 VIEWERS LIKE YOU. 12 00:00:48,382 --> 00:00:49,383 CAPTIONING PERFORMED BY LNS CAPTIONING 13 00:00:49,517 --> 00:00:50,650 WWW.LNSCAPTIONING.COM 14 00:00:56,657 --> 00:01:02,162 WELL, SHE CAME FROM OUT OF NOWHERE, IS WHERE SHE CAME FROM. 15 00:01:02,295 --> 00:01:05,933 ONE MAJOR SURPRISE IN THE STATE'S ONE BIG RACE. 16 00:01:06,067 --> 00:01:10,103 THE TOP STORY IS VOTER TURNOUT WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS 17 00:01:10,237 --> 00:01:12,538 ENACTING A PLAN AFTER DEEP SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING. 18 00:01:12,673 --> 00:01:18,412 ADAPTING TO NEW REALITIES, A SECOND SUMMIT ON THE STATE'S 19 00:01:18,545 --> 00:01:23,283 COASTAL MASTER PLAN SHEDS NEW LIGHT ON OUR FUTURE. 20 00:01:23,417 --> 00:01:25,652 AND THE SPIRIT COMES OUT AND MOVES YOU. 21 00:01:25,785 --> 00:01:29,890 WHEN YOU BEGIN TO MOVE YOU BEGIN TO TELL A STORY. 22 00:01:30,023 --> 00:01:36,763 LOUISIANA'S CHITIMACHA POWWOW AND THE MANY NATIVE AMERICAN 23 00:01:36,897 --> 00:01:41,035 NATIONS BROUGHT TOGETHER TO CELEBRATE THEIR LIKE CULTURE. 24 00:01:41,168 --> 00:01:45,572 HI. I'M ANDRE MOREAU. 25 00:01:45,705 --> 00:01:50,743 MORE ON THOSE STORIES, BUT FIRST ON THE LOUISIANA REPORT CARDS. 26 00:01:50,877 --> 00:01:55,248 THE PERCENTAGE OF A RATED SCHOOLS WENT DOWN AND F RATED 27 00:01:55,382 --> 00:01:59,018 SCHOOLS WENT UP. JOHN WHITE, SUPERINTENDENT, DOWN 28 00:01:59,152 --> 00:02:02,757 PLAYED SCHOOL GRADES IN FREE WALL. 29 00:02:02,890 --> 00:02:06,460 "SWI" WILL EXPLORE THIS IN DEPTH IN THE COMING WEEKS. 30 00:02:06,593 --> 00:02:08,895 NOW OTHER STORIES MAKING HEADLINES. 31 00:02:09,028 --> 00:02:12,098 THE COAST GUARD BEGAN A FORMAL INVESTIGATION OF THE 32 00:02:12,232 --> 00:02:15,735 CRASH THAT CLOSED THE SUNSHINE BRIDGE. 33 00:02:15,868 --> 00:02:19,407 THE AGENCY WILL IDENTIFY UNSAFE CONDITIONS THAT MAY HAVE 34 00:02:19,540 --> 00:02:21,975 CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT AND WAYS TO PREVENT IT FROM 35 00:02:22,108 --> 00:02:25,478 HAPPENING AGAIN. THE BRIDGE SHUT DOWN OCTOBER 12 36 00:02:25,612 --> 00:02:30,917 WHEN A BARGE-MOUNTED CRANE OWNED BY MARQUETTE TRANSPORTATION RAN 37 00:02:31,052 --> 00:02:33,420 INTO IT. REPAIRS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE THE 38 00:02:33,553 --> 00:02:35,555 BRIDGE READY FOR USE AGAIN IN JANUARY. 39 00:02:35,688 --> 00:02:40,360 A TIMELINE IS SET FOR A RIVER DIVERSION CANAL IN SOUTH 40 00:02:40,493 --> 00:02:44,063 LOUISIANA. ENGINEERS WITH THE PROJECT SAY 41 00:02:44,197 --> 00:02:47,300 IT WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE SUMMER OF 2021. 42 00:02:47,433 --> 00:02:53,973 THE PROJECT HAS BEEN IN TALKS SINCE THE FLOODS OF 1983. 43 00:02:54,107 --> 00:02:58,278 COMPUTER ISSUES THAT CAUSE BIG PROBLEMS AT THE STATE OFFICE OF 44 00:02:58,412 --> 00:03:04,385 MOTOR VEHICLES ARE FIXED. IT IMPACTED OFFICES STATEWIDE. 45 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:07,822 DISCOVERED JUST HOURS BEFORE OFFICES OPENED. 46 00:03:07,955 --> 00:03:12,258 IT MADE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO GET A RENEWED DRIVER'S LICENSE. 47 00:03:12,392 --> 00:03:21,068 FIRST BANK SHARES OF MISSISSIPPI IS BUYING FBP FOR 86 MILLION IN 48 00:03:21,202 --> 00:03:24,170 STOCK. THEY OWN FLORIDA PARISH'S BANK. 49 00:03:24,303 --> 00:03:28,775 WITH $383 MILLION IN ASSETS WITH SEVEN OFFICES. 50 00:03:28,908 --> 00:03:33,513 THE DEAL IS PENDING APPROVAL. A JAPANESE COMPANY HAS BROKEN 51 00:03:33,680 --> 00:03:37,683 GROUND ON A VEGETABLE OIL PLANT IN METRO NEW ORLEANS. 52 00:03:37,818 --> 00:03:43,923 FUJI VEGETABLE OIL PLANS TO PROCESS PALM, SUNFLOWER AND 53 00:03:44,057 --> 00:03:54,702 COCONUT OIL. IT PLANS TO OPEN IN MID 2020. 54 00:03:54,835 --> 00:03:59,607 NATIONALLY THE BIG STORY OF THE ELECTIONS, THE DEMOCRATS SEIZED 55 00:03:59,740 --> 00:04:04,745 CONTROL OF THE HOUSE AND THE REPUBLICANS STRENGTHENED THEIR 56 00:04:04,878 --> 00:04:10,317 GRIP ON THE SENATE. THE ENTHUSIASM NATIONWIDE 57 00:04:10,450 --> 00:04:14,955 ENCOURAGED PEOPLE TO GO OUT TO THE POLLS, EVEN THOUGH WE HAD NO 58 00:04:15,088 --> 00:04:19,993 TYPE OF RACE SWEATING IT OUT. GREL HILBURN, U.S.A. NETWORK AND 59 00:04:20,127 --> 00:04:22,797 BARRY ERWIN, COUNCIL FOR A BETTER LOUISIANA. 60 00:04:22,930 --> 00:04:27,233 LOTS TO TALK ABOUT. FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AND THE 61 00:04:27,367 --> 00:04:35,108 SURPRISE THERE. NOT THAT KYLE ARDOIN FINISHED 62 00:04:35,242 --> 00:04:40,413 FIRST, BUT GWEN COLLINS-GREENUP. WHERE DID SHE COME FROM? 63 00:04:40,580 --> 00:04:44,952 SHE CAME FROM OUT OF NOWHERE AND ENDED UP WITH 20% OF THE 64 00:04:45,085 --> 00:04:46,620 VOTE. SHE WAS NOT THE ENDORSED 65 00:04:46,753 --> 00:04:50,690 CANDIDATE BY THE LOUISIANA DEMOCRATIC PARTY. 66 00:04:50,823 --> 00:04:55,262 SHE IS AN ATTORNEY, AN AFTERNOON AMERICAN ATTORNEY FROM CLINTONON 67 00:04:55,395 --> 00:05:05,305 WHO HAD NO MONEY. HERE SHE IS MADE THE RUNOFF 68 00:05:05,438 --> 00:05:07,540 A DEAD HEAT SO FAR. YEAH. 69 00:05:07,673 --> 00:05:12,145 THIS IS A VN INTERESTING RACE. SHE CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. 70 00:05:12,278 --> 00:05:19,118 IF YOU GO DOWN THE BALLOT, JULIE STOKES SPENT A BOAT LOAD OF 71 00:05:19,252 --> 00:05:23,490 MONEY AND BARELY BEAT THOMAS KENNEDY WHO DIDN'T HAVE A 72 00:05:23,623 --> 00:05:25,892 CAMPAIGN WHO GOT 9%. SHE GOT 11%. 73 00:05:26,025 --> 00:05:28,028 THIS SURPRISED PEOPLE ACROSS THE BOARD. 74 00:05:28,162 --> 00:05:31,598 YOU LOOK AT PEOPLE WHO WENT TO ALL THE RALLIES AND SPOKE AT 75 00:05:31,732 --> 00:05:34,433 ALL THE EVENTS, SHE WAS NOT ONE OF THEM 76 00:05:34,568 --> 00:05:37,470 I KNOW. I SAW HER AT QUALIFYING, WHEN 77 00:05:37,603 --> 00:05:40,640 SHE CAME TO QUALIFYING. SHE WAS AT THE MANSHIP FORUM. 78 00:05:40,773 --> 00:05:42,142 SHE WAS THERE. YES. 79 00:05:42,275 --> 00:05:47,513 THAT WAS IT. SHE MANAGED SOMEHOW TO GET ON 80 00:05:47,647 --> 00:05:51,752 SOME ON THE TRADITIONAL POWERFUL AFRICAN-AMERICAN BALLOTS AROUND 81 00:05:51,885 --> 00:05:56,357 NEW ORLEANS AND ELSEWHERE AND HERE SHE IS NOW. 82 00:05:56,490 --> 00:05:58,925 PROBABLY GOING TO BE A DIFFERENT STORY IN THE RUNOFF. 83 00:05:59,058 --> 00:06:03,697 FORECAST THE RUNOFF. WELL, YOU CAN PROBABLY GO 84 00:06:03,830 --> 00:06:12,138 BACK AND LOOK THE TREASURE'S RACE WITH JOHN SCHROEDER WITH AN 85 00:06:12,272 --> 00:06:14,642 AFRICAN-AMERICAN DEMOCRAT AND THE REPUBLICAN WINS HANDS DOWN. 86 00:06:14,775 --> 00:06:17,810 THAT IS PROBABLY WHAT WILL HAPPEN WITH THIS. 87 00:06:17,945 --> 00:06:21,047 COME DECEMBER 8. COME DECEMBER 8. 88 00:06:21,180 --> 00:06:26,520 WE WILL SEE IF SHE IS RAISE MONEY AND SHE HAS ELEVATED HER 89 00:06:26,653 --> 00:06:28,455 PROFILE. MAYBE SHE CAN RUN AGAIN. 90 00:06:28,588 --> 00:06:36,162 THE SIX HOUSE MEMBERS EASILY RETAINED THEIR SEATS. 91 00:06:36,297 --> 00:06:39,532 THAT WAS EXPECTED. LOUISIANA DIDN'T HAVE THE DRAMA 92 00:06:39,667 --> 00:06:44,270 OF OTHER STATES. THERE WAS NO BLUE WAVE HERE. 93 00:06:44,403 --> 00:06:48,508 THE GREAT LOUISIANA LEVY SYSTEM BLOCKED A BLUE WAVE FROM COMING 94 00:06:48,642 --> 00:06:51,345 IN HERE. LOUISIANA WOULD HAVE LOST A LOT 95 00:06:51,478 --> 00:06:55,248 OF CLOUT IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 96 00:06:55,382 --> 00:07:05,092 FIVE OF OUR SIX REPRESENTATIVES, ONE WAS THE MAJORITY WHIP, STEVE 97 00:07:05,225 --> 00:07:06,960 SCALISE. THAT LOST SOME INFLUENCE IN THE 98 00:07:07,093 --> 00:07:08,828 HOUSE. THERE IS A BRIGHT SPOT. 99 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:13,100 CEDRIC RICHMOND FROM NEW ORLEANS, EASILY WON RE-ELECTION 100 00:07:13,233 --> 00:07:16,903 WITH 80% OF THE VOTE. HE IS IN LINE FOR A LEADERSHIP 101 00:07:17,037 --> 00:07:19,907 POSITION WITH THE DEMOCRATS TAKING CONTROL AND IN A PRETTY 102 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:23,343 GOOD POSITION RIGHT NOW. HE IS LINE FOR THAT. 103 00:07:23,477 --> 00:07:28,115 WE BALANCE ONE OR THE OTHER, STEVE SCALISE IS GOING TO BE A 104 00:07:28,282 --> 00:07:30,083 PLAYER. PEOPLE ARE SAYING NOW THERE 105 00:07:30,217 --> 00:07:34,187 IS A FORCE OF CHECKS AND BALANCES FOR THE PRESIDENT. 106 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:39,960 SO IF THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD BE A STALEMATE IN EVERYTHING YOU 107 00:07:40,093 --> 00:07:42,462 SEE GOING FORWARD. HOW DOES THAT IMPACT LOUISIANA? 108 00:07:42,595 --> 00:07:46,132 THAT IS A GOOD QUESTION. WHEN YOU HAVE TWO HOUSES IN 109 00:07:46,265 --> 00:07:51,372 DIFFERENT HANDS AND A REPUBLICAN IN THE PRESIDENCY IT IS A BIG 110 00:07:51,505 --> 00:07:54,775 QUESTION OF WHAT HAPPENS. A LOT OF IT IS NATIONAL 111 00:07:54,908 --> 00:07:57,943 POLITICAL GAME MORE THAN DEALING WITH THE STATE. 112 00:07:58,078 --> 00:08:02,848 A LOT OF THE DEMOCRATS ARE GOING TO BRING UP INVESTIGATIONS AND 113 00:08:02,983 --> 00:08:06,387 HEARINGS. ALMOST LIKE DAYS SOUNDING LIKE 114 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,522 WATERGATE. I DON'T KNOW AT THE STATE LEVEL 115 00:08:08,655 --> 00:08:11,090 PER SE. THE TARIFF ISSUE AND THOSE TYPE 116 00:08:11,223 --> 00:08:14,060 OF THINGS. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A HOUSE 117 00:08:14,193 --> 00:08:16,028 AND SENATE ISSUE AS IT IS WITH THE PRESIDENT. 118 00:08:16,162 --> 00:08:20,200 THERE WAS A LOT OF TALK OF THE AMENDMENTS TO THE 119 00:08:20,333 --> 00:08:23,937 CONSTITUTION. FIRSTLY, THE UNANIMOUS JURY 120 00:08:24,070 --> 00:08:25,672 PASSED. THAT WAS A NATIONAL STORY. 121 00:08:25,805 --> 00:08:29,710 WE ARE ONE OF TWO STATES WHERE YOU COULD BE CONVICTED WITH 10 122 00:08:29,843 --> 00:08:32,745 OF 12 JURORS IF YOU WERE CHARGED WITH A FELONY. 123 00:08:32,878 --> 00:08:36,750 THE OTHER IS OREGON. IT GOES BACK TO THE JIM CROW 124 00:08:36,883 --> 00:08:38,718 ERA. ABSOLUTELY. 125 00:08:38,852 --> 00:08:44,523 CERTAINLY WAS BORN IN RACIST TONES AND -- BUT IT WAS SWEPT 126 00:08:44,657 --> 00:08:48,962 OUT REALLY BY A HUGE MAJORITY YEAH, IT WAS. 127 00:08:49,095 --> 00:08:52,065 WHEN YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED IN THE LEGISLATURE IT IS A BIG 128 00:08:52,198 --> 00:08:56,002 SURPRISE IT GOT TO THE BALLOT. THERE WAS AN ORGANIZED EFFORT TO 129 00:08:56,135 --> 00:08:59,807 GET IT OUT THERE AND IT DID WELL. 130 00:08:59,940 --> 00:09:03,943 THING THAT WAS INTERESTING ON THE AMENDMENTS, THERE WEREN'T A 131 00:09:04,077 --> 00:09:07,480 TON, SIX OF THEM. YOU DON'T SEE THE VOTERS PAS 132 00:09:07,647 --> 00:09:10,950 THEM ALL. ALL OF THEM PASSED BY FAIRLY 133 00:09:11,083 --> 00:09:13,620 HEALTHY MARGINS. WHAT ABOUT OTHERS THAT PASSED 134 00:09:13,753 --> 00:09:17,390 THAT STOOD OUT TO YOU THAT ARE IMPORTANT. 135 00:09:17,523 --> 00:09:23,297 FOR EXAMPLE, THE BANNING OF STADIUM ROAD AND BRIDGES FUNDS 136 00:09:23,430 --> 00:09:28,368 TO BE USED BY TRAFFIC CONTROL AND STATE POLICE. 137 00:09:28,502 --> 00:09:31,905 BARRY DOES A GREAT JOB BREAKING DOWN THESE AMENDMENTS. 138 00:09:32,038 --> 00:09:37,143 I WILL CEDE TO HIM. IT IS A BIG ISSUE IN THE 139 00:09:37,277 --> 00:09:38,945 LEGISLATURE TO GET MONEY INTO ROADS. 140 00:09:39,078 --> 00:09:41,848 WE ATTEMPTED LAST YEAR TO PASS A GASOLINE TAX. 141 00:09:41,982 --> 00:09:45,485 WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THE DOLLARS ARE GOING TO STRAIGHT TO THE 142 00:09:45,618 --> 00:09:47,553 ROADS. WE'VE SEEN THE LEGISLATURE TAKE 143 00:09:47,687 --> 00:09:50,123 STEPS OVER THE LAST FEW YEARS TO TRY AND DO THIS. 144 00:09:50,257 --> 00:09:52,892 THIS IS THE LAST STEP, I THINK, OF THAT. 145 00:09:53,025 --> 00:09:54,760 IT WASN'T ANYTHING ABOUT STATE POLICE. 146 00:09:54,895 --> 00:09:58,765 MAKING SURE THOSE DOLLARS WEREN'T BEING USED TO BALANCE 147 00:09:58,898 --> 00:10:03,002 THE BUDGET. HEY, WE WANT AS MUCH OF THE 148 00:10:03,137 --> 00:10:05,605 REVENUE AS WE HAVE AVAILABLE GOING TO ROADS. 149 00:10:05,738 --> 00:10:10,543 THAT IS THE FINAL PIECE ON THAT. DID YOU NOTICE ON ELECTION 150 00:10:10,677 --> 00:10:12,978 DAY COMMERCIALS BEGAN AIRING ABOUT A BRIDGE PACKET. 151 00:10:13,113 --> 00:10:17,383 THIS CAME OUT OF NOWHERE. THIS SPOT WAS A LENGTHY, WELL 152 00:10:17,517 --> 00:10:20,287 THOUGHT OUT SPOT. THEY POSITIONED THE LEGISLATURE 153 00:10:20,420 --> 00:10:24,623 TO ALLOCATE FUNDING FOR ANOTHER CAPITAL AREA BRIDGE. 154 00:10:24,757 --> 00:10:27,727 AND WHAT WILL HAPPEN GOING FORWARD WITH THAT. 155 00:10:27,860 --> 00:10:32,332 I THINK YOU ARE GOING TO SEE TALK ABOUT INFRASTRUCTURE IN THE 156 00:10:32,465 --> 00:10:36,570 MONTHS AHEAD. I THINK THERE IS A GROUP TO PUSH 157 00:10:36,703 --> 00:10:40,707 A PROPOSAL FOR A GASOLINE TAX AND CONTINUATION TO PUT A 158 00:10:40,840 --> 00:10:42,742 SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF MONEY INTO INFRASTRUCTURE. 159 00:10:42,875 --> 00:10:45,545 WHETHER THAT PASSES DURING AN ELECTION YEAR, I'M NOT SURE. 160 00:10:45,678 --> 00:10:47,913 THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE KEYING THAT ISSUE UP. 161 00:10:48,047 --> 00:10:50,950 THE CLOSURE OF THE SUNSHINE BRIDGE PLAYED INTO THIS. 162 00:10:51,083 --> 00:10:53,220 IT HAS. THAT IS A BIG DEAL. 163 00:10:53,353 --> 00:10:55,355 YOU REALIZE HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS. 164 00:10:55,488 --> 00:10:57,123 20-MINUTE COMMUNITIES INTO TWO HOURS. 165 00:10:57,257 --> 00:11:00,193 IT IS TERRIBLE. PEOPLE TRYING TO VOTE WHO LI 166 00:11:00,327 --> 00:11:03,330 ON THE EAST BANK TO GO TO THE WEST BANK. 167 00:11:03,463 --> 00:11:07,633 THERE WAS TROUBLE THERE. THEY WERE GIVEN PROVISIONAL 168 00:11:07,767 --> 00:11:10,537 BALLOTS TO VOTE BUT COULDN'T VOTE ON EVERYTHING. 169 00:11:10,670 --> 00:11:14,908 I'M SURE THERE WILL BE A COALITION FOR SOME KIND OF GAS 170 00:11:15,042 --> 00:11:16,877 TAX. I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY 171 00:11:17,010 --> 00:11:21,548 DANGER OF THAT PASSING IN AN ELECTION YEAR. 172 00:11:21,682 --> 00:11:25,918 WHAT ABOUT FANTASY SPORTS BETTING WHICH I FIND 173 00:11:26,052 --> 00:11:28,422 FASCINATING. HOW DID THAT PLAY OUT? 174 00:11:28,555 --> 00:11:31,925 BARRY IS KNOWN FOR THE AMOUNT OF MONEY HE INVESTS. 175 00:11:32,058 --> 00:11:36,428 I DON'T KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT IT. I DON'T EITHER. 176 00:11:36,563 --> 00:11:42,302 IT PASSED BY 47 OUT OF 64 PARISHES. 177 00:11:42,435 --> 00:11:46,038 THE INTERESTING THING IS THE ISSUE ABOUT REGULAR SPORTS 178 00:11:46,172 --> 00:11:50,877 BETTING LAST YEAR, THE CASINO THING, DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE. 179 00:11:51,010 --> 00:11:53,613 MISSISSIPPI DID. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT. 180 00:11:53,780 --> 00:11:55,915 NOW WE ARE TALKING ABOUT IT AGAIN. 181 00:11:56,048 --> 00:12:00,620 WHEN YOU SEE THIS MANY FOLKS IN ALL THE URBAN AREAS IT PASSED 182 00:12:00,753 --> 00:12:02,722 HANDILY. MAYBE THAT HAS AN IMPACT ON THE 183 00:12:02,855 --> 00:12:05,825 SPORTS BETTING BILL THAT COMES IN THE LEGISLATURE NEXT YEAR. 184 00:12:05,958 --> 00:12:10,363 THERE WAS TALK TO LOOK AT HOW THIS GOES BECAUSE HOW THIS GOES 185 00:12:10,497 --> 00:12:17,403 WOULD BE AN INDICATOR OF HOW THE REGULAR SPORTS BETTING WOULD GO 186 00:12:17,537 --> 00:12:21,975 SHOULD LOUISIANA INTRODUCE THAT INTO OUR CASINOS. 187 00:12:22,108 --> 00:12:28,113 AND WE COMPETE WITH MISSISSIPPI. IF THAT IS A CANARY, IT DOES 188 00:12:28,282 --> 00:12:34,087 PRETEND THAT IT HAS A CHANCE. ESPECIALLY WITH MISSISSIPPI 189 00:12:34,220 --> 00:12:36,322 JUST, YOU KNOW -- AND THEY ARE ADVERTISING IN 190 00:12:36,455 --> 00:12:39,858 OUR STATE TO COME INTO OUR CASINOS. 191 00:12:39,993 --> 00:12:42,862 ANY ONE THING THAT JUMPS OUT TO THE ELECTION AND LOOK FORWARD 192 00:12:42,995 --> 00:12:45,332 TO THE RUNOFF WE ARE GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN? 193 00:12:45,465 --> 00:12:50,003 I THINK THE TURN OUT WAS AMAZING FOR A MIDTERM ELECTION. 194 00:12:50,137 --> 00:12:57,510 WE HAD A BIG GOVERNOR'S RACE IN 2014. 195 00:12:57,643 --> 00:13:07,487 WE HAD 40% AT THAT. GREG HILL BURN, BARRY ERWIN, 196 00:13:07,620 --> 00:13:11,123 WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. LSU THIS WEEK HOSTED THE 197 00:13:11,257 --> 00:13:14,293 SECOND SUMMIT ON LOUISIANA'S COASTAL MASTER PLAN. 198 00:13:14,427 --> 00:13:20,100 WE FOUND A FULL HOUSE LISTENING TO SCIENTISTS, COASTAL 199 00:13:20,233 --> 00:13:23,135 RESTORATION EXPERTS, CITY LEADERS AND ALSO THE GOVERNOR. 200 00:13:23,268 --> 00:13:27,307 THE FORECASTS AND THE PROJECTIONS CAN BE SCARY, BUT IF 201 00:13:27,440 --> 00:13:31,443 THERE IS A STATE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA THAT CAN LEARN 202 00:13:31,577 --> 00:13:35,982 TO ADAPT IN ORDER TO PRESERVE A WAY OF LIFE THAT IS CLOSE TO OUR 203 00:13:36,115 --> 00:13:41,153 HEARTS, IT IS LOUISIANA. GOVERNOR JOHN BEL EDWARDS 204 00:13:41,287 --> 00:13:46,893 SAYS AS OUR STATE IMPLEMENTS THE COASTAL MASTER PLAN, WE WILL 205 00:13:47,027 --> 00:13:51,798 DEMONSTRATE THE ABILITY TO DISRUPT COASTAL LAND LOSS 206 00:13:51,932 --> 00:13:54,233 BECOMING A WORLD LEADER IN WATER MANAGEMENT. 207 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:55,702 OTHERS WILL COME HERE FOR ANSWERS. 208 00:13:55,835 --> 00:14:00,140 THE CLOCK IS TICKING AND THERE IS URGENCY TO MAKE PROJECTS 209 00:14:00,273 --> 00:14:03,643 HAPPEN. IT IS NOT PEOPLE MOVING 210 00:14:03,777 --> 00:14:07,747 TOWARD THE COAST IN LOUISIANA BUT THE COAST MOVING TOWARD 211 00:14:07,913 --> 00:14:10,483 PEOPLE. THE DIRECTOR OF THE SEA 212 00:14:10,617 --> 00:14:14,120 GRANT, DESCRIBES THE MARCH OF THE GULF CLOSER AND CLOSER. 213 00:14:14,253 --> 00:14:20,260 WE LIKE TO SAY FOOTBALL FIELD EVERY HOUR OF WETLAND LOSS. 214 00:14:20,393 --> 00:14:25,265 THIS IS A SHORELINE MOVES TWO FOOTBALL FIELDS IN LINEAR 215 00:14:25,398 --> 00:14:27,500 DIMENSION PER YEAR. IT IS STRIKING. 216 00:14:27,633 --> 00:14:33,907 THAT IS THE MIGRATION OF THE GULF OF MEXICO TOWARD HOLMA. 217 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:41,613 WE NOW HAVE THE ABILITY TO CONNECT CONCEPTUAL MODELS AND 218 00:14:41,782 --> 00:14:46,618 IDEAS WITH EQUATIONS. TECHNOLOGY HAS REALLY ENABLED 219 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:51,157 US TO CONVERT THE KIND OF THINKING PROCESSES WE'VE HAD FOR 220 00:14:51,290 --> 00:14:56,963 A LONG TIME ACTUALLY CONVERT THEM INTO NUMBERS AND OUTPUTS 221 00:14:57,097 --> 00:15:03,268 THAT CPRA CAN USE TO SAY, THIS PROJECT PERFORMS LIKE THAT AND 222 00:15:03,403 --> 00:15:08,340 THAT PROJECT PERFORMS LIKE THAT. DURING THE EVENT, I TALKED TO 223 00:15:08,475 --> 00:15:12,878 SUMMIT MODERATOR AND MANAGING DIRECTOR OF THE WETLAND 224 00:15:13,012 --> 00:15:14,580 FOUNDATION. THESE CONFERENCES WITH 225 00:15:14,747 --> 00:15:18,050 BENCHMARK SUMMITS TO SHOW HOW WE ARE DOING ALONG THE WAY AND SORT 226 00:15:18,183 --> 00:15:20,820 OF TO TEST IF WE ARE MAKING PROGRESS. 227 00:15:20,953 --> 00:15:25,392 A YEAR AND A HALF AGO WE HET HERE IN THE SAME LOCATION IN 228 00:15:25,525 --> 00:15:29,228 BATON ROUGE. A NEW MASTER PLAN, THE 2017 229 00:15:29,362 --> 00:15:34,267 MASTER PLAN WAS JUST LAUNCHED. IT LISTED AND SHOWED ALL THE 230 00:15:34,400 --> 00:15:37,037 PROJECTS ALONG THE COAST THAT WOULD BE STARTED. 231 00:15:37,170 --> 00:15:40,907 THE GOOD NEWS IS THERE ARE ABOUT 67 OF THEM THAT ARE STARTING TO 232 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:45,578 BE IN ACTION AND PEOPLE ARE SAYING, WELL, WHERE ARE THEY? 233 00:15:45,712 --> 00:15:49,015 BEACH NOURISHMENT, BARRIER ISLAND RESTORATIONS. 234 00:15:49,182 --> 00:15:55,322 NOW THEY ARE FOCUSING ON SEVERAL LARGE DIVERSIONS AND LOCKS AND 235 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:58,758 DAMS TO CREATE GROWTH POTENTIAL IN LAND LOSS AREAS 236 00:15:58,892 --> 00:16:01,862 THESE ARE HUGE PROJECTS. TALK ABOUT BIG. 237 00:16:01,995 --> 00:16:06,565 COMING TO LOUISIANA IN THE NEXT 10 YEARS IS $11 BILLION FROM 238 00:16:06,698 --> 00:16:11,737 SOME OF THE FINES AND PENALTIES FROM THE DEEPWATER HORIZON. 239 00:16:11,872 --> 00:16:13,773 THEY ARE GOING TO BUILD THESE PROJECTS. 240 00:16:13,907 --> 00:16:16,808 A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR CITIZENS TO GET INVOLVED THROUGH THEIR 241 00:16:16,943 --> 00:16:19,578 OCCUPATIONS, THROUGH KIDS TO GET INVOLVED IN LEARNING TO FILL 242 00:16:19,712 --> 00:16:22,815 THESE OCCUPATIONS THAT THIS MONEY IS GOING TO GO TO SUPPORT. 243 00:16:22,948 --> 00:16:28,655 ONE OF THE PANEL GROUPS IS ASKING THE QUESTION, WHAT ARE WE 244 00:16:28,788 --> 00:16:30,290 BUYING AND WHEN ARE WE BUYING IT. 245 00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:32,492 THAT IS AN INTERESTING QUESTION TO POSE. 246 00:16:32,625 --> 00:16:34,827 EXACTLY. PEOPLE HAVE BE HEARING ABOUT 247 00:16:34,960 --> 00:16:40,633 THIS MONEY, RIGHT? THE COASTAL RESTORATION 248 00:16:40,767 --> 00:16:43,468 PROTECTION AUTHORITY HAS BEEN DOING A MASTERFUL JOB PUTTING 249 00:16:43,603 --> 00:16:46,338 THE PLANS TOGETHER. PEOPLE ARE IMPATIENT. 250 00:16:46,472 --> 00:16:49,142 IT IS ALMOST WHAT HAVE YOU DONE FOR ME TODAY. 251 00:16:49,275 --> 00:16:53,647 WHAT THEY ARE DOING IS ENACTING THIS PLAN AFTER DEEP SCIENCE AND 252 00:16:53,780 --> 00:16:55,882 ENGINEERING TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE PROJECTS WILL BE 253 00:16:56,048 --> 00:17:04,857 SUCCESSFUL. HERETOFOR THEY HAVE BEEN POSTAGE 254 00:17:04,990 --> 00:17:07,993 STAMP PROJECTS. NOW THERE IS A COHESIVE PLAN, 255 00:17:08,127 --> 00:17:12,232 REALLY, THE ONLY PLAN LIKE THIS IN THE WORLD OUTSIDE OF THE 256 00:17:12,365 --> 00:17:17,537 NETHERLANDS TO TURN OUR COASTAL COMMUNITIES INTO VALUES TO 257 00:17:17,670 --> 00:17:20,807 SUSTAIN AN ECONOMY AND CULTURES AND A WAY OF LIFE. 258 00:17:20,940 --> 00:17:22,242 WE BELIEVE PEOPLE DON'T HAVE TO LEAVE. 259 00:17:22,375 --> 00:17:25,912 THERE IS A LOT OF TALK OUTSIDE OF THE STATE AND CONGRESS, YOU 260 00:17:26,045 --> 00:17:28,848 HAVE TO GIVE UP THE LAND AND LEAVE. 261 00:17:29,015 --> 00:17:31,817 WELL, YOU CAN'T JUST GIVE UP THE LAND AND LEAVE. 262 00:17:31,952 --> 00:17:34,620 WE HAD A SESSION ABOUT THE FUTURE OF THE ENERGY SECTOR. 263 00:17:34,753 --> 00:17:38,223 THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT 100 YEARS. 264 00:17:38,357 --> 00:17:42,395 NICK KOL STATE UNIVERSITY, TULANE, LSU, THEY HAVE 265 00:17:42,528 --> 00:17:45,965 SUBSTANTIAL INVESTMENTS. SO THE PEOPLE NEED TO ADAPT. 266 00:17:46,098 --> 00:17:50,437 THE DIFFERENCE IN MAYBE THE PREVIOUS SEMINAR AND THIS ONE, 267 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:54,240 WE WERE TALKING ABOUT RESILIENCY. 268 00:17:54,373 --> 00:17:56,977 RESILIENCY IS HOW YOU BOUNCE BACK AFTER A DISASTER. 269 00:17:57,110 --> 00:18:03,048 OUR DISASTER HAS BEEN ONGOING SINCE 1927, WITH THE LEVYS BEING 270 00:18:03,182 --> 00:18:04,883 BUILT. ADAPTATION IS HOW YOU LIVE WITH 271 00:18:05,017 --> 00:18:10,188 THE NEW NORM. THE NEW NORMAL FOR LOUISIANA 272 00:18:10,323 --> 00:18:13,225 LEGEND IS A DIFFERENT LANDSCAPE. THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR 273 00:18:13,358 --> 00:18:17,997 PEOPLE TO BE ON THE FRONT LINES OF HOW YOU COSTLY ENGINEER THESE 274 00:18:18,130 --> 00:18:19,232 LANDSCAPES TO BE SUCCESSFUL LIVING IN THEM. 275 00:18:19,365 --> 00:18:23,770 LIVING WITH IT AND MOVING FORWARD WITH IT AND BEING 276 00:18:23,903 --> 00:18:26,172 PROACTIVE INSTEAD OF BEING ON THE RECOVERY SIDE. 277 00:18:26,305 --> 00:18:30,410 WE HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF SPEAKERS TO SAY WE HAVE TO WAIT 278 00:18:30,543 --> 00:18:32,312 FOR THE NEXT HURRICANE TO GET ANY ACTION. 279 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:34,647 THAT IS NOT A GOOD WAY OF PLANNING. 280 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:37,417 IT DOESN'T GET BETTER WAITING FOR ANYTHING. 281 00:18:37,550 --> 00:18:41,287 WE COINED THE PHRASE A FOOTBALL FIELD OF LAND LOST EVERY HOUR. 282 00:18:41,420 --> 00:18:43,857 SINCE THEN IT HAS BEEN USED AROUND THE WORLD. 283 00:18:43,990 --> 00:18:48,027 COASTAL AREAS IN ALL PARTS, NOT ONLY OUR COUNTRY, BUT THE WORLD 284 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:50,563 ARE SEEING SEA LEVEL RISE CLIMATE CHANGE. 285 00:18:50,697 --> 00:18:54,367 ALL OF THAT, WHETHER YOU LIKE TO CALL IT THAT OR NOT, IS LEADING 286 00:18:54,500 --> 00:18:57,037 TO SOME VERY CHALLENGING COASTAL SITUATIONS. 287 00:18:57,170 --> 00:19:00,540 WE ARE THE CANARY IN THE COAL MINE IN LOUISIANA. 288 00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:04,043 WE START TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM, THAT IS EXPORTABLE TO THE REST 289 00:19:04,177 --> 00:19:06,045 OF THE WORLD. VALUE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. 290 00:19:06,178 --> 00:19:09,315 IT IS GREAT TO SEE YOU AND HEAR YOUR INSIGHT. 291 00:19:09,482 --> 00:19:13,352 THE 2018 FOOTBALL SEASON IS 3/4 OF THE WAY THROUGH NOW. 292 00:19:13,485 --> 00:19:16,722 THE MANY TARGETING CALLS AGAINST PLAYERS WE HAVE SEEN CONTINUE TO 293 00:19:16,855 --> 00:19:22,728 GET LOTS OF ATTENTION AS THE MOVE TO MAKE THE GAME RELATIVELY 294 00:19:22,862 --> 00:19:26,232 SAFER MOVES FORWARD. DR. JULIAN BAILES, LSU 295 00:19:26,365 --> 00:19:30,937 GRADUATE AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE BRAIN INJURY RESEARCH INSTITUTE 296 00:19:31,070 --> 00:19:36,375 IS THE LEAD AUTHORITY ON TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND 297 00:19:36,508 --> 00:19:39,978 TRYING TO PREVENT C.T.E., CHRONIC TRAUMATIC 298 00:19:40,112 --> 00:19:43,415 ENCEPHALOPATHY. THE DISEASE FOUND IN PEOPLE LIKE 299 00:19:43,548 --> 00:19:47,087 PRO FOOTBALL PLAYERS LIKELY CAUSED BY REPEATED HEAD TRAUMAS 300 00:19:47,220 --> 00:19:55,528 AND CONCUSSIONS. BAILES WAS ALSO A 2017 LPB 301 00:19:55,662 --> 00:19:59,132 LOUISIANA LEGEND AND TALKED TO BETH COURTNEY ABOUT FOOTBALL 302 00:19:59,265 --> 00:20:01,900 HELMETS. HOW MUCH DO THEY REALLY PROTECT 303 00:20:02,033 --> 00:20:04,337 ATHLETES FROM JARRING COLLISIONS. 304 00:20:04,470 --> 00:20:07,473 THE HELMET DOES NOT PREVENT CONCUSSION BECAUSE THE HUMAN 305 00:20:07,607 --> 00:20:12,778 BRAIN FLOATS INSIDE THE SKULL. WHEN THE HEAD SUDDENLY STOPS THE 306 00:20:12,912 --> 00:20:15,915 BRAIN HAS THE ABILITY TO MOVE OR TRANSLATE OR STRETCH. 307 00:20:16,082 --> 00:20:22,222 THE HELMET IS NOT THE ANSWER. THAT IS WHY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE 308 00:20:22,355 --> 00:20:26,658 COMPLETE PROTECTION AND COMPLETE KNOWLEDGE YOU HAVE TO DEFAULT TO 309 00:20:26,792 --> 00:20:32,898 ABORTING EXPOSURE. THIS EXEXCERPT IS FROM 310 00:20:33,032 --> 00:20:35,367 LOUISIANA LEGEND'S SERIES OF OUR LINEUP IN 2019. 311 00:20:35,502 --> 00:20:40,607 IT WILL AIR FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, AT 8:00 P.M. ON LPB. 312 00:20:40,740 --> 00:20:44,077 THE FIFTH ANNUAL CHITIMACHA POWWOW HELD A FEW WEEKS AGO WAS 313 00:20:44,210 --> 00:20:48,347 THE CELEBRATION OF THE DANCE AND MUSIC SOF MORE THAN 20 TRIBAL 314 00:20:48,513 --> 00:20:52,385 NATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY. LPB WAS THERE TO CAPTURE THE DAY 315 00:20:52,518 --> 00:21:02,228 LONG EVENT. IT HAPPENED IN SAINT MARY'S PA 316 00:21:02,362 --> 00:21:07,133 RISH. MILES OF SUGAR CANE FIELDS 317 00:21:07,267 --> 00:21:11,670 AND BAY YOUS LAYS A 1,000-ACRE PARCEL OF LAND. 318 00:21:11,803 --> 00:21:16,275 THE HOME OF THE SOVEREIGN NATION OF THE CHITIMACHA TRIBE OF 319 00:21:16,408 --> 00:21:18,343 LOUISIANA LEGEND. LESS THAN HALF OTHE TRIBE'S 320 00:21:18,477 --> 00:21:21,080 MEMBERSHIP LIVES ON THE RESERVATION. 321 00:21:21,213 --> 00:21:23,817 ON THIS ONE WEEKEND THE CHITIMACHA ALONG WITH OTHER 322 00:21:23,950 --> 00:21:27,853 TRIBAL NATIONS GATHER IN LARGE NUMBERS TO CELEBRATE THE AGE-OLD 323 00:21:27,987 --> 00:21:33,993 TRADITION OF POWWOW. THE WORD POWWOW IS ACTUALLY 324 00:21:34,127 --> 00:21:40,365 FROM THE ALGONKIAN LANGUAGE, IT MEANT A GATHERING OF MEDICINE 325 00:21:40,500 --> 00:21:46,738 PEOPLE. THE COLONISTS EXTRAPOLATED IT IS 326 00:21:46,872 --> 00:21:51,110 A GATHERING OF TRIBAL PEOPLE. THE TERM BECAME USED ALTHOUGH IT 327 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:53,345 WAS MORE CEREMONIAL AT THAT POINT. 328 00:21:53,478 --> 00:21:58,783 AS THE RESERVATION SYSTEM BEGAN, GOVERNMENT REGULATIONS 329 00:21:58,918 --> 00:22:06,192 SUPPRESSED THE GATHERINGS AND NATIVE AMERICANS WERE THOUGHT TO 330 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:10,630 BE A DISAPPEARING RACE. BUFFALO BILL ALLOWED HIM TO 331 00:22:10,763 --> 00:22:14,067 SECURE NATIVE AMERICANS FOR HIS WILD WEST SHOW. 332 00:22:14,200 --> 00:22:20,973 BETWEEN 1887 AND WORLD WAR I OVER 1,000 NATIVE AMERICANS WENT 333 00:22:21,107 --> 00:22:25,512 WILD WESTING AND WERE ABLE TO PRESERVE DANCES AND CEREMONIES 334 00:22:25,645 --> 00:22:27,680 THAT OTHERWISE MAY HAVE BEEN LOST. 335 00:22:27,813 --> 00:22:32,150 AS THE POWWOW CULTURE BECAME POPULAR THROUGHOUT THIS COUNTRY 336 00:22:32,285 --> 00:22:37,188 AND EUROPE, NATIVE AMERICANS EDUCATED THE PUBLIC ABOUT THEIR 337 00:22:37,323 --> 00:22:40,793 HISTORY AND CULTURE. POWWOWS BECAME THE SOURCE OF 338 00:22:40,927 --> 00:22:44,697 TRIBAL ENTERPRISE. TODAY IT IS A PLACE WITH 339 00:22:44,830 --> 00:22:48,300 FAMILIES OF MANY NATIONS GATHER TO SING, DANCE AND CELEBRATE AND 340 00:22:48,433 --> 00:22:52,872 PRESERVE THEIR SHARED CULTURES. IT ALL BEGINS WITH THE GRAND 341 00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:55,107 ENTRY. AS THE EAGLE STAFF IS CARRIED 342 00:22:55,240 --> 00:23:00,278 INTO THE CIRCLE FOLLOWED BY THE AMERICAN, STATES AND TRIBAL 343 00:23:00,412 --> 00:23:03,482 FLAGS. ALL CARRIED BY VETERAN WARRIORS. 344 00:23:03,615 --> 00:23:07,353 IT IS A LOT OF POWER IN THERE. 345 00:23:07,487 --> 00:23:12,023 ALL THOSE EAGLE FEATHERS YOU SEE FORCES FROM THE EAGLE, IT FLIES 346 00:23:12,157 --> 00:23:20,833 THE HIGHEST TO US AND IT ALWAYS BRING US A LOT OF GOOD FEELINGS 347 00:23:20,967 --> 00:23:25,905 AND BLESSINGS TO THE PEOPLE FOR THOSE WARRIORS A LONG TIME AGO. 348 00:23:26,038 --> 00:23:30,643 ONCE EVERYONE IN THE ARENA, A PRAYER IS OFFERED AND A SONG IS 349 00:23:30,777 --> 00:23:33,345 PRESENTED TO HONOR THE FLAGS AND THE VETERANS. 350 00:23:33,478 --> 00:24:07,178 AND THEN THE POWWOW DANCING BEGINS. 351 00:24:07,313 --> 00:24:10,115 EVERYBODY HAS THEIR OWN DANCE STYLES, YOU KNOW. 352 00:24:10,248 --> 00:24:13,652 YOU HAVE CERTAIN DANCES, BUT YOU HAVE YOUR OWN DANCE STYLES. 353 00:24:13,785 --> 00:24:15,220 HAVE FUN. ENJOY YOURSELF. 354 00:24:15,353 --> 00:24:19,158 THAT IS THE MAIN THING. EACH DANCER IS TELLING THEIR 355 00:24:19,292 --> 00:24:21,893 STORY. THEY MIGHT BE TELLING A STORY OF 356 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:24,263 A HUNT. THEY MAY BE TRACKING SOMETHING. 357 00:24:24,397 --> 00:24:28,300 THEY LISTEN TO THE DRUM. WE REFER TO THE DRUM AS THE 358 00:24:28,433 --> 00:24:32,103 HEARTBEAT OF AMERICAN INDIAN. IT IS OUR HEARTBEAT. 359 00:24:32,237 --> 00:24:34,640 WHEN THAT DRUM STARTS THAT IS OUR HEART GOING. 360 00:24:34,773 --> 00:24:38,643 AND THEN THE SPIRIT COMES OUT OF IT AND IT MOVES YOU AND WHEN YOU 361 00:24:38,777 --> 00:24:41,847 BEGIN TO MOVE, YOU BEGIN TO TELL A STORY. 362 00:24:41,980 --> 00:24:46,485 AND THE MOST IMPORTANT THING OF ALL IS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR REGALIA 363 00:24:46,618 --> 00:24:48,853 ON, YOU FEEL LIKE YOU ARE WHO YOU ARE. 364 00:24:48,987 --> 00:24:52,458 YOU FEEL LIKE THE PERSON YOU REPRESENT, YOUR TRIBE. 365 00:24:52,592 --> 00:24:57,663 I AM CONSIDERED A SOUTHERN CLOTH DANCER. 366 00:24:57,797 --> 00:25:01,133 YOU'LL SEE A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT STYLES OF CLOTH. 367 00:25:01,267 --> 00:25:09,842 HOWEVER, MINE IS CONSIDERED A T DRESS AND IT IS COVERED WITH 368 00:25:09,975 --> 00:25:11,843 IMITATION TEA. EVERYTHING I'M WEARING 369 00:25:11,977 --> 00:25:15,882 REPRESENTS MY TRIBE. FOR PAT ANTONIA MOORE, POWWOW 370 00:25:16,048 --> 00:25:20,085 IS A WEEKEND WAY OF LIFE FOR THEM, A CHANCE TO ESCAPE DEMANDS 371 00:25:20,218 --> 00:25:24,823 OF WORK WEEK AND KEEP THEIR CULTURAL ALIVE. 372 00:25:24,957 --> 00:25:29,295 ALL THE HUSTLE AND BUSTLE OF THE WEEK GOES AWAY THE MINUTE WE 373 00:25:29,428 --> 00:25:31,663 GO AND DANCE WITH OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS. 374 00:25:31,797 --> 00:25:34,833 THESE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LIFE-LONG, THEY ARE 375 00:25:34,967 --> 00:25:39,705 GENERATIONAL. AND FOR SOME, LIKE ADAM 376 00:25:39,838 --> 00:25:43,108 NORWALK, IT IS A FULL-TIME WAY OF LIFE. 377 00:25:43,242 --> 00:25:46,912 IT WHO I AM. IT IS A PART OF MY CULTURE. 378 00:25:47,045 --> 00:25:52,585 IT IS HOW I IDENTIFY MYSELF. ME AND MY FAMILY ARE FULL TIME 379 00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:56,088 POWWOW DANCERS. MY KIDS ARE HOME-SCHOOLED. 380 00:25:56,222 --> 00:25:59,092 THIS IS WHAT WE DO. WE TRAVEL THE COUNTRY AND 381 00:25:59,225 --> 00:26:03,628 PERFORM AND COMPETE AT POWWOWS. COMPETITION DANCING IS AN 382 00:26:03,762 --> 00:26:08,400 IMPORTANT PART OF A POWWOW. A GOOD DAPSER CAN MAKE A GOOD 383 00:26:08,533 --> 00:26:10,402 LIVING TRAVELING FROM ONE EVENT TO ANOTHER. 384 00:26:10,535 --> 00:26:14,607 IT IS A LOT LIKE A RODEO CIRCUIT. 385 00:26:14,740 --> 00:26:17,710 PEOPLE GO FROM ONE EVENT TO THE NEXT IN A COMPETITION SERIES. 386 00:26:17,843 --> 00:26:20,813 YES, IT DOES FEEL LIKE FAMILY, BUT AT THE END OF THE 387 00:26:20,947 --> 00:26:25,985 DAY, IT IS STILL A COMPETITION. IT IS A LOT OF LITTLE THINGS 388 00:26:26,118 --> 00:26:31,890 THAT WE LOOK AT FROM THE AMOUNT OF PRIZE MONEY, HOW ARE WE DOING 389 00:26:32,023 --> 00:26:36,928 COMPARED TO OTHER TRIBES. WHAT GIFTS ARE WE GOING TO GIVE 390 00:26:37,062 --> 00:26:38,463 THEM. HOW DO WE HONOR THE PEOPLE THAT 391 00:26:38,597 --> 00:26:41,633 ARE COMING TO BE WITH US. TO ME, IT IS A WAY OF LIFE. 392 00:26:41,767 --> 00:26:45,972 I GREW UP DOING IT. EVER SINCE I COULD WALK, I WAS 393 00:26:46,105 --> 00:26:48,107 DANCING. THAT IS THE WAY WE BRING OUR 394 00:26:48,240 --> 00:26:50,342 CHILDREN IN. AS SOON AS THEY BEGIN TO WALK, 395 00:26:50,475 --> 00:26:54,847 WE DRESS THEM, WE GET THEM OUT IN THE ARENA AND WE TURN THEM 396 00:26:54,980 --> 00:26:57,750 LOOSE AND LET THEM DANCE. THROUGHOUT THE YEARS, THEY FIND 397 00:26:57,883 --> 00:27:00,385 OUT WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY REPRESENT. 398 00:27:00,518 --> 00:27:05,323 IT IS LIKE A HEALING. THAT HELPS US STAY CLOSER TO OUR 399 00:27:05,457 --> 00:27:07,292 CULTURE BECAUSE WE ARE ALL SPREAD OUT NOW. 400 00:27:07,425 --> 00:27:12,498 ALL SPREAD OUT. AND PEOPLE THAT GO, THE YOUNGER 401 00:27:12,632 --> 00:27:16,402 PEOPLE, THEY ARE LEARNING SO THEY CAN CARRY ON WHEN WE'RE 402 00:27:16,535 --> 00:27:21,440 GONE. JOIN US TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 403 00:27:21,573 --> 00:27:25,912 AT 8:00 P.M. FOR THE THIRD AND FOURTH PROGRAMS OF THE PBS 404 00:27:26,045 --> 00:27:31,317 SERIES NATIVE AMERICA AS WE SEE THE CREATION OF SOME OF THE 405 00:27:31,450 --> 00:27:34,853 ANCIENT WORLD'S LARGEST AND MOST SPLENDID CITIES. 406 00:27:34,987 --> 00:27:37,388 EVERYONE, THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS WEEK. 407 00:27:37,523 --> 00:27:45,397 FOR EVERYONE AT LOUISIANA PUBLIC BROADCASTING, I'M ANDRE MOREAU. 408 00:27:45,530 --> 00:27:48,200 THANKS FOR WATCHING. UNTIL NEXT TIME, THAT'S "THE 409 00:27:48,333 --> 00:28:08,353 STATE WE'RE IN." SUPPORT COMES FROM -- 410 00:28:08,487 --> 00:28:10,488 ENTERGY PROVIDES MUCH MORE THAN POWER. 411 00:28:10,622 --> 00:28:12,290 WE SUPPORT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AT LOCAL SCHOOLS TO 412 00:28:12,423 --> 00:28:13,858 BUILD A BRIGHTER PATH TO BETTER JOBS AND HELP PREPARE THE NEXT 413 00:28:13,992 --> 00:28:22,902 GENERATION. BECAUSE TOGETHER, WE POWER LIFE. 414 00:28:23,035 --> 00:28:24,803 ENTERGY. 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