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Run! Run!
What are you doing?
Play bumper cars?
Alright, watch out!
Do not wanna fall.
Yeah, this is--
Oh, be careful right there.
Why are you walking like that?
Because. Quit following me.
Oh. I’m like Dory.
Stop! It's just deep.
Bro.
I'm like Dory right now.
You might be.
That's a bird over there.
No, it's not.
Then what is it?
It looks like a bird, but it's not a bird.
Then what is it?
Not a bird.
What is it, Mr. Howard?
It's an oil rig.
What does it do?
It don't get no simpler than what I just said.
It's an oil rig.
It gets oil.
From where?
I just laid there.
What are you gonna miss about this place?
What I'm gonna miss?
Yeah.
Everything, man.
[reporter] Scientists say the region is losing land
at a rate of a football field every hour.
[female reporter] People refer to the tribe
and also, to this island
as America's first climate change refugees.
We're looking at mass relocation.
Rising sea water is claiming the land
people have lived on for centuries.
Come on, Howard.
Whoo!
Oh, yeah!
Oh, good shot.
Yeah.
Oh, that was perfect.
Whoo!
I'm hanging on your shoulders there.
Whoo!
You got it from here?
Oh, yeah.
Got the rest.
Throw.
Me, my sister and my uncle,
it's like a triangle, you know.
You can't have one piece there.
It won't be a triangle no more.
Aw!
What happened?
I got hit in the face with the ball.
Did it hurt?
My Uncle Chris,
he's shaped me into the man I am today.
Me and my sister.
Yeah. Yeah. Cooling off.
He's my father figure.
He's gonna go.
Oh, now you gonna throw a major throw?
Oh, good...
Nope.
Good shot.
You wanted it. You got it.
Good shot.
The tree caught it! Yeah!
I much prefer the percolator over the regular coffee maker.
You know, the one that has that hot plate underneath
to keep your coffee warm?
That don't work.
This here works a whole lot better.
Uncle Chris is saying that now that he got one.
But before, he used to use that for 20 years.
Why you acting like...?
Why?
You funny, ha, ha, ha, ha.
You doing coffee or no?
Oh, you want to bake that cake?
Oh, yeah, I'll do that.
Please do, because that'd be a good thing for this afternoon.
This house isn't the best, obviously,
but it's home.
I don't think that everybody understands how it is
to live in a place that's getting smaller and smaller.
I mean, I know it's not much,
but it's ours and it's beautiful.
[TV] we're concerned more about what’s out,
than getting back home
No, actually this is really nice
but, like you said, the calm before the storm.
But we’re here to enjoy...
Howard is my nephew, and he's 16.
And Juliette is my niece, and she's 14.
Oh, Dawson and Madeline are coming?
Well, duh.
We have all the kids over here.
They're children of the bayou.
Is my makeup smeared anywhere?
You have a little bit right here.
Alright. I can't even get my fingers.
Oh yeah. Couldn't even get your fingers through
because I know my hair is not easy.
If you had a chance to grow up over here,
I think it's something you wouldn't want to forget.
This is the house I was raised in as a child.
The house had to be lifted by a house-lifting crew
because you could wake up at any time in the morning
and your house would be underwater.
Not every day is the same.
Some days, it's just regular to where it's just a blue sky,
so there's not much to see.
But there are other times,
whenever it begins to paint a different picture,
that's whenever it's beautiful to me.
I can't believe you did this to my boot.
Quit.
You're laughing like a hyena.
Come on, now.
Shut up.
What a rookie.
No.
Come on, man.
When it comes to the changes of the environment,
we got one foot on land and one foot in the water.
There's one road in and one road out.
Whenever somebody comes from out of town,
and they come to Isle de Jean Charles,
they would say, "Hmm...
What's moving here?
What's so interesting about the place?"
Well, that's just it.
It's its simplicity.
Isle de Jean Charles has always been known
to be a Native American community.
We belong to the Jean Charles Choctaw Nation tribe.
We've been over here seven or eight generations back.
Growing up, I saw my Native American roots
and how important it is to be able to pass that on.
It's hard to uproot that.
Whenever it comes to this relocation,
I'm not leaving.
Alright, me and Howard!
I'm going first.
Okay, field it.
Ah ha!
Oh.
You can't catch it!
Howard can't catch it.
No!
Hey, you can't steal.
Boy, look at you.
You're not even on base.
Base is right here.
-Safe. -I'm in it.
Ready?
Oh, run, run, run, run, run!!
Run, run, run, run!
I'm gonna get you! You better run!
You gotta run! You gotta run!
Go, go, go, go, go!
Go in the pool! Hurry!
Yay!
Ah, ah! Stop! Stop! Stop!
Stop! Stop!
Kick it. Kick it. Kick it. Kick it.
[sportscaster] ...and first down.
They gotta give him a timeout, I would think.
Oh, my God!
We ahead!
[sportscaster] It's gonna be where
Keenum he steps into it.
Pass is caught!
[sportscaster] Diggs sideline! Touchdown!
Unbelievable. Vikings win it.
You gotta be kidding me.
The Saints lost.
I play football at South Terrebonne high school.
Probably the worst thing, like, the biggest thing...
the road floods.
People can't pass on it.
Then you don't go to school. You can't play football.
If you wanna be good, you can't take days off.
The goal is to get a scholarship
and go to college for it.
My family supports me, you know.
Hopefully one day, I'll make it to the pros.
He actually got papers on two different colleges
that wanted him to go play.
You know, he'll never be better than his sissy right here,
but he's pretty good.
I'm joking.
There's a gutter ball.
He's about to gutter ball it.
Oh, my God.
You should have farted on it.
Get that, boy!
I'm the pro at bowling.
I can't do it. I can't do it either.
I don't know how to do it.
No, it's like--
I know, it's like--
Yeah, it's like--
Yeah.
I can do this, though.
Me and Cullen at Pinocchio's.
Howard and Cullen were always best friends.
Actually, me and my cousin Heather,
we had both seen that he just got single or whatever.
And so, Heather was like, "Ooh."
I was like, "What?"
She was like, "This boy just got single."
I said, "He's mine. Leave him alone."
She was like, "Damn."
So yeah, that's how it started.
The two of y'all?
Oh, my God, it's so freaking cold up there.
This will be like as if I'm taking a shower.
Okay. Ooh, that's cold.
I'm going to turn around. Here we go.
Imma hit these waves right here.
Watch this wave.
Makeya and Howard started dating,
and then that's whenever me and Makeya became friends.
We just like to be all outside together.
I wanna go with you, sister.
Me too. I wanna go with you, too.
We'd be popping everywhere.
I'm gonna just go with my sister then, if--
You're still going with me, shut up.
No, but you don't wanna go fast.
Whenever me and Howard are 50, 60 years old,
we're still going to be joking around,
kicking each other and running, you know.
We pretty much do everything together.
That's my sister.
I need to look out for her.
She's like my best friend.
[interviewer] Could you tell me what happened to your parents?
I don't feel like talking about that.
Yeah, I like it.
I like that.
Let me get my buddy a drink?
That’s some special ice in there.
It is a beautiful day.
Thanks to y'all.
Why are you eating like that?
Happy birthday, Chris.
Thank you, Mike.
Whoo.
I've known Chris.
We were like middle school buddies at 12 years old.
So, not revealing my age, but that's a long time ago.
It's quite some time.
Well, you’re not 16 yet.
But you’re almost. When is that?
April. I just made 15.
of two thousand fourty what?
Right!
You got something to drink?
No.
Go get you something.
Okay.
In South Louisiana, there is a kind of like,
unofficial rule.
Thank you.
Thank you, ma'am.
It's like if you're my dad or my mother's friend,
well, you're family no matter what.
See, I was actually thinking about throwing you in.
Go like this.
Yeah. I was thinking about throwing you in.
That's how you call them?
Yeah, I thinking about throwing you in.
See, look, they don't bite.
Huh?
They don't bite, huh?
They don't bit, huh?
What happened to their parents,
we don't really talk about it.
I don't want a mother figure.
Somebody that's not my mom.
I lost my mom, so I guess I like--
Since I lost her, then I don't need one
cause she was that person
and now that she's not there then I don't need one.
I'm doing good by myself.
I'm good.
It's a very unfortunate thing
that addiction can put you to that point,
you know, where you just--
It just happens, you know.
One night after their mother passed away,
then Howard, which is Howard's dad,
he, um... he couldn't handle it.
And it was kind of very touching for me
because I knew him very well.
Mike, where are the gators at?
They're not far.
We're gonna start seeing them pretty soon.
Alright.
I don't know what addiction is,
so I can't begin to imagine,
but I just know what I saw.
These kids should have had both their parents.
They should have had everything they needed and wanted.
But Chris has come in
and it's like they have that role model.
They have that parent.
They're blessed.
Chris is blessed.
Put your light on over here.
There's always this loss because he was my brother.
And that was their dad.
I don't think you could fix it
to where there is no scar, there is no hurt.
It's still there.
Now, this I love.
I wasn't robbed of nothing, honestly.
They died for a reason.
And God always has a way.
So, I mean, He wouldn't put us through
anything we can't handle.
So, I mean, to me it's cool.
Look what I have.
Yeah, but wait a minute, though.
What more could you ask for?
That's right.
Why you got my uncle started?
Wait a minute, girl.
I'm a whole lot older than you.
So whenever it comes to this fire, I see life.
For 53 years, this is the only place
I have ever known as home.
Right.
The light that remains on this island is still burning.
But I am faced to bring that fire somewhere else.
I don't know.
A little bit of music would be good.
Alright, I got you.
Instead of sitting here crying.
Alright, I got you with the music.
Chris, you know this song?
Growing up,
there's always been a good sense of you knowing everybody.
Being born with cerebral palsy,
the community and family and friends
were real good with me.
If I couldn't walk anymore, they carried me.
Going back to 1970, it was a paradise.
He's a hoarder.
He just stores pictures of everything.
Oh, him!
"You never know what's gonna happen in the future."
I'm like, "What's gonna happen in the future?"
But, yeah.
This is what we have at the front bayou.
And this is one of the boats my dad used to have.
In 2003, not so much my big head up in here,
but this is a picture of the same front bayou in the area.
[interviewer] Oh, the trees are dead.
Right.
It wasn't an overnight thing,
but you could say that in less than 100 years,
this is the damage that was done.
[reporter] This island once boasted
more than 22,000 acres.
Today it measures around 320 acres,
with just 35 structures still livable.
Hurricanes have always been part of our life
on the bayou.
My dad told me that at one time,
a Category 1 didn't bring no water over here.
And now a Category 1 can really push a lot of water.
This is a full size Chevrolet truck on the road
and it has water up to the hood.
A real major category 4 or 5
where it would cause it to always have water,
that would be the worst case scenario
for the island.
There was a time that I did not believe in climate change,
but today I see that my environment is challenged by natural forces
and there are man-made decisions
that make it even worse.
Louisiana is an oil and gas state.
Because they couldn't build bridges over bayous,
they chose to dig up canals to get to the gas pockets.
They made more avenues for water to come in.
The island in original form,
was actually always supplied by fresh water.
That kept the trees and everything around it
supplied with nutrients.
Because of the saltwater working its way into the water table,
The trees just gave way to the saltwater intrusion.
By the time they realized that so much damage was done,
I think it was too late to stop it.
[reporter] Back in 2016,
a federal grant worth $48 million
was awarded to the state of Louisiana
for a resettlement project
that would move anyone off the island to a new community
nearly 40 miles north.
For us to be labeled as climate change refugees,
in a way, that's kind of harsh
because of what's going on around the world
with other people.
But I haven't been able to put another word in it's place yet.
[reporter] The project is two years in,
and not a single family has agreed to move
because they just don’t trust
that this is the right thing to do.
If anyone decides to resettle and leave,
they won't lose ownership of their homes,
but they can't make improvements on them.
Meanwhile, a storm system
could develop in the Gulf this weekend,
which could bring more flooding
to the Isle de Jean Charles
Hey, kitty poo.
You wanna play with your tail?
[reporter] ...every scan of the radar.
And a new tornado warning has just been issued.
These are all the areas
where you need to seek shelter immediately,
because that is where that rotation continues to show up.
We did see a new tornado warning issued for this area,
Northeastern Tangi and then now Northwestern Washington Parish.
[reporter] I'm meteorologist Alex Olson.
We're on the west side of this system,
and, boy, has that worked out
in favor of the Mississippi Gulf Coast
as well as portions of Louisiana.
Wow.
Things change.
There's the question of, you know, how bad will it get?
Pray, my brothers and sisters,
that my sacrifice and yours
be acceptable to God, the Father Almighty.
May the Lord accept the sacrifice
at your hands.
I could probably finish off my life
over here on this island.
But what about the younger generation?
I have the opportunity for other doors to open up
but there is no telling how far that she can go
or how far that Howard can go also.
Something my parents had is not here anymore for us.
There's a decision to be made.
I heard somebody say, you signed for the relocation.
I'm like wait, what's that, Uncle Chris?
I didn't believe him at first
cuz, you know, he spent his whole life down here.
I didn't think we'd be moving away from this.
I like being on the water.
It keeps me calm.
Within the next two years,
they're gonna start building here?
Probably so, ya know.
It's just land and roads, you know.
It's a lot different.
I think it'll be close. Fairly close.
They're going to have to be close
because they can't fit as many houses as they're saying.
How many houses are they saying
they could fit right here?
Like, 180 to 200 homes.
Where are you going to throw the cast net, you know?
Where are you going to catch a redfish, you know?
How are you going to catch a shrimp?
See these rocks right here?
I'll catch a couple of these.
Catch a couple rocks?
The combination of the environment
and man-made decision
has caused me to make a decision
I never wanted to make.
Before the next major storm,
we need to be on higher ground.
She's not giving you ammo, you thought!
I'm outta ammo.
Climate refugees.
I've heard that term a couple of times.
Are we gonna be the last kids to grow up here?
The floods are getting worse.
We're moving just to be not left homeless, really.
This hurricane season,
if a storm would pass through, where would we go?
Them people do claim that they're going to finish
at the end of this year.
Whether that's true or not, I don't know.
Alright.
First steps.
Oh, yeah.
You think you can roll through this, bro?
Ah, I wouldn't know.
Find out. Let's see what you got.
This is the exterior.
Alright.
This is the door.
This is post and the floor, the steps.
Stuff like that.
And this is the trim around the windows.
All right.
Is there an estimated date
to have the house finished, for you?
Chris, it's this fall.
So, November 2021.
Before Christmas if Mother Nature allows.
Right. After hurricane season.
How far of a trip is it?
It's probably about an hour.
An hour?
From here, yeah.
It's literally the end of the world.
Hopefully y'all only have to deal with it
for one more summer.
This is the wetlands right here, my guys.
This is where we gonna fish at.
This is where we gonna catch them six-foot gar fish.
Nah, but, I really--
they shouldn't have labeled this wetlands at all.
They said they had alligators,
so you better watch where we're walking.
Boy, I'll wrestle an alligator right now.
I'll run from it.
My savior.
They got a pond right here.
One right here.
The community center is going to be in the middle of it.
It's gonna go like this.
Yeah.
That's where it's gonna be.
You're about to fall.
You know.
Look at you.
That's where it's gonna be at.
Let me know I'm gonna have a giant Chevron station
in the perfect view of my beautiful island home.
I love it.
Just love it.
Awesome.
Hey, y'all.
How was it over there?
It's alright.
I give this a solid five out of ten.
I mean, looking at them line of trees right there.
Now that's a pretty scenery, because I do like them trees.
Oh, yeah.
It's something different.
There are some things that you don't like about it.
There are some things that I don't like about it.
You know, we have to deal with that.
We did agree, you know, to move over there.
How old am I right now?
You're 19.
How old am I gonna be
when they're finished with this project?
Be what, 21?
Maybe even older. I don't know.
But whenever they are finished,
I'm gonna be living with you.
You know, you was only 15, alright.
I mean, they're not gonna go there
and give a 15-year-old, ya know, a house for himself.
I'm just trying to get that life that I've dreamed about
since I was young, you know?
If I had been 6 months older,
I would have actually been eligible for a house.
Seems like every time I climb that ladder,
it kind of breaks on me, and I fall back down.
He was playing football
and one of his teammates
was trying to hit the same guy Howard was chasing,
and hit Howard.
Bent, like, his knee back.
ACL, MCL and meniscus, all ripped.
All not together no more.
I'm glad he didn't go back.
If he messed up that leg again,
he wouldn't have been able to walk on it again
because there's literally a screw through his leg.
I was gonna go to college,
but, you know, after my injury, I was like,
man, I don't know if I could even do this anymore.
And I just gave up anything that had to do with football.
I was depressed, you know.
Well, ya know, everything does happen for a reason.
I've got responsibilities.
A responsibility.
Grayson.
Give him his plate.
So we had broke up for, like, a month,
and then Grayson happened.
Getting pregnant young, there were rumors.
I feel like I was always getting stared at.
If it wasn't for Howard sticking around,
I probably would've just dropped out and leave Louisiana.
Whoa there, partner.
He's the one who kind of just was in my ear,
pushing me to stay in school and telling me
not to worry about it.
Oh, you want to come back, huh?
Oh, you don't want to fall.
We're at Makeya's Grandma's house.
We moved a few times for a few hurricanes
just to be safe.
A little Category 1 took out probably 2 or 3 houses.
Whoa.
Getting into that place that they're building,
that'd be the next milestone for me.
Come on, my baby. Let's go.
My niece and my nephew,
one being 19 and the other one getting ready to turn 18,
they're ready to become, you know, adults.
There's some moments I wish there was like before,
but I know that they have to be able
to spread their wings.
With me being their uncle,
I have to be able to let them go,
and you want them to go because that's how they--
That's how they grow.
I like how quiet it is.
Yeah, that's what's good about living on the island.
I'd like to know how many times your brother let you get bit
by the fiddler crab just to catch up.
Oh, a lot. A lot.
Yeah, a lot.
We used to fish, too.
Yeah.
It used to be me and my brother
doing a lot of things.
But now, he has his own girlfriend and family
and all that, and then I have my uncle and Cullen.
A lot of people are leaving.
To be moving over there
is going to really be something new.
Definitely.
It won't be nothing like this, that's for sure.
[reporter] The Atlantic hurricane season
started June 1st.
[reporter] Tonight, a new tropical storm
has just been named
Expected to become a powerful hurricane
headed toward the Gulf.
So Rob Marciano is back tonight.
Hey, Rob.
[Rob] Hi, David.
And strong confidence now that this will be a strong hurricane
as it approaches the U.S.
Right now, it's about 100 miles west of Jamaica.
Tropical storm warnings are posted for western Cuba.
It will rapidly intensify over very warm waters in the Gulf.
[reporter] How big of a threat to the U.S.
is this tropical system
[reporter] I think it's a very big threat.
It’s only 72 hours away.
So if it becomes a really strong hurricane,
which we think it's very possible it will,
people do not have that much time to prepare.
They're probably not going to be expecting
what is a very major hurricane.
That’s headed in the general direction of Louisiana.
So this one we really need to watch closely.
Besides the fear of what could go on where I live,
but it's also losing my own home totally.
[reporter] ...now it's tropical storm Ida...
Hey. Hey. Hey. Hey.
Good boy.
Put your head up.
When the storm comes in from the southeast,
you evacuate.
Good boy. Good boy.
Okay. Hold me. Hold me. Come on.
Or you just fend for yourself.
Alright, it's August 28th, 2021.
Preparing for the storm, Hurricane Ida.
That's my truck.
Oh, my dog, Coco.
There's the man himself.
Christopher, what are your thoughts on Hurricane Ida?
I think this one here is going to really make us think twice.
It's um...
It's different than the other ones.
Since we're gonna be on the east side of it,
and it's going to get up to a Cat 4.
Heading out.
It's an eight-foot levee surrounding us.
They expect storm surges around 10-15ft.
Hopefully it's not too bad after.
Right now it's still calm.
There's no water on the road, but it's better we get off
because whenever it's going to start to come in,
it's gonna be all at once.
You never know with a hurricane.
Anything can happen.
You just have to have hope.
Like hope that it’s just not going to hit your house that bad
All you can do because the storm
is going to do what it wants
This what 150-mile an hour winds look like, everybody.
It's windy. Oh, man.
Looks like we're getting a little closer to the eye.
It's slowing down and picking up.
It's going crazy.
This is getting bad right here, man.
I can't even--
I can't really stand up.
It's gone. It's gone.
So we had to park the car because the road is blocked.
Yeah. Houses are completely destroyed now.
We just made it down.
Those houses collapsed on themselves.
I'm coming up to my house right now.
That one also fell on itself. This is bad.
Well, guys, this is the update we got so far.
It's a lot different than y'all last seen it
in my first video.
I mean, the stairs are good.
I mean, I guess that's cool.
It could have been worse, though.
I'm grateful it's still standing,
and the majority of it is still intact.
I can't get to the back because, as you can see,
part of my house fell, but...
Alright, everyone.
The weather's rolling in, so we're about to roll out.
I was ready to walk down here,
whether I had to walk over power lines or even houses.
I was going to get down here, even if it meant me swimming.
Yeah, I was just worried about if I had a house left or not
after seeing houses completely torn apart.
When I sent them photos to my uncle,
I could imagine, it was hard for him to see.
Oh, wow.
Look at the house.
I know.
Just. Yeah, it's standing.
Look at the addition.
The posts work though.
Ya heard?
The posts work.
Yeah, the posts.
The ones we put in.
The house was shaking so bad,
you can actually see the gaps in the wood
where the roof is supposed to be flush--
It shifted?
--with the running board, yeah.
I'ma have to, uh--
hammer some of these nails in first
cuz a lot of them got kicked up from the storm.
But once we figure out what size planks and all are under here,
that's when we're gonna probably replace them.
For now, we gotta go put that tarp up
because it's raining in the house.
We're all equal in the eyes of the hurricane
because we're standing in its way,
and whatever is in its way, it destroys.
And if it survives, well then you can be grateful.
I feel like climate change
has made hurricanes stronger.
It feels that way, the way it's looking down here.
[reporter] Yet another disturbing new report.
Yet another bleak picture of what could happen
in these United States
if global leaders don't take action
so stop Climate Change.
This is the new national climate change assessment
that says that by 2050,
coastal flooding will happen five to ten times more often
than it does right now.
That’s if no action is taken.
You know, the more you pick at a place,
the more it will break, right?
How much are you willing to take?
How much of a beating are you willing to withstand?
This is actually the last oak tree.
Yeah.
From where the island actually used to start.
I get it.
One or two oil companies came in to begin with,
but then they all found out about it,
and you got 20 different companies digging in one spot.
Like, alright.
You wanna make your money.
Well, fill up your trenches after you dig 'em out.
And now you see this place basically gone.
Like, just a withered skeleton.
[TikTok video] Make another creative hurricane meal.
And yes, I said cook pizza with no electricity.
Alley-oop.
[reporter] The Wrath of Ida
was on full display Sunday across Louisiana.
I'm in an apartment in the city now.
I've never seen a hurricane that strong.
I mean, we've had the water multiple times,
but the wind is what got us this time.
I've never seen one like it.
Cullen just got a job for an oil company.
It's the only way to make money down here.
I only got $5 until Friday.
Shit.
Fucking life.
Or all the times you wanna get McDonalds?
Oh. Nuh-uh. Uh-uh.
How much was that freaking Apple bill that came out?
That had to be a lot.
Thirty-five.
My phone bill came out to $75.
Two-hundred and seventy-five dollars?
No. $75
Oh.
You got power?
No.
Cuz the storm was so crazy, I wasn't able to get to school.
There's still no power there.
They're doing online schooling,
but I think I'm just going to drop out.
I have bigger priorities right now.
I'm just trying to grow up and everything's going wrong.
Wanna play?
You can't go next door.
Grayson.
Shit.
So when Grayson was two years old,
his speech was at six months.
Patient presents with autism.
Yeah, he has level three.
How many levels they got?
Three.
Really?
Three being the worst.
Yeah, but we have to find him a new doctor for this.
But this is like, going to be three hours from here.
They don't got none down here.
So, like Baton Rouge.
Yeah. They don't have none in New Orleans no more.
Hopefully they got a good one in Baton Rouge,
at least.
We probably have to travel
for like, a true good appointment.
You shouldn't have responsibilities really
at 18 or 19.
But, you know, I guess some people
grow up faster than others.
Gotta give him some speed, man.
He's good. He's good.
He's going too fast anyway.
He's getting me nervous.
In reality, we're in a hole
and just trying to find a way out.
Go ahead.
Right now, I have to be in a camper.
There's an uncertainty there.
It's gonna get colder.
There is a hurt.
There is a pain.
There is a loss.
It being your family-dwelling for so long
and the center of family life and shelter,
and to see it after a storm where there's damage,
it's heartbreaking.
I can't repair, but you move ahead.
That's some nice little houses.
Yeah, so this is going to be--
This is this house right here, number one.
So these are going to be completed,
what, the first six, correct?
Yes.
They're going to be the first homes
to be completed.
The first batch.
I told you it was pretty spacious.
Pretty spacious down here.
The rooms are like this.
Look.
Cullen, I think the TV can be mounted like, right there
or right here.
Look, we could go chill on the roof.
Open that window and we'll climb up.
Oh, yes.
We can just chill.
We could all sit right here.
This is going to be my Tik-Tok spot.
This roof's gonna get me famous, I know it.
They picked a good width to be able to turn around right there
for people to walk.
That's good.
This is your bathroom.
Whoa.
Your tub and your toilet is gonna be right here.
Your sink, I think, is gonna be right here.
You're probably gonna have your own closet right here.
Cool.
That's it.
Look at the sky.
Mmmhmm.
You see above the tree line.
Almost.
It's like blue, yellow and orange.
You like it here?
I love the view and the lighting.
When do you think we're actually gonna be able to move in?
Because I feel like it's been pushed back
like so many different times.
They got deadlines,
but if they can't meet them deadlines,
well then just continue working, you know,
and deal with the setback.
We're all scattered around,
so we're going to be back together again.
Yeah, there's going to be a lot of us in the house.
But, I mean, I feel like it's better than being split up
and so far away from each other.
So, I mean, it don't matter to me
cuz we're all gonna be back together.
I feel the happiest when I'm with family.
That's why I got these last minute, actually.
This one's for my mom and this one's for my dad.
He played music and she loved butterflies,
so the Roman numerals is her death date.
This is my dad's death date.
They're always with me no matter what.
It's not that I didn't have parent figures.
They're not here,
but you still have people who love you.
This will always be home, cause this is where I grew up.
This new place is just where I’m going to live.
I want it to be a place,
where we can regroup as a family.
A happy place. Not having to worry about
a storm coming to take out our house.
My brother, he is there with us.
And looking at his children.
I just want what’s best for them.
Look at how pretty the day is.
I don't want to go today.
Not right now.
Oh, big girl.
Two-hundred years we've been over here.
This is it now.
Mic check.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five.
Mic check.
One. Two. Three. Four. Five.
I heard you might be speaking on the podium
but I'm gonna go up there with you to help you out.
Alright.
And then right after you're done,
i'm gonna take the mic and probably say stuff on my own.
No. No, but the thing to do in this kind of setting is--
I'm going to be very professional.
Yeah, but.
You can't always have a battle with them.
I'm not gonna, I'm not gonna...
We are moving in there. It is ours now.
I know but, I'm gonna see if you might be speaking first.
It is great to be here with you today.
I want to start by thanking the tribal leaders.
Chief, it's good to see you this morning,
and really, everybody who made this resettlement possible.
This is the very first program of its kind
in our nation's history
where we have basically having to move people
because of climate change.
This New Isle that was built for us is appreciated
and will not go unnoticed.
But with the good comes the bad,
for future generations will not stay.
And I mean no disrespect when I'm saying this.
I will not be living with my sister 10 years from now.
I would like my own space.
I don't know.
I mean, I don't think they're not going to let me.
I just don't want to be rude and go up there and be like,
"Hey, everybody, listen," you know?
Just speak your mind to all the news reporters here.
You'll get it all, you'll get on something.
Yeah, I know.
That's what I'm probably going to do.
Yeah, yeah, he's loaded down.
Everybody wants to talk to the governor.
Yeah, yeah, everybody does.
One of my biggest hangups about making my decision
about moving over here, that house is not a home yet.
It's still just a house for me.
I'm not used to it.
I still live a couple of blocks from where I grew up
because it's important to me,
and I know y'all are not going to have that opportunity.
That's why it's really bittersweet.
Right.
Oh, there goes my life.
Yeah, that's the next document.
Not quite this one.
Perfect.
Alright, and so next we have your promissory note.
So this basically goes along with the mortgage
we're going to have you sign.
It's a nice view, huh?
Yes, sir. It sure is.
And just think it's ours every day.
Things change, you know?
It's a weird feeling.
It's like, you know, yeah, it's a cool new house
but, you know, it's still kind of--
It's definitely out of place for me.
I know that definitely for my uncle.
I didn't get a residency or, you know,
even just a land that I could put a residence on.
Uh, okay, wait a minute.
Hey, one at a time on them steps.
Move that, Makeya.
This don't work.
It wasn't like this last time I came in here.
Somebody did come and loot probably.
Oh.
Look, there's a gecko on the wall.
On the side by the window.
It's a big one.
It's weird.
This used to be my old room.
It's got all kinds of shit in it.
This is the storage room now.
Yeah, I know.
This is the only side that didn't get damaged that's why.
It could be your room like as a camp instead.
You can probably fit two beds in here.
Yeah, two small ones.
Or two bunk beds.
No, no bunk beds.
I didn't go to sleep
not 'til almost 2 this morning.
Not that I was worried about it, but it was like, oh gosh.
You know, them keys.
I had them keys with me, and it was like, whoa.
Like, damn, I'm really moving.
Yeah.
You know, that was something new for me.
I never went through that or signed so many papers before.
It was almost like signing my life away, you know?
Oh.
Look at all them whistling ducks.
God.
I can't wait for duck season.
It will be fun.
It's going to be some getting used to
because I have three dogs.
They have a baby,
and he's really scared of, like, louder noises.
And my big dog, all he does is bark.
I mean, it's a lot of people,
but in the end you know, it came out well
and I just hope it stays that way.
I don't know why they didn't put grass over there.
None of them have grass.
Supposedly they're supposed be moving in too.
This is the last houses to move in.
A lot of the houses are pretty similar.
Yeah.
There's a bunch of adjustments that we're going to have to do.
It's just the dogs and--
He's gonna have to get used to that, you know?
Yeah.
That's a new thing for him,
because we never really had a dog like that.
I promise you, it's going to be nice.
You can hear that, huh?
Yeah.
How are you doing, sweetie?
You're doing good?
Tomorrow we will be celebrating Juliette's birthday.
You're invited.
I like seeing my neighbors,
because at one point in time,
I was with them almost every day.
I don’t think my uncle will ever admit this but,
I believe us being together as a family again,
that’s where home is.
That is something.
That is something to see that name on a little green sign.
These wheels are not made for that.
Ah! Stop! Stop! Stop!
It's a little bit too quick.
Go around the other way.
No, I gotta get to this tack.
Oh, well, that works.
There you go.
No. It don't look good, huh?
Well, hang it on the rope.
Can you reach over the beam?
Oh, fuck.
Oh, there it goes.
I need it to be right here.
We're starting to settle in.
This is where I live now.
There we go.
I do miss when it was just me and Howard.
Didn't have to worry about nothing, you know?
Just could go fishing in the backyard.
Love them.
Just do whatever, but we grew up.
Getting my high school diploma
is something still something I want to achieve.
I regret doing dropping out.
I regret that.
♪ Happy birthday, Juliette ♪
♪ Happy birthday to you ♪
♪ And many more ♪
That's what I was thinking.
You was 19, but not no more.
You think Juliette had a nice birthday?
I believe so.
I believe a good effort was made.
I miss hanging out on the island.
What I miss--
The good old days.
--is y'all two going fishing,
coming back home with a pile of fish,
fixing it and then cooking it.
And by the time,
right at dark or right after dark,
we had us a real good supper and everything was fresh.
That fish was good
just coming out of the water, you know?
Yes, sir.
I miss that.
It's going to slip on.
There you go.
-You got it? -Yep.
They ain't gonna give you a piece of land or--
I already tried.
I need privacy, man.
You wouldn't want to--
And they already got too many people in that house.
Too many people?
In the house, yes.
It's just...
Come on.
It's really just not...
It's not suited for a woman and a kid, you know?
They didn't want to give me a house or land,
and I sure as hell ain't going to buy it.
Considering they think those houses are worth $400,000.
I don't know what the hell they smoking, but I need some.
If I'm going to get something at that price.
Yeah, 'cus the house is already falling apart.
Exactly.
Right there.
The mirror in Chris' house.
Yeah.
The freaking lamps.
Look, that one's already down.
These houses weren't built to last.
The walls are so thin it's like, ridiculous.
Like, I could be whispering to somebody
and you could hear me talking in the other room over.
We called about the AC three months ago.
A man just came.
Still works, but it leaks.
Next door, my uncle and my aunt,
their bathtub is leaking into their closet.
That's all going to rot.
That's all going to mold.
Like, there's people literally with mold
growing in their houses.
Like, it is disgusting.
The money that y'all had was our money.
Why not build it right?
Why go through all the trouble, spend all the money,
just for it to not last five years?
It makes no sense.
The houses falling apart...
I just feel like they just, like,
betrayed you in a way, you know?
Just waiting till I can fix the island
and just go back.
There's so much that can be done with that place.
Alright, my uncle moved on.
My sister moved on.
I'm gonna go down there
and you ain't going to tell me nothing.
I'm going to fix that house,
and if it breaks, I'm gonna fix it again.
On and on and on.
I don't care what they say.
It's a better visiting spot than living spot for me.
It's just better this way.
Kind of angry.
I wish my brother was here, but he's not.
As soon as they woke up, they left.
They just said, "Alright, see y'all later."
I was never comfortable with the word refugee,
but I couldn't replace it.
But today I can.
And that word is displaced.
Because there's no one out there hardly on the island,
some of the homes were vandalized.
Taking whatever they want or just trample it.
We never had that happen to us.
Never on this scale.
They are destroying someone else's memories.
Something that's been part of their lives.
I guess it's coming to terms with a harsh reality.
I can't protect the island anymore.
Me and Howard don't see each other as much anymore.
Not like when we were kids.
We had a free childhood.
I would give everything to have that life again.
I remember when we used to all three be in the house
just, you know, living life happy on the island.
All the history stuff my uncle has,
we're starting to see that it has purpose.
He kept it to show us, and then we're going to show our kids.
Just so that they know where they come from.
You look back on it,
and you realize you'll never be able to get that back.
I know we're not going to be the last ones
that this type of situation actually happens to.
There's millions and millions of others
that are having the same problem we are.
I have a vision for the island, but nobody else sees it.
I'm the only one that sees it.
I just want the island to be remembered.