1 00:00:04,610 --> 00:00:06,309 and may contain mature subject matter. 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:14,410 Viewer discretion is advised. 3 00:00:14,543 --> 00:00:15,910 and may contain matur(raven caw).tter. 4 00:00:16,043 --> 00:00:20,243 TERESA: The raven was part of the creation story in our culture. 5 00:00:21,010 --> 00:00:24,843 He put me out here on the tundra that I love so much. 6 00:00:26,276 --> 00:00:29,309 JOHN: We were put here by our Creator. 7 00:00:30,810 --> 00:00:36,510 This is the story of how we live and how we survive. 8 00:00:37,643 --> 00:00:39,943 For thousands of years. 9 00:00:47,376 --> 00:00:49,676 JODY: It's a bull. 10 00:00:55,543 --> 00:00:57,376 (gunshot). 11 00:01:03,943 --> 00:01:05,676 (gunshot). 12 00:01:07,543 --> 00:01:09,676 I gotta shoot high. 13 00:01:11,643 --> 00:01:13,476 (gunshot). 14 00:01:15,109 --> 00:01:16,410 I saw blood. 15 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:18,443 Let's go get him. 16 00:01:21,043 --> 00:01:23,343 My name is Jody Potts. 17 00:01:23,476 --> 00:01:26,043 I'm Hän Gwich'in of the Raven Clan. 18 00:01:31,743 --> 00:01:34,443 JODY: I feel a lot of gratitude to Creator for allowing me to 19 00:01:34,576 --> 00:01:37,143 be indigenous to the land, and having the blessing of 20 00:01:37,276 --> 00:01:40,943 living this life here, with my kids and my husband. 21 00:01:43,109 --> 00:01:46,543 We point the moose's head towards home to honor the moose. 22 00:01:48,810 --> 00:01:50,576 Towards the direction of our home where it's gonna 23 00:01:50,710 --> 00:01:53,309 feed our family and our village. 24 00:01:55,010 --> 00:01:58,043 Indigenous peoples of Alaska, we're still here, 25 00:01:58,176 --> 00:02:00,643 we're still maintaining our culture and our way of life, 26 00:02:00,777 --> 00:02:03,143 and we're fighting for it. 27 00:02:04,276 --> 00:02:07,010 Generation after generation. 28 00:02:14,043 --> 00:02:15,543 MARVIN: During my time of growing up, 29 00:02:15,676 --> 00:02:17,943 there wasn't really no teaching. 30 00:02:18,076 --> 00:02:19,376 You know, you learn from hands on. 31 00:02:19,510 --> 00:02:22,410 You didn't read a book on our native way. 32 00:02:26,076 --> 00:02:32,710 (singing in native language). 33 00:02:34,510 --> 00:02:36,843 MARVIN: I'm gonna give it some gas. 34 00:02:41,043 --> 00:02:43,276 I'm gonna go on an adventure up to Olga Bay 35 00:02:43,410 --> 00:02:46,910 and set the king crab pot. 36 00:02:47,043 --> 00:02:48,443 On this beautiful day. 37 00:02:48,576 --> 00:02:50,610 Calm before the storm. 38 00:02:53,343 --> 00:02:57,076 I am Marvin Agnot, from the village of Akhiok. 39 00:02:58,676 --> 00:03:01,343 I grew up here pretty much all my life. 40 00:03:01,476 --> 00:03:04,343 Which is a little over a half a century. 41 00:03:04,910 --> 00:03:07,877 Alutiiq is what I am. 42 00:03:11,410 --> 00:03:14,810 Today, we're on a mission to go and get some food for the winter. 43 00:03:15,510 --> 00:03:18,576 But it's very windy and we got a storm coming in. 44 00:03:18,710 --> 00:03:20,743 We got to work pretty quick. 45 00:03:20,877 --> 00:03:24,376 We gotta go miles away just to hope we can get king crab 46 00:03:24,510 --> 00:03:27,143 because over-fishing. 47 00:03:27,376 --> 00:03:30,176 That alone really hurt us because our way of living 48 00:03:30,309 --> 00:03:32,743 is on the water. 49 00:03:34,010 --> 00:03:38,243 Akhiok is very unique because of its remoteness. 50 00:03:38,777 --> 00:03:42,676 We are limited to our resources because of accessibility. 51 00:03:43,376 --> 00:03:46,843 We gotta work harder to get more to make ends meet. 52 00:03:47,610 --> 00:03:50,610 But regardless, we make it work out here. 53 00:03:52,676 --> 00:03:55,010 Rain, snow, wind. 54 00:03:55,143 --> 00:03:57,576 We'll go out and get our seafood. 55 00:03:57,943 --> 00:04:00,810 When the tide is low, the table is set. 56 00:04:02,643 --> 00:04:06,010 It rolls through here very fast, when the tide comes through. 57 00:04:08,343 --> 00:04:11,643 I have to get the pot to drop before the storm coming. 58 00:04:13,309 --> 00:04:17,410 Weather changes so quick, and it's an hour skiff ride one way, 59 00:04:17,543 --> 00:04:21,043 and within that hour, it can be blowing 50 miles an hour. 60 00:04:21,676 --> 00:04:24,543 It becomes disastrous for us. 61 00:04:24,810 --> 00:04:28,376 When we do get it, it is worth the effort that we put into it. 62 00:04:29,276 --> 00:04:32,610 We are way out in the middle of no man's land. 63 00:04:32,743 --> 00:04:36,610 As we find out over our years that it's a lot easier to get 64 00:04:36,743 --> 00:04:40,243 crab up in this area than it is out in the lower bay, 65 00:04:40,376 --> 00:04:43,643 because of how big and vast it is. 66 00:04:44,410 --> 00:04:48,143 It is very dangerous because this bay freezes up in the winter. 67 00:04:48,276 --> 00:04:50,843 It's just a matter of when it'll happen. 68 00:04:53,843 --> 00:04:56,943 We have to pull this up before the freeze. 69 00:05:05,209 --> 00:05:09,276 All right, well I beat the storm that's coming in here, 70 00:05:09,410 --> 00:05:12,043 and I got done settin' my crab pot. 71 00:05:12,510 --> 00:05:15,576 I'm a man of the sea here, I love it here. 72 00:05:16,043 --> 00:05:18,576 Cool like that. 73 00:05:24,376 --> 00:05:26,710 JOEL: I would like to say my way of life is simple, 74 00:05:26,843 --> 00:05:29,643 but it seems like it's anything but sometimes. 75 00:05:40,743 --> 00:05:42,076 We're looking for, uh, 76 00:05:42,209 --> 00:05:44,910 standing dead spruce trees today. 77 00:05:45,243 --> 00:05:47,143 We're gonna get as many trees as we can. 78 00:05:47,276 --> 00:05:49,309 If the wind will allow. 79 00:05:52,243 --> 00:05:55,043 My name's Joel Jacko, I'm from Pedro Bay, Alaska. 80 00:05:55,676 --> 00:05:57,510 Being an Athabascan in the 21st century is 81 00:05:57,643 --> 00:05:59,676 a lot about adapting. 82 00:05:59,810 --> 00:06:02,743 Your tools may have changed, but your hunting ground is 83 00:06:02,877 --> 00:06:05,209 still the same. 84 00:06:05,777 --> 00:06:08,810 My ultimate goal in life is to be self-reliant. 85 00:06:09,076 --> 00:06:11,010 I'm a bush pilot. 86 00:06:11,143 --> 00:06:13,343 For the last ten years, I've been building this house. 87 00:06:13,476 --> 00:06:15,843 I live here with my wife, Jacqueline, 88 00:06:15,977 --> 00:06:17,710 and my daughter Anzlie. 89 00:06:17,843 --> 00:06:20,176 I think it's important to try to pass down traditions to 90 00:06:20,309 --> 00:06:22,576 Anzlie as much as we can, and I will teach her about the 91 00:06:22,710 --> 00:06:25,977 Athabascan way of life. 92 00:06:28,710 --> 00:06:30,810 So, Fred the Bear is kinda my neighbor. 93 00:06:30,943 --> 00:06:34,276 We see him every day, he's Tracker's arch nemesis. 94 00:06:34,576 --> 00:06:35,843 Hey! 95 00:06:35,977 --> 00:06:40,376 (barking). 96 00:06:48,777 --> 00:06:50,843 So, we're gonna try to build a cache and fill our, uh, 97 00:06:50,977 --> 00:06:53,543 fish and everything in there for the winter. 98 00:06:53,676 --> 00:06:55,777 We're making it elevated to keep the bears out, because 99 00:06:55,910 --> 00:06:57,643 the bears are a big problem around here. 100 00:06:57,777 --> 00:07:01,243 JACQUELINE: I'm gonna be really mad if Fred eats our fish. 101 00:07:01,376 --> 00:07:03,043 It's a lot of work to go and get 'em, 102 00:07:03,176 --> 00:07:05,510 and then to have a bear eat 'em in, you know, 103 00:07:05,643 --> 00:07:08,343 ten minutes, I don't like the thought of that. 104 00:07:08,777 --> 00:07:10,410 JOEL: Pretty important to get this cache done. 105 00:07:10,543 --> 00:07:12,476 The days are getting shorter, it's getting colder. 106 00:07:12,610 --> 00:07:15,543 So, we need to get it done in like the next couple days. 107 00:07:18,843 --> 00:07:20,843 JACQUELINE: You ready baby. JOEL: You ready Anzlie? 108 00:07:20,977 --> 00:07:23,343 Okay. 109 00:07:24,076 --> 00:07:25,343 JACQUELINE: To bring Anzlie up, with this kind of 110 00:07:25,476 --> 00:07:28,410 lifestyle is important to me, so she can learn about her 111 00:07:28,543 --> 00:07:31,343 roots, and be resourceful. 112 00:07:31,710 --> 00:07:33,743 JOEL: I got a couple trees picked out for, uh, the main 113 00:07:33,877 --> 00:07:36,176 posts on the, on the cache. 114 00:07:36,309 --> 00:07:37,910 The wind and everything, it's gonna be a little difficult to 115 00:07:38,043 --> 00:07:39,943 get 'em to fall where I want 'em. 116 00:07:40,076 --> 00:07:42,943 And if it doesn't want to go, then get out of the way. 117 00:07:43,510 --> 00:07:45,343 JACQUELINE: Hm. 118 00:07:49,610 --> 00:07:51,777 JOEL: Jacqueline's from a family of city folk. 119 00:07:51,910 --> 00:07:54,376 She went from Seattle to out here, within a month 120 00:07:54,510 --> 00:07:57,010 she adapted super quickly. 121 00:07:57,143 --> 00:08:00,010 JACQUELINE: A month into dating Joel, I used to go out 122 00:08:00,209 --> 00:08:03,010 into the woods with him and he'd cut trees down. 123 00:08:03,543 --> 00:08:07,010 I just thought, you know, damn. 124 00:08:07,143 --> 00:08:09,676 So hot. 125 00:08:11,943 --> 00:08:15,376 JOEL: Wood out here is a continual chore. 126 00:08:15,510 --> 00:08:18,543 It is nonstop, you're just always cuttin' wood, and 127 00:08:18,676 --> 00:08:22,977 packin' wood, and splittin' wood, and nonstop. 128 00:08:29,143 --> 00:08:31,877 JACQUELINE: Let's go home and build us a cache. 129 00:08:39,343 --> 00:08:41,410 JODY: I feel like my soul is connected to the land because 130 00:08:41,543 --> 00:08:43,843 I am of the land. 131 00:08:43,977 --> 00:08:49,109 I'm a part of this environment, naturally, for millennia. 132 00:09:11,510 --> 00:09:13,977 Wow, there's a lot more ice on the river today. 133 00:09:15,977 --> 00:09:18,043 JAMEY: Not too long, it'll be frozen. 134 00:09:18,176 --> 00:09:19,843 JODY: I know, I'm so excited. 135 00:09:22,977 --> 00:09:27,010 We are on the middle Yukon in Koyukon country, at our fish camp. 136 00:09:30,309 --> 00:09:33,376 I grew up in my Hän Gwich'in village of Eagle. 137 00:09:35,977 --> 00:09:38,743 Our people have lived on this land for millennia. 138 00:09:41,543 --> 00:09:44,810 So, I was very much raised in that culture and that way of life, 139 00:09:45,176 --> 00:09:47,410 and I think that being on the land is a strong 140 00:09:47,543 --> 00:09:49,810 part of my identity. 141 00:09:51,510 --> 00:09:55,443 I eventually met my now husband, Jamey Joseph, 142 00:09:57,176 --> 00:09:59,109 and this is, his family's native allotment and 143 00:09:59,243 --> 00:10:01,710 his family's land. 144 00:10:03,676 --> 00:10:05,810 It's such a risky time of year to get water. 145 00:10:05,943 --> 00:10:07,410 JAMEY: Yup. 146 00:10:07,543 --> 00:10:10,243 JODY: Our family was blessed with a moose, but as the 147 00:10:10,376 --> 00:10:13,476 weather changes and it starts to get colder there are other 148 00:10:13,610 --> 00:10:15,977 things that we also need to be working on like 149 00:10:16,109 --> 00:10:18,476 getting water, getting wood. 150 00:10:18,610 --> 00:10:20,977 The work is never over. 151 00:10:24,843 --> 00:10:26,943 JAMEY: Huh, water dropped last night. 152 00:10:27,243 --> 00:10:28,376 JODY: I want more ice. 153 00:10:28,510 --> 00:10:30,877 JAMEY: You got that rope in your pocket, Denali? 154 00:10:31,010 --> 00:10:32,543 JODY: Okay, just be careful you guys. 155 00:10:32,676 --> 00:10:34,343 It's super dangerous. 156 00:10:34,476 --> 00:10:36,643 Our only water source right now is getting water from the 157 00:10:36,777 --> 00:10:40,043 Yukon River, which is full of ice flow. 158 00:10:40,576 --> 00:10:42,843 JAMEY: All right, goin' out. 159 00:10:45,010 --> 00:10:46,877 JODY: The ice isn't very stable yet. 160 00:10:47,010 --> 00:10:49,410 The water every day is dropping and there's 161 00:10:49,543 --> 00:10:52,443 air pockets under the ice. 162 00:10:53,676 --> 00:10:55,610 There's been a lot of folks that have fallen 163 00:10:55,743 --> 00:11:01,243 through unstable ice and perished. 164 00:11:04,510 --> 00:11:06,710 Careful. 165 00:11:07,777 --> 00:11:09,076 Whoa. 166 00:11:09,209 --> 00:11:10,443 If I rope off your overalls with that little 167 00:11:10,576 --> 00:11:12,576 loop in the back, I'd feel better. 168 00:11:12,710 --> 00:11:14,576 JAMEY: All right. 169 00:11:15,176 --> 00:11:16,977 JODY: Come. 170 00:11:17,109 --> 00:11:18,943 I don't wanna go out that far. 171 00:11:21,209 --> 00:11:23,043 JAMEY: The only problem with being laced in the back, if 172 00:11:23,176 --> 00:11:25,343 you're pulling on me, I can't turn around to get myself out 173 00:11:25,476 --> 00:11:27,443 and I'll be like this. 174 00:11:27,576 --> 00:11:30,176 I'll end up head first in the water. 175 00:11:31,243 --> 00:11:32,243 If I fall, yeah, there you go. 176 00:11:32,376 --> 00:11:33,410 That, that's better. 177 00:11:33,543 --> 00:11:34,843 Ah, much better. 178 00:11:34,977 --> 00:11:36,543 JODY: How about I just keep this on you? 179 00:11:36,676 --> 00:11:38,676 JAMEY: Funny. Funny. 180 00:11:38,810 --> 00:11:42,276 JODY: Can't lose my handsome hunka-hunka-burning love. 181 00:11:42,743 --> 00:11:44,810 I'm gonna reel you in. 182 00:11:49,010 --> 00:11:52,643 JAMEY: Okay. Hand me that bucket, there. 183 00:11:55,910 --> 00:12:00,410 JODY: The river is powerful and unforgiving, 184 00:12:02,843 --> 00:12:06,010 and it demands respect. 185 00:12:08,076 --> 00:12:12,076 Jamey and I, in our lifetime of experience on this land and 186 00:12:12,209 --> 00:12:16,143 on the Yukon River, we are each other's anchor. 187 00:12:19,376 --> 00:12:21,877 This rope represents love. 188 00:12:22,010 --> 00:12:23,276 Right babe? 189 00:12:23,410 --> 00:12:24,543 JAMEY: Something like that. 190 00:12:24,676 --> 00:12:26,643 JODY: All right, hurry up off that ice. 191 00:12:30,109 --> 00:12:32,743 DANIEL: Our Yup'ik ways is learned by observation. 192 00:12:32,877 --> 00:12:35,410 You gotta watch the weather, watch the people, 193 00:12:35,543 --> 00:12:38,610 and pass down time immemorial. 194 00:12:48,309 --> 00:12:50,476 Got everything? 195 00:12:50,610 --> 00:12:52,710 CHRIS: Alright. 196 00:12:52,843 --> 00:12:54,977 Head to the beach today. 197 00:12:58,943 --> 00:13:01,243 DANIEL: My name is Daniel Apassingok. 198 00:13:02,076 --> 00:13:04,443 My, uh, native name is Takevaghmii. 199 00:13:05,143 --> 00:13:07,043 I'm, uh, Siberian Yup'ik. 200 00:13:07,176 --> 00:13:09,143 I live in Gambell, St. Lawrence Island, 201 00:13:09,276 --> 00:13:11,543 with my family. 202 00:13:11,910 --> 00:13:16,777 My wife, Susan Apassingok, and my two boys, Chris and Chase. 203 00:13:17,176 --> 00:13:20,610 We're actually closer to Russia than mainland Alaska. 204 00:13:21,076 --> 00:13:24,243 Bering Sea out there, it's a way of life. 205 00:13:24,510 --> 00:13:27,443 For me and all the people in the village. 206 00:13:27,576 --> 00:13:29,109 (gunshot). 207 00:13:43,510 --> 00:13:45,877 CHRIS: We're subsistence hunters, and that means that 208 00:13:46,010 --> 00:13:49,143 we go out and get marine mammals and bring that food home. 209 00:13:49,843 --> 00:13:53,010 We don't just have a store that has everything you wanna eat. 210 00:14:03,243 --> 00:14:05,576 CHRIS: Oh yeah, winter's coming down on us and 211 00:14:05,710 --> 00:14:08,610 all the marine mammals that live up there come down too 212 00:14:08,743 --> 00:14:10,943 with the ice. 213 00:14:11,076 --> 00:14:12,010 Walrus. 214 00:14:12,143 --> 00:14:13,843 Bearded seals. 215 00:14:20,743 --> 00:14:23,343 CHRIS: We eat what we catch. 216 00:14:23,810 --> 00:14:26,343 DANIEL: Subsistence way of lifestyle. 217 00:14:26,476 --> 00:14:28,877 Subsistence has been very important for Gambell. 218 00:14:29,010 --> 00:14:32,710 We've been eating off the sea for generations on end. 219 00:14:39,143 --> 00:14:41,010 DANIEL: Bowhead whale, right there! 220 00:14:50,843 --> 00:14:53,643 DANIEL: Ah, need to warm up another 15 degrees. 221 00:14:54,376 --> 00:14:55,643 CHRIS: Yeah. 222 00:14:55,777 --> 00:14:59,443 Right now, it's, uh, kinda too cold temperature to go whaling. 223 00:14:59,576 --> 00:15:01,543 DANIEL: If you catch a whale in the cold temperature, 224 00:15:01,676 --> 00:15:05,076 all the meat and muktuk will freeze instantly. 225 00:15:05,209 --> 00:15:07,109 It'll be harder for butchering. 226 00:15:19,443 --> 00:15:21,143 CHRIS: Oh (bleep). 227 00:15:22,610 --> 00:15:24,543 Got a bearded seal coming over. 228 00:15:35,576 --> 00:15:36,977 CHRIS: Oh (bleep). 229 00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:41,010 (gunshot). 230 00:15:45,943 --> 00:15:47,376 CHRIS: (bleep). 231 00:15:51,276 --> 00:15:54,043 DANIEL: No luck today. 232 00:15:54,176 --> 00:15:57,209 I need to provide, uh, food this week, you know, uh, 233 00:15:57,343 --> 00:15:59,877 maybe from ice fishing. 234 00:16:00,010 --> 00:16:03,176 Whatever opportunity we can get. 235 00:16:10,877 --> 00:16:12,643 JOEL: The importance of living sustainably is really just 236 00:16:12,777 --> 00:16:15,309 preserving the land, and the way of life, 237 00:16:15,443 --> 00:16:17,543 taking what you need and no more. 238 00:16:25,209 --> 00:16:26,309 This is it. 239 00:16:26,443 --> 00:16:27,410 JACQUELINE: Oh. 240 00:16:27,543 --> 00:16:28,576 JOEL: This is where we're gonna put the cache. 241 00:16:30,843 --> 00:16:34,543 JOEL: It's called a cache 'cause you cache your stuff in there. 242 00:16:35,710 --> 00:16:36,943 JACQUELINE: Do you know what it is? 243 00:16:37,076 --> 00:16:38,443 JOEL: We're gonna put stuff in there so the bear can't get it. 244 00:16:38,576 --> 00:16:41,143 That's why we're gonna make it way off the ground. 245 00:16:41,276 --> 00:16:42,610 JACQUELINE: We don't want him eating our food. 246 00:16:42,743 --> 00:16:43,710 JOEL: Mhm. 247 00:16:43,843 --> 00:16:44,710 JACQUELINE: Right? 248 00:16:44,843 --> 00:16:46,043 No. 249 00:16:46,176 --> 00:16:47,443 JOEL: So, this is basically what it'll look like. 250 00:16:47,576 --> 00:16:51,343 I need help standing the uprights up. 251 00:16:51,476 --> 00:16:52,710 Make sense? 252 00:16:52,843 --> 00:16:54,977 JACQUELINE: I guess it will as we go. 253 00:16:55,109 --> 00:16:56,143 JOEL: Yeah. 254 00:16:56,276 --> 00:16:58,476 I don't know if it makes sense to me yet. 255 00:16:59,476 --> 00:17:01,743 So, getting ready for winter is a lot of work, and the 256 00:17:01,877 --> 00:17:03,543 bears being around all the time is definitely 257 00:17:03,676 --> 00:17:06,109 a cause for concern. 258 00:17:06,243 --> 00:17:08,109 Because we are so close to the mountains, the weather happens 259 00:17:08,243 --> 00:17:10,376 to change super quickly. 260 00:17:11,376 --> 00:17:13,143 And you still gotta do whatcha gotta do and you're just gonna 261 00:17:13,276 --> 00:17:16,076 be out there and whatever Mother Nature's throwin' atcha. 262 00:17:21,943 --> 00:17:25,476 Okay, this is probably gonna be the most dangerous part. 263 00:17:27,877 --> 00:17:29,877 (grunting). 264 00:17:30,010 --> 00:17:31,376 JACQUELINE: You okay, babe? 265 00:17:31,510 --> 00:17:34,043 JOEL: I think we're way off here. 266 00:17:35,209 --> 00:17:36,176 Oh my gosh. 267 00:17:36,309 --> 00:17:37,777 JACQUELINE: Oh my gosh. 268 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:40,309 JOEL: Okay. 269 00:17:40,443 --> 00:17:41,209 JACQUELINE: It needs to go back. 270 00:17:41,343 --> 00:17:43,476 JOEL: Or this one, it can go forward. 271 00:17:43,610 --> 00:17:45,209 Try to move that log back. 272 00:17:45,343 --> 00:17:48,143 And if I say run, you better run. 273 00:17:48,276 --> 00:17:50,843 JACQUELINE: Okay. 274 00:17:51,443 --> 00:17:53,209 JOEL: Yeah, yeah. 275 00:17:53,343 --> 00:17:54,576 There you go. 276 00:17:54,710 --> 00:17:58,510 It's just not lined up with the hole. 277 00:17:58,643 --> 00:18:02,043 Uh, we're at a bad angle. 278 00:18:04,443 --> 00:18:05,810 JACQUELINE: Can you just push it? 279 00:18:05,943 --> 00:18:07,076 JOEL: Yeah. 280 00:18:07,209 --> 00:18:08,476 JACQUELINE: Oh my gosh. 281 00:18:08,610 --> 00:18:10,109 JOEL: Jacqueline's a good partner out here. 282 00:18:10,243 --> 00:18:12,710 It's always easier to get projects done with two sets of hands. 283 00:18:12,843 --> 00:18:14,410 JACQUELINE: I definitely didn't know how to do 284 00:18:14,543 --> 00:18:17,376 some of these things before I met Joel. 285 00:18:17,510 --> 00:18:18,676 And we've learned together. 286 00:18:18,810 --> 00:18:19,510 Oh! Oh! 287 00:18:19,643 --> 00:18:20,410 JOEL: Look at that! Huh, huh! 288 00:18:20,543 --> 00:18:21,610 JACQUELINE: Woo! 289 00:18:21,743 --> 00:18:22,877 That's what Fred's going to be doing to this. 290 00:18:23,010 --> 00:18:23,843 JOEL: Yeah! 291 00:18:23,977 --> 00:18:25,476 Give me some of that fish. 292 00:18:25,610 --> 00:18:26,843 Yeah. 293 00:18:26,977 --> 00:18:28,276 JACQUELINE: That looks much better. 294 00:18:28,410 --> 00:18:30,243 Good job. 295 00:18:30,376 --> 00:18:33,410 JOEL: We got half of what I wanted to do today done. 296 00:18:33,543 --> 00:18:35,143 Start again in the mornin'. 297 00:18:35,276 --> 00:18:37,043 JACQUELINE: Okay. JOEL: Huh? 298 00:18:37,176 --> 00:18:38,676 You gonna help us clean up a little bit? 299 00:18:38,810 --> 00:18:40,276 ANZLIE: Mm, no. 300 00:18:40,410 --> 00:18:42,143 (laughing). 301 00:18:47,676 --> 00:18:50,843 MARVIN: Our way of living, a big part of it is on the water. 302 00:18:52,676 --> 00:18:55,877 The sea is something we pay close attention to. 303 00:19:04,610 --> 00:19:06,309 GLYNDARIL: Hey Unc? MARVIN: Yeah? 304 00:19:06,443 --> 00:19:07,743 GLYNDARIL: What's the plan for today? 305 00:19:07,877 --> 00:19:10,943 MARVIN: Well, today, we're gonna go up and pull the crab pots. 306 00:19:11,610 --> 00:19:15,376 You and I will go in my skiff, and Justin will go in his and. 307 00:19:17,576 --> 00:19:18,510 JUSTIN: Yup. 308 00:19:18,643 --> 00:19:19,543 MARVIN: All right, I guess we're ready, huh? 309 00:19:19,676 --> 00:19:22,109 GLYNDARIL: Let's rock and roll. 310 00:19:24,076 --> 00:19:27,209 MARVIN: Glyn is married to my niece, Marcella. 311 00:19:27,343 --> 00:19:29,576 He came up from California. 312 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:32,576 GLYNDARIL: My name is Glyndaril White Jr. 313 00:19:32,710 --> 00:19:37,543 I moved up here 2005, and I have not left since. 314 00:19:39,243 --> 00:19:42,710 Marvin shows me around out here, shows me hunting and fishing, 315 00:19:42,843 --> 00:19:45,543 living out here, and what this life is about. 316 00:19:46,176 --> 00:19:48,410 MARVIN: I'm just showing you, so when you come on your own, 317 00:19:48,543 --> 00:19:50,410 you have no problems buddy. 318 00:19:50,543 --> 00:19:52,276 Because I'm gonna show you the right way. 319 00:19:52,410 --> 00:19:55,710 And as you learn it, you can find out the shortcuts. 320 00:19:57,643 --> 00:20:00,143 It's not much that I've learned, it's what I've learned. 321 00:20:00,276 --> 00:20:02,510 Basic way of living out here, that's the knowledge that 322 00:20:02,643 --> 00:20:04,076 I carry on. 323 00:20:04,209 --> 00:20:05,443 Glyn. 324 00:20:05,576 --> 00:20:08,476 For Glyn to be a part of what we see, it makes it easier for him. 325 00:20:08,610 --> 00:20:11,143 'Cause I don't want people to struggle out here. 326 00:20:15,043 --> 00:20:16,410 GLYNDARIL: Oh. 327 00:20:16,543 --> 00:20:18,910 That ice looks pretty, uh, pretty thick over there. 328 00:20:20,643 --> 00:20:22,276 MARVIN: It's been cold since I set the crab pot, 329 00:20:22,410 --> 00:20:25,877 and the ice or frost is always a concern. 330 00:20:26,010 --> 00:20:28,109 I'm gonna go see if I can break through that. 331 00:20:30,643 --> 00:20:31,977 GLYNDARIL: You calling me fat? 332 00:20:32,109 --> 00:20:33,843 MARVIN: No, it's just the weight buddy I mean I just like. 333 00:20:33,977 --> 00:20:35,410 GLYNDARIL: No, I know, I know. I'm just messing whicha. 334 00:20:35,543 --> 00:20:36,743 MARVIN: We'll, we'll become an icebreaker. 335 00:20:36,877 --> 00:20:38,343 So you just follow me through there, okay? 336 00:20:38,476 --> 00:20:39,276 JUSTIN: Okay. 337 00:20:39,410 --> 00:20:40,410 MARVIN: All right, sounds like a plan. 338 00:20:40,543 --> 00:20:43,276 We'll give that a shot, because tide's falling. 339 00:20:43,410 --> 00:20:44,943 GLYNDARIL: Never rode through ice before. 340 00:20:45,076 --> 00:20:47,376 Have you ever, uh, made it through the ice and like got 341 00:20:47,510 --> 00:20:48,877 stuck on the other side? 342 00:20:49,010 --> 00:20:51,109 MARVIN: No, I don't want to try that. 343 00:20:51,243 --> 00:20:53,510 GLYNDARIL: No, no, yeah. I don't want to try that. 344 00:20:59,510 --> 00:21:00,710 GLYNDARIL: All right. 345 00:21:18,309 --> 00:21:21,209 MARVIN: I see another quarter mile of ice, so I figured I'll 346 00:21:21,343 --> 00:21:23,843 give it a little bit of gas and sway my motor back and forth, 347 00:21:23,977 --> 00:21:25,510 and give us a little rocking movement, 348 00:21:25,643 --> 00:21:28,410 and keep the momentum going. 349 00:21:30,209 --> 00:21:31,877 GLYNDARIL: You can't see the water move, but you see the 350 00:21:32,010 --> 00:21:34,810 ice just cracking and it makes this sound. 351 00:21:34,943 --> 00:21:39,243 It's breaking, but if we go too much and end up on it, 352 00:21:39,376 --> 00:21:41,576 we're stuck out here. 353 00:21:42,443 --> 00:21:43,810 Woo, that's a chunk. 354 00:21:55,376 --> 00:21:59,543 ♪ ♪ 355 00:21:59,676 --> 00:22:01,710 (ice cracking). 356 00:22:12,810 --> 00:22:14,810 MARVIN: We made it through. 357 00:22:14,943 --> 00:22:16,443 GLYNDARIL: Just when you realize how small and 358 00:22:16,576 --> 00:22:18,143 insignificant you really are. 359 00:22:18,276 --> 00:22:19,543 MARVIN: Oh yeah. 360 00:22:19,676 --> 00:22:21,843 All right, Juti's ready. 361 00:22:21,977 --> 00:22:22,977 JUSTIN: Hope we get crab. 362 00:22:23,109 --> 00:22:25,143 GLYNDARIL: Viva la icebreaker! 363 00:22:25,276 --> 00:22:27,143 Ha ha ha ha ha! 364 00:22:30,877 --> 00:22:34,176 JODY: In today's modern world, being able to bring my kids to 365 00:22:34,309 --> 00:22:38,777 lands and use trails that have been used for time immemorial, 366 00:22:38,910 --> 00:22:41,376 it's just a powerful, powerful feeling. 367 00:22:43,610 --> 00:22:50,243 (chainsaw whirring). 368 00:22:51,010 --> 00:22:53,276 Thanks, son! 369 00:22:54,576 --> 00:22:56,710 That's good. My right hand man. 370 00:22:56,843 --> 00:22:59,010 So handsome. 371 00:23:01,109 --> 00:23:03,810 Gathering water, gathering wood, those are all like our 372 00:23:03,943 --> 00:23:06,610 first order of business when we arrive at camp. 373 00:23:11,910 --> 00:23:13,309 JAMEY: How's it goin'? 374 00:23:13,443 --> 00:23:15,476 DENALI: Goin'. JAMEY: All right, looks good. 375 00:23:15,610 --> 00:23:16,910 There's another tree right here we can probably 376 00:23:17,043 --> 00:23:18,043 buck up right here. 377 00:23:18,176 --> 00:23:19,076 JODY: Oh yeah. 378 00:23:19,209 --> 00:23:20,810 I need to cut that smaller, it's kinda long. 379 00:23:20,943 --> 00:23:22,943 JAMEY: Sounds good. 380 00:23:23,076 --> 00:23:25,176 JODY: As a kid growing up, I always went out with 381 00:23:25,309 --> 00:23:27,710 my dad and brother to cut firewood. 382 00:23:27,843 --> 00:23:30,777 I learned to run a saw sometime in my teen years. 383 00:23:30,910 --> 00:23:34,610 It's good work, it warms you twice, three times, four times. 384 00:23:34,943 --> 00:23:39,276 Cuttin' the firewood, bucking it up, stacking it, 385 00:23:39,410 --> 00:23:42,810 chopping it, bringing it home. 386 00:23:44,476 --> 00:23:47,643 Then you get to put it in your stove after you bring it in. 387 00:23:49,010 --> 00:23:51,443 Keeps you healthy, keeps you strong, and it's good hard 388 00:23:51,576 --> 00:23:54,209 work that makes you feel alive. 389 00:23:57,143 --> 00:23:58,576 So, if you guys want to grab the last load of wood, 390 00:23:58,710 --> 00:24:02,710 I'll make a campfire and some tea for all of us. 391 00:24:02,843 --> 00:24:03,710 Sound good? 392 00:24:03,843 --> 00:24:06,510 JAMEY: Sounds good. JODY: Go team! 393 00:24:10,777 --> 00:24:14,243 We are just nourished by the land. 394 00:24:14,376 --> 00:24:17,010 It provides us a lot of our basic needs. 395 00:24:17,143 --> 00:24:19,109 Perfect! 396 00:24:19,243 --> 00:24:22,476 The land provides us with our water and our food, and also 397 00:24:22,610 --> 00:24:24,309 provides us with a lot of peace. 398 00:24:24,443 --> 00:24:26,543 Like it's just a good feeling at the end of the day, 399 00:24:26,676 --> 00:24:29,443 after you spend time on the land. 400 00:24:33,777 --> 00:24:36,176 Clean snow! 401 00:24:39,010 --> 00:24:41,676 Wow, water's already boilin'. 402 00:24:41,977 --> 00:24:45,143 There's all kinds of medicines and teas around us. 403 00:24:45,676 --> 00:24:47,943 Our people call it jalaki. 404 00:24:48,076 --> 00:24:52,376 It's this little leaf, tasty and has a lot of medicinal purposes. 405 00:24:55,109 --> 00:24:56,376 You tired, son? 406 00:24:56,510 --> 00:24:57,877 DENALI: Mhm. 407 00:24:58,010 --> 00:24:59,343 JODY: You worked hard today. 408 00:24:59,476 --> 00:25:00,843 JAMEY: Want some tea, Denali? 409 00:25:09,643 --> 00:25:11,777 JODY: Good signs, for sure. JAMEY: Mm-hmm. 410 00:25:11,910 --> 00:25:15,343 JODY: Got water, got plenty of firewood, then we got a moose. 411 00:25:15,476 --> 00:25:18,810 We have everything we need, so I feel rich. 412 00:25:25,343 --> 00:25:28,109 DANIEL: Different kind of cold out here. 413 00:25:28,610 --> 00:25:32,943 Somebody from mainland, they'd think it'd be too cold to do anything. 414 00:25:34,176 --> 00:25:35,943 It's just our lifestyle. 415 00:25:36,076 --> 00:25:39,343 It's helped us to be who we are today. 416 00:26:02,843 --> 00:26:05,343 DANIEL: See if we can catch, uh, tomcod and smelt. 417 00:26:11,943 --> 00:26:13,810 DANIEL: Ay! 418 00:26:15,143 --> 00:26:17,176 I've been teaching my boys how to do, uh, 419 00:26:17,309 --> 00:26:20,109 subsistence lifestyle, hunting and fishing. 420 00:26:20,576 --> 00:26:22,877 Who's gonna catch one first? 421 00:26:23,877 --> 00:26:24,977 Race! 422 00:26:25,109 --> 00:26:27,643 (laughing). 423 00:26:29,476 --> 00:26:32,309 You know, we take whatever opportunity we can get. 424 00:26:44,777 --> 00:26:46,309 CHASE: Nice weather we're having today, huh? 425 00:26:46,443 --> 00:26:47,343 (laughing). 426 00:26:47,476 --> 00:26:49,309 DANIEL: Beautiful! 427 00:26:49,877 --> 00:26:52,176 C'mon, king salmon! 428 00:27:00,977 --> 00:27:01,977 DANIEL: You're on an island, 429 00:27:02,109 --> 00:27:04,910 200 miles off the mainland, Alaska. 430 00:27:05,043 --> 00:27:07,010 The weather changes very quick. 431 00:27:07,143 --> 00:27:08,843 You gotta be prepared for that. 432 00:27:14,977 --> 00:27:15,977 DANIEL: Getting ugly! 433 00:27:58,443 --> 00:28:04,743 ♪ ♪ 434 00:28:13,810 --> 00:28:15,977 DANIEL: I pretty much experienced all the, uh, 435 00:28:16,109 --> 00:28:18,543 the weather you can handle out here. 436 00:28:18,676 --> 00:28:20,209 You gotta be very knowledgeable about 437 00:28:20,343 --> 00:28:22,943 how to, uh, handle it. 438 00:28:24,510 --> 00:28:26,343 Ah, finally home! 439 00:28:32,076 --> 00:28:34,977 DANIEL: Time to go, uh, turn the stove on, warm up, huh? 440 00:28:40,010 --> 00:28:43,977 JOEL: The mindset of living out here and living off the land, 441 00:28:46,443 --> 00:28:49,443 it's just beat into you to be resourceful. 442 00:28:55,476 --> 00:28:57,209 So, the uprights are a little more difficult 443 00:28:57,343 --> 00:28:59,010 than I thought they were gonna be. 444 00:28:59,143 --> 00:29:01,676 But I think at this stage it should go a little faster. 445 00:29:01,810 --> 00:29:03,476 (barking). 446 00:29:03,610 --> 00:29:04,743 I think Fred might be coming. 447 00:29:04,877 --> 00:29:07,109 (barking). 448 00:29:08,410 --> 00:29:09,877 You definitely gotta be vigilant to keep these bears 449 00:29:10,010 --> 00:29:13,209 out of stuff. 450 00:29:14,877 --> 00:29:17,576 That's why we're building the cache. 451 00:29:23,977 --> 00:29:27,810 (chainsaw whirring). 452 00:29:42,476 --> 00:29:44,576 We kinda got a window in the weather right now. 453 00:29:44,710 --> 00:29:46,410 Seeing a little bit of blue sky showing, so try to get 454 00:29:46,543 --> 00:29:49,510 as much done as I can right now. 455 00:29:49,643 --> 00:29:52,643 (grunting). 456 00:29:54,543 --> 00:29:56,209 I don't have anything to stand on right now, 457 00:29:56,343 --> 00:29:59,176 so this is pretty awkward. 458 00:30:07,543 --> 00:30:10,143 I'm glad Jacqueline's not up here for this, uh, this part. 459 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:13,910 She would not be happy. 460 00:30:14,043 --> 00:30:17,443 Jacqueline definitely thinks I'm more dangerous than I need to be, 461 00:30:17,576 --> 00:30:21,143 but I like to get stuff done as quickly as possible. 462 00:30:26,810 --> 00:30:29,209 (grunting). 463 00:30:29,343 --> 00:30:30,543 All right, screwin's done. 464 00:30:30,676 --> 00:30:33,743 I'll start buildin' the walls, and then the roof after that. 465 00:30:34,510 --> 00:30:37,309 Being in the woods, man, it feels great. 466 00:30:38,743 --> 00:30:41,410 Especially when there's nobody around, it's just you. 467 00:30:41,543 --> 00:30:44,610 Definitely gives you a sense of peace and happiness, 468 00:30:44,743 --> 00:30:46,943 accomplishment. 469 00:30:51,443 --> 00:30:54,443 MARVIN: Around here, you got to pay attention to mother nature, 470 00:30:54,576 --> 00:30:56,443 'cause it's just so unpredictable and 471 00:30:56,576 --> 00:30:59,510 you just gotta be prepared for that. 472 00:31:04,977 --> 00:31:06,143 There! 473 00:31:06,276 --> 00:31:07,576 GLYNDARIL: You see the buoy? 474 00:31:07,710 --> 00:31:09,010 MARVIN: Yeah, right there! 475 00:31:14,410 --> 00:31:16,076 GLYNDARIL: Me, Marvin, and Justin. 476 00:31:16,209 --> 00:31:18,643 We're all gonna pull the crab pots. 477 00:31:19,543 --> 00:31:21,643 And hopefully, it will be loaded with some king crab, 478 00:31:21,777 --> 00:31:24,209 and we'll be able to eat tonight. 479 00:31:25,343 --> 00:31:27,576 Gotcha! 480 00:31:27,710 --> 00:31:30,209 MARVIN: And just pull it up to the motor. 481 00:31:31,543 --> 00:31:33,309 Get us both some slack. 482 00:31:33,443 --> 00:31:35,643 On this side, Juti. 483 00:31:44,743 --> 00:31:48,076 You're just gonna go that way and wait for the pot to come up. 484 00:31:48,209 --> 00:31:49,576 GLYNDARIL: Okay. 485 00:31:49,710 --> 00:31:50,843 MARVIN: We pull apart. 486 00:31:50,977 --> 00:31:54,476 One goes one direction; one stays above the pot. 487 00:31:57,743 --> 00:31:59,043 GLYNDARIL: All right. 488 00:31:59,176 --> 00:32:02,276 MARVIN: Prior to us using two skiffs, we would pull it by hand. 489 00:32:02,410 --> 00:32:05,343 That's how my dad done it, and, um, those days are over. 490 00:32:05,476 --> 00:32:08,610 It's so much easier if we use two skiffs. 491 00:32:08,743 --> 00:32:10,243 You just watch him and then you can see about 492 00:32:10,376 --> 00:32:13,143 300 feet back, that's when it'll come up. 493 00:32:15,276 --> 00:32:18,010 300 feet, 50 fathoms align. 494 00:32:19,043 --> 00:32:20,777 JUSTIN: The worst that can happen, the line busts and 495 00:32:20,910 --> 00:32:23,043 the pot just free-falls. 496 00:32:23,176 --> 00:32:25,043 MARVIN: We gotta be gettin' pretty close. 497 00:32:25,176 --> 00:32:27,176 GLYNDARIL: It's still just line. 498 00:32:27,309 --> 00:32:29,476 JUSTIN: And the line, it can grab somebody, but you just 499 00:32:29,610 --> 00:32:31,710 don't want it to bust off. 500 00:32:32,010 --> 00:32:34,510 GLYNDARIL: All right. 501 00:32:34,743 --> 00:32:36,043 Ho, ho, ho! 502 00:32:36,176 --> 00:32:37,109 MARVIN: Ok, stop it. 503 00:32:41,443 --> 00:32:43,476 MARVIN: Grab it! 504 00:32:43,610 --> 00:32:45,043 GLYNDARIL: Got her. 505 00:32:45,176 --> 00:32:46,810 MARVIN: Okay. How are we doin'? 506 00:32:46,943 --> 00:32:48,810 Well, we got some crab! 507 00:32:48,943 --> 00:32:51,410 GLYNDARIL: Ooh-rah! 508 00:32:52,643 --> 00:32:54,176 MARVIN: Okay now you can... Yeah. 509 00:32:54,309 --> 00:32:55,476 GLYNDARIL: You wanna, you're gonna come around? 510 00:32:55,610 --> 00:32:56,810 MARVIN: Yeah, we're just gonna let that go over to the end. 511 00:32:56,943 --> 00:32:57,810 There you go. 512 00:32:57,943 --> 00:33:01,810 Now we got a, can you grab that? 513 00:33:05,276 --> 00:33:08,443 We are deadlifting the crab pot right over the side of the skiff. 514 00:33:08,576 --> 00:33:10,143 Hold it, Glyn, right there. 515 00:33:10,276 --> 00:33:13,376 There you go. 516 00:33:15,176 --> 00:33:17,176 Yeah! 517 00:33:18,243 --> 00:33:19,610 We got her buddy, we got a few. 518 00:33:19,743 --> 00:33:20,843 GLYNDARIL: Woo! 519 00:33:20,977 --> 00:33:21,943 MARVIN: We got dinner. 520 00:33:22,076 --> 00:33:24,143 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah. 521 00:33:24,877 --> 00:33:26,209 MARVIN: One. 522 00:33:26,343 --> 00:33:27,343 GLYNDARIL: Two, there you go. 523 00:33:27,476 --> 00:33:28,610 MARVIN: We got two, cool like that. 524 00:33:28,743 --> 00:33:30,143 Well, I see three. 525 00:33:30,276 --> 00:33:31,510 GLYNDARIL: Ha! 526 00:33:31,643 --> 00:33:34,343 MARVIN: In the store, it's like $100 for three legs. 527 00:33:34,476 --> 00:33:36,376 Out here we just go out and get it. 528 00:33:36,510 --> 00:33:38,510 It's worth the trip. 529 00:33:39,276 --> 00:33:40,777 We got a few tanners, didn't we? 530 00:33:40,910 --> 00:33:43,143 This is too small to keep, and this is going to be the. 531 00:33:43,276 --> 00:33:45,143 GLYNDARIL: Future. MARVIN: Yeah, future. 532 00:33:45,276 --> 00:33:48,810 We gotta give back. Take em' all, we'll run out. 533 00:33:51,343 --> 00:33:52,810 We overcame. 534 00:33:52,943 --> 00:33:54,343 GLYNDARIL: Thank you, Unc, it was a pleasure. 535 00:33:54,476 --> 00:33:56,276 I don't get to usually come out and get king crabs. 536 00:33:56,410 --> 00:33:58,676 MARVIN: Last two I took, you can take these ones, so we get more. 537 00:33:58,810 --> 00:33:59,977 Huh? Sound good? 538 00:34:00,176 --> 00:34:01,076 GLYNDARIL: Thank you. 539 00:34:01,209 --> 00:34:02,243 MARVIN: I got a big pot. 540 00:34:02,376 --> 00:34:03,843 We'll just cook 'em all together and be done with them. 541 00:34:03,977 --> 00:34:04,910 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah. 542 00:34:05,043 --> 00:34:05,877 MARVIN: Okay? GLYNDARIL: Sounds like a plan. 543 00:34:06,010 --> 00:34:07,243 MARVIN: Sounds good guys. 544 00:34:07,376 --> 00:34:09,943 We're off, like a herd of turtles. 545 00:34:12,043 --> 00:34:13,910 GLYNDARIL: That's what you get here in Akhiok, the closeness, 546 00:34:14,043 --> 00:34:16,510 the family-ness, the camaraderie. 547 00:34:16,643 --> 00:34:20,443 Where I came from it's mine, mine, mine, take, take, take. 548 00:34:20,576 --> 00:34:23,309 Here, people wanna give. 549 00:34:27,610 --> 00:34:29,777 JODY: Wealth is not important to me in money, 550 00:34:29,910 --> 00:34:34,309 but I feel rich in quality of life. 551 00:34:38,109 --> 00:34:40,743 I already fried up some tenderloin and fat for the family. 552 00:34:40,877 --> 00:34:41,977 And I got some... 553 00:34:42,109 --> 00:34:45,977 Diced up backstrap here, I'm gonna cook with this rice. 554 00:34:46,743 --> 00:34:48,877 We're able to have some fresh meat and not have to eat 555 00:34:49,010 --> 00:34:51,109 so much spam. 556 00:34:52,109 --> 00:34:55,443 This moose is a lot to us. 557 00:34:55,576 --> 00:34:59,176 It's winter's meat, and it's healthy. 558 00:34:59,309 --> 00:35:01,309 Culturally, you know, it's our soul food. 559 00:35:01,443 --> 00:35:02,710 It's our medicine. 560 00:35:02,843 --> 00:35:05,109 So, just such a blessing. 561 00:35:05,543 --> 00:35:07,710 And that's how I have healthy, strong kids. 562 00:35:07,843 --> 00:35:11,143 Is having a good healthy organic protein. 563 00:35:11,777 --> 00:35:16,777 I know what's in this meat and it's hard to beat. 564 00:35:16,910 --> 00:35:20,543 Oh! I'm always so proud when I have a rhyme. 565 00:35:24,043 --> 00:35:26,076 As a mom, especially as a native mom, there's so much 566 00:35:26,209 --> 00:35:29,010 that I have to know and learn so I can pass it down 567 00:35:29,143 --> 00:35:30,710 to my children. 568 00:35:30,843 --> 00:35:33,410 Traditional knowledge, and skills, and values, 569 00:35:33,543 --> 00:35:35,643 all those things are really important to pass down. 570 00:35:35,777 --> 00:35:38,777 I'm gonna warm up that fat. 571 00:35:38,910 --> 00:35:41,010 JAMEY: Mm. 572 00:35:42,276 --> 00:35:43,710 JODY: Kids are so much help. 573 00:35:43,843 --> 00:35:45,143 Like I didn't have to pack any meat. 574 00:35:45,276 --> 00:35:48,010 It's just so crazy 'cause like when they were small, 575 00:35:48,143 --> 00:35:51,610 I was packing all the meat, and now it's reversed. 576 00:35:51,743 --> 00:35:54,010 So thankful. 577 00:35:55,443 --> 00:35:57,610 JAMEY: Can't stop. I'm gonna hurt myself. 578 00:35:57,743 --> 00:35:59,743 JODY: Here, I'll help. Mm-mm. 579 00:36:02,443 --> 00:36:05,943 CHRIS: This village has been hunting off of the Bering Sea, 580 00:36:06,076 --> 00:36:09,243 the land, for thousands of years. 581 00:36:09,676 --> 00:36:12,610 I'd like to be happy to keep that going. 582 00:36:24,143 --> 00:36:25,710 Looks good around there, eh? 583 00:36:30,143 --> 00:36:31,877 DANIEL: We'll catch some fish! 584 00:36:32,676 --> 00:36:34,643 We finally got a little bit of a break of, uh. 585 00:36:34,777 --> 00:36:36,143 Good weather here. 586 00:36:36,276 --> 00:36:38,710 It's a good window for fishing. 587 00:36:40,243 --> 00:36:43,343 Gonna be a good opportunity today. 588 00:36:46,643 --> 00:36:49,510 Ay! Hey! 589 00:36:51,777 --> 00:36:54,743 DANIEL: This is what we get, smelt and, uh, tomcod. 590 00:36:54,877 --> 00:36:56,143 My king salmon, eh? 591 00:36:56,276 --> 00:36:57,977 (laughing). 592 00:37:02,643 --> 00:37:04,410 CHASE: Ah, jeez! 593 00:37:04,543 --> 00:37:07,243 DANIEL: They're down there, got couple of nibbles. 594 00:37:09,276 --> 00:37:11,309 Ay! 595 00:37:11,877 --> 00:37:13,877 CHASE: Oh, man. 596 00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:16,309 Looks like you got the hot hole today. 597 00:37:16,443 --> 00:37:17,410 Hey! 598 00:37:27,843 --> 00:37:29,843 DANIEL: Ay! 599 00:37:36,376 --> 00:37:38,376 DANIEL: Chase, he, he's my younger boy, you know, 600 00:37:38,510 --> 00:37:41,743 he wants to follow the footsteps of Chris. 601 00:37:41,877 --> 00:37:45,510 And you know, it's just a lot of fun watching the boys 602 00:37:45,643 --> 00:37:48,910 grow up to be who they are today now. 603 00:37:51,810 --> 00:37:54,643 CHASE: I don't know why they don't want to bite my hook. 604 00:37:54,777 --> 00:37:56,243 DANIEL: Maybe use his hole. 605 00:38:01,576 --> 00:38:03,076 CHASE: Oh, man. 606 00:38:22,043 --> 00:38:23,143 DANIEL: Hey, got another one! 607 00:38:23,276 --> 00:38:24,376 King salmon! 608 00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:27,010 CHASE: What the hell is going on? 609 00:38:27,977 --> 00:38:31,910 DANIEL: Whatever fish I catch out here is gonna be a king salmon! 610 00:38:32,443 --> 00:38:34,376 (laughing). 611 00:38:34,777 --> 00:38:36,076 C'mon boy, what's going on! 612 00:38:36,209 --> 00:38:38,576 CHASE: I have no clue what's going on. 613 00:38:38,710 --> 00:38:39,410 Jeez. 614 00:38:39,543 --> 00:38:40,443 DANIEL: Gotta work for it. 615 00:38:40,576 --> 00:38:42,209 CHASE: Come on, fish. 616 00:38:49,143 --> 00:38:53,877 DANIEL: All righty! 617 00:38:54,010 --> 00:38:55,910 CHRIS: Perfect! DANIEL: Ay! 618 00:38:56,043 --> 00:38:57,309 Finally got a fish! 619 00:38:57,443 --> 00:38:59,043 CHRIS: King salmon! 620 00:38:59,176 --> 00:39:01,209 (laughing). 621 00:39:01,343 --> 00:39:03,043 DANIEL: We're lucky to be on an island where we can catch 622 00:39:03,176 --> 00:39:05,043 almost everything out here. 623 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:08,309 From fish to birds, to uh, big game. 624 00:39:08,443 --> 00:39:11,343 Just right there on the island. 625 00:39:11,476 --> 00:39:14,510 Something very beautiful about it. 626 00:39:17,543 --> 00:39:19,109 DANIEL: Get ready? 627 00:39:19,243 --> 00:39:21,743 Race for the last fish! 628 00:39:25,643 --> 00:39:27,243 Ah, I won! 629 00:39:27,376 --> 00:39:28,810 Ay! 630 00:39:28,943 --> 00:39:30,710 (laughing). 631 00:39:30,843 --> 00:39:33,209 Subsistence lifestyle I learned from my father, 632 00:39:33,343 --> 00:39:37,076 Anders Apassingok, and, uh, I teach it to my boys too. 633 00:39:37,209 --> 00:39:40,143 And someday, you know, they'll teach it to their own kids. 634 00:39:44,777 --> 00:39:47,343 DANIEL: 21, I've got 21. 635 00:39:49,476 --> 00:39:51,043 It's a blessing to catch our food, you know. 636 00:39:51,176 --> 00:39:54,176 It's a blessing to share your food at the same time. 637 00:39:54,309 --> 00:39:57,476 Can't wait to eat tonight. 638 00:40:07,510 --> 00:40:09,243 MARVIN: We'll get it on the hard steam, and then we'll do 639 00:40:09,376 --> 00:40:11,910 um, 20 minutes. 640 00:40:12,043 --> 00:40:14,476 I am willing to teach this native way of living and of 641 00:40:14,610 --> 00:40:19,076 subsisting and it's all been brought down from my parents, 642 00:40:19,209 --> 00:40:22,443 and I feel very fortunate to pass that on to someone else 643 00:40:22,576 --> 00:40:25,510 of different cultures. 644 00:40:27,176 --> 00:40:29,810 There you go. 645 00:40:30,209 --> 00:40:33,309 Cools them off fast and, um, the meat tightens up and 646 00:40:33,443 --> 00:40:36,076 it pulls off the shell. 647 00:40:38,010 --> 00:40:41,143 GLYNDARIL: Oh. 648 00:40:41,276 --> 00:40:43,376 Here's dinner. 649 00:40:43,510 --> 00:40:44,710 MARVIN: It was a very good day you guys, I'm happy. 650 00:40:44,843 --> 00:40:46,443 GLYNDARIL: Yes, it was. 651 00:40:46,576 --> 00:40:49,010 MARVIN: With a little bit of trudging through the ice, we made it, and there you go. 652 00:40:49,143 --> 00:40:50,977 GLYNDARIL: Thank you, Unc. 653 00:40:51,109 --> 00:40:52,443 MARVIN: You tell the kids I'll stop by sometimes, 654 00:40:52,576 --> 00:40:54,877 later on this evening. 655 00:40:56,676 --> 00:41:01,309 (nail gun clicking). 656 00:41:02,777 --> 00:41:05,176 JOEL: So, this is my last wall, I'm gonna finish, uh, 657 00:41:05,309 --> 00:41:07,843 finish this up, cut the doorway out, and then 658 00:41:07,977 --> 00:41:10,143 I'll pretty much be done. 659 00:41:13,410 --> 00:41:14,543 Super excited to show Jacqueline. 660 00:41:14,676 --> 00:41:16,543 Last thing she saw I think was just the decking. 661 00:41:16,676 --> 00:41:18,143 Now we have a whole building. 662 00:41:18,276 --> 00:41:20,543 Living out here, it's kinda like, different way of life, 663 00:41:20,676 --> 00:41:23,543 and it makes you a little more self-reliant. 664 00:41:23,843 --> 00:41:25,643 I think it's important to pass these skills on to my 665 00:41:25,777 --> 00:41:28,910 daughter, Anzlie, and even to Jacqueline. 666 00:41:33,376 --> 00:41:34,443 JACQUELINE: Hi, honey! 667 00:41:34,576 --> 00:41:35,810 JOEL: Hey, give me one minute, I'll cut the door out, 668 00:41:35,943 --> 00:41:36,943 then I'll be done. 669 00:41:37,076 --> 00:41:39,376 JACQUELINE: It looks amazing! 670 00:41:39,510 --> 00:41:41,576 The cache is important for us to have this winter. 671 00:41:41,710 --> 00:41:43,843 It relieves a lot of stress knowing that the bears aren't 672 00:41:43,977 --> 00:41:46,043 going to be able to get into our cache. 673 00:41:49,309 --> 00:41:50,309 JOEL: Yeah! 674 00:41:50,443 --> 00:41:51,243 JACQUELINE: Can I come up there with you? 675 00:41:51,376 --> 00:41:52,376 JOEL: Yeah, come on up! 676 00:41:52,510 --> 00:41:54,143 JACQUELINE: I think this way of life is important. 677 00:41:54,276 --> 00:41:57,910 It's Anzlie and Joel's roots and heritage and you know, 678 00:41:58,043 --> 00:42:01,743 people aren't really relying on what's around them anymore. 679 00:42:02,243 --> 00:42:04,643 JOEL: Cool, huh? JACQUELINE: Yeah! 680 00:42:04,777 --> 00:42:05,843 JOEL: You want my coat? 681 00:42:05,977 --> 00:42:07,610 JACQUELINE: Aw. 682 00:42:07,743 --> 00:42:09,443 Again, I can't believe it's done! 683 00:42:09,576 --> 00:42:10,410 You've like. 684 00:42:10,543 --> 00:42:11,510 JOEL: I know. 685 00:42:11,643 --> 00:42:13,109 JACQUELINE: Been through so much! 686 00:42:13,243 --> 00:42:15,710 JOEL: If Fred can get in here, he deserves to eat the fish. 687 00:42:15,843 --> 00:42:17,943 (laughing). 688 00:42:24,076 --> 00:42:27,510 JODY: This is a piece that I found in the hills back here 689 00:42:27,643 --> 00:42:30,476 when I was out hunting one day. 690 00:42:33,977 --> 00:42:35,843 And diamond willow is a type of willow we have 691 00:42:35,977 --> 00:42:37,510 up here in Alaska. 692 00:42:37,643 --> 00:42:39,343 Has a really beautiful look. 693 00:42:39,476 --> 00:42:42,109 Dark color and the light color of the grain of wood, 694 00:42:42,243 --> 00:42:45,176 and then these diamonds that are naturally formed. 695 00:42:45,676 --> 00:42:47,977 It's just really special. 696 00:42:50,743 --> 00:42:52,910 You don't see logs this big or with this beautiful 697 00:42:53,043 --> 00:42:55,010 development of diamonds. 698 00:42:55,143 --> 00:42:57,010 Like, this is a really unique piece. 699 00:42:57,143 --> 00:43:01,043 So, I'll work on it for a while and just steadily, 700 00:43:01,176 --> 00:43:03,476 cause it's such a huge piece. 701 00:43:05,209 --> 00:43:07,743 There's so much beauty on this land. 702 00:43:07,877 --> 00:43:10,309 And today it warmed up really nice. 703 00:43:10,443 --> 00:43:13,877 It's only like zero, so it's a good day to work on this 704 00:43:14,010 --> 00:43:16,143 when it's warm out. 705 00:43:17,276 --> 00:43:19,209 I know that I can adapt and live and be happy 706 00:43:19,343 --> 00:43:20,710 in Hawaii for instance. 707 00:43:20,843 --> 00:43:23,376 But the thing that keeps me here is I'm indigenous to this 708 00:43:23,510 --> 00:43:27,710 land and I have a responsibility to our people. 709 00:43:27,843 --> 00:43:31,010 So our people can continue our way of life and thrive. 710 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:35,576 Years ago, when I was probably just a baby, 711 00:43:35,710 --> 00:43:39,443 my grandpa carved a diamond willow cane. 712 00:43:40,109 --> 00:43:42,276 You know it's just something that our people have done 713 00:43:42,410 --> 00:43:43,943 through the generations. 714 00:43:46,309 --> 00:43:48,777 You know one of the things that I've always reiterated to 715 00:43:48,910 --> 00:43:52,543 my children, is to remember who you are. 716 00:43:53,676 --> 00:43:57,010 Our people have lived here for millennia. 717 00:43:58,010 --> 00:44:02,977 We've survived racism, genocide, poverty, violence, 718 00:44:03,109 --> 00:44:06,343 and overcome a lot and there's still a lot more work to be done. 719 00:44:06,810 --> 00:44:08,810 We don't need to do soul-searching, 720 00:44:09,476 --> 00:44:11,743 we know who we are, 721 00:44:11,877 --> 00:44:15,510 where we come from, and where we belong. 722 00:44:15,643 --> 00:44:16,843 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.