1 00:00:04,610 --> 00:00:06,309 and may contain mature subject matter. 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:10,309 Viewer discretion is advised. 3 00:00:10,443 --> 00:00:14,443 and may contain mature sub♪ ♪t matter. 4 00:00:14,576 --> 00:00:16,676 TIG: Man, that's beautiful. 5 00:00:16,810 --> 00:00:18,610 It's nice on the river like that. 6 00:00:18,743 --> 00:00:19,877 LOUISE: Really. 7 00:00:20,010 --> 00:00:22,176 TIG: After not seeing it for so long, it kinda hurts my eyes. 8 00:00:22,309 --> 00:00:24,510 (laughing). 9 00:00:25,576 --> 00:00:28,543 Moose gotta miss the sun too I'd imagine. 10 00:00:29,010 --> 00:00:30,977 I would've hoped they would come out and take a peek, 11 00:00:31,109 --> 00:00:33,209 soak it up some. 12 00:00:33,343 --> 00:00:35,576 There's that wolf pack upriver not too far. 13 00:00:35,710 --> 00:00:37,843 There's about five or six of them. 14 00:00:37,977 --> 00:00:39,943 That's why we're starting to notice a lot more moose tracks 15 00:00:40,076 --> 00:00:43,777 around the river, these wolves are terrorizing them. 16 00:00:45,910 --> 00:00:48,176 Every day, they're losing more and more fat as these wolves 17 00:00:48,309 --> 00:00:50,343 are running them. 18 00:00:50,476 --> 00:00:52,309 We better hurry up and try and find one. 19 00:00:58,343 --> 00:00:59,910 I got a large family. 20 00:01:00,109 --> 00:01:02,877 Nine of us total eating off of one moose. 21 00:01:04,676 --> 00:01:06,910 You know, my kids probably eat three to four pounds of 22 00:01:07,043 --> 00:01:09,843 moose meat every day. 23 00:01:11,109 --> 00:01:13,309 We need the meat, but we have to keep an eye out 24 00:01:13,443 --> 00:01:15,710 for other predators. 25 00:01:17,176 --> 00:01:19,810 We can't be the only ones that miss the sun. 26 00:01:28,209 --> 00:01:30,243 I see them. 27 00:01:30,910 --> 00:01:32,877 Cow and calf. 28 00:01:34,043 --> 00:01:36,176 We're just gonna have to let them go. 29 00:01:36,309 --> 00:01:38,309 We kill a cow moose, that's just like killing 30 00:01:38,443 --> 00:01:43,010 anywhere from 30 to 50 moose, just by killing one cow moose. 31 00:01:43,943 --> 00:01:46,643 Every other year, they have a calf. 32 00:01:46,777 --> 00:01:49,977 And every other calving season, they have twins. 33 00:01:50,343 --> 00:01:52,243 So that's a lot of food for us. 34 00:01:52,376 --> 00:01:53,676 You know, that's gonna feed our children, 35 00:01:53,810 --> 00:01:57,443 our grandchildren, our great grandchildren. 36 00:01:58,276 --> 00:02:00,910 All coming from that cows right there. 37 00:02:02,676 --> 00:02:04,910 So we need to respect them. 38 00:02:05,043 --> 00:02:06,209 God bless you both. 39 00:02:06,343 --> 00:02:08,777 I wish nothing but the best for you. 40 00:02:16,109 --> 00:02:19,810 MARVIN: Here in our village, we live by the tide out here 41 00:02:20,610 --> 00:02:23,109 when the tide is low, the table is set. 42 00:02:30,576 --> 00:02:32,209 A little bit of snow, it don't bother me because 43 00:02:32,343 --> 00:02:34,410 I can still see. 44 00:02:36,176 --> 00:02:38,443 You know, right now I'm just on the mission for 45 00:02:38,576 --> 00:02:41,443 getting some, oh look at this. 46 00:02:41,576 --> 00:02:43,610 Sea urchin. 47 00:02:43,743 --> 00:02:47,777 This is what we call Uutuk in our native language. 48 00:02:49,843 --> 00:02:52,243 Don't need much, just enough to eat. 49 00:02:54,043 --> 00:02:55,443 Huh. 50 00:02:55,576 --> 00:02:59,109 When I was a kid growing up, we'd fill up a five gallon 51 00:02:59,243 --> 00:03:02,343 bucket like this in about 20 minutes. 52 00:03:04,476 --> 00:03:07,076 Very easy pickings then. 53 00:03:07,209 --> 00:03:11,810 And now they're harder to find, and they are a lot smaller. 54 00:03:14,877 --> 00:03:17,543 This has gotten harder, and it takes a little longer. 55 00:03:20,810 --> 00:03:23,076 Akhiok has changed quite a bit 56 00:03:23,209 --> 00:03:26,443 in my 50 years of being out here. 57 00:03:27,176 --> 00:03:30,676 It's getting a lot hotter, tides are gotten bigger, 58 00:03:32,043 --> 00:03:35,443 food is slowly disappearing, and that's the scary part. 59 00:03:36,276 --> 00:03:38,777 You know, if we don't deal with it, it's gonna deal with us. 60 00:03:40,176 --> 00:03:42,010 It's getting just a little too hard to see, 61 00:03:42,143 --> 00:03:44,076 and the wind is picking up. 62 00:03:44,209 --> 00:03:46,743 I think I should call it. 63 00:03:56,676 --> 00:03:58,676 JODY: No matter the temperature, there are always 64 00:03:58,810 --> 00:04:00,676 things we have to do. 65 00:04:00,810 --> 00:04:03,410 Things need to get done no matter the weather. 66 00:04:06,676 --> 00:04:07,777 So what do you want me to do, babe? 67 00:04:07,910 --> 00:04:09,010 JAMEY: Hold the ladder for me when I go up. 68 00:04:09,143 --> 00:04:10,143 JODY: Okay. 69 00:04:10,276 --> 00:04:11,443 JAMEY: And watch, see if I, if anything happens, 70 00:04:11,576 --> 00:04:12,743 "Whoa, help me!" 71 00:04:12,877 --> 00:04:14,643 JODY: Just watch you. JAMEY: Yeah. 72 00:04:14,777 --> 00:04:15,910 JODY: So you're gonna tie off though? 73 00:04:16,043 --> 00:04:16,977 JAMEY: I'm already tied off right here. 74 00:04:17,109 --> 00:04:19,510 JODY: Oh, okay, good. This makes me nervous. 75 00:04:19,643 --> 00:04:21,076 JAMEY: Makes you nervous? 76 00:04:21,209 --> 00:04:23,209 JODY: It's been a really interesting winter. 77 00:04:23,343 --> 00:04:27,143 Really rough conditions, big drifts, extreme wind, 78 00:04:27,276 --> 00:04:29,243 a lot of deep snow. 79 00:04:29,376 --> 00:04:31,209 Just real erratic type of weather that we're 80 00:04:31,343 --> 00:04:34,576 not familiar with, and just having to be prepared and 81 00:04:34,710 --> 00:04:37,643 adapt and adjust has been very challenging. 82 00:04:38,010 --> 00:04:40,543 It just never really ends. 83 00:04:40,910 --> 00:04:43,643 Today we have to get a few chores done. 84 00:04:43,943 --> 00:04:45,810 We haven't been able to get as much done because 85 00:04:45,943 --> 00:04:47,843 it's been so cold out. 86 00:04:47,977 --> 00:04:49,476 JAMEY: Throw this over the top, you can hand me that shovel. 87 00:04:49,610 --> 00:04:51,743 Okay. 88 00:04:52,010 --> 00:04:55,109 JODY: We are gonna be pulling some snow off the roof. 89 00:04:55,243 --> 00:04:57,476 Need to get some medicine for my cough, 90 00:04:57,610 --> 00:05:00,610 and gather some water from the river. 91 00:05:01,176 --> 00:05:03,143 So Jamey's gonna go up on the roof, but he's gonna 92 00:05:03,276 --> 00:05:06,910 tie off with a rope so he doesn't slip off and fall. 93 00:05:07,743 --> 00:05:08,643 Make a good knot. 94 00:05:08,777 --> 00:05:11,610 JAMEY: Yeah. Got it, babe. 95 00:05:12,343 --> 00:05:14,910 JODY: We're moving snow off of like a metal roof. 96 00:05:15,043 --> 00:05:17,276 He could most definitely slip and hurt himself, 97 00:05:17,410 --> 00:05:19,843 and we don't have any medical care close by, 98 00:05:19,977 --> 00:05:21,977 so that's really important to be safe out here 99 00:05:22,109 --> 00:05:24,309 and not take any like undue risks. 100 00:05:24,443 --> 00:05:27,176 But at the same time, we gotta get this snow off our roof. 101 00:05:27,443 --> 00:05:30,410 You know, it's a lot of weight to hold on top of our roof, 102 00:05:30,543 --> 00:05:32,476 and we don't want to have any structural problems 103 00:05:32,610 --> 00:05:34,043 as a result. 104 00:05:34,176 --> 00:05:37,410 So we just have to stay on top of stuff like that. 105 00:05:39,309 --> 00:05:41,176 Oh, there we go. 106 00:05:41,309 --> 00:05:43,843 That's working good. 107 00:05:44,109 --> 00:05:46,443 Like an avalanche. 108 00:05:47,010 --> 00:05:48,510 Dang! 109 00:05:48,643 --> 00:05:50,010 JAMEY: I'm moving to the other side. 110 00:05:50,143 --> 00:05:52,209 JODY: How are you gonna tie off on this side? 111 00:05:52,343 --> 00:05:53,309 JAMEY: Snow machine. 112 00:05:53,443 --> 00:05:54,810 JODY: You want me to go bring it around? 113 00:05:54,943 --> 00:05:57,209 JAMEY: Yeah. Loop it just probably right, right there. 114 00:05:57,343 --> 00:05:58,443 JODY: Okay. JAMEY: Yeah. 115 00:05:58,576 --> 00:05:59,943 I'm tied off to the tent frame on the other side, 116 00:06:00,143 --> 00:06:01,243 I'm using that as an anchor. 117 00:06:01,376 --> 00:06:03,076 But I have nothing to tie off to on this side, 118 00:06:03,209 --> 00:06:05,143 so I'm gonna use the snow machine to tie off to. 119 00:06:05,276 --> 00:06:07,443 Just so I don't slide off the other side. 120 00:06:13,576 --> 00:06:16,109 Good, carry it over to the snowgo. 121 00:06:17,643 --> 00:06:19,676 JODY: All right! 122 00:06:20,010 --> 00:06:22,943 So I moved the snow machine over here to tie him off 123 00:06:23,076 --> 00:06:26,176 because he's now working on the other side of the roof. 124 00:06:35,443 --> 00:06:36,943 Are you good, babe? 125 00:06:37,076 --> 00:06:39,443 JAMEY: Oh, yeah! 126 00:06:46,376 --> 00:06:52,810 ♪ ♪ 127 00:06:54,743 --> 00:06:56,076 That's it! 128 00:06:56,209 --> 00:06:58,743 JODY: Good job, babe. 129 00:07:00,010 --> 00:07:01,276 JAMEY: Oof! Job well done. 130 00:07:01,410 --> 00:07:02,443 JODY: Yup. 131 00:07:02,576 --> 00:07:04,010 JAMEY: All right. Let's go warm up. 132 00:07:04,143 --> 00:07:06,610 Have a little tea time. 133 00:07:06,743 --> 00:07:07,910 JODY: I know that's a lot of snow. 134 00:07:08,043 --> 00:07:09,843 JAMEY: Yeah. It's a lot of snow. 135 00:07:09,977 --> 00:07:11,943 JODY: Hi, Kubo. 136 00:07:14,076 --> 00:07:15,209 DANIEL: It's a family effort here. 137 00:07:15,343 --> 00:07:18,109 You know, everybody works on little projects of their own 138 00:07:18,243 --> 00:07:20,243 to get everything connected. 139 00:07:39,010 --> 00:07:41,977 CHASE: Not too long ago. DANIEL: Yeah, looks nice. 140 00:07:50,410 --> 00:07:52,443 CHASE: I didn't tell them that I was making it, so I, 141 00:07:52,576 --> 00:07:55,209 kind of, want it to be a surprise. 142 00:07:59,877 --> 00:08:01,977 DANIEL: It's the first wood stove my boy made, 143 00:08:02,109 --> 00:08:04,676 so I'm excited. 144 00:08:05,076 --> 00:08:07,476 It's gonna have the garage nice and warm, work on my 145 00:08:07,610 --> 00:08:11,176 equipment and whatnot, and it's gonna be a big help. 146 00:08:11,610 --> 00:08:14,076 I'm really grateful for that. 147 00:08:17,810 --> 00:08:18,810 Aa! 148 00:08:24,443 --> 00:08:25,710 CHASE: Oh, yeah. 149 00:08:33,443 --> 00:08:36,710 CHASE: I didn't really test it out to see if my weld had any leaks. 150 00:08:37,376 --> 00:08:39,209 DANIEL: So we're gonna test it outside, just in case, 151 00:08:39,343 --> 00:08:41,910 you know, I might burn the garage down. 152 00:08:42,043 --> 00:08:45,109 CHASE: So, I'm a little anxious to see it run. 153 00:08:49,977 --> 00:08:52,276 DANIEL: It'll be easier to burn. 154 00:08:56,243 --> 00:08:58,143 The fun part begins! 155 00:09:04,510 --> 00:09:05,810 DANIEL: Come on! 156 00:09:19,410 --> 00:09:20,476 DANIEL: Eh! 157 00:09:20,610 --> 00:09:24,343 Stove didn't want to start up because it wasn't mine. 158 00:09:25,810 --> 00:09:28,376 Yeah! The first smoke! 159 00:09:30,877 --> 00:09:32,343 DANIEL: Now we gotta go get the wood for it, eh? 160 00:09:32,476 --> 00:09:33,810 CHASE: Yeah. 161 00:09:35,977 --> 00:09:38,276 DANIEL: Wow, looks good! 162 00:09:40,743 --> 00:09:42,243 TIG: You gotta treat the country right, that's what 163 00:09:42,376 --> 00:09:44,276 our elders tell us. 164 00:09:44,410 --> 00:09:47,276 You gotta respect it, the country will respect you back. 165 00:09:51,643 --> 00:09:54,443 Maybe we'll just put on our snowshoes and head out this way. 166 00:09:55,843 --> 00:09:59,443 Moose can hear that snow machine coming from miles away. 167 00:09:59,576 --> 00:10:01,576 And when they hear that coming, they're not a dumb animal, 168 00:10:01,710 --> 00:10:04,710 they're gonna step off into the brush, lay down, 169 00:10:04,843 --> 00:10:05,910 hide themself. 170 00:10:06,043 --> 00:10:09,343 God bless the man that invented the snowshoes. 171 00:10:09,977 --> 00:10:11,010 LOUISE: Nothin' in there. 172 00:10:11,143 --> 00:10:13,076 TIG: Clear? LOUISE: It's good. 173 00:10:13,209 --> 00:10:15,610 TIG: All right. I wanna make sure we're safe. 174 00:10:15,743 --> 00:10:18,376 LOUISE: Yeah, I'm safe. 175 00:10:18,510 --> 00:10:21,543 TIG: I wanna go home with all the same holes I got. 176 00:10:22,109 --> 00:10:24,943 LOUISE: Hopefully we see something. 177 00:10:25,376 --> 00:10:28,176 Maybe we'll get lucky and chase something out. 178 00:10:29,543 --> 00:10:31,610 TIG: Made a bed right there. 179 00:10:31,743 --> 00:10:33,343 Definitely a moose in this island. 180 00:10:33,476 --> 00:10:36,743 I'm not sure if it's hiding behind one of these humps or what. 181 00:10:37,576 --> 00:10:39,176 There's a lot of fresh tracks around here we're seeing, 182 00:10:39,309 --> 00:10:40,977 beds and whatnot. 183 00:10:41,109 --> 00:10:43,943 Kinda thought we would've seen something by now. 184 00:10:44,376 --> 00:10:47,309 A lot of tracks in here. 185 00:10:51,676 --> 00:10:53,777 Is that eye or button? 186 00:10:56,243 --> 00:10:58,977 (whistling). 187 00:10:59,109 --> 00:11:00,410 It's a bull. 188 00:11:00,543 --> 00:11:03,576 If you can see your shot, take the shot right behind the ear. 189 00:11:11,343 --> 00:11:13,877 ♪ ♪ 190 00:11:14,010 --> 00:11:16,610 TIG: The safety on these guns. 191 00:11:23,376 --> 00:11:26,476 He must have hit the road and ran out of here. 192 00:11:27,343 --> 00:11:29,543 We ran into a moose and I finally seen some small 193 00:11:29,676 --> 00:11:32,877 buttons on it, and, you know, decided to take a shot. 194 00:11:33,010 --> 00:11:34,676 I handed Louise the gun, she loaded it. 195 00:11:34,810 --> 00:11:36,977 But, I forgot to tell her that the safety was on, 196 00:11:37,109 --> 00:11:38,443 so when she went to squeeze the trigger, 197 00:11:38,576 --> 00:11:41,376 she couldn't pop a shot off. 198 00:11:41,510 --> 00:11:44,276 That was my mistake right there. 199 00:11:44,410 --> 00:11:46,743 Catch your breath for a minute. 200 00:11:46,977 --> 00:11:48,843 See, the moose is out here. 201 00:11:48,977 --> 00:11:50,043 He ran along this willow line, 202 00:11:50,176 --> 00:11:52,410 went back out towards the river. 203 00:11:52,543 --> 00:11:55,276 A nice young bull, small antlers on him, 204 00:11:55,410 --> 00:11:58,010 nice tender good-eatin' meat. 205 00:11:58,443 --> 00:11:59,610 Got your breath? 206 00:11:59,743 --> 00:12:03,043 LOUISE: Just listening, see if I hear any willows breaking. 207 00:12:03,343 --> 00:12:07,143 TIG: She's my ears, I'm her eyes. 208 00:12:07,276 --> 00:12:11,343 All right, let's see if we can catch up to him again. 209 00:12:15,710 --> 00:12:17,143 MARVIN: I have my ups and downs, but I got 210 00:12:17,276 --> 00:12:19,343 a lot more ups than downs. 211 00:12:19,476 --> 00:12:23,043 Only way I can look at change is through me. 212 00:12:34,643 --> 00:12:36,710 (match strike). 213 00:12:41,543 --> 00:12:43,309 That's a nice flame there. 214 00:12:43,443 --> 00:12:45,977 That looks pretty hot. 215 00:12:46,443 --> 00:12:47,910 I just got some sea urchins. 216 00:12:48,043 --> 00:12:51,276 Uutuks, on that minus tide, and the seafood that we get 217 00:12:51,410 --> 00:12:54,343 out here is very hard to come by. 218 00:12:54,476 --> 00:12:57,410 But it's very nice to have a little fire like this. 219 00:12:57,543 --> 00:13:00,243 Take a little breather and warm up a little bit, and 220 00:13:00,376 --> 00:13:02,910 carry on your mission. 221 00:13:03,176 --> 00:13:06,143 It's a time of healing for me, when I'm finally figuring out 222 00:13:06,276 --> 00:13:07,476 what I'm gonna do. 223 00:13:07,610 --> 00:13:10,643 And when I do it, I'm ready to go and do it all over again, 224 00:13:10,777 --> 00:13:13,243 but I'll be sober. 225 00:13:14,209 --> 00:13:16,843 Winter time out here is very hard because we are 226 00:13:16,977 --> 00:13:20,476 very limited on a lot of things to do. 227 00:13:20,610 --> 00:13:25,977 A wandering mind just beats you up very bad. 228 00:13:26,676 --> 00:13:28,610 Alcohol played a big factor, 229 00:13:28,743 --> 00:13:30,243 and I got no shame speaking of that. 230 00:13:30,376 --> 00:13:32,109 That is the bottom line. 231 00:13:32,243 --> 00:13:34,209 I was an alcoholic. 232 00:13:35,510 --> 00:13:39,977 It took me 35 years to realize that there is something better. 233 00:13:40,476 --> 00:13:42,743 In the ages of my sobriety, I have really worked, 234 00:13:42,877 --> 00:13:46,376 and I got everything back that I've lost on the way. 235 00:13:46,810 --> 00:13:51,176 I missed so much of my youth, but there's nothing that will 236 00:13:51,309 --> 00:13:54,209 make me go back to where I was before. 237 00:13:57,610 --> 00:14:02,443 There's not an amount of hurt that'll make me falter. 238 00:14:03,743 --> 00:14:04,910 Yeah. 239 00:14:05,043 --> 00:14:07,376 Right now, I think it's about low enough for me to go and 240 00:14:07,510 --> 00:14:10,143 get some sea urchins, uutuks. 241 00:14:11,510 --> 00:14:14,076 DANIEL: It's harsh winters, very harsh. 242 00:14:14,209 --> 00:14:16,843 The weather changes in an instant out here. 243 00:14:16,977 --> 00:14:19,143 But when those nice days come around, you know, 244 00:14:19,276 --> 00:14:21,343 it's rewarding. 245 00:14:38,376 --> 00:14:40,410 DANIEL: Russia's only 38 miles from here. 246 00:14:49,910 --> 00:14:52,610 DANIEL: See that? That looks good, boy. 247 00:14:55,143 --> 00:14:56,410 Okay. 248 00:15:01,843 --> 00:15:02,977 CHASE: That one? DANIEL: Yeah. 249 00:15:03,109 --> 00:15:04,443 CHASE: Okay. 250 00:15:07,043 --> 00:15:08,943 DANIEL: Come over here, in this side, eh? 251 00:15:14,376 --> 00:15:16,910 DANIEL: Ey! CHASE: Okay. 252 00:15:19,843 --> 00:15:23,043 CHASE: Yeah. Are you gonna cut? 253 00:15:23,443 --> 00:15:25,010 DANIEL: Go ahead. CHASE: Okay. 254 00:15:27,877 --> 00:15:30,143 CHASE: I have no clue. I don't know how to use it. 255 00:15:34,109 --> 00:15:36,410 CHASE: I'm pretty nervous and excited at the same time. 256 00:15:36,543 --> 00:15:39,243 Just thinking about it, I might accidentally chop 257 00:15:39,376 --> 00:15:40,743 my toes off or somethin'. 258 00:15:40,877 --> 00:15:42,010 Oh, man. 259 00:15:47,676 --> 00:15:49,576 CHASE: I don't know how to use it. 260 00:16:03,109 --> 00:16:04,443 CHASE: Okay. DANIEL: Hold onto this one. 261 00:16:08,676 --> 00:16:10,576 ♪ ♪ 262 00:16:18,576 --> 00:16:19,610 CHASE: Yeah. 263 00:16:19,743 --> 00:16:20,777 DANIEL: It's pretty cold out there. 264 00:16:20,910 --> 00:16:22,343 Very hard on the machinery. 265 00:16:26,476 --> 00:16:27,543 (chainsaw whirring). 266 00:16:27,676 --> 00:16:28,610 DANIEL: Ey! 267 00:16:28,743 --> 00:16:31,343 (chainsaw whirring). 268 00:16:49,510 --> 00:16:53,543 (chainsaw whirring). 269 00:16:56,243 --> 00:16:57,109 DANIEL: Turn it off. 270 00:16:57,243 --> 00:16:59,376 CHASE: Turn it off? DANIEL: Yeah. 271 00:16:59,843 --> 00:17:02,443 CHASE: It was my first time actually trying the chainsaw, 272 00:17:02,576 --> 00:17:04,943 and I just loved it. 273 00:17:05,076 --> 00:17:07,076 A new toy. 274 00:17:07,476 --> 00:17:09,476 DANIEL: Chase is growing up, and he's a young man now, 275 00:17:09,610 --> 00:17:13,410 you know, it's humbling to watch him follow in our footsteps. 276 00:17:15,777 --> 00:17:17,576 Now! 277 00:17:18,977 --> 00:17:20,376 You have fun with the chainsaw? 278 00:17:20,510 --> 00:17:22,643 CHASE: Yeah, yeah, I did. 279 00:17:25,410 --> 00:17:28,777 This load is probably as much as this sled can take, eh? 280 00:17:28,910 --> 00:17:30,843 DANIEL: Yeah. Okay. 281 00:17:33,810 --> 00:17:35,476 CHASE: Oh, yeah. 282 00:17:46,543 --> 00:17:49,209 JODY: The land provides everything that we need. 283 00:17:50,076 --> 00:17:53,843 And so, I'm just really lucky that this land right now is 284 00:17:53,977 --> 00:17:56,610 still somewhat healthy and intact. 285 00:18:03,176 --> 00:18:05,076 (coughing). 286 00:18:05,543 --> 00:18:08,743 I've had this horrible cough, and this here is medicine. 287 00:18:09,343 --> 00:18:14,010 I can make a tea out of this part of the tree branch. 288 00:18:15,309 --> 00:18:17,610 I don't remember the name of it in Indian, and I don't know 289 00:18:17,743 --> 00:18:19,510 the name of it in English. 290 00:18:19,643 --> 00:18:21,643 But I know it's medicine. 291 00:18:21,777 --> 00:18:26,977 So I'm gonna take this branch home and be able to make a tea 292 00:18:27,109 --> 00:18:30,343 out of it, and it's gonna help me with this cough I've had. 293 00:18:30,977 --> 00:18:33,510 Our people have lived here for millennia and have always 294 00:18:33,643 --> 00:18:37,010 known how to live in this harsh environment. 295 00:18:37,143 --> 00:18:38,810 The land holds a lot of medicines. 296 00:18:38,943 --> 00:18:41,209 I would say almost for every ailment or injury, 297 00:18:41,343 --> 00:18:44,743 there's something in the land that will help cure it. 298 00:18:45,309 --> 00:18:48,510 We hold traditional ecological knowledge that comes from 299 00:18:48,643 --> 00:18:52,309 generations of observations of living in these places, 300 00:18:52,443 --> 00:18:56,109 of knowing these animals, these waters, these lands. 301 00:18:56,676 --> 00:18:59,510 This one spruce tree will provide a lot for our people. 302 00:18:59,643 --> 00:19:03,810 It's firewood, it could also be used to make a log house. 303 00:19:04,443 --> 00:19:08,376 The spruce pitch can draw out an infection from the skin, 304 00:19:08,510 --> 00:19:10,510 like from an abrasion or a cut or something. 305 00:19:10,643 --> 00:19:14,743 So, all kinds of implements to care for our people. 306 00:19:15,376 --> 00:19:17,743 You know our way of life has always been sustainable, 307 00:19:17,877 --> 00:19:19,943 'cause we lived in balance with our surroundings. 308 00:19:20,076 --> 00:19:22,910 You know we have this sacred relationship with the land, 309 00:19:23,043 --> 00:19:26,576 and we're blessed because we maintain that relationship for 310 00:19:26,710 --> 00:19:28,176 thousands of years. 311 00:19:28,309 --> 00:19:29,376 This is a good medicine, 312 00:19:29,510 --> 00:19:33,043 and I'm gonna drink some of this tonight. 313 00:19:42,777 --> 00:19:44,510 TIG: This is our farmland out here. 314 00:19:44,643 --> 00:19:47,376 We got everything we need in our land, and we've been 315 00:19:47,510 --> 00:19:50,877 taught how to get everything we need out of this land. 316 00:19:51,777 --> 00:19:54,543 That's a subsistence lifestyle. 317 00:20:05,877 --> 00:20:08,476 I'm not seeing any buttons. 318 00:20:09,643 --> 00:20:11,576 I am not gonna go the rest of the year 319 00:20:11,710 --> 00:20:14,510 until fall without eating moose meat. 320 00:20:14,643 --> 00:20:16,443 You know, we've been driving around looking for moose, 321 00:20:16,576 --> 00:20:19,109 trying to get our freezer full. 322 00:20:20,276 --> 00:20:23,576 I can't tell you for sure if it's a cow or a bull, ma. 323 00:20:29,476 --> 00:20:32,143 TIG: A little too far to see the buttons with just binoculars. 324 00:20:33,076 --> 00:20:35,676 I really want to get closer to make sure it is a bull. 325 00:20:40,543 --> 00:20:43,576 I have to get close, I have to make sure that that's a bull. 326 00:20:43,710 --> 00:20:46,977 I do not ever want to make a mistake and shoot a cow. 327 00:20:51,043 --> 00:20:52,209 That's our future. 328 00:20:52,343 --> 00:20:55,209 These calves, that's the food my kids are gonna eat. 329 00:20:55,443 --> 00:20:58,376 That's the food my grandkids are gonna eat. 330 00:20:58,510 --> 00:21:00,877 This time of the year we can't see any antlers. 331 00:21:04,943 --> 00:21:06,743 (imitating moose call). 332 00:21:06,877 --> 00:21:10,743 LOUISE: Whoo! Whoo! Whoo! 333 00:21:12,176 --> 00:21:13,810 TIG: Looking like he's stuck in this bank. 334 00:21:19,143 --> 00:21:21,109 TIG: He's right in here someplace. 335 00:21:21,243 --> 00:21:23,309 Pretty sure it was a bull too. 336 00:21:25,410 --> 00:21:26,877 LOUISE: Hey! 337 00:21:42,209 --> 00:21:45,943 TIG: Yeah, I don't see no dutes, I didn't see any buttons. 338 00:21:47,076 --> 00:21:49,643 No dutes, no bell. 339 00:21:51,476 --> 00:21:53,543 No dutes no shoots, Ma. 340 00:21:54,476 --> 00:21:57,043 Man, I was hoping that was a bull. 341 00:21:57,376 --> 00:21:59,843 I felt bad that I did chase it and stressed it a little bit. 342 00:21:59,977 --> 00:22:02,309 But you know I would have felt a lot worse if I had decided 343 00:22:02,443 --> 00:22:04,943 to take a long shot and shoot it, and I pulled up 344 00:22:05,076 --> 00:22:07,777 and I found out that was a cow. 345 00:22:07,910 --> 00:22:09,476 LOUISE: What do you wanna do? 346 00:22:09,610 --> 00:22:11,309 TIG: We're just gonna keep driving around, put on 347 00:22:11,443 --> 00:22:14,810 snowshoes and walk through the willow bars and 348 00:22:14,943 --> 00:22:17,476 see if we can't run into one. 349 00:22:20,176 --> 00:22:23,276 DANIEL: Living out here, all the freedom that you have, 350 00:22:23,410 --> 00:22:25,977 it took a lot of hard work. 351 00:22:26,243 --> 00:22:29,043 I don't think I'll ever live anywhere else. 352 00:22:39,843 --> 00:22:41,943 Gonna get it running here. 353 00:22:42,076 --> 00:22:43,943 See how it looks in there. 354 00:22:45,543 --> 00:22:48,176 Today we're gonna bring the wood stove in the garage. 355 00:22:59,410 --> 00:23:01,977 CHASE: My dad wanted this garage for a long time, and 356 00:23:02,109 --> 00:23:04,276 hopefully we can get it warmed up today. 357 00:23:04,410 --> 00:23:05,977 I've been waiting to get my stove running, 358 00:23:06,109 --> 00:23:08,410 and I'm pretty excited to. 359 00:23:08,543 --> 00:23:09,743 Is everything all right? 360 00:23:14,576 --> 00:23:16,309 DANIEL: Okay, you ready? CHASE: Yeah. 361 00:23:25,076 --> 00:23:27,710 DANIEL: Probably need to climb up on the roof. 362 00:23:27,843 --> 00:23:29,010 CHASE: Okay. 363 00:23:32,510 --> 00:23:34,643 DANIEL: Kinda secluded, to be way out here. 364 00:23:34,777 --> 00:23:37,877 In the middle of the Bering Sea, kinda hard to, 365 00:23:38,010 --> 00:23:40,376 uh, get anything out here. 366 00:23:41,010 --> 00:23:43,576 If you want it to warm up you go out and do it yourself. 367 00:23:56,209 --> 00:23:58,910 DANIEL: So, you think it's gonna hold for now? 368 00:23:59,643 --> 00:24:01,476 CHASE: Yeah. DANIEL: Yeah, that's good. 369 00:24:14,109 --> 00:24:16,676 DANIEL: Chase is anxious to start up the stove. 370 00:24:16,810 --> 00:24:19,243 He worked on it, so I'll give him the honors. 371 00:24:24,410 --> 00:24:27,043 CHASE: Long enough, you can put it that way. 372 00:24:32,777 --> 00:24:35,276 CHASE: That should start it. 373 00:24:35,710 --> 00:24:38,176 DANIEL: That actually sounds like a wood stove, eh boy! 374 00:24:38,309 --> 00:24:40,043 CHASE: Oh, man. 375 00:24:40,176 --> 00:24:42,543 DANIEL: I was very impressed that he built this wood stove. 376 00:24:42,676 --> 00:24:44,743 The workmanship on it was pretty good. 377 00:24:44,877 --> 00:24:47,510 A lot of hard work was just put into that garage. 378 00:24:55,376 --> 00:24:59,743 DANIEL: We're ready to rock. You did a real good job. 379 00:25:04,710 --> 00:25:06,610 DANIEL: I think that wood stove's gonna last a long while, 380 00:25:06,743 --> 00:25:10,810 and I think it'll be passed down from generation to generation. 381 00:25:10,943 --> 00:25:12,176 Ey! 382 00:25:18,010 --> 00:25:20,143 DANIEL: Gonna be fun. 383 00:25:29,109 --> 00:25:30,777 JODY: A lot of people for generations have lived like 384 00:25:30,910 --> 00:25:34,443 this including my own family, and we survived and we have a 385 00:25:34,576 --> 00:25:36,843 lot of crazy stories to tell. 386 00:25:37,910 --> 00:25:40,143 Even though there are some risks I just feel like 387 00:25:40,276 --> 00:25:42,576 this is really living. 388 00:25:55,076 --> 00:25:57,877 JAMEY: Ah, do I have to do this today? 389 00:26:00,610 --> 00:26:02,476 JODY: If you love me. 390 00:26:04,209 --> 00:26:07,510 We have to gather water on the river because we don't have 391 00:26:07,643 --> 00:26:10,176 running water or a well. 392 00:26:10,610 --> 00:26:14,910 It's been cold, 50 below last night, 38 below right now, so, 393 00:26:15,043 --> 00:26:18,043 takes a little work, we gotta punch a hole in the ice. 394 00:26:18,176 --> 00:26:20,676 We've actually had a pretty cold winter. 395 00:26:20,810 --> 00:26:24,376 In these really bitter cold temperatures, so, this is the 396 00:26:24,510 --> 00:26:27,243 first time we ever used one of these kinds of motorized, 397 00:26:27,376 --> 00:26:28,943 what is that called? 398 00:26:29,076 --> 00:26:30,877 JAMEY: Auger. JODY: Auger. 399 00:26:31,010 --> 00:26:34,109 Normally we chipped it out but we knew it was such a cold winter, 400 00:26:34,243 --> 00:26:37,410 let's get one so it'd be easier to punch a hole in the ice. 401 00:26:38,143 --> 00:26:39,076 All right, let's do this. 402 00:26:39,209 --> 00:26:41,710 JAMEY: Okay. 403 00:26:48,410 --> 00:26:51,276 JODY: Native people today walk in two worlds. 404 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:54,209 You know our traditional, cultural way of life, 405 00:26:54,343 --> 00:26:57,510 but then also this modern way of life. 406 00:26:57,877 --> 00:27:00,243 That's a lot of ice. 407 00:27:00,376 --> 00:27:02,510 JAMEY: That's pretty thick. 408 00:27:02,643 --> 00:27:04,610 We'll just keep trying it. 409 00:27:04,743 --> 00:27:06,943 We'll get there. 410 00:27:12,643 --> 00:27:15,376 JODY: We go through ten gallons of water a day on average. 411 00:27:15,510 --> 00:27:21,443 Drinking, cooking, washing, dogs, so you have to be ready 412 00:27:21,576 --> 00:27:24,576 to go out and get water at any point. 413 00:27:25,143 --> 00:27:28,010 It's just a way of life out here. 414 00:27:28,243 --> 00:27:30,610 You're always having to do something just for your 415 00:27:30,743 --> 00:27:33,043 basic means of survival. 416 00:27:33,476 --> 00:27:35,476 And it's good to make sure you have enough to last you 417 00:27:35,610 --> 00:27:39,410 a while, 'cause you just never know how conditions are, 418 00:27:39,543 --> 00:27:42,510 and it may be harder tomorrow to get more. 419 00:27:42,910 --> 00:27:44,476 JAMEY: All right. 420 00:27:44,610 --> 00:27:47,343 JODY: Oh, my God. That was some work. 421 00:27:47,777 --> 00:27:50,109 My arms are tingling from all that. 422 00:27:52,043 --> 00:27:54,910 But, it's the best water ever. 423 00:27:55,209 --> 00:27:57,777 Crystal clear, pure Yukon River water. 424 00:28:00,243 --> 00:28:02,376 If we had any kind of industry upriver from here, 425 00:28:02,510 --> 00:28:04,943 we wouldn't be able to use this water. 426 00:28:05,076 --> 00:28:08,043 So, way of life really depends on the health of the land, 427 00:28:08,176 --> 00:28:10,043 and the water. 428 00:28:10,176 --> 00:28:12,076 Water is life. 429 00:28:12,209 --> 00:28:13,076 Babe. 430 00:28:13,209 --> 00:28:14,076 JAMEY: Huh? 431 00:28:14,209 --> 00:28:16,810 JODY: See how it's kinda dirty around there? 432 00:28:17,343 --> 00:28:21,843 I feel like that nasty ass machine, look, see what's dripping? 433 00:28:23,977 --> 00:28:26,276 I hope our water's not contaminated. 434 00:28:31,109 --> 00:28:32,710 ing dr. 435 00:28:32,843 --> 00:28:35,176 JODY: Look, and around our water hole now. 436 00:28:35,309 --> 00:28:38,043 JAMEY: (bleep) Doggonit. 437 00:28:38,843 --> 00:28:41,676 JODY: So it kinda has me worried our water might be 438 00:28:41,810 --> 00:28:44,910 tainted now from that machine. 439 00:28:45,810 --> 00:28:48,843 Arctic cold can be hard on everything. 440 00:28:48,977 --> 00:28:51,710 It's hard on machines so happens like that and now 441 00:28:51,843 --> 00:28:54,343 our water hole could be tainted so. 442 00:28:54,476 --> 00:28:56,209 I dunno, we'll check out our water and see if 443 00:28:56,343 --> 00:28:58,476 it's still gonna be okay. 444 00:28:58,610 --> 00:29:01,610 So if the water is contaminated from that machine, 445 00:29:01,743 --> 00:29:04,877 then we're gonna have to melt snow. 446 00:29:05,010 --> 00:29:08,109 It's time consuming, sometimes it's hard to melt enough snow 447 00:29:08,243 --> 00:29:11,176 to meet all your water needs. 448 00:29:13,943 --> 00:29:15,576 I'm gonna test this water first, okay? 449 00:29:15,710 --> 00:29:18,410 JAMEY: Okay. JODY: Man. 450 00:29:24,209 --> 00:29:25,643 I don't see any residue. 451 00:29:25,777 --> 00:29:29,910 It was oil so it'd be kinda like a black residue on top, floating, yeah? 452 00:29:30,043 --> 00:29:32,043 JAMEY: Sheen, yeah. JODY: Sheen. 453 00:29:32,176 --> 00:29:34,643 I don't see anything like that, looks good. 454 00:29:41,676 --> 00:29:44,376 It's fine. 455 00:29:44,510 --> 00:29:47,443 Looks good and clear to me. 456 00:29:52,209 --> 00:29:54,743 MARVIN: It takes a lot of uprightin' that ship, 457 00:29:54,877 --> 00:29:57,010 but then, once you're upright you're floatin'. 458 00:29:57,143 --> 00:30:00,643 When you're floatin' you've got visibility, and when you 459 00:30:00,777 --> 00:30:02,977 can see you got choices. 460 00:30:18,576 --> 00:30:20,977 MARVIN: This is, uh, not my dog but I feed him on a good 461 00:30:21,109 --> 00:30:23,676 basis so he hangs with me, and I like it when he comes with 462 00:30:23,810 --> 00:30:26,410 me because he's a good guard dog. 463 00:30:26,543 --> 00:30:29,510 His name is Hero. Right Hero? 464 00:30:34,376 --> 00:30:35,510 MARVIN: Sea urchin. 465 00:30:35,643 --> 00:30:38,109 Must be going blind in my age. 466 00:30:42,943 --> 00:30:46,810 This is not only part of what I do, just to get seafood. 467 00:30:46,943 --> 00:30:50,443 This right here is a part of my healing. 468 00:30:52,476 --> 00:30:54,443 Good enough. 469 00:30:54,576 --> 00:30:57,443 I'm starting to learn in my sobriety, it relieves a lot of 470 00:30:57,576 --> 00:31:01,643 tension and stress because of how pristine and 471 00:31:01,777 --> 00:31:04,143 unique it is out here. 472 00:31:04,276 --> 00:31:06,743 Yeah, it's really nice when it's moonlight out. 473 00:31:09,510 --> 00:31:12,043 You know what the moon does to the tide, the weather, 474 00:31:12,176 --> 00:31:13,743 and everything else? 475 00:31:13,877 --> 00:31:16,643 It has a strong effect on me. 476 00:31:16,777 --> 00:31:18,443 I've already been on the bottom. 477 00:31:18,576 --> 00:31:20,043 And I've already been on the top, 478 00:31:20,176 --> 00:31:23,710 and it's all in the same wavelength. 479 00:31:24,777 --> 00:31:27,410 Now I see hope, I really do. 480 00:31:28,543 --> 00:31:32,643 I think I shall call it an evening for getting sea urchin 481 00:31:32,777 --> 00:31:34,810 I guess. 482 00:31:34,943 --> 00:31:37,476 Very nice. 483 00:31:38,510 --> 00:31:41,476 Starting to feel in tune with that wonderful moon. 484 00:31:46,443 --> 00:31:48,943 TIG: If you keep trying, keep on it, you respect the land, 485 00:31:49,076 --> 00:31:51,810 the culture, eventually you're gonna be blessed 486 00:31:51,943 --> 00:31:54,243 with what you're looking for. 487 00:31:59,877 --> 00:32:01,643 Hey. 488 00:32:02,476 --> 00:32:04,877 TIG: Tseekk'aal, no haal tee'oyh. 489 00:32:05,410 --> 00:32:07,676 Great grandfather, please bring us some luck. 490 00:32:08,777 --> 00:32:11,243 TIG: It's always a good sign when you see ravens out here. 491 00:32:11,910 --> 00:32:13,576 In our culture or tradition, 492 00:32:13,710 --> 00:32:16,510 the raven is a very powerful animal. 493 00:32:16,643 --> 00:32:19,109 In the beginning, the raven built a raft and it took all 494 00:32:19,243 --> 00:32:22,743 the animals in pairs and put them on this raft. 495 00:32:22,877 --> 00:32:24,877 Just the same way as Noah's Ark. 496 00:32:25,010 --> 00:32:27,943 That was the beginning of the earth, beginning of our people. 497 00:32:28,076 --> 00:32:32,843 And this story came from before our people had ever 498 00:32:32,977 --> 00:32:36,209 seen outside culture, outside tradition. 499 00:32:36,343 --> 00:32:40,076 When we'd shoot a moose, there's their big gut pile and 500 00:32:40,209 --> 00:32:42,010 the blood and whatnot, everything that they like 501 00:32:42,143 --> 00:32:43,576 to come and eat. 502 00:32:43,710 --> 00:32:45,143 And that's good for them. 503 00:32:45,276 --> 00:32:47,643 We give it all the respect we can. 504 00:32:47,777 --> 00:32:50,109 We make prayers to the raven all the time. 505 00:32:50,243 --> 00:32:52,743 Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. 506 00:32:55,243 --> 00:32:56,910 LOUISE: Well, it's getting a little bit colder now, 507 00:32:57,043 --> 00:32:59,376 it's cooling off with the sun going down. 508 00:32:59,510 --> 00:33:02,076 TIG: I believe it will warm up eventually. 509 00:33:02,209 --> 00:33:04,743 Can't stay cold forever. 510 00:33:06,576 --> 00:33:09,943 For some reason, we're just not having any luck. 511 00:33:10,076 --> 00:33:11,676 LOUISE: Our people always say don't give up, 512 00:33:11,810 --> 00:33:13,209 you gotta remain strong. 513 00:33:13,343 --> 00:33:15,243 We have to keep going out, we have to keep trying. 514 00:33:19,777 --> 00:33:22,843 TIG: See some fresh tracks going into this bar. 515 00:33:23,143 --> 00:33:24,843 You know the moose like to come back out of the trees 516 00:33:24,977 --> 00:33:26,010 in the night. 517 00:33:26,143 --> 00:33:27,309 Sleep along the willow bark, 518 00:33:27,443 --> 00:33:29,710 so they keep an eye out for predators. 519 00:33:29,843 --> 00:33:31,810 Maybe we'll turn up the bank and go through the 520 00:33:31,943 --> 00:33:34,443 portage a little bit. 521 00:33:34,576 --> 00:33:36,610 See if anything came back out of the portage. 522 00:33:36,743 --> 00:33:37,910 You doing alright? 523 00:33:38,043 --> 00:33:38,943 LOUISE: Yeah. 524 00:33:39,076 --> 00:33:40,910 TIG: Your face isn't, no frostbite, no nothing? 525 00:33:41,043 --> 00:33:42,543 LOUISE: No. TIG: Okay. 526 00:33:42,676 --> 00:33:44,143 You look like a snowman. 527 00:33:44,276 --> 00:33:45,777 I don't know what I look like either. 528 00:33:45,910 --> 00:33:48,376 Probably look all snowy too. 529 00:33:48,510 --> 00:33:49,777 Ready? 530 00:33:49,910 --> 00:33:50,777 LOUISE: Yep. 531 00:33:50,910 --> 00:33:52,643 TIG: All right mama. Hang on good. 532 00:33:52,777 --> 00:33:54,977 LOUISE: Okay. 533 00:33:55,109 --> 00:33:58,143 TIG: I do get cold, this is 65, 70 below you know. 534 00:33:58,276 --> 00:34:00,476 We're not made of steel, you know. 535 00:34:00,610 --> 00:34:03,343 We do get cold out here. 536 00:34:05,309 --> 00:34:09,443 If we did not get a moose this year, you know that's 75% of 537 00:34:09,576 --> 00:34:11,843 our diet throughout the year. 538 00:34:11,977 --> 00:34:16,376 We do do our best to feed our kids as traditional and 539 00:34:16,510 --> 00:34:19,209 as much native foods as possible. 540 00:34:19,343 --> 00:34:20,943 We are gonna get this done. 541 00:34:21,076 --> 00:34:24,343 We're gonna try and hopefully we will be blessed. 542 00:34:27,443 --> 00:34:30,176 Right here, I can see its head. 543 00:34:31,043 --> 00:34:31,977 Behind that pile of brush. 544 00:34:32,109 --> 00:34:34,476 You see? 545 00:34:36,877 --> 00:34:39,343 Right here, you see him good? 546 00:34:39,643 --> 00:34:41,777 Whoo! Whoo! 547 00:34:42,243 --> 00:34:43,410 He's right there, Ma. 548 00:34:43,543 --> 00:34:45,543 Got him? 549 00:34:46,410 --> 00:34:48,810 He's running. 550 00:34:49,443 --> 00:34:51,243 Might catch him up out here. 551 00:35:00,877 --> 00:35:02,276 TIG: Go ahead, go ahead take him. 552 00:35:02,410 --> 00:35:04,209 Take him. 553 00:35:04,343 --> 00:35:06,910 LOUISE: Okay. TIG: Yup, you're ready to go. 554 00:35:07,910 --> 00:35:09,777 (gunshot). 555 00:35:14,576 --> 00:35:16,276 Think you got him. 556 00:35:16,410 --> 00:35:19,209 Yeah, he's down right there. 557 00:35:21,176 --> 00:35:23,777 Oh yeah, you did hit him right behind the neck, Ma. 558 00:35:26,410 --> 00:35:29,343 Oh yeah the buttons are right there. 559 00:35:30,343 --> 00:35:32,977 Beautiful animal, beautiful. 560 00:35:33,810 --> 00:35:35,810 I'll take good care of you. 561 00:35:35,943 --> 00:35:38,343 LOUISE: I brought down a big animal, it's pretty proud 562 00:35:38,476 --> 00:35:40,843 feeling but I'm not gonna boast about it, 563 00:35:40,977 --> 00:35:42,209 that's now what we do. 564 00:35:42,343 --> 00:35:45,410 I was taught to remain silent and grateful. 565 00:35:45,543 --> 00:35:47,143 TIG: We just go out and we thank this moose, 566 00:35:47,276 --> 00:35:49,176 thank you for offering yourself to us. 567 00:35:49,309 --> 00:35:50,843 We tried hard, we looked for you hard. 568 00:35:50,977 --> 00:35:52,743 We didn't give up. 569 00:35:52,877 --> 00:35:55,910 You noticed it and you allowed us to take you. 570 00:35:56,043 --> 00:35:58,743 We just want to give ultimate respect to this animal. 571 00:35:58,877 --> 00:36:02,309 In the future hunts, the other animals will know, okay this 572 00:36:02,443 --> 00:36:05,643 family they gave it good respect let's give 'em some luck. 573 00:36:05,777 --> 00:36:07,610 Let's offer ourselves up. 574 00:36:07,743 --> 00:36:09,643 Grab my cup, Ma. 575 00:36:24,743 --> 00:36:30,443 ♪ ♪ 576 00:36:36,610 --> 00:36:39,743 Ugh. Warm. 577 00:36:39,877 --> 00:36:42,777 My mom taught me, when you shoot a moose in the winter, 578 00:36:42,910 --> 00:36:44,610 drink the blood. 579 00:36:44,743 --> 00:36:47,510 You don't have to drink a whole cup or nothing like that. 580 00:36:47,643 --> 00:36:50,276 Just enough, that's gonna give me the energy to 581 00:36:50,410 --> 00:36:52,510 finish this moose. 582 00:37:00,209 --> 00:37:02,376 Better than tea. 583 00:37:04,376 --> 00:37:07,243 This is why we pray to the raven. 584 00:37:07,376 --> 00:37:11,143 We stay faithful to our traditions, our ancestors, 585 00:37:11,276 --> 00:37:13,510 and we'll be blessed. 586 00:37:16,143 --> 00:37:17,076 Oh. 587 00:37:17,209 --> 00:37:19,476 LOUISE: Careful. 588 00:37:19,610 --> 00:37:21,410 TIG: What we're taught from a young age is everything 589 00:37:21,543 --> 00:37:23,610 has got a spirit out here. 590 00:37:23,743 --> 00:37:26,510 We're connected, we're just the same as these animals. 591 00:37:26,643 --> 00:37:29,343 We're just trying to thrive, survive, and live too. 592 00:37:30,810 --> 00:37:33,243 Good way to respect these animals is stay connected 593 00:37:33,376 --> 00:37:36,576 with them, appreciate them, talk with them. 594 00:37:36,710 --> 00:37:40,543 Let them know we have the ultimate respect for them. 595 00:37:43,143 --> 00:37:47,309 I believe we are set to load up, head home, 596 00:37:47,443 --> 00:37:50,010 cut something off to cook. 597 00:37:58,243 --> 00:38:01,610 JODY: I'm tired after a hard day's work, but I feel best at 598 00:38:01,743 --> 00:38:05,076 the end of the day, after I've spent some time on the land. 599 00:38:07,376 --> 00:38:10,176 Living out here and having all this work to do just for your 600 00:38:10,309 --> 00:38:14,510 basic means of living, it's just, makes you appreciate 601 00:38:14,643 --> 00:38:17,643 all the other little things. 602 00:38:18,343 --> 00:38:21,676 I'm just doing things like this to be productive, 603 00:38:21,810 --> 00:38:23,443 and pass some time. 604 00:38:23,576 --> 00:38:26,676 I enjoy it, it's kinda relaxing for me. 605 00:38:26,977 --> 00:38:28,676 I like making stuff. 606 00:38:28,810 --> 00:38:31,810 Not too long ago, my husband Jamey harvested a couple 607 00:38:31,943 --> 00:38:35,010 wolves, one of the wolves my husband got was actually 608 00:38:35,143 --> 00:38:39,476 headed towards our yard where I had all my sled dogs. 609 00:38:40,043 --> 00:38:43,443 They're like us, they're also predators and, you know, 610 00:38:43,576 --> 00:38:47,843 we have to like kind of respect each other's space. 611 00:38:47,977 --> 00:38:50,010 I don't take it lightly when I take any animal whether 612 00:38:50,143 --> 00:38:52,243 it's for food or fur. 613 00:38:52,376 --> 00:38:55,243 It's our way of life and I don't necessarily get hurt 614 00:38:55,376 --> 00:38:57,643 and devastated and things like that. 615 00:38:57,777 --> 00:39:01,476 You know, but at the same time we have to really honor this 616 00:39:01,610 --> 00:39:06,476 animal and it's in our culture to respect these wolves. 617 00:39:08,243 --> 00:39:11,943 We like to use all parts of the animal, and so I really 618 00:39:12,076 --> 00:39:17,376 enjoy processing the claws to be made into jewelry. 619 00:39:18,209 --> 00:39:20,109 You know, our people for the most part don't really care 620 00:39:20,243 --> 00:39:22,843 for fancy diamonds and things like that. 621 00:39:22,977 --> 00:39:26,010 We like to adorn ourselves with things from the land 622 00:39:26,143 --> 00:39:28,176 and the animals. 623 00:39:28,309 --> 00:39:31,076 These are of high value for our people, and so I'm really 624 00:39:31,209 --> 00:39:34,109 glad to be able to put them out into our community. 625 00:39:34,410 --> 00:39:36,476 We get to live once and I'm just so happy to be on the 626 00:39:36,610 --> 00:39:39,543 land as my ancestors have been. 627 00:39:46,343 --> 00:39:48,877 TIG: You gotta work together. 628 00:39:49,309 --> 00:39:52,076 One of you guys are pulling and one's pushing. 629 00:39:52,209 --> 00:39:55,410 At the same time you're doing opposite motions. 630 00:39:59,010 --> 00:40:02,176 I go three times as fast with you guys helping me. 631 00:40:02,309 --> 00:40:04,710 This moose is gonna provide many meals for my family, 632 00:40:04,843 --> 00:40:07,543 we're gonna offer some to the elders, my auntie she knows 633 00:40:07,676 --> 00:40:09,543 how to tan moose hide. 634 00:40:09,676 --> 00:40:12,676 She's gonna take that, tan it, and make moccasins, mittens, 635 00:40:12,810 --> 00:40:14,910 stuff to keep us warm. 636 00:40:15,043 --> 00:40:17,176 Nothing is gonna go to waste from this animal. 637 00:40:17,309 --> 00:40:19,576 Everything will be used. 638 00:40:22,443 --> 00:40:24,109 What's up Doc? 639 00:40:24,243 --> 00:40:26,743 What you want, you want rib? Thigh meat? 640 00:40:26,877 --> 00:40:29,510 DOC: Thigh meat. TIG: All right. 641 00:40:29,943 --> 00:40:32,710 You look hungry so I'll cut you a big piece. 642 00:40:33,276 --> 00:40:36,076 I hear your belly from here. 643 00:40:36,410 --> 00:40:39,043 If I help out, I continue to pass it along, 644 00:40:39,176 --> 00:40:41,176 it'll continue to come back to me. 645 00:40:43,476 --> 00:40:44,610 TIG: Oh ho, oh ho. 646 00:40:44,743 --> 00:40:46,777 The plate that I gave away, the plate that's now empty, 647 00:40:46,910 --> 00:40:49,276 that plate will get filled up again in the future. 648 00:40:49,410 --> 00:40:52,877 That's how we continue to keep our luck, you boys. 649 00:40:53,176 --> 00:40:54,943 We can't be greedy with our food. 650 00:40:55,076 --> 00:40:57,243 That's how our people have been able to live and thrive 651 00:40:57,376 --> 00:40:59,510 like this for a long time. 652 00:40:59,643 --> 00:41:01,843 It's just the way we are. 653 00:41:01,977 --> 00:41:03,276 Let's go eat boys. 654 00:41:03,410 --> 00:41:05,910 You guys did a good job today, I'm proud of you. 655 00:41:21,076 --> 00:41:22,309 MARVIN: Hmm. 656 00:41:22,443 --> 00:41:24,910 Oh, that's a pretty skinny one, it looks like he was starving. 657 00:41:25,043 --> 00:41:27,910 Ha. It's a toughie. 658 00:41:32,143 --> 00:41:36,410 Oh yeah, this guy's got something, you can see that. 659 00:41:38,443 --> 00:41:40,910 All right, there you go. 660 00:41:43,410 --> 00:41:49,576 These are very good, right off the beach, but even better 661 00:41:49,710 --> 00:41:54,376 the next day because they get sweet. 662 00:41:55,209 --> 00:41:59,710 And, um, these are a little small, but 663 00:41:59,843 --> 00:42:02,643 they still taste the same regardless. 664 00:42:03,010 --> 00:42:06,343 Very rich in iron. 665 00:42:08,576 --> 00:42:11,309 And good, good with bread. 666 00:42:13,510 --> 00:42:18,109 My, um, grandparents who I would call Ootoo and Papa. 667 00:42:18,676 --> 00:42:19,910 I used to sit and watch them. 668 00:42:20,043 --> 00:42:23,010 They would eat everything in sight, the sea urchin, 669 00:42:23,143 --> 00:42:25,176 all the guts and everything, they would just clean the 670 00:42:25,309 --> 00:42:28,010 whole thing out and eat it. 671 00:42:29,209 --> 00:42:33,176 Tastes very good. 672 00:42:34,109 --> 00:42:38,309 Makes me think of my mom and dad 'cause they would sit up 673 00:42:38,443 --> 00:42:40,710 in the morning, first thing in the morning, they would 674 00:42:40,843 --> 00:42:46,276 sit there and they would have uutuks and homemade bread. 675 00:42:48,777 --> 00:42:51,410 We relied on these oceans for generations and 676 00:42:51,543 --> 00:42:53,376 things are changing. 677 00:42:53,510 --> 00:42:56,843 The ocean is not producing what it used to. 678 00:42:58,209 --> 00:43:02,643 TIG: Everything's changing, the land, the river, the animals. 679 00:43:04,143 --> 00:43:06,343 DANIEL: It's a lot harder to go out in the boat now. 680 00:43:06,476 --> 00:43:10,810 It's a lot windier now, and the waves come in faster, bigger. 681 00:43:12,410 --> 00:43:14,443 MARVIN: Snow, on the mountain, you could just slowly see it 682 00:43:14,576 --> 00:43:16,109 disappearing over the years. 683 00:43:16,243 --> 00:43:19,276 And that is pretty scary over here to see that happening. 684 00:43:20,810 --> 00:43:24,343 JODY: Right now, Alaska especially is out of balance, 685 00:43:24,476 --> 00:43:28,076 but also our people, using our sovereignty, 686 00:43:28,209 --> 00:43:31,243 hold a lot of the solutions. 687 00:43:33,843 --> 00:43:37,443 We have thousands of years of our relationship with 688 00:43:37,576 --> 00:43:41,343 the land and the animals in perfect balance. 689 00:43:43,043 --> 00:43:44,843 TIG: As long as we stay true to our culture and 690 00:43:44,977 --> 00:43:47,743 our heritage we're gonna thrive, we will survive, 691 00:43:47,877 --> 00:43:49,576 and we're gonna make it through. 692 00:43:49,710 --> 00:43:52,576 Hard times don't last forever. 693 00:43:52,710 --> 00:43:55,243 Strong people do. 694 00:43:55,943 --> 00:43:57,810 MARVIN: If we take care of that ocean that's out there, 695 00:43:57,943 --> 00:43:59,176 where these are at, you know, 696 00:43:59,309 --> 00:44:03,143 they'll always be there and plentiful. 697 00:44:04,977 --> 00:44:07,343 And that's a very good thing. 698 00:44:15,943 --> 00:44:17,209 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.