1 00:00:04,610 --> 00:00:06,309 and may contain mature subject matter. 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:10,143 Viewer discretion is advised. 3 00:00:10,276 --> 00:00:11,777 and may contain mature sub♪ ♪t matter. 4 00:00:11,910 --> 00:00:16,643 JODY: Dogs were placed here in this cold country by Creator. 5 00:00:21,410 --> 00:00:26,543 Our people traveled the country by dog team for generations. 6 00:00:27,443 --> 00:00:30,543 My great grandparents had a dog team, my grandparents, 7 00:00:30,676 --> 00:00:33,209 my parents, and now I do. 8 00:00:34,843 --> 00:00:37,276 It's a tradition and a part of our culture. 9 00:00:37,676 --> 00:00:41,010 We live on these lands, we understand the animals. 10 00:00:42,410 --> 00:00:46,843 These dogs are made for this environment 11 00:00:46,977 --> 00:00:48,376 just like our people. 12 00:00:49,343 --> 00:00:52,443 (theme music playing). 13 00:00:57,877 --> 00:00:59,010 JODY: Let's go! 14 00:00:59,143 --> 00:01:02,309 I'm trying to gauge the conditions of the trail that 15 00:01:02,443 --> 00:01:04,443 take us to the Yukon River Bridge, 16 00:01:04,576 --> 00:01:07,777 or the Haul Road that could eventually take us to Fairbanks. 17 00:01:08,643 --> 00:01:12,143 This winter, we've had a lot of snow and wind and there's been 18 00:01:12,276 --> 00:01:16,610 times where this trail didn't exist because of the conditions. 19 00:01:16,743 --> 00:01:19,343 And so, you know, it's important to keep this 20 00:01:19,476 --> 00:01:22,076 trail open because it's our lifeline, 21 00:01:22,209 --> 00:01:25,376 our connection to help if we need it. 22 00:01:34,076 --> 00:01:36,877 DANIEL: Chris is stepping up to be the next hunter in our family. 23 00:01:37,010 --> 00:01:40,209 I'm passing it down to the next generation. 24 00:01:40,343 --> 00:01:42,076 It's his time. 25 00:01:45,576 --> 00:01:49,176 CHRIS: I'm gonna be targeting my gun before I go out hunting. 26 00:01:49,309 --> 00:01:53,410 Want to make sure it's zeroed in before we head out. 27 00:01:53,543 --> 00:01:55,510 I don't want to be missing the animal. 28 00:01:56,643 --> 00:01:59,643 People have been saying there's a reindeer that come 29 00:01:59,777 --> 00:02:05,710 over the, the side of the mountain that's like 20 miles down and... 30 00:02:05,843 --> 00:02:08,276 Probably gives a better chance to get reindeer 31 00:02:08,410 --> 00:02:09,877 while they're closer. 32 00:02:15,843 --> 00:02:20,977 It's, uh, one bullet in the chamber for now and, uh, 33 00:02:21,109 --> 00:02:22,510 get ready to shoot. 34 00:02:33,209 --> 00:02:34,176 (gunshot) 35 00:02:44,676 --> 00:02:47,843 CHRIS: Yeah, it's not all about luck, you know. 36 00:02:47,977 --> 00:02:54,410 It's all about the skill and the work you put into the hunting. 37 00:02:56,376 --> 00:02:57,343 (gunshot) 38 00:03:10,676 --> 00:03:13,109 CHRIS: And, uh, it's kind of hard to hold still. 39 00:03:13,243 --> 00:03:15,543 Kinda wish my dad was coming along, you know. 40 00:03:17,143 --> 00:03:18,643 He's getting pretty old there. 41 00:03:18,777 --> 00:03:21,109 He's been staying home. 42 00:03:21,243 --> 00:03:25,576 He had a heart attack last fall, but we have to get big game. 43 00:03:25,710 --> 00:03:29,143 Basically, I'm the only one that has to go out all the time. 44 00:03:38,877 --> 00:03:39,843 (gunshot) 45 00:03:51,843 --> 00:03:52,877 CHRIS: Yeah that, uh... 46 00:04:08,309 --> 00:04:11,443 CHRIS: Hopefully, it'll be a good day to go out and, 47 00:04:11,576 --> 00:04:13,109 and bring home some reindeer. 48 00:04:18,877 --> 00:04:21,109 MARVIN: Trying to be rich is a terrible feeling. 49 00:04:22,910 --> 00:04:24,877 Because on the same wavelength, you're poor. 50 00:04:27,076 --> 00:04:28,710 I just learned to become humble. 51 00:04:28,843 --> 00:04:31,309 Just be very happy out here. 52 00:04:37,877 --> 00:04:41,143 MARVIN: Beautiful day to go and get some wood. 53 00:04:41,943 --> 00:04:43,777 Oh, good morning there, Justin. 54 00:04:43,910 --> 00:04:45,877 I see you're all prepared, ready to go there. 55 00:04:46,010 --> 00:04:48,309 JUSTIN: Yeah. Ready for our adventure. 56 00:04:48,443 --> 00:04:51,043 MARVIN: My nephew Justin, he's a very big help. 57 00:04:51,176 --> 00:04:54,243 He is a very good provider for his family. 58 00:04:54,376 --> 00:04:56,476 JUSTIN: Little bit cold, but. 59 00:04:56,610 --> 00:04:58,043 MARVIN: Yeah, it's a lot of cold. 60 00:04:58,176 --> 00:04:59,176 (laughs) 61 00:04:59,309 --> 00:05:00,710 We were dressed for this buddy. 62 00:05:03,510 --> 00:05:04,576 You ready? 63 00:05:04,710 --> 00:05:06,010 JUSTIN: Yup. 64 00:05:06,143 --> 00:05:08,810 MARVIN: Hurry up and go on a calm day. 65 00:05:10,510 --> 00:05:13,676 Winter is here and we do need wood to be prepared for 66 00:05:13,810 --> 00:05:15,109 the next cold snap. 67 00:05:15,243 --> 00:05:19,010 Otherwise, you will be without heat. 68 00:05:19,143 --> 00:05:22,076 It's very hard living in a remote community because of 69 00:05:22,209 --> 00:05:24,843 lack of resources out here. 70 00:05:24,977 --> 00:05:27,276 Got a good beach there, we roll up right down the beach. 71 00:05:36,543 --> 00:05:38,643 MARVIN: Justin? JUSTIN: It is 12:30. 72 00:05:48,276 --> 00:05:49,877 MARVIN: We live by the tide out here because 73 00:05:50,010 --> 00:05:51,810 the water is our highway. 74 00:05:51,943 --> 00:05:54,176 That tide table out here is our bible. 75 00:05:55,510 --> 00:05:56,443 Right there. 76 00:05:56,576 --> 00:05:58,543 See, a log right up here in the grass here. 77 00:05:58,676 --> 00:06:01,510 See in these last few days ago here we had these big tides? 78 00:06:01,643 --> 00:06:02,643 JUSTIN: Mm-hmm. 79 00:06:02,777 --> 00:06:04,476 MARVIN: And you can see how far out they are in, 80 00:06:04,610 --> 00:06:06,977 inland from the beach. 81 00:06:08,610 --> 00:06:11,877 The big tides play a big factor on where the wood ends up. 82 00:06:13,076 --> 00:06:15,610 Everything that we gotta haul is off the beach. 83 00:06:15,910 --> 00:06:17,143 (knocking) 84 00:06:17,276 --> 00:06:21,943 Just cut that into sections and that's all night burners there. 85 00:06:22,076 --> 00:06:23,309 JUSTIN: Oh, yeah. 86 00:06:23,710 --> 00:06:27,176 I could tell a good logs by the sound and tapping on it. 87 00:06:27,309 --> 00:06:29,109 (knocking) 88 00:06:29,243 --> 00:06:30,343 That's the sound we look for. 89 00:06:30,476 --> 00:06:32,109 (knocking) 90 00:06:32,243 --> 00:06:33,810 Nice good ring. 91 00:06:37,443 --> 00:06:38,943 (knocking) 92 00:06:39,076 --> 00:06:41,143 MARVIN: Yeah, that's a cottonwood. 93 00:06:41,276 --> 00:06:43,610 Good for smoked salmon in the summer. 94 00:06:46,843 --> 00:06:48,910 JUSTIN: Whoa. MARVIN: There you go. 95 00:06:49,043 --> 00:06:51,243 There's to youth, right there. 96 00:06:52,910 --> 00:06:54,843 Juti, you're a good man. 97 00:06:57,343 --> 00:07:02,043 My family still practices native ways of subsisting. 98 00:07:02,176 --> 00:07:06,276 It's a little too big to lift and too flat to roll. 99 00:07:06,410 --> 00:07:10,343 I'm very happy that I can teach the way I was taught. 100 00:07:18,777 --> 00:07:20,843 JUSTIN: Usually, we'll be getting bigger logs we can't pack and 101 00:07:20,977 --> 00:07:22,243 tow them off the beach. 102 00:07:23,276 --> 00:07:25,543 MARVIN: Struggle of getting wood but, 103 00:07:25,676 --> 00:07:27,843 they say all the little bit at the end will add up 104 00:07:27,977 --> 00:07:30,777 for a good cold snap to come. 105 00:07:32,343 --> 00:07:34,877 Lot of little bit and a lot a lot at the end. 106 00:07:38,209 --> 00:07:39,476 You good to go? 107 00:07:39,610 --> 00:07:40,576 JUSTIN: Yup. 108 00:07:43,610 --> 00:07:44,676 (laughs) 109 00:07:49,043 --> 00:07:50,343 TIG: The Koyukuk River feeds us, 110 00:07:50,476 --> 00:07:53,076 it's our bloodline to our culture. 111 00:07:53,209 --> 00:07:55,877 River water flows in our blood that's part of us. 112 00:07:57,810 --> 00:07:59,343 TIG: You guys freezing yet? 113 00:07:59,476 --> 00:08:00,610 If you guys are getting cold, wiggle! 114 00:08:00,743 --> 00:08:01,810 (laughter) 115 00:08:01,943 --> 00:08:03,476 TIG: Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle! 116 00:08:03,610 --> 00:08:05,243 Gotta do a penguin run. 117 00:08:05,376 --> 00:08:07,143 (laughter) 118 00:08:07,276 --> 00:08:08,576 Come on! 119 00:08:08,710 --> 00:08:10,176 All right, how about we get a fire going? 120 00:08:10,309 --> 00:08:11,410 Enough monkeying around, 121 00:08:11,543 --> 00:08:12,576 gosh darn-it. 122 00:08:13,843 --> 00:08:16,010 This time of the year, the weather's typically dropped down 123 00:08:16,143 --> 00:08:17,910 to 60, 70 below. 124 00:08:18,043 --> 00:08:19,710 The kids are getting pretty rambunctious, 125 00:08:19,843 --> 00:08:21,610 they're tearing up the house pretty bad. 126 00:08:21,743 --> 00:08:23,810 So today, I'd like to get out. 127 00:08:23,943 --> 00:08:28,576 We don't got any fish left in our stockpile of food. 128 00:08:29,710 --> 00:08:32,777 So, try see if we can jig out a couple burbot. 129 00:08:32,910 --> 00:08:34,309 Up here we call 'em lush. 130 00:08:34,443 --> 00:08:36,043 You girls warmed up a little bit? 131 00:08:36,176 --> 00:08:37,143 This fire going good? 132 00:08:37,276 --> 00:08:38,443 HAZEL: Yeah. 133 00:08:38,576 --> 00:08:41,209 TIG: There's work to be done and you lazy little kids just 134 00:08:41,343 --> 00:08:44,743 sitting around, soaking up the warm air. 135 00:08:44,877 --> 00:08:46,076 (laughter) 136 00:08:46,209 --> 00:08:48,276 Leaving no warm air for me. 137 00:08:51,710 --> 00:08:52,877 Whoo! 138 00:08:56,643 --> 00:08:58,743 Fishing, it's a big part of our culture, 139 00:08:58,877 --> 00:09:00,610 it's something that we've always done. 140 00:09:00,743 --> 00:09:02,309 Nowadays, we've got augers. 141 00:09:02,443 --> 00:09:03,743 It's the 21st century. 142 00:09:03,877 --> 00:09:06,643 Technology comes along, we move along, too. 143 00:09:06,777 --> 00:09:08,443 I have mad respect for our elders, 144 00:09:08,576 --> 00:09:10,243 our forefathers that would come out here and 145 00:09:10,376 --> 00:09:12,376 get this stuff done with an icepick. 146 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:15,043 That's backbreaking hard work. 147 00:09:15,176 --> 00:09:16,076 They were a lot tougher. 148 00:09:16,209 --> 00:09:18,143 That was just the way of life back then. 149 00:09:20,176 --> 00:09:24,476 What would normally take my ancestors and elders an hour to 150 00:09:24,610 --> 00:09:26,777 punch through this three and a half feet of ice, 151 00:09:26,910 --> 00:09:29,143 I just got done in less than a minute. 152 00:09:32,043 --> 00:09:33,043 All right. 153 00:09:33,176 --> 00:09:34,643 Get your fishing poles. 154 00:09:34,777 --> 00:09:37,143 I lucked out and your auntie sent me some fishing gear. 155 00:09:37,276 --> 00:09:38,710 I told her the kids wanna go ice fishing, 156 00:09:38,843 --> 00:09:42,043 so your auntie went ahead and bought us some fishing gear. 157 00:09:42,176 --> 00:09:43,476 Say, "Thank you, auntie." 158 00:09:43,610 --> 00:09:45,476 SOPHIE: Thank you, auntie. 159 00:09:45,610 --> 00:09:48,209 TIG: I need something, I can't just go to the store and buy it. 160 00:09:48,343 --> 00:09:50,476 It's gotta be out of the city. 161 00:09:50,610 --> 00:09:52,109 Which hook you want? 162 00:09:52,243 --> 00:09:53,510 HAZEL: That one. 163 00:09:55,576 --> 00:09:58,276 TIG: I've been fishing since I was a little guy. 164 00:09:58,410 --> 00:09:59,977 My late grandma Hazel used to take me down 165 00:10:00,109 --> 00:10:01,443 to the river and, uh, 166 00:10:01,576 --> 00:10:03,910 we'd do a lot of this right here, lush fishing. 167 00:10:04,043 --> 00:10:06,843 You know, I was a real mischief kid and so they had to 168 00:10:06,977 --> 00:10:09,910 keep me out in the woods and keep me active. 169 00:10:10,043 --> 00:10:12,376 Every day, I could not wait to get out of school and 170 00:10:12,510 --> 00:10:14,676 go down and check my lush hooks. 171 00:10:17,309 --> 00:10:18,777 All right, all right. 172 00:10:18,910 --> 00:10:20,176 Who's ready to fish, huh? 173 00:10:20,309 --> 00:10:21,576 ALL: Me, me! 174 00:10:21,710 --> 00:10:23,376 TIG: Little Ann Marie? 175 00:10:23,510 --> 00:10:25,376 As pretty as can be! 176 00:10:25,510 --> 00:10:27,043 Let's see how deep you are. 177 00:10:28,376 --> 00:10:29,877 Right there, right there. 178 00:10:30,010 --> 00:10:32,176 Okay, who's next? 179 00:10:32,309 --> 00:10:33,276 You remember? 180 00:10:38,810 --> 00:10:41,443 TIG: As a kid, when we'd fish, the elders always told us this 181 00:10:41,576 --> 00:10:44,176 saying that's in Denaakk'e, our native language. 182 00:10:44,309 --> 00:10:46,276 (singing central Denaakk'e language) 183 00:10:46,410 --> 00:10:49,143 And that's just saying bite my hook, bite my hook. 184 00:10:50,309 --> 00:10:53,410 All right, Amiya, my pretty little fisher. 185 00:10:53,543 --> 00:10:54,977 Bounce around, sing your song. 186 00:10:58,676 --> 00:11:01,510 TIG: These types of fish, they like to stay right along the bottom. 187 00:11:01,643 --> 00:11:03,309 AMIYA: Oh, I got one! TIG: What? 188 00:11:06,676 --> 00:11:09,376 oh no! 189 00:11:09,510 --> 00:11:11,843 No! 190 00:11:11,977 --> 00:11:14,576 AMIYA: It's a big one! TIG: It was huge! 191 00:11:14,710 --> 00:11:16,610 It almost pulled me back. 192 00:11:16,743 --> 00:11:18,443 We know they're out here, huh? 193 00:11:18,576 --> 00:11:20,176 Yeah! 194 00:11:20,309 --> 00:11:21,810 That might have been a pike maybe, 195 00:11:21,943 --> 00:11:24,176 how it snapped your line so fast. 196 00:11:24,309 --> 00:11:25,576 You felt it tugging? 197 00:11:25,710 --> 00:11:28,076 AMIYA: Mm-hmm. TIG: Oh, my goodness. 198 00:11:29,209 --> 00:11:30,276 HAZEL: Oh! TIG: What's up? 199 00:11:30,410 --> 00:11:31,643 HAZEL: I got one! 200 00:11:31,777 --> 00:11:36,143 It took my bait! It took my bait, Dad! 201 00:11:36,276 --> 00:11:38,109 TIG: It took your bait already? 202 00:11:38,243 --> 00:11:41,476 HAZEL: Yup. TIG: I think I've got an idea. 203 00:11:41,610 --> 00:11:45,176 And I don't have no leader, but we're gonna make one. 204 00:11:45,309 --> 00:11:47,710 I hadn't expected to catch any pike. 205 00:11:47,843 --> 00:11:49,109 Well burbot, they don't got no teeth, 206 00:11:49,243 --> 00:11:51,810 grayling got no teeth, pike snapped the line. 207 00:11:51,943 --> 00:11:55,176 So, I just twisted up some of this snare wire. 208 00:11:55,309 --> 00:11:57,010 I hope this works. 209 00:11:57,143 --> 00:11:58,743 But, I don't see why not. 210 00:12:00,376 --> 00:12:01,777 Right here, Amiya. 211 00:12:01,910 --> 00:12:04,076 Let's see if you can get him again. 212 00:12:04,209 --> 00:12:05,176 You gotta sing your song. 213 00:12:05,309 --> 00:12:06,376 AMIYA: Okay. 214 00:12:06,510 --> 00:12:07,643 (singing central Denaakk'e language) 215 00:12:07,777 --> 00:12:08,643 TIG: Stand over here. 216 00:12:08,777 --> 00:12:12,510 (singing central Denaakk'e language) 217 00:12:12,643 --> 00:12:14,910 TIG: Fishing is very important to us. 218 00:12:15,043 --> 00:12:17,810 We gotta have variety of vitamins in our diet. 219 00:12:17,943 --> 00:12:20,977 Right now, we don't have any fish supply in our freezer at all. 220 00:12:21,109 --> 00:12:24,610 We do go through tough times, we do get a little bit hungry. 221 00:12:24,743 --> 00:12:26,676 Our freezer does run a little low at times, 222 00:12:26,810 --> 00:12:29,877 but we stay persistent, and we try hard. 223 00:12:30,010 --> 00:12:32,810 We're out there, we don't let stuff get us down. 224 00:12:32,943 --> 00:12:35,977 (singing central Denaakk'e language) 225 00:12:36,109 --> 00:12:39,209 TIG: Well, that sun went behind the hill again. 226 00:12:39,343 --> 00:12:40,810 We gotta get going. 227 00:12:40,943 --> 00:12:44,543 I'm gonna set these hooks real quick and a nice, 228 00:12:44,676 --> 00:12:47,043 hungry lush will come by. 229 00:12:47,176 --> 00:12:49,676 Gobble that right up, I hope. 230 00:12:49,810 --> 00:12:53,109 Set these overnight hooks, just gonna let time do its thing. 231 00:12:53,243 --> 00:12:57,543 I caught many, many, many lush this exact same way right here. 232 00:12:57,676 --> 00:13:00,977 (singing central Denaakk'e language) 233 00:13:07,643 --> 00:13:10,877 DANIEL: It's a beautiful thing that your children are learning 234 00:13:11,010 --> 00:13:13,209 how to survive out in that environment. 235 00:13:13,343 --> 00:13:16,243 Something that you passed down to them. 236 00:13:28,910 --> 00:13:32,610 DANIEL: Yeah, we're pretty much gonna put that back on. 237 00:13:34,977 --> 00:13:36,743 Nail it on a couple places. 238 00:13:36,877 --> 00:13:40,943 And, uh, it'll be, uh, running in no time. 239 00:13:41,076 --> 00:13:42,410 Our sled broke down. 240 00:13:42,543 --> 00:13:44,510 We're gonna fix it up so, uh, Chris can use it 241 00:13:44,643 --> 00:13:46,209 for our reindeer hunting. 242 00:13:46,343 --> 00:13:47,877 Hopefully, he'll catch game. 243 00:13:55,676 --> 00:13:58,276 DANIEL: Only option is to go, uh, deer hunting. 244 00:13:58,410 --> 00:14:00,810 Go right here. 245 00:14:01,877 --> 00:14:03,977 Right there, just secure it on. 246 00:14:12,209 --> 00:14:15,476 DANIEL: And it's hard on our snow machines and sleds. 247 00:14:17,443 --> 00:14:21,176 We have to maintain our sleds after each trip. 248 00:14:22,443 --> 00:14:24,109 Almost. 249 00:14:24,243 --> 00:14:30,109 I've, uh, had my, uh, health issues a little bit kind of affect my, uh, hunting. 250 00:14:30,576 --> 00:14:32,376 Chris is, uh, stepping up to the plate. 251 00:14:41,309 --> 00:14:44,243 DANIEL: There's no manual that you follow out there. 252 00:14:51,376 --> 00:14:52,910 DANIEL: Ready to rock? 253 00:14:53,543 --> 00:14:54,543 (grunts) 254 00:15:02,910 --> 00:15:06,276 JODY: Walking with beauty means walking with dignity and 255 00:15:06,410 --> 00:15:08,043 respect not just for yourself, 256 00:15:08,176 --> 00:15:11,076 but also for the land and for others. 257 00:15:13,843 --> 00:15:16,276 (engine starts) 258 00:15:24,076 --> 00:15:25,977 JAMEY: I'm just trying to thaw the fuel system I believe 259 00:15:26,109 --> 00:15:27,943 there's ice in the lines is what it is. 260 00:15:28,076 --> 00:15:30,443 In these colder temperatures you have mechanical breakdowns, 261 00:15:30,576 --> 00:15:32,376 mostly moisture, frost. 262 00:15:33,710 --> 00:15:36,109 Jody's gonna go ahead and go down to the bridge by dog team, 263 00:15:36,243 --> 00:15:37,810 just to check the trail out 'cause we had some wind, 264 00:15:37,943 --> 00:15:39,877 so there's more than likely there's some drifts. 265 00:15:40,010 --> 00:15:42,910 Gotta have that trail open, that is our lifeline and 266 00:15:43,043 --> 00:15:44,610 today it's gonna be by dog team. 267 00:15:44,743 --> 00:15:45,777 More reliable. 268 00:15:49,943 --> 00:15:51,576 JODY: The dogs are looking really great. 269 00:15:52,910 --> 00:15:55,343 Really strong, pulling hard. 270 00:15:55,476 --> 00:15:58,910 I just prefer traveling with dogs rather than machines. 271 00:15:59,043 --> 00:16:00,510 Good dogs! 272 00:16:06,443 --> 00:16:08,710 JAMEY: Think I got enough heat to it. 273 00:16:08,843 --> 00:16:10,276 See what happens here. 274 00:16:11,010 --> 00:16:15,410 (engine revving) 275 00:16:18,243 --> 00:16:19,576 Negative. 276 00:16:20,877 --> 00:16:22,276 (generator stops) 277 00:16:22,410 --> 00:16:24,810 Uh-oh. One thing after another. 278 00:16:24,943 --> 00:16:26,209 Huh. 279 00:16:26,343 --> 00:16:28,243 What's going on with this one? 280 00:16:32,309 --> 00:16:33,877 (generator starts) 281 00:16:34,010 --> 00:16:35,877 (generator stops) 282 00:16:36,010 --> 00:16:37,309 Hmm. 283 00:16:44,843 --> 00:16:46,076 (generator starts) 284 00:16:46,209 --> 00:16:47,510 (generator stops) 285 00:16:49,777 --> 00:16:51,676 Now, I gotta bring this one inside. 286 00:16:54,076 --> 00:16:55,610 JODY: In these cold temperatures, 287 00:16:55,743 --> 00:16:58,209 machines typically start to seize up. 288 00:16:58,343 --> 00:17:00,109 But my dogs are dependable. 289 00:17:02,010 --> 00:17:04,610 Just up ahead, I can now see the Yukon River Bridge, 290 00:17:04,743 --> 00:17:07,510 which is the kind of the road to resources, 291 00:17:07,643 --> 00:17:10,176 it's the road that goes north of Fairbanks. 292 00:17:10,309 --> 00:17:12,243 It'd be tough going if something happened and 293 00:17:12,376 --> 00:17:14,343 the trail wasn't put in. 294 00:17:14,476 --> 00:17:16,410 Whoa. 295 00:17:18,743 --> 00:17:21,543 Made it down here to the bridge. 296 00:17:21,676 --> 00:17:23,309 Dogs looking good. 297 00:17:23,443 --> 00:17:25,276 We've already traveled quite a ways and 298 00:17:25,410 --> 00:17:27,176 they're just all rearing to go still, 299 00:17:27,309 --> 00:17:30,076 so I'm just gonna switch some dogs around, 300 00:17:30,209 --> 00:17:32,710 try dogs in different positions. 301 00:17:32,843 --> 00:17:34,209 All right, stay. 302 00:17:34,343 --> 00:17:35,476 Vampire. 303 00:17:37,910 --> 00:17:39,743 (barking) 304 00:17:39,877 --> 00:17:41,943 Hey, come here. 305 00:17:42,076 --> 00:17:43,010 (grunts) 306 00:17:43,143 --> 00:17:44,476 Hey, Vampire! 307 00:17:47,743 --> 00:17:50,243 pire, co! 308 00:17:51,209 --> 00:17:53,276 Good boy. Good boy. 309 00:17:54,510 --> 00:17:57,109 These dogs are just really dependable. 310 00:17:57,243 --> 00:17:58,610 I'm not a snow-go person, 311 00:17:58,743 --> 00:18:00,977 and the machinery is giving us problems. 312 00:18:01,109 --> 00:18:03,376 I mean, that machine could fail, but these dogs, 313 00:18:03,510 --> 00:18:04,843 they're not gonna fail me. 314 00:18:05,143 --> 00:18:07,710 (engine revving) 315 00:18:09,743 --> 00:18:14,010 (engine revving) 316 00:18:14,977 --> 00:18:16,109 JAMEY: Come on. 317 00:18:16,777 --> 00:18:19,510 (engine revving) 318 00:18:19,643 --> 00:18:21,843 Nope, frozen. 319 00:18:21,977 --> 00:18:23,743 Equipment just doesn't work at these temps. 320 00:18:23,877 --> 00:18:25,243 Things are just gonna break, 321 00:18:25,376 --> 00:18:26,843 break down on you. 322 00:18:26,977 --> 00:18:29,610 The air intake will clog up with frost and it's just an ongoing problem, 323 00:18:29,743 --> 00:18:31,576 so it's nice to have a backup. 324 00:18:34,243 --> 00:18:35,843 JODY: All right, let's go! 325 00:18:40,777 --> 00:18:42,209 Hard to beat days like this. 326 00:18:51,543 --> 00:18:52,877 JAMEY: Just trying to get this thing warmed up, 327 00:18:53,010 --> 00:18:54,376 so another solution, cover it up 328 00:18:54,510 --> 00:18:56,610 and try to get some of that heat in there. 329 00:18:58,276 --> 00:19:00,777 Bush ingenuity is working with what you have, on hand. 330 00:19:00,910 --> 00:19:02,209 You know, with these elements, 331 00:19:02,343 --> 00:19:05,010 living out here, you see what the, what works and what doesn't. 332 00:19:06,143 --> 00:19:07,610 JODY: Good dogs. 333 00:19:07,743 --> 00:19:09,943 Fills my heart being out here with dogs. 334 00:19:10,076 --> 00:19:14,676 This tradition goes back a long time, generations. 335 00:19:17,710 --> 00:19:22,410 Growing up, we've always heard a lot of stories of how people 336 00:19:22,543 --> 00:19:24,676 did things in the old ways and 337 00:19:24,810 --> 00:19:28,843 how they had success by certain practices. 338 00:19:28,977 --> 00:19:30,343 Let's go! 339 00:19:31,977 --> 00:19:34,443 JAMEY: Lot of heat in there now, 15 minutes now and, uh, 340 00:19:34,576 --> 00:19:37,376 we're gonna give it another shot, see what happens. 341 00:19:37,510 --> 00:19:39,143 My finger's crossed. 342 00:19:40,243 --> 00:19:41,743 Come on baby. 343 00:19:42,109 --> 00:19:43,443 (engine revving) 344 00:19:43,576 --> 00:19:45,977 Uh, she's starting to fire now. 345 00:19:46,109 --> 00:19:48,777 (engine revving) 346 00:19:48,910 --> 00:19:50,543 Wants to. 347 00:19:50,676 --> 00:19:52,076 Little bit longer. 348 00:19:53,510 --> 00:19:57,276 (engine revving) 349 00:19:57,410 --> 00:19:59,043 (engine starts) 350 00:19:59,176 --> 00:20:00,109 Yeah, that did it. 351 00:20:00,243 --> 00:20:01,710 Yup. 352 00:20:01,843 --> 00:20:04,576 Little bush ingenuity goes a long way out here and, uh, 353 00:20:04,710 --> 00:20:05,910 I'm ready to go for the day. 354 00:20:08,676 --> 00:20:10,977 JODY: The Yukon River is glorious as ever. 355 00:20:12,910 --> 00:20:16,977 Our people have been traveling this river by dog team for generations. 356 00:20:19,043 --> 00:20:21,243 These machines do break down and, you know, 357 00:20:21,376 --> 00:20:23,410 people have really struggled over the years with 358 00:20:23,543 --> 00:20:26,610 snow machines breaking down out in the middle of nowhere 359 00:20:26,743 --> 00:20:28,643 with no help around. 360 00:20:28,777 --> 00:20:32,176 Heaven forbid anything happen, but should we need to get to 361 00:20:32,309 --> 00:20:34,476 the road in an emergency and not have a snow machine, 362 00:20:34,610 --> 00:20:38,109 these dogs are more than capable and the trail was awesome, so, 363 00:20:38,243 --> 00:20:40,843 I just feel like these dogs are, you know, 364 00:20:40,977 --> 00:20:42,910 just such a safe bet. 365 00:20:43,276 --> 00:20:44,643 (barking) 366 00:20:46,309 --> 00:20:49,276 TIG: At the end of the day, if we stay true to our culture and 367 00:20:49,410 --> 00:20:52,877 our heritage, we'll be blessed with whatever we need. 368 00:20:57,109 --> 00:20:58,376 TIG: All right, girls. 369 00:20:58,510 --> 00:21:00,843 Hope we catch some burbot over the night. 370 00:21:00,977 --> 00:21:02,843 We better hurry up and get dressed quick and 371 00:21:02,977 --> 00:21:04,010 get out of the house. 372 00:21:04,143 --> 00:21:06,576 It is warm in here, and if we sit in here too long 373 00:21:06,710 --> 00:21:09,143 all bundled up, we're gonna start sweating. 374 00:21:09,276 --> 00:21:11,176 If we start sweating once we go outside, 375 00:21:11,309 --> 00:21:13,243 we're just gonna get cold just like that. 376 00:21:13,376 --> 00:21:15,576 You gotta make sure you're bundled up good. 377 00:21:15,710 --> 00:21:17,243 It's 65 below out there. 378 00:21:17,376 --> 00:21:20,877 By the time we're done fishing, it's gonna be 70 below again. 379 00:21:21,010 --> 00:21:22,843 Not a whole lot of people can say they come out and 380 00:21:22,977 --> 00:21:24,910 enjoy 60, 70 below. 381 00:21:25,043 --> 00:21:27,843 But if you dress up warm and you plan ahead, 382 00:21:27,977 --> 00:21:29,943 you can go out and get some stuff done. 383 00:21:30,076 --> 00:21:31,309 You ready? 384 00:21:31,443 --> 00:21:32,476 AMIYA: Yeah. 385 00:21:32,610 --> 00:21:34,510 TIG: Hey, how are you gonna see what you're doing? 386 00:21:34,643 --> 00:21:37,510 The kids get sick and tired of being stuck inside. 387 00:21:37,643 --> 00:21:40,243 The cold temperatures doesn't scare them, you know. 388 00:21:40,376 --> 00:21:42,810 They're all pumped up, gearing to go. 389 00:21:42,943 --> 00:21:44,510 That's scarves, sweaters, everything? 390 00:21:44,643 --> 00:21:45,710 GIRLS: Yeah. TIG: All right. 391 00:21:45,843 --> 00:21:47,843 You don't forget nothing now. 392 00:21:47,977 --> 00:21:49,643 AMIYA: Yup. TIG: There's no coming back. 393 00:21:49,777 --> 00:21:51,376 Once we're out there, we're out there. 394 00:21:52,076 --> 00:21:53,109 (laughs) 395 00:21:58,543 --> 00:22:02,010 (thudding) 396 00:22:02,276 --> 00:22:04,710 Oh, yeah, not too thick. 397 00:22:04,843 --> 00:22:06,510 Feeling light. 398 00:22:07,543 --> 00:22:09,710 Oh, man, look at that. 399 00:22:09,843 --> 00:22:12,476 It got all spooled up. 400 00:22:12,610 --> 00:22:14,543 Well I hope there's something on this other one. 401 00:22:15,676 --> 00:22:16,943 Oh, man! 402 00:22:17,076 --> 00:22:19,743 HAZEL: Whoa. TIG: Even wore the line out. 403 00:22:19,877 --> 00:22:21,109 See where the, this connected? 404 00:22:21,243 --> 00:22:22,877 HAZEL: Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. 405 00:22:23,010 --> 00:22:25,109 TIG: Spun it around until it took our hook. 406 00:22:25,243 --> 00:22:27,243 Gah! We got close! 407 00:22:27,376 --> 00:22:28,743 Something took that one. 408 00:22:28,877 --> 00:22:30,543 Let's hope he never took this one. 409 00:22:30,676 --> 00:22:32,376 Ah, nope. 410 00:22:32,510 --> 00:22:33,476 Every time I set these hooks, 411 00:22:33,610 --> 00:22:35,710 I'm almost guaranteed to have a lush, so, 412 00:22:35,843 --> 00:22:38,543 a little bit of a letdown that we didn't catch nothing. 413 00:22:38,676 --> 00:22:41,243 But, as long as everybody's smiling, laughing, 414 00:22:41,376 --> 00:22:42,810 having fun, we're all right. 415 00:22:44,076 --> 00:22:47,076 You girls know I got this pick from my late brother. 416 00:22:47,209 --> 00:22:49,576 One time when I was a kid, I was watching my brother trip 417 00:22:49,710 --> 00:22:50,910 the ice hole. 418 00:22:51,043 --> 00:22:53,176 His gloves were all iced up like this, see? 419 00:22:53,309 --> 00:22:55,410 And he couldn't hang on to the pick anymore. 420 00:22:55,543 --> 00:22:58,143 So that crazy guy took his gloves off, 421 00:22:58,276 --> 00:23:01,410 and pretty soon, his whole ice hole was about 422 00:23:01,543 --> 00:23:03,810 as red as baby Sophie's jacket. 423 00:23:05,276 --> 00:23:08,209 His hands got all blistered up and bleeding. 424 00:23:08,343 --> 00:23:09,576 He was tough, you know. 425 00:23:09,710 --> 00:23:11,543 He said, "I'm not done with my hole. 426 00:23:11,676 --> 00:23:13,943 I started something, I'm gonna finish it." 427 00:23:14,076 --> 00:23:16,243 That's just the mindset he had, you know. 428 00:23:19,176 --> 00:23:21,309 He was a big influence on my life. 429 00:23:22,610 --> 00:23:26,643 Well, why not do a little bit more jigging? 430 00:23:26,777 --> 00:23:28,076 We're not giving up yet. 431 00:23:35,443 --> 00:23:38,443 CHRIS: There's nothing really to hunt from the sea. 432 00:23:38,576 --> 00:23:41,343 We gotta go out into the land and provide food for 433 00:23:41,476 --> 00:23:45,777 a lot people that can't do things for themselves, you know. 434 00:23:47,043 --> 00:23:48,843 A lot of hungry people. 435 00:23:51,109 --> 00:23:54,643 (gusting winds) 436 00:23:54,777 --> 00:23:59,276 CHRIS: Ah, the weather is, uh, blowing like 20 knots at least. 437 00:23:59,410 --> 00:24:01,643 Hope it doesn't get any worse. 438 00:24:02,877 --> 00:24:04,610 Looking for reindeer today. 439 00:24:04,743 --> 00:24:07,810 Scope around a little bit, try to see if I could, uh, 440 00:24:07,943 --> 00:24:10,443 see game from here. 441 00:24:10,576 --> 00:24:13,643 First, uh, high point, good to, uh, look around. 442 00:24:17,877 --> 00:24:21,109 Yeah, I don't see, uh, anything from here. 443 00:24:21,243 --> 00:24:24,643 Might as well, uh, go to the next point. 444 00:24:43,676 --> 00:24:47,676 CHRIS: So, uh, got to go look for, uh, some other source of food. 445 00:24:50,910 --> 00:24:52,643 All right. 446 00:24:54,076 --> 00:24:57,910 Growing up, I used to be, uh, the only hunter in my class. 447 00:24:58,043 --> 00:25:02,543 I do it 'cause I feel a responsibility that has to be 448 00:25:02,676 --> 00:25:05,143 carried on in our generation. 449 00:25:06,410 --> 00:25:09,276 If that doesn't happen, who's gonna do it? 450 00:25:17,143 --> 00:25:19,143 CHRIS: Holy (bleep). 451 00:25:19,276 --> 00:25:20,543 (laughs) 452 00:25:20,676 --> 00:25:22,010 I see reindeer over there! 453 00:25:35,043 --> 00:25:37,943 CHRIS: Look like they are tired a little bit already from running. 454 00:25:39,643 --> 00:25:46,276 ♪ ♪ 455 00:25:50,276 --> 00:25:51,243 (gunshot) 456 00:25:54,877 --> 00:26:00,243 ♪ ♪ 457 00:26:11,410 --> 00:26:13,243 CHRIS: Yay! All right. 458 00:26:36,543 --> 00:26:40,510 CHRIS: I always, uh, thank God, you know, 459 00:26:40,643 --> 00:26:44,610 when I get animals 'cause that's number one thing I basically do. 460 00:26:44,743 --> 00:26:50,676 I pray and ask for game from the Creator of the animals. 461 00:26:56,276 --> 00:26:59,443 CHRIS: My parents are gonna be real happy that I got a deer. 462 00:27:26,810 --> 00:27:28,376 DANIEL: Out in our village, you know, 463 00:27:28,510 --> 00:27:32,576 they need to learn at an early age to do the subsistence lifestyle. 464 00:27:32,710 --> 00:27:36,410 Almost every household has that one child that goes out 465 00:27:36,543 --> 00:27:37,943 all the time. 466 00:27:38,076 --> 00:27:40,576 It'll help the community, families. 467 00:27:43,209 --> 00:27:44,176 All right! 468 00:27:47,543 --> 00:27:49,209 CHRIS: Yeah. DANIEL: All right. 469 00:27:49,343 --> 00:27:50,977 Let's do this! 470 00:27:52,376 --> 00:27:54,309 Hunting these animals, you know, they feed us, 471 00:27:54,443 --> 00:27:57,376 they give us energy, 472 00:27:57,510 --> 00:27:59,743 and you've got to give much respect. 473 00:28:06,743 --> 00:28:10,910 MARVIN: You will always come upon a snag that you've 474 00:28:11,043 --> 00:28:13,243 already snagged before. 475 00:28:14,243 --> 00:28:16,376 But don't give up, it's just a snag. 476 00:28:16,510 --> 00:28:17,476 You're free. 477 00:28:24,543 --> 00:28:25,476 MARVIN: Well, good morning, Justin, 478 00:28:25,610 --> 00:28:27,309 and look like we're gonna have a good day. 479 00:28:27,443 --> 00:28:29,343 See if we can get a little bit more wood here. 480 00:28:29,476 --> 00:28:31,243 We got a lot of snow out here. 481 00:28:31,376 --> 00:28:33,343 JUSTIN: Yeah, hopefully we'll be able to see the logs underneath the snow. 482 00:28:33,476 --> 00:28:34,476 Shouldn't be too bad. 483 00:28:34,610 --> 00:28:35,777 MARVIN: Yeah. 484 00:28:35,910 --> 00:28:37,977 It's been cold for like three, four days since we got wood. 485 00:28:38,777 --> 00:28:41,010 Winter is unpredictable around here. 486 00:28:41,143 --> 00:28:43,643 One minute, it could be blowing ten miles an hour, 487 00:28:43,777 --> 00:28:45,777 let's go, we got time. 488 00:28:45,910 --> 00:28:49,643 Within a half an hour, it can be blowing 50 miles an hour. 489 00:28:49,777 --> 00:28:50,643 Ready? 490 00:28:50,777 --> 00:28:51,643 JUSTIN: Yup. 491 00:28:51,777 --> 00:28:53,843 MARVIN: It's all due to the weather. 492 00:28:55,243 --> 00:28:58,010 (singing in native language) 493 00:28:58,143 --> 00:29:00,143 MARVIN: So we can only go through this channel 494 00:29:00,276 --> 00:29:01,743 right here, Juti, at, um, 495 00:29:01,877 --> 00:29:03,610 high water. 496 00:29:03,743 --> 00:29:05,376 JUSTIN: Who taught you this pass? 497 00:29:05,510 --> 00:29:07,076 MARVIN: My dad. 498 00:29:07,209 --> 00:29:10,410 Growing up, my dad, he used to take me out in the skiff. 499 00:29:10,543 --> 00:29:13,710 My dad taught me a lot of ways, how to make it happen. 500 00:29:13,843 --> 00:29:16,010 But I'm happy the tide is high. 501 00:29:16,143 --> 00:29:17,676 We can still see 'em. 502 00:29:17,810 --> 00:29:20,209 JUSTIN: Yeah, they ain't too covered up. 503 00:29:20,343 --> 00:29:24,510 MARVIN: So I feel very fortunate to show these younger generations. 504 00:29:25,543 --> 00:29:26,643 (thudding) 505 00:29:26,777 --> 00:29:28,977 Oh, man, nice and crunchy. 506 00:29:29,109 --> 00:29:31,043 A lot of family and friends... 507 00:29:31,176 --> 00:29:32,076 Hear that? 508 00:29:32,209 --> 00:29:33,910 Still rely on gettin' wood. 509 00:29:34,043 --> 00:29:35,676 Yeah, we can throw this one back, Justin. 510 00:29:35,810 --> 00:29:36,810 This is a good one. 511 00:29:36,943 --> 00:29:39,777 It is a very important part of our way of living. 512 00:29:39,910 --> 00:29:42,376 I know it's pretty cold so far this winter, 513 00:29:42,510 --> 00:29:45,710 and I just wanted to be ahead of not freezing. 514 00:29:47,076 --> 00:29:49,043 Tide's still coming, we'll go run over there to the mountains 515 00:29:49,176 --> 00:29:52,810 and check really quick, and see if we can get one over there. 516 00:29:52,943 --> 00:29:53,977 JUSTIN: Okay. 517 00:29:54,109 --> 00:29:55,309 Grab this on our way back. 518 00:29:57,043 --> 00:29:59,010 MARVIN: Tide has changed pretty dramatically out there, 519 00:29:59,143 --> 00:30:02,309 and we don't not get the wood where we used to get it, 520 00:30:02,443 --> 00:30:04,610 and now we gotta go a little farther. 521 00:30:04,743 --> 00:30:05,943 Got a couple pieces right here we could look at. 522 00:30:06,076 --> 00:30:08,043 We'll just pull it up right here, Juti. 523 00:30:10,143 --> 00:30:14,243 That is a little more intense because of how far you gotta go 524 00:30:14,376 --> 00:30:16,643 from the village for the safety sake. 525 00:30:16,777 --> 00:30:18,743 This piece is nice, put it right in the skiff. 526 00:30:18,877 --> 00:30:20,309 (thudding) 527 00:30:20,643 --> 00:30:22,043 Watch out, they're quite, 528 00:30:22,176 --> 00:30:23,710 very slippery. 529 00:30:29,510 --> 00:30:31,243 Let's go look at that other log over there and 530 00:30:31,376 --> 00:30:33,343 see if we could do the same thing. 531 00:30:33,476 --> 00:30:34,376 If not, we'll just, whoa, 532 00:30:34,510 --> 00:30:36,643 watch out buddy, pretty slippery. 533 00:30:36,777 --> 00:30:38,743 It is dangerous where we get wood of because 534 00:30:38,877 --> 00:30:41,076 it's not always beach and gravel. 535 00:30:41,209 --> 00:30:43,610 It's rocks and boulders, and there's where the danger 536 00:30:43,743 --> 00:30:45,610 is because of the slipping. 537 00:30:46,676 --> 00:30:48,643 Oh, it's too heavy to lift here, buddy. 538 00:30:48,777 --> 00:30:50,010 We'll just have to pull this one out. 539 00:30:50,143 --> 00:30:51,743 It's so much easier because of the ice. 540 00:30:51,877 --> 00:30:53,676 JUSTIN: Mm-hmm. MARVIN: And the high tide. 541 00:30:53,810 --> 00:30:55,843 We got to take it a little easier today. 542 00:30:55,977 --> 00:30:57,476 I'll just grab our line. 543 00:30:57,610 --> 00:31:00,610 Because I thought I was still strong and rolling those logs, 544 00:31:00,743 --> 00:31:02,643 it took a little toll on my back. 545 00:31:02,777 --> 00:31:04,376 It's a lot easier to get the line, 546 00:31:04,510 --> 00:31:06,977 then bang it around those rocks. 547 00:31:07,109 --> 00:31:08,977 We'll just throw the rocks when I go out, okay? 548 00:31:09,109 --> 00:31:10,576 JUSTIN: Okay. 549 00:31:13,343 --> 00:31:14,343 MARVIN: Go ahead and just tie up here, Justin, 550 00:31:14,476 --> 00:31:15,443 and I'll just put this over here like this. 551 00:31:15,576 --> 00:31:16,543 Oh! 552 00:31:21,610 --> 00:31:24,343 MARVIN: Oh! JUSTIN: You okay? 553 00:31:24,476 --> 00:31:25,543 MARVIN: That's what I was afraid of, 554 00:31:25,676 --> 00:31:29,076 and I didn't wanna tumble that way, buddy, that's why. 555 00:31:29,209 --> 00:31:31,543 And I was even barely doing anything and I wiped out. 556 00:31:31,676 --> 00:31:33,643 (laughs) 557 00:31:33,777 --> 00:31:37,076 Where you're at, you don't just get up and walk to the clinic. 558 00:31:37,209 --> 00:31:39,676 Out here's a medevac, you gotta get a coast guard out here 559 00:31:39,810 --> 00:31:40,943 if you get hurt. 560 00:31:42,476 --> 00:31:44,276 Stumblelina. 561 00:31:44,410 --> 00:31:48,676 Safety is something you pay close attention to. 562 00:31:56,109 --> 00:31:57,309 JUSTIN: That went smooth. 563 00:31:57,443 --> 00:31:58,810 It came right down. 564 00:31:58,943 --> 00:32:01,343 MARVIN: I'm happy with nobody got hurt. 565 00:32:06,076 --> 00:32:07,777 This is not gonna tow too good. 566 00:32:07,910 --> 00:32:10,777 Might be easier if we can get it in the skiff. 567 00:32:12,843 --> 00:32:13,843 Okay, hold on, let me get that. 568 00:32:16,576 --> 00:32:18,309 Right there, okay. 569 00:32:19,076 --> 00:32:19,977 (sighs) 570 00:32:20,109 --> 00:32:21,943 Good job, Juti. 571 00:32:25,343 --> 00:32:27,176 Yeah, we got one more log over there, Juti. 572 00:32:27,309 --> 00:32:30,376 Every day we go out, maybe bring one piece of wood back. 573 00:32:30,510 --> 00:32:33,443 And when the cold snap comes, you'll have ten pieces, 574 00:32:33,576 --> 00:32:35,643 instead of trying to go get it all at once, 575 00:32:35,777 --> 00:32:37,743 and then hurry, hurry. 576 00:32:37,877 --> 00:32:39,610 JUSTIN: It's all clear. 577 00:32:52,610 --> 00:32:54,843 Looks like we broke it. 578 00:32:54,977 --> 00:32:56,109 MARVIN: It's not gonna stop me from taking it because 579 00:32:56,243 --> 00:32:58,643 it's a very dry piece of wood. 580 00:32:58,777 --> 00:33:00,510 We'll just tow 'em with the two pieces of rope. 581 00:33:00,643 --> 00:33:01,576 Okay? 582 00:33:01,710 --> 00:33:02,977 JUSTIN: Yup. 583 00:33:08,710 --> 00:33:11,877 MARVIN: You know, we're on our downhill stretch here, buddy. 584 00:33:12,010 --> 00:33:14,010 Flat calm, beautiful weather. 585 00:33:14,143 --> 00:33:16,309 We can enjoy the ride home. 586 00:33:16,443 --> 00:33:18,376 We got the main part done. 587 00:33:20,143 --> 00:33:21,176 (laughs) 588 00:33:25,643 --> 00:33:27,910 JODY: You go in any community, you see native women juggling 589 00:33:28,043 --> 00:33:31,443 a lot, but handling it with so much grace and love. 590 00:33:32,343 --> 00:33:34,443 I'm definitely proud to be a part of 591 00:33:34,576 --> 00:33:37,243 a very strong native woman collective. 592 00:33:44,076 --> 00:33:46,610 (singing in native language) 593 00:33:46,743 --> 00:33:48,877 JODY: How much further down do you want this? 594 00:33:49,010 --> 00:33:52,176 (singing in native language) 595 00:33:52,309 --> 00:33:53,476 JODY: I like that I think. 596 00:33:53,610 --> 00:33:55,510 Be good, okay. 597 00:33:59,843 --> 00:34:03,543 I'm gonna do a traditional tattoo for Jamey. 598 00:34:04,910 --> 00:34:07,276 These tattoos represent our identity, 599 00:34:07,410 --> 00:34:10,343 and our connection with our culture, 600 00:34:10,476 --> 00:34:12,243 our way of life, and our land. 601 00:34:12,376 --> 00:34:13,977 So traditionally, our people use bone needles, 602 00:34:14,109 --> 00:34:15,543 but today in modern times, 603 00:34:15,676 --> 00:34:18,643 I'm hand poking with a sterilized needle. 604 00:34:18,777 --> 00:34:20,309 Come closer. I need that arm. 605 00:34:20,443 --> 00:34:22,443 I need you like right in my space. 606 00:34:22,576 --> 00:34:25,076 JAMEY: Here? JODY: There we go. 607 00:34:25,209 --> 00:34:26,977 Closer the better, babe. 608 00:34:30,043 --> 00:34:34,576 One of the first things that missionaries did was ban this 609 00:34:34,710 --> 00:34:36,710 practice along with ceremonies. 610 00:34:36,843 --> 00:34:40,109 And, you know, it was a, a big cultural loss to our people is 611 00:34:40,243 --> 00:34:41,309 the traditional tattooing. 612 00:34:41,443 --> 00:34:45,643 And lately there's been Alaskan native women from 613 00:34:45,777 --> 00:34:49,209 different tribes reclaiming their identity, 614 00:34:49,343 --> 00:34:53,810 and reclaiming, um, our tattoo culture. 615 00:34:53,943 --> 00:34:54,877 But are you okay? 616 00:34:55,010 --> 00:34:55,877 JAMEY: Yeah. JODY: Are you comfortable? 617 00:34:56,010 --> 00:34:57,276 JAMEY: Yeah, I'm good. JODY: Okay. 618 00:34:57,410 --> 00:35:01,710 For our people, young girls, when they became women, 619 00:35:01,843 --> 00:35:04,443 got chin tattoos as a rite of passage into 620 00:35:04,576 --> 00:35:08,943 another stage of life or achievement or milestone. 621 00:35:10,010 --> 00:35:12,743 Men got tattoos on their joints, 622 00:35:12,877 --> 00:35:17,977 represented good health, staying strong, being warriors. 623 00:35:18,109 --> 00:35:20,176 Which my husband is. 624 00:35:24,143 --> 00:35:26,910 JAMEY: We recently went to, uh, the Anasazi Ruins, 625 00:35:27,043 --> 00:35:29,343 and I saw not exactly this symbol, 626 00:35:29,476 --> 00:35:31,109 but I saw a symbol on, on the wall, 627 00:35:31,243 --> 00:35:32,510 and it kinda like spoke to me. 628 00:35:32,643 --> 00:35:35,276 Like a medicine wheel and a line of water through it. 629 00:35:35,410 --> 00:35:37,943 It's like a representation of reflection. 630 00:35:38,076 --> 00:35:40,610 JODY: It's really cool when you meet an elder that says, 631 00:35:40,743 --> 00:35:42,877 "Oh, my Grandma had these tattoos. 632 00:35:43,010 --> 00:35:44,777 I remember seeing them." 633 00:35:44,910 --> 00:35:48,476 You know, and how it just uplifts their heart to see someone else wearing them. 634 00:35:48,610 --> 00:35:51,243 And I think it's good medicine when our people reclaim 635 00:35:51,376 --> 00:35:56,743 our identity of who we always were, without feeling shame. 636 00:35:56,877 --> 00:35:58,810 It's really amazing. 637 00:36:00,209 --> 00:36:01,877 I'm glad to be a part of it. 638 00:36:11,576 --> 00:36:17,743 TIG: I know someday I'm gonna be all withered down and worn out, 639 00:36:17,877 --> 00:36:19,810 and I don't wanna have to look back and say, 640 00:36:19,943 --> 00:36:21,510 "Man, I wish I did more." 641 00:36:31,309 --> 00:36:33,843 ♪ ♪ 642 00:36:33,977 --> 00:36:36,743 AMIYA: No, I still never got one. 643 00:36:36,877 --> 00:36:39,543 TIG: It's very important for us that we get this fish. 644 00:36:39,676 --> 00:36:40,843 For thousands of years, 645 00:36:40,977 --> 00:36:43,777 fish and salmon have been a staple of our diet. 646 00:36:43,910 --> 00:36:45,743 Amiya, I think you're gonna have to do it. 647 00:36:45,877 --> 00:36:47,443 You're better than me. Say... 648 00:36:47,576 --> 00:36:51,943 (singing central Denaakk'e language) 649 00:36:52,076 --> 00:36:54,076 Hey! Pull, pull! 650 00:37:01,543 --> 00:37:03,810 Oh, whoo! 651 00:37:03,943 --> 00:37:05,576 (laughs) 652 00:37:05,710 --> 00:37:08,043 TIG: Holy smokes, baby! 653 00:37:08,176 --> 00:37:09,843 We got the pro with us. 654 00:37:09,977 --> 00:37:11,576 That's a good pike! 655 00:37:19,143 --> 00:37:21,243 TIG: Whoo, look at that! 656 00:37:21,376 --> 00:37:23,476 Good job! 657 00:37:23,610 --> 00:37:25,843 Amiya, she's my lucky little girl. 658 00:37:25,977 --> 00:37:28,410 Last fall, she'd done the same things. 659 00:37:28,543 --> 00:37:30,610 I dropped the hook in the water, I turned around, 660 00:37:30,743 --> 00:37:32,843 and instantly, "Daddy, I got one!" 661 00:37:32,977 --> 00:37:36,510 Those fish like her, that's why I say she's my professional fisher. 662 00:37:36,643 --> 00:37:38,476 They feel her luck. 663 00:37:38,610 --> 00:37:40,276 We did it, baby. 664 00:37:40,410 --> 00:37:41,843 Success! 665 00:37:49,276 --> 00:37:51,143 JUSTIN: Totem pole. 666 00:37:51,276 --> 00:37:52,410 (laughs) 667 00:37:53,977 --> 00:37:55,343 MARVIN: Out here, you have to, um, 668 00:37:55,476 --> 00:37:57,476 prepare for winter. 669 00:37:57,610 --> 00:37:59,676 The wood is a community thing. 670 00:37:59,810 --> 00:38:01,143 You got it? 671 00:38:01,276 --> 00:38:03,476 And it's really nice when we get together and 672 00:38:03,610 --> 00:38:05,276 help each other. 673 00:38:08,443 --> 00:38:10,143 JUSTIN: Looks like we've got at least four or five 674 00:38:10,276 --> 00:38:11,610 for your sister, Auntie Sandra. 675 00:38:11,743 --> 00:38:13,510 MARVIN: Yeah. Oh, yeah, Auntie Sandra will be happy. 676 00:38:15,943 --> 00:38:18,176 I love to help people, and that's what I'm trying to 677 00:38:18,309 --> 00:38:22,476 instill in him, because we need to help our family, 678 00:38:22,610 --> 00:38:24,076 especially winter time. 679 00:38:26,843 --> 00:38:29,810 JUSTIN: It felt good to go and get the wood for my Auntie Sandra, 680 00:38:29,943 --> 00:38:32,777 because she doesn't have a skiff to get out and do it. 681 00:38:36,576 --> 00:38:39,877 MARVIN: Out here, times change, 682 00:38:40,010 --> 00:38:41,810 but the way of living hasn't. 683 00:38:43,243 --> 00:38:45,176 All right. 684 00:38:45,309 --> 00:38:48,410 And we still need each other. 685 00:38:48,543 --> 00:38:52,476 We'll just offload these right here for Auntie Sandra. 686 00:38:52,610 --> 00:38:53,676 It ain't the best looking wood, 687 00:38:53,810 --> 00:38:55,109 but it's gonna burn. 688 00:38:57,910 --> 00:38:59,743 Whew. 689 00:39:01,843 --> 00:39:03,176 If I can offer a good gesture or 690 00:39:03,309 --> 00:39:06,276 help somebody in a kind way, I'm happy. 691 00:39:08,209 --> 00:39:10,209 That's it. 692 00:39:10,343 --> 00:39:13,443 Well, look like we got enough for a cold snap. 693 00:39:13,576 --> 00:39:14,943 Good job, Juti. 694 00:39:22,510 --> 00:39:26,777 DANIEL: Mouthwatering food right there. 695 00:39:26,910 --> 00:39:28,843 (growls) 696 00:39:29,443 --> 00:39:33,943 SUSAN: I have potatoes, carrots, and then the meat right here is 697 00:39:34,076 --> 00:39:37,743 freshly caught reindeer by my son, Chris. 698 00:39:37,877 --> 00:39:41,943 To have my grandson here and both my boys and my husband, 699 00:39:42,076 --> 00:39:46,777 you know, to eat something freshly caught by our children 700 00:39:46,910 --> 00:39:49,843 is a, a big blessing. 701 00:39:49,977 --> 00:39:51,843 I'm just so happy today. 702 00:39:51,977 --> 00:39:53,209 CHRIS: The food is, uh, 703 00:39:53,343 --> 00:39:54,710 number one thing. 704 00:39:54,843 --> 00:39:58,309 I'm excited to pass that experience down to my boy. 705 00:39:58,443 --> 00:40:02,076 (praying in native language). 706 00:40:02,209 --> 00:40:04,610 DANIEL: An animal gives itself to you. 707 00:40:04,743 --> 00:40:09,243 And, you know, it's a beautiful, humbling moment. 708 00:40:09,376 --> 00:40:11,410 They have given us life. 709 00:40:11,543 --> 00:40:13,543 I'm very thankful for that. 710 00:40:14,610 --> 00:40:17,510 SUSAN: Amen. DANIEL: Mmm, dig in. 711 00:40:23,143 --> 00:40:25,376 DANIEL: Passing that torch to my boys it, uh, 712 00:40:25,510 --> 00:40:29,543 makes me happy and sad at the same time. 713 00:40:29,676 --> 00:40:32,877 It's gonna be their time now, and hopefully, 714 00:40:33,010 --> 00:40:36,676 they'll follow my footprints out there. 715 00:40:36,810 --> 00:40:41,376 Having the whole family here is, uh, you know, 716 00:40:41,510 --> 00:40:44,643 make that dinner, uh, much more delicious. 717 00:40:44,777 --> 00:40:46,476 Been a rough winter. 718 00:40:46,610 --> 00:40:50,843 To have something fresh like this is a, is a blessing. 719 00:40:51,243 --> 00:40:56,043 I guess if you survived and lived with what you have, 720 00:40:56,176 --> 00:40:58,843 it's always gonna be there in your heart. 721 00:40:58,977 --> 00:41:01,076 I don't know how else to put it. 722 00:41:01,209 --> 00:41:02,610 Home is where the heart is. 723 00:41:06,176 --> 00:41:11,576 (singing in native language). 724 00:41:14,710 --> 00:41:16,576 TIG: Was that hard work going out and getting this fish, girls? 725 00:41:16,710 --> 00:41:18,576 Huh? Or was that fun? 726 00:41:18,710 --> 00:41:20,309 HAZEL: Fun. TIG: Really? 727 00:41:20,443 --> 00:41:22,743 SOPHIE: Yeah. TIG: It was 65 below out. 728 00:41:22,877 --> 00:41:24,610 Are you guys crazy? 729 00:41:27,143 --> 00:41:28,243 All ready. 730 00:41:28,376 --> 00:41:31,143 So, yeah, we got this fish nice and boiled up. 731 00:41:31,276 --> 00:41:34,610 Next step is to let this cool, 732 00:41:34,743 --> 00:41:37,243 and then we squeeze the water out. 733 00:41:37,376 --> 00:41:41,743 There's a real delicacy in our native culture called 734 00:41:41,877 --> 00:41:42,910 Indian ice cream. 735 00:41:43,043 --> 00:41:44,843 See, it's nice and flaky now. 736 00:41:44,977 --> 00:41:46,176 Mmm. 737 00:41:46,309 --> 00:41:48,343 These girls have been out and they sat in this cold weather, 738 00:41:48,476 --> 00:41:51,743 so now, good little reward for their hard work. 739 00:41:51,877 --> 00:41:53,643 Got the little ones working together, 740 00:41:53,777 --> 00:41:56,043 these little ones are learning how to do this stuff. 741 00:41:56,176 --> 00:41:58,010 They don't realize that they're sitting down learning, 742 00:41:58,143 --> 00:41:59,276 they're just having fun. 743 00:41:59,410 --> 00:42:00,910 GIRL: Yummy. 744 00:42:01,043 --> 00:42:02,510 (laughs) 745 00:42:02,643 --> 00:42:04,343 TIG: We caught this fish from our land, 746 00:42:04,476 --> 00:42:07,243 we picked the berries from our land, it's all natural. 747 00:42:07,376 --> 00:42:09,343 Except for the lard that we're gonna be using in it. 748 00:42:09,476 --> 00:42:12,476 I could definitely see how some people might be hungry in this country, 749 00:42:12,610 --> 00:42:14,910 but you work hard, you listen, 750 00:42:15,043 --> 00:42:16,543 you learn, you eat good, 751 00:42:16,676 --> 00:42:18,543 you live good, you're healthy. 752 00:42:18,676 --> 00:42:20,543 We ready? 753 00:42:20,676 --> 00:42:23,010 So this is the finished product. 754 00:42:23,143 --> 00:42:26,043 And now look, that's one pike, one little itty-bitty pike. 755 00:42:26,176 --> 00:42:27,977 This is our ice cream. 756 00:42:28,109 --> 00:42:29,376 This is Indian ice cream. 757 00:42:32,843 --> 00:42:35,176 TIG: In Inupiaq, it's akutaq. 758 00:42:36,343 --> 00:42:38,743 TIG: My honey and the kids made a cobbler this morning. 759 00:42:38,877 --> 00:42:42,810 That is the last of our blueberries and salmonberries. 760 00:42:42,943 --> 00:42:45,543 Stuff like this, going out doing ice fishing, 761 00:42:45,676 --> 00:42:48,209 these kids are never gonna forget it. 762 00:42:48,343 --> 00:42:52,510 You gotta think of life as a book and every day is a new page. 763 00:42:52,643 --> 00:42:55,977 At the end of the day, what are you gonna have to write down? 764 00:42:56,109 --> 00:42:57,443 This is their culture. 765 00:42:57,576 --> 00:42:59,543 They know who they are and where they came from. 766 00:42:59,676 --> 00:43:00,610 ALL: Thank you, God. 767 00:43:00,743 --> 00:43:02,076 Thank you, dad! 768 00:43:02,209 --> 00:43:03,476 TIG: You guys are welcome. 769 00:43:03,610 --> 00:43:05,343 And we got to thank this one, this is the. 770 00:43:05,476 --> 00:43:06,443 EVAN: Oh, thank you, Amiya! 771 00:43:06,576 --> 00:43:09,076 TIG: This is because of her, we're eating fish. 772 00:43:09,209 --> 00:43:10,943 She's the one that got us this fish. 773 00:43:23,243 --> 00:43:24,443 JODY: How's it feel, babe? 774 00:43:27,476 --> 00:43:29,143 You know, it's nice knowing that, 775 00:43:29,276 --> 00:43:32,877 you know, we don't always need machines. 776 00:43:33,010 --> 00:43:36,076 We don't always need gasoline or fuel. 777 00:43:37,343 --> 00:43:39,343 We can still go back to the old ways, 778 00:43:39,476 --> 00:43:41,676 and take care of our family. 779 00:43:42,410 --> 00:43:45,743 Do art, cut firewood. 780 00:43:45,877 --> 00:43:48,643 I mean, we have all these other means of 781 00:43:48,777 --> 00:43:51,043 taking care of each other. 782 00:43:52,643 --> 00:43:54,643 Well, I think I'm pretty much done. 783 00:43:54,777 --> 00:43:55,777 You happy with it, babe? 784 00:43:55,910 --> 00:43:56,777 JAMEY: Yes. JODY: Good. 785 00:43:56,910 --> 00:43:58,676 JAMEY: Yeah, I like it. 786 00:43:58,810 --> 00:44:00,276 Thank you very much. 787 00:44:01,343 --> 00:44:02,209 Okay. 788 00:44:02,343 --> 00:44:03,777 JODY: Cutie. 789 00:44:03,910 --> 00:44:06,043 You know, we're really strong people that come 790 00:44:06,176 --> 00:44:09,510 from generations and generations of strong ancestors, 791 00:44:09,643 --> 00:44:11,543 and family, and tribes. 792 00:44:11,676 --> 00:44:15,309 So, I feel like as indigenous Alaskans, you know, we're a powerhouse. 793 00:44:15,443 --> 00:44:16,410 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.