1 00:00:04,610 --> 00:00:06,309 and may contain mature subject matter. 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:10,777 Viewer discretion is advised. 3 00:00:10,910 --> 00:00:12,910 and may contain mature (howling)atter. 4 00:00:13,043 --> 00:00:15,476 JAMEY: Well, we're getting ready to go ice fishing downriver. 5 00:00:15,610 --> 00:00:18,710 Get the Sno-go warmed up and head out. 6 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:21,243 JODY: Don't get tangled! 7 00:00:21,376 --> 00:00:23,476 Here, lie down. 8 00:00:23,610 --> 00:00:24,877 JAMEY: Looks like it's gonna be a nice day. 9 00:00:25,010 --> 00:00:27,910 Sun, sun out, and it warmed up quite a bit. 10 00:00:28,043 --> 00:00:29,309 It's about 30 below right now, 11 00:00:29,443 --> 00:00:33,643 so better than 60, that's for sure. 12 00:00:34,176 --> 00:00:35,877 JODY: There you go, no chewing. 13 00:00:36,010 --> 00:00:37,443 We are craving some fish, 14 00:00:37,576 --> 00:00:39,610 and sometimes a craving is because your body 15 00:00:39,743 --> 00:00:42,010 needs that nutrition. 16 00:00:42,143 --> 00:00:43,610 Parker, no chewing! 17 00:00:43,743 --> 00:00:46,276 Watch Parker! 18 00:00:46,576 --> 00:00:50,910 Mushing out of our camp here to get onto the Yukon River is 19 00:00:51,043 --> 00:00:53,309 always a little treacherous, 20 00:00:53,443 --> 00:00:56,443 it's a little bit of an adrenaline rush. 21 00:00:58,610 --> 00:01:01,176 All right! 22 00:01:01,877 --> 00:01:03,410 Go. 23 00:01:07,743 --> 00:01:09,443 All right! 24 00:01:23,043 --> 00:01:28,109 (barking) 25 00:01:28,810 --> 00:01:31,209 JODY: Woah! 26 00:01:31,910 --> 00:01:34,910 No, Wendy, no! 27 00:01:46,910 --> 00:01:48,043 I can't get this. 28 00:01:48,176 --> 00:01:51,743 Hurry, babe, please! 29 00:01:53,410 --> 00:01:55,543 JAMEY: Here, go ahead. JODY: I'm trying. 30 00:01:55,676 --> 00:01:58,910 That's what I've been doing this whole time. 31 00:01:59,376 --> 00:02:01,309 JAMEY: Hold on, babe, hold on. 32 00:02:01,443 --> 00:02:04,476 Okay, babe, go ahead. 33 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:08,543 (barking) 34 00:02:08,676 --> 00:02:09,777 You got it? 35 00:02:13,043 --> 00:02:14,643 JODY: Okay, babe. 36 00:02:14,777 --> 00:02:17,777 Watch out, watch out! 37 00:02:22,610 --> 00:02:24,443 JAMEY: It's difficult managing eight dogs with one person, 38 00:02:24,576 --> 00:02:26,710 especially if your, your hook is tangled up, 39 00:02:26,843 --> 00:02:28,343 you got no way to stop them. 40 00:02:28,476 --> 00:02:29,676 But it seems like she's doing good right now, 41 00:02:29,810 --> 00:02:31,443 she's moving now. 42 00:02:31,576 --> 00:02:33,843 Well, we better get going. 43 00:02:39,676 --> 00:02:41,810 TIG: When I die, I don't want to die without knowledge 44 00:02:41,943 --> 00:02:43,410 that I got in my head. 45 00:02:43,543 --> 00:02:46,343 It's just part of our culture to constantly be teaching our 46 00:02:46,476 --> 00:02:49,543 children how to be one with the land. 47 00:02:54,443 --> 00:02:56,977 All right, boys, let's grab some birch from right here. 48 00:02:57,276 --> 00:02:59,810 We gotta get some beaver sets. 49 00:02:59,943 --> 00:03:01,710 Your Grandma-ma called me up, 50 00:03:01,843 --> 00:03:03,843 and she said she want beaver meat. 51 00:03:03,977 --> 00:03:07,443 I said, "Ma, that's the toughest one for me to catch." 52 00:03:07,576 --> 00:03:09,076 But I'll try. 53 00:03:09,209 --> 00:03:12,810 We gotta keep Grandma-ma happy, right? 54 00:03:12,943 --> 00:03:14,243 TERRANCE: Yeah. 55 00:03:14,376 --> 00:03:16,943 TIG: Beaver's one of the elder's absolute favorite 56 00:03:17,076 --> 00:03:18,276 food out here. 57 00:03:18,410 --> 00:03:19,476 Woo! 58 00:03:19,610 --> 00:03:21,243 They're not able to come out here and do 59 00:03:21,376 --> 00:03:22,710 this type of work anymore, 60 00:03:22,843 --> 00:03:26,510 so it's very important for us young men to come out 61 00:03:26,643 --> 00:03:28,209 and do this hard work. 62 00:03:28,343 --> 00:03:31,109 This isn't easy, easy work. 63 00:03:31,243 --> 00:03:32,309 You guys think it's easy? 64 00:03:32,443 --> 00:03:34,109 EVAN: No. 65 00:03:34,243 --> 00:03:36,109 TIG: Doing good, boys, doing good. 66 00:03:36,243 --> 00:03:38,010 TERRANCE: I gotta really pay attention to my dad. 67 00:03:38,143 --> 00:03:40,676 He's, he's a really good teacher. 68 00:03:40,810 --> 00:03:44,343 TIG: How do you guys say beaver in Denaakk'e? 69 00:03:45,143 --> 00:03:46,977 TERRANCE: I forgot. 70 00:03:47,109 --> 00:03:48,977 TIG: You don't know how to say beaver in Denaakk'e? 71 00:03:49,109 --> 00:03:52,877 TERRANCE: I did. TIG: That's our own language. TERRANCE: I just forgot. 72 00:03:53,010 --> 00:03:54,043 TIG: It's.... 73 00:03:57,043 --> 00:03:58,376 Noye'e. 74 00:03:59,410 --> 00:04:02,676 It's very important to teach my boys our Athabascan culture. 75 00:04:02,810 --> 00:04:05,743 Our language is dying. 76 00:04:07,476 --> 00:04:10,209 Go ahead, you guys, scoop that ice out. 77 00:04:10,610 --> 00:04:12,176 We got a full day ahead of us. 78 00:04:12,309 --> 00:04:15,643 More houses we set, the more luck we'll have. 79 00:04:15,777 --> 00:04:18,176 Teaching the young ones how to come out into the woods and 80 00:04:18,309 --> 00:04:19,910 live this type of lifestyle. 81 00:04:20,043 --> 00:04:24,176 Show 'em that it's not easy work, it's hard work. 82 00:04:24,443 --> 00:04:26,777 Take your time. 83 00:04:27,610 --> 00:04:28,977 The type of stuff we've been teaching them 84 00:04:29,109 --> 00:04:30,010 out here in the woods, 85 00:04:30,143 --> 00:04:31,810 this can't be taught in any book. 86 00:04:31,943 --> 00:04:34,209 You can't go to school and learn this type of stuff, 87 00:04:34,343 --> 00:04:36,643 you know, this is the type of stuff that's passed on 88 00:04:36,777 --> 00:04:39,410 from generation to generation. 89 00:04:39,543 --> 00:04:43,043 You see, the beaver's head is about this big only, 90 00:04:43,176 --> 00:04:46,010 and so, you know, we don't want too much. 91 00:04:46,143 --> 00:04:48,410 The neck is what's going to kill them the fastest. 92 00:04:48,543 --> 00:04:51,243 My Pops was tough on me because this ain't an easy life. 93 00:04:51,376 --> 00:04:54,443 My boys, they definitely gotta learn how to hunt and fish, 94 00:04:54,576 --> 00:04:56,810 and do all this different types of stuff. 95 00:04:56,943 --> 00:04:59,977 You know, it's gonna help them down the line someday. 96 00:05:00,176 --> 00:05:03,143 Sneak one more in, right there. 97 00:05:03,276 --> 00:05:07,276 All right, well, let's let this soak for the night. 98 00:05:07,543 --> 00:05:09,676 TERRANCE: Bless us with luck on our beaver snare. 99 00:05:09,810 --> 00:05:13,343 TIG: Yeah, bless us, please! We work hard! 100 00:05:18,977 --> 00:05:21,109 MARVIN: Community is important because we still need 101 00:05:21,243 --> 00:05:23,410 each other's help out here. 102 00:05:23,543 --> 00:05:26,343 Akhiok means my home. 103 00:05:33,076 --> 00:05:34,209 MARVIN: What a nice day. 104 00:05:34,343 --> 00:05:37,543 GLYNDARIL: Well, Akhiok thrift store. 105 00:05:37,676 --> 00:05:39,376 MARVIN: Yeah, these will work here. 106 00:05:39,510 --> 00:05:40,910 GLYNDARIL: Right here maybe? 107 00:05:41,043 --> 00:05:42,643 MARVIN: Oh, yeah. Moving pretty easy, yeah? 108 00:05:42,777 --> 00:05:44,043 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah. MARVIN: Oh, yeah. 109 00:05:44,176 --> 00:05:45,843 This one will be good, Glyn. 110 00:05:45,977 --> 00:05:47,943 I'm starting a greenhouse for the community. 111 00:05:48,076 --> 00:05:50,043 Set it right there, then we'll get four of them. 112 00:05:50,176 --> 00:05:52,243 Sometimes we do not get a plane out here for two, 113 00:05:52,376 --> 00:05:53,877 three weeks at a time. 114 00:05:54,010 --> 00:05:55,176 If we got this started, 115 00:05:55,309 --> 00:05:58,276 we'll be able to resource our own produce. 116 00:05:58,410 --> 00:06:00,843 We often go up to the dump. 117 00:06:00,977 --> 00:06:03,209 Someone else's trash might be somebody else's 118 00:06:03,343 --> 00:06:05,143 treasure out here. 119 00:06:05,276 --> 00:06:06,376 GLYNDARIL: All clear. 120 00:06:06,510 --> 00:06:07,743 MARVIN: Easy-peasy. 121 00:06:07,877 --> 00:06:09,877 GLYNDARIL: The idea of having an actual greenhouse will bring 122 00:06:10,010 --> 00:06:12,443 an abundance of food that will help the community. 123 00:06:12,576 --> 00:06:15,076 That's an amazing idea. 124 00:06:15,209 --> 00:06:17,676 We make due with what we have. 125 00:06:21,143 --> 00:06:22,877 I can't wait to grow some tomatoes. 126 00:06:23,010 --> 00:06:25,443 MARVIN: Yeah, that's what I'm, kind of, hoping we get started. 127 00:06:25,576 --> 00:06:26,710 GLYNDARIL: Brussels. 128 00:06:26,843 --> 00:06:28,410 MARVIN: You know, I'm glad you see that there, Glyn, 129 00:06:28,543 --> 00:06:30,476 because it takes a person to get it fired up, 130 00:06:30,610 --> 00:06:31,710 and you and I are doing it. 131 00:06:31,843 --> 00:06:34,810 Once they see what we're doing, they're gonna see, man. 132 00:06:34,943 --> 00:06:36,643 I hope they do. 133 00:06:38,710 --> 00:06:41,410 GLYNDARIL: My uncle Marvin, he's a, he's a go-getter. 134 00:06:41,543 --> 00:06:43,543 When it comes to helping the community, 135 00:06:43,676 --> 00:06:46,076 that's like his number one thing in wanting to do. 136 00:06:46,209 --> 00:06:47,243 MARVIN: Oh, yeah. 137 00:06:47,376 --> 00:06:50,676 I mean, it's so much easier, Glyn, with two people. 138 00:06:51,109 --> 00:06:52,576 GLYNDARIL: The freshness of food matters. 139 00:06:52,710 --> 00:06:54,410 And then not only that, it means you'll be even eating 140 00:06:54,543 --> 00:06:57,676 healthier because you'd be growing your own stuff. 141 00:07:01,676 --> 00:07:03,576 MARVIN: All right, Glyn, what do you think here, buddy? 142 00:07:03,710 --> 00:07:05,209 Coming together? 143 00:07:05,343 --> 00:07:06,576 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah. 144 00:07:06,710 --> 00:07:09,576 MARVIN: A little twist on it, but... 145 00:07:09,710 --> 00:07:10,977 It's coming together. 146 00:07:11,109 --> 00:07:13,376 GLYNDARIL: This is not the Taj Mahal. 147 00:07:13,510 --> 00:07:15,410 It looks better than the Taj Mahal. 148 00:07:15,543 --> 00:07:16,610 Now I gotta go home and eat something, 149 00:07:16,743 --> 00:07:18,777 because thinking about a greenhouse has made me hungry. 150 00:07:18,910 --> 00:07:21,243 MARVIN: Yeah. 151 00:07:25,977 --> 00:07:28,076 CHASE: You have to be really prepared if you're gonna have 152 00:07:28,209 --> 00:07:29,343 this type of life. 153 00:07:29,476 --> 00:07:31,843 You gotta be prepared every time. 154 00:07:32,710 --> 00:07:36,510 There's a lot of times you'll have to get up and go. 155 00:07:41,610 --> 00:07:44,376 DANIEL: Weather's looking nice. CHASE: That looks pretty good. 156 00:07:44,510 --> 00:07:47,576 DANIEL: And we'll prep up today and see how it goes tomorrow. 157 00:07:47,710 --> 00:07:48,576 CHASE: Okay. 158 00:07:48,710 --> 00:07:49,943 DANIEL: Do some reloading, sharpen knives, 159 00:07:50,076 --> 00:07:51,376 sharpen the harpoon head. 160 00:07:51,510 --> 00:07:54,043 CHASE: It's been three months since we've had some fresh walrus. 161 00:08:01,176 --> 00:08:04,476 DANIEL: Very important to have a sharp knife. 162 00:08:05,209 --> 00:08:07,476 And if you catch a walrus on the ice, you know, 163 00:08:07,610 --> 00:08:10,443 you butcher him right there on the ice. 164 00:08:10,576 --> 00:08:11,910 You know, if you don't have it sharp, 165 00:08:12,043 --> 00:08:13,376 you won't perform. 166 00:08:28,543 --> 00:08:30,343 CHASE: It's my first year being a striker, huh dad? 167 00:08:30,476 --> 00:08:32,443 DANIEL: Yeah, you know, you're gonna be up front. 168 00:08:32,576 --> 00:08:35,010 CHASE: I'm confident. 169 00:08:35,243 --> 00:08:37,476 DANIEL: Chris' baby got sick the other day, 170 00:08:37,610 --> 00:08:40,843 and so Chase is gonna be my front man. 171 00:08:44,043 --> 00:08:45,209 DANIEL: Yeah, right of passage. 172 00:08:56,610 --> 00:08:58,143 CHASE: I've been making my own bullets for the past 173 00:08:58,276 --> 00:08:59,610 couple of years. 174 00:08:59,743 --> 00:09:03,010 Grain by grain, it has to be right on. 175 00:09:03,143 --> 00:09:05,576 We don't want to miss. 176 00:09:05,710 --> 00:09:07,443 DANIEL: The walrus is very important. 177 00:09:07,576 --> 00:09:10,109 It's been with us for a long time, you know, 178 00:09:10,243 --> 00:09:12,276 from generation to generation. 179 00:09:12,410 --> 00:09:16,343 It's one of the most important main diets. 180 00:09:17,410 --> 00:09:18,476 It's a big animal. 181 00:09:18,610 --> 00:09:19,643 When it's here, 182 00:09:19,777 --> 00:09:21,410 we try to get as much as possible for those 183 00:09:21,543 --> 00:09:23,676 long days to come. 184 00:09:23,810 --> 00:09:25,010 CHASE: It looks perfect. 185 00:09:25,143 --> 00:09:27,643 DANIEL: You're all done, boy? CHASE: I'm finished. 186 00:09:27,777 --> 00:09:30,243 DANIEL: Ready to rock? CHASE: Ready! 187 00:09:32,977 --> 00:09:34,977 JOEL: Following these animals, you learn a lot. 188 00:09:35,109 --> 00:09:37,109 And it's just good knowledge for the old toolbox. 189 00:09:41,710 --> 00:09:44,109 I'm trying to get my freezer full for the rest of the winter, 190 00:09:44,243 --> 00:09:46,543 but the weather's definitely not helping that. 191 00:09:46,676 --> 00:09:49,977 This is like, this is a lot of open water for right now, 192 00:09:50,576 --> 00:09:53,643 which means the ice out here probably isn't very thick. 193 00:09:53,777 --> 00:09:55,910 And the main lake is definitely open. 194 00:09:56,043 --> 00:09:58,309 Our hunting grounds are really cut down. 195 00:09:58,443 --> 00:10:00,209 We're gonna have to stay in the general area. 196 00:10:00,343 --> 00:10:04,676 The chances of getting moose now are cut way down. 197 00:10:07,209 --> 00:10:11,476 And sometimes you don't have a choice if you wanna go hunting. 198 00:10:17,543 --> 00:10:18,977 If your freezer's empty and you're hungry, 199 00:10:19,109 --> 00:10:21,977 you have to go hunting, you have to go fishing. 200 00:10:24,209 --> 00:10:25,443 You know, the weather could be super bad, 201 00:10:25,576 --> 00:10:28,643 but you still have to go out and you have to try. 202 00:10:37,877 --> 00:10:39,043 JOEL: There's a little otter over there, 203 00:10:39,176 --> 00:10:41,777 that's what's eating all the trout. 204 00:10:46,209 --> 00:10:49,143 Pick up a little otter for dinner. 205 00:10:53,843 --> 00:10:55,476 (gunshot) 206 00:10:55,743 --> 00:10:59,043 Damn it. Dang, that guy's quick. 207 00:11:08,109 --> 00:11:10,710 He's right over there. 208 00:11:15,643 --> 00:11:21,010 ♪ ♪ 209 00:11:26,376 --> 00:11:31,176 ♪ ♪ 210 00:11:36,209 --> 00:11:38,309 (gunshot) 211 00:11:50,043 --> 00:11:53,010 JOEL: (bleep). 212 00:11:56,643 --> 00:11:58,877 (groans). 213 00:11:59,243 --> 00:12:02,109 Kinda stinky down there. 214 00:12:06,243 --> 00:12:10,543 I thought I got him. Dang. 215 00:12:12,476 --> 00:12:15,843 All right, I'll go back to moose hunting I guess. 216 00:12:16,543 --> 00:12:19,443 He'll have a good war story to tell his buddies now. 217 00:12:25,376 --> 00:12:27,476 JODY: You always have to be cautious and 218 00:12:27,610 --> 00:12:30,676 careful traveling winter, summer, fall, any time. 219 00:12:30,810 --> 00:12:36,010 You have to be very respectful of the power of this place. 220 00:12:44,076 --> 00:12:46,610 JAMEY: Bingo! JODY: Bingo! 221 00:12:46,743 --> 00:12:48,843 JAMEY: Bingo, jackpot! 222 00:12:48,977 --> 00:12:50,176 JODY: It'll be nice, and hopefully, 223 00:12:50,309 --> 00:12:53,710 if we catch something to have some fresh fish to eat. 224 00:12:53,843 --> 00:12:57,710 So I'm just really happy to be out with my dogs and my family, 225 00:12:57,843 --> 00:13:01,543 and, um, you know, it's a sunny warm day. 226 00:13:02,010 --> 00:13:04,977 And by warm, I mean 30 below. 227 00:13:05,109 --> 00:13:07,977 Cabin fever is a real thing for a lot of Alaskans. 228 00:13:08,109 --> 00:13:11,576 Like any time that, you know, it warms up from 60 below, 229 00:13:11,710 --> 00:13:14,376 man it's a day to get out and enjoy the outdoors. 230 00:13:14,510 --> 00:13:16,476 So, it feels good. 231 00:13:16,610 --> 00:13:18,710 We seem to have a lot of good luck here in the summer 232 00:13:18,843 --> 00:13:24,043 catching pike, so hopefully, we'll get something today. 233 00:13:26,476 --> 00:13:27,643 JAMEY: All right, thank you. 234 00:13:27,777 --> 00:13:28,743 JODY: What else do you need? 235 00:13:28,877 --> 00:13:30,176 JAMEY: I need a stick split back there, 236 00:13:30,309 --> 00:13:32,943 because we didn't grab any willows on the way out. 237 00:13:37,043 --> 00:13:38,309 Thank you. 238 00:13:38,443 --> 00:13:40,043 I'm gonna go over there and drop one in and 239 00:13:40,176 --> 00:13:42,309 make a fire, okay? 240 00:13:44,710 --> 00:13:47,143 I'm gonna set this one on the bottom for burbot. 241 00:13:47,276 --> 00:13:49,510 So this is gonna set right on the bottom. 242 00:13:49,643 --> 00:13:52,977 Other one is for pike, it's gonna be up off the bottom. 243 00:13:53,109 --> 00:13:54,143 Do a little jigging with it, 244 00:13:54,276 --> 00:13:55,443 we can add some feathers on there. 245 00:13:55,576 --> 00:13:58,910 Gives off a flash and that attracts them. 246 00:14:01,076 --> 00:14:02,610 One line sitting on the bottom here. 247 00:14:02,743 --> 00:14:04,710 This one, this one is for burbot. 248 00:14:04,843 --> 00:14:07,610 It's more of a bottom feeder, and it's got bait on it and 249 00:14:07,743 --> 00:14:08,843 it's just gonna sit on the bottom. 250 00:14:08,977 --> 00:14:11,543 This one here is giving off a little bit of a flash, 251 00:14:11,676 --> 00:14:12,910 and it's for a pike. 252 00:14:24,343 --> 00:14:27,143 JAMEY: You have to be patient. 253 00:14:29,910 --> 00:14:31,243 JODY: We are getting less salmon in 254 00:14:31,376 --> 00:14:33,076 the Yukon River every year, 255 00:14:33,209 --> 00:14:36,810 to where this last year there was no subsistence 256 00:14:36,943 --> 00:14:38,710 fishing allowed on the Yukon River. 257 00:14:38,843 --> 00:14:41,910 So, our family, along with every other family up and down 258 00:14:42,043 --> 00:14:45,209 the Yukon River, are really lacking that variety. 259 00:14:45,343 --> 00:14:48,743 And it's something that our people really depend on. 260 00:14:49,943 --> 00:14:51,543 JAMEY: Huh. 261 00:14:53,476 --> 00:14:55,843 JODY: Nothin'? JAMEY: Nothin'. 262 00:14:57,676 --> 00:14:59,910 There we go. 263 00:15:00,243 --> 00:15:02,309 JODY: Yeah, it's been kinda hard this year without being 264 00:15:02,443 --> 00:15:04,610 able to get any fish. 265 00:15:04,743 --> 00:15:08,643 So I really hope we're able to get some fresh fish, 266 00:15:08,777 --> 00:15:12,209 have a nice meal. 267 00:15:12,343 --> 00:15:13,376 Huh, babe? 268 00:15:13,510 --> 00:15:15,076 JAMEY: Yup. 269 00:15:15,209 --> 00:15:17,643 JODY: Well, should we call it a night and come back tomorrow? 270 00:15:17,777 --> 00:15:20,676 JAMEY: Yeah. JODY: And try again? JAMEY: Yeah. 271 00:15:26,309 --> 00:15:28,076 TIG: There's difficult lessons out here in life, 272 00:15:28,209 --> 00:15:31,076 that's something that can't be taught in books. 273 00:15:31,209 --> 00:15:33,043 And only you learn that by coming out here and 274 00:15:33,176 --> 00:15:35,743 going through it. 275 00:15:42,710 --> 00:15:43,877 Come on, boys. 276 00:15:44,010 --> 00:15:48,176 So today, we're just gonna go and check out some snares. 277 00:15:48,309 --> 00:15:50,309 All right boys, feeling lucky. 278 00:15:50,443 --> 00:15:51,943 Feeling lucky. 279 00:15:52,076 --> 00:15:54,343 I gotta go in with confidence. 280 00:15:58,643 --> 00:16:00,109 EVAN: Dad? TIG: Huh? 281 00:16:00,243 --> 00:16:02,043 EVAN: How can you tell if we caught a beaver? 282 00:16:02,176 --> 00:16:04,209 TIG: Uh, it feel a little light when I tug on them. 283 00:16:04,343 --> 00:16:06,243 EVAN: Oh. 284 00:16:07,043 --> 00:16:10,476 TIG: Nope. It didn't even bump him. 285 00:16:10,610 --> 00:16:14,010 Make sure he still springs good. Oh, yeah, see. 286 00:16:14,143 --> 00:16:17,576 It'd definitely catch if there was one around. 287 00:16:17,943 --> 00:16:19,510 The lesson of disappointment, 288 00:16:19,643 --> 00:16:21,843 it is a very valuable lesson out here. 289 00:16:21,977 --> 00:16:24,243 If we came out and we just, you know, 290 00:16:24,376 --> 00:16:25,877 punched in a hole real quick, 291 00:16:26,010 --> 00:16:26,943 put one set, 292 00:16:27,076 --> 00:16:28,543 came back the next day and had a beaver, 293 00:16:28,676 --> 00:16:31,510 it'd seem too easy for my kids, you know. 294 00:16:31,777 --> 00:16:33,610 TERRANCE: Does the baby beavers taste better, 295 00:16:33,743 --> 00:16:34,676 or does the adult ones? 296 00:16:34,810 --> 00:16:36,610 TIG: Well, the baby beavers are gonna be soft, 297 00:16:36,743 --> 00:16:38,209 so the older beavers they, 298 00:16:38,343 --> 00:16:40,910 they're gonna be bigger, fatter, and have a lot 299 00:16:41,043 --> 00:16:43,076 more meat on them. 300 00:16:43,209 --> 00:16:44,443 TERRANCE: I'm a young Athabascan. 301 00:16:44,576 --> 00:16:48,276 My job is to gather food for the family. 302 00:16:48,410 --> 00:16:50,276 TIG: It's very important to teach my boys our 303 00:16:50,410 --> 00:16:51,610 Athabascan culture. 304 00:16:51,743 --> 00:16:52,843 It's a dying culture. 305 00:16:52,977 --> 00:16:55,010 There's not a whole lot of people out here living this 306 00:16:55,143 --> 00:16:57,943 type of lifestyle anymore. 307 00:16:58,443 --> 00:17:01,443 Jiggle little little bit. 308 00:17:03,143 --> 00:17:05,010 It's a lot of fun having my sons with me. 309 00:17:05,143 --> 00:17:06,376 They're making me laugh. 310 00:17:06,510 --> 00:17:09,676 It makes it all go by a lot faster. 311 00:17:11,877 --> 00:17:13,109 EVAN: Hopefully, we got a nibble. 312 00:17:13,243 --> 00:17:15,843 TIG: I hope so. 313 00:17:19,810 --> 00:17:21,309 Oh, man, that got me excited. 314 00:17:21,443 --> 00:17:24,143 Big chunk of ice stuck to it. 315 00:17:27,777 --> 00:17:30,143 All right, good enough. 316 00:17:30,810 --> 00:17:33,109 Ah, nothing. 317 00:17:33,243 --> 00:17:35,476 I know a lot of disappointment out here. 318 00:17:35,610 --> 00:17:37,710 Many times I've come out and checked my snares and 319 00:17:37,843 --> 00:17:39,209 I have nothing. 320 00:17:39,343 --> 00:17:40,943 Sooner or later we're gonna catch something. 321 00:17:47,843 --> 00:17:49,209 TIG: Oh, yeah. 322 00:17:49,343 --> 00:17:51,476 That's that beaver's last breath, you know you'd, 323 00:17:51,610 --> 00:17:54,376 then you'd see the bubbles on the ice. 324 00:17:55,376 --> 00:17:58,043 TERRANCE: A lot of bubbles. 325 00:17:58,576 --> 00:18:01,243 TIG: Good luck boys, good luck. 326 00:18:02,043 --> 00:18:04,443 Please. 327 00:18:10,910 --> 00:18:14,810 TIG: Oh, no. She's still set. 328 00:18:15,676 --> 00:18:18,343 Little whirly bird. 329 00:18:20,143 --> 00:18:24,176 Huh, this one seems tight. 330 00:18:24,810 --> 00:18:28,076 Yeah, it's kind of bent funny now. 331 00:18:28,209 --> 00:18:31,176 Something definitely happened with this snare. 332 00:18:31,676 --> 00:18:33,109 TERRANCE: Did wood hit it or anything? 333 00:18:33,243 --> 00:18:35,877 TIG: No, I think we missed one, huh. 334 00:18:36,010 --> 00:18:37,510 We might've gotten close boys, 335 00:18:37,643 --> 00:18:40,443 I'll be damned. 336 00:18:41,043 --> 00:18:43,843 Maybe we are doing something a little right. 337 00:18:51,910 --> 00:18:52,943 TIG: I hope. 338 00:18:53,076 --> 00:18:54,543 TERRANCE: I feel lucky 'cause there's, 339 00:18:54,676 --> 00:18:56,309 there's a tightened one over there. 340 00:18:56,443 --> 00:18:57,643 TIG: We keep trying. 341 00:18:57,777 --> 00:19:00,343 Easy to give up, it's hard to keep going when you're 342 00:19:00,476 --> 00:19:02,243 having a hard time. 343 00:19:02,376 --> 00:19:08,043 It takes some true grit to keep going. 344 00:19:09,977 --> 00:19:12,810 Disappointment after disappointment, you keep going. 345 00:19:12,943 --> 00:19:14,977 But I don't know, you know, this is a learning process for 346 00:19:15,109 --> 00:19:16,843 all of us, you know. 347 00:19:16,977 --> 00:19:18,910 We're gonna figure it out. 348 00:19:25,076 --> 00:19:27,043 TIG: We're doing the best we can, so just help us out. 349 00:19:27,176 --> 00:19:30,810 You know, bless us with your presence. 350 00:19:33,209 --> 00:19:36,176 JOEL: Freedom is definitely taking control of your own life. 351 00:19:36,309 --> 00:19:39,943 It's on you out here, and I like that journey. 352 00:19:41,877 --> 00:19:45,043 JOEL: All right. 353 00:19:45,710 --> 00:19:48,176 Fresh wolf tracks right here. 354 00:19:48,309 --> 00:19:51,010 He's right in the same area I was looking for moose, 355 00:19:51,143 --> 00:19:53,209 so I think he's out here looking for moose too. 356 00:19:53,343 --> 00:19:57,243 Everything's chasing the same animal around. 357 00:19:59,410 --> 00:20:00,943 You can tell there's been moose around because they keep the 358 00:20:01,076 --> 00:20:02,343 brush really low. 359 00:20:02,476 --> 00:20:06,010 That's their meal of choice right there. 360 00:20:06,143 --> 00:20:09,610 I think I'll go walk around and see if I can see tracks or 361 00:20:09,743 --> 00:20:12,309 maybe see him laying down in the bushes somewhere. 362 00:20:12,443 --> 00:20:15,643 Hopefully, I don't run into the wolf. 363 00:20:16,176 --> 00:20:18,576 The lake's not frozen over, so our hunting ground is super 364 00:20:18,710 --> 00:20:20,476 small right now. 365 00:20:20,610 --> 00:20:22,510 See if I can find something anyways in 366 00:20:22,643 --> 00:20:26,276 the little area we do have. 367 00:20:30,243 --> 00:20:32,109 This is kind of a known spot that the moose kinda 368 00:20:32,243 --> 00:20:35,777 hang out in, 'cause it's like swampy. 369 00:20:36,043 --> 00:20:37,610 Seeing nothing. 370 00:20:37,743 --> 00:20:39,877 No tracks. 371 00:20:40,010 --> 00:20:43,010 This is like, this is moose country right here. 372 00:20:43,143 --> 00:20:45,343 Pretty sure they know it's hunting season though. 373 00:20:45,476 --> 00:20:47,810 Worth checking out at least. 374 00:20:54,309 --> 00:20:59,309 It's like 30 degrees right now and it's the middle of winter. 375 00:20:59,543 --> 00:21:01,076 It's super warm. 376 00:21:01,209 --> 00:21:03,309 It should be like 20 below right now. 377 00:21:03,443 --> 00:21:07,076 Hence, the lack of moose hunting ground. 378 00:21:07,209 --> 00:21:09,476 It's actually been raining the last couple days, 379 00:21:09,610 --> 00:21:11,209 which is probably the worst weather you can get 380 00:21:11,343 --> 00:21:14,076 for moose hunting. 381 00:21:14,209 --> 00:21:17,510 A pretty tough winter. 382 00:21:20,943 --> 00:21:23,209 DANIEL: Started out with my dad, myself, 383 00:21:23,343 --> 00:21:24,910 and now it's the boys. 384 00:21:25,043 --> 00:21:26,276 It takes a family, 385 00:21:26,410 --> 00:21:29,076 a whole generation to learn all these things. 386 00:21:42,076 --> 00:21:45,176 We just gotta watch out for the ocean currents though. 387 00:21:46,076 --> 00:21:49,309 DANIEL: There's been no walrus for the past couple months. 388 00:21:49,443 --> 00:21:54,109 You know, it's a slow season this year. 389 00:21:55,410 --> 00:21:57,777 And hopefully, we can get something out there. 390 00:22:16,209 --> 00:22:22,443 (Daniel singing Akuzipik melody). 391 00:23:04,643 --> 00:23:06,309 DANIEL: (bleep). 392 00:23:11,710 --> 00:23:14,576 ALA: Over there, over there! 393 00:23:26,610 --> 00:23:29,576 ♪ ♪ 394 00:23:29,710 --> 00:23:31,209 (speaking in Akuzipik) 395 00:23:34,076 --> 00:23:35,109 (gunshot) 396 00:23:55,010 --> 00:23:56,376 DANIEL: Hey, there's one over here! 397 00:23:56,510 --> 00:23:57,643 Other side! 398 00:23:59,643 --> 00:24:00,910 ALA: Yeah. 399 00:24:04,209 --> 00:24:07,443 It was over here. Right on the other side in... 400 00:24:42,209 --> 00:24:44,510 DANIEL: Trial and error. 401 00:24:44,643 --> 00:24:48,276 Well, we can always try again. 402 00:24:53,443 --> 00:24:56,243 JODY: The Yukon is just a constant, steady, 403 00:24:56,376 --> 00:24:59,410 powerful being in our lives. 404 00:24:59,643 --> 00:25:02,743 We don't have roads out here, so the Yukon really is kind of 405 00:25:02,877 --> 00:25:06,877 our super highway and center to our culture. 406 00:25:15,276 --> 00:25:16,443 So pretty out. 407 00:25:16,576 --> 00:25:19,843 Hope these clear skies don't mean another drop to 60 below. 408 00:25:19,977 --> 00:25:21,910 JAMEY: Yeah, hopefully we got something in here. 409 00:25:22,043 --> 00:25:26,443 Soaked up a lot of that, uh, overflow. 410 00:25:27,376 --> 00:25:32,243 JODY: I pray this one will provide us with something. 411 00:25:32,376 --> 00:25:34,043 JAMEY: Keep your fingers crossed, eh? 412 00:25:34,176 --> 00:25:36,643 JODY: Not being able to fish this summer has really put a 413 00:25:36,777 --> 00:25:39,109 huge change in our diet. 414 00:25:39,243 --> 00:25:42,010 Chop, chop, chop. 415 00:25:48,209 --> 00:25:50,610 I see water. 416 00:25:57,710 --> 00:26:01,276 JAMEY: Uh-oh. JODY: Is that from the line? 417 00:26:01,510 --> 00:26:04,943 JAMEY: Hope I didn't hit it. 418 00:26:05,076 --> 00:26:07,043 Nah, it's right there. Stuck against the wall. 419 00:26:07,176 --> 00:26:08,810 JODY: Oh, babe, your hands must be icy. 420 00:26:08,943 --> 00:26:10,543 JAMEY: I can't get it. JODY: Do you want me to do it? 421 00:26:10,676 --> 00:26:12,276 JAMEY: Hold on. 422 00:26:12,410 --> 00:26:14,343 It's right there, I just can't get a grip on it. 423 00:26:14,476 --> 00:26:15,710 JODY: Here. 424 00:26:15,843 --> 00:26:18,977 JAMEY: You feel it against the wall right there. 425 00:26:19,309 --> 00:26:21,443 JODY: Here, let me try, how far? 426 00:26:21,576 --> 00:26:22,943 JAMEY: It's up right against the ice. 427 00:26:23,076 --> 00:26:26,710 It's kinda iced in against the edge. 428 00:26:27,476 --> 00:26:28,676 You feel it right there? 429 00:26:28,810 --> 00:26:32,676 JODY: Uh-hmm. Uh-hmm. I got it. 430 00:26:33,977 --> 00:26:37,676 JAMEY: Yeah. Nothing. 431 00:26:40,410 --> 00:26:43,510 JODY: Nothing today, but maybe we'll get something tomorrow. 432 00:26:44,576 --> 00:26:48,643 We just have to, kind of, wait things out and being impatient 433 00:26:48,777 --> 00:26:51,410 and getting frustrated will only make things worse. 434 00:26:51,543 --> 00:26:55,843 JAMEY: I think I'll get some more water for drinking. 435 00:26:58,076 --> 00:27:00,877 JODY: This Yukon River provides our people with 436 00:27:01,010 --> 00:27:04,510 so much throughout the year. 437 00:27:04,843 --> 00:27:08,777 Just always so thankful for this river. 438 00:27:09,010 --> 00:27:12,576 Through that inner connection of our surroundings, 439 00:27:12,710 --> 00:27:17,576 our presence, is striking that balance is really important. 440 00:27:18,209 --> 00:27:21,376 And through it all, remaining humble. 441 00:27:21,643 --> 00:27:24,777 JAMEY: Okay, burbot's set. 442 00:27:24,910 --> 00:27:26,143 Going down. 443 00:27:26,276 --> 00:27:29,343 And then, for the pike. 444 00:27:33,243 --> 00:27:35,643 JODY: We'll just keep coming back every day and hope 445 00:27:35,777 --> 00:27:37,743 we get some fish. 446 00:27:37,877 --> 00:27:41,209 JAMEY: Another day out here on the Yukon. 447 00:27:45,043 --> 00:27:47,043 MARVIN: In the village of Akhiok, 448 00:27:47,176 --> 00:27:48,843 community is important. 449 00:27:48,977 --> 00:27:52,943 I hope the kids growing up have community input. 450 00:27:58,977 --> 00:28:01,510 MARVIN: Yeah, it really snowed last night. 451 00:28:01,643 --> 00:28:04,176 Very heavy. 452 00:28:04,309 --> 00:28:05,410 Let me see what these are, 453 00:28:05,543 --> 00:28:06,843 you see I found these in there too, 454 00:28:06,977 --> 00:28:09,476 they're a part of it. 455 00:28:10,376 --> 00:28:11,743 GLYNDARIL: You got the instructions to put 456 00:28:11,877 --> 00:28:12,877 this together, right? 457 00:28:13,010 --> 00:28:14,176 MARVIN: No. 458 00:28:14,309 --> 00:28:15,610 GLYNDARIL: Ah. 459 00:28:15,743 --> 00:28:17,877 MARVIN: Um, it, oh, it looks like it's self-explanatory. 460 00:28:18,010 --> 00:28:19,309 GLYNDARIL: Eh, we're just gonna wing it. 461 00:28:19,443 --> 00:28:20,810 You know how we do it. 462 00:28:20,943 --> 00:28:24,410 MARVIN: That's it. GLYNDARIL: Akhiok style. 463 00:28:24,910 --> 00:28:28,109 The basic idea for us right now is to get this greenhouse up 464 00:28:28,243 --> 00:28:30,843 and built, because the winter and fall is truly the time that 465 00:28:30,977 --> 00:28:34,676 you wanna make sure your stuff will stay grounded. 466 00:28:35,276 --> 00:28:36,877 MARVIN: Oh, yeah. 467 00:28:37,010 --> 00:28:39,176 GLYNDARIL: Because I've seen sheds blow over. 468 00:28:39,309 --> 00:28:41,010 Mine did. 469 00:28:41,143 --> 00:28:42,476 MARVIN: You good? 470 00:28:42,610 --> 00:28:44,576 GLYNDARIL: We're gonna get it, we'll figure it out. 471 00:28:44,710 --> 00:28:47,710 One thing we are is ingenuitive out here, we figure stuff out. 472 00:28:48,209 --> 00:28:51,076 MARVIN: Really nice to have Glyn here with me. 473 00:28:51,209 --> 00:28:53,343 Trying to get the community involved and putting this 474 00:28:53,476 --> 00:28:57,877 greenhouse up is a very big help for our community. 475 00:29:02,777 --> 00:29:04,010 There it is, Glyn. 476 00:29:04,143 --> 00:29:05,143 This is it buddy. 477 00:29:05,276 --> 00:29:06,376 We're all together. 478 00:29:06,510 --> 00:29:09,010 GLYNDARIL: Right. 479 00:29:09,476 --> 00:29:13,743 This weather here, it'll test you. 480 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:17,143 It'll make you learn. 481 00:29:19,810 --> 00:29:20,877 MARVIN: Okay. 482 00:29:21,010 --> 00:29:22,476 You got, um, slack here you can pull it. 483 00:29:22,610 --> 00:29:23,576 There you go. 484 00:29:23,710 --> 00:29:25,643 GLYNDARIL: There we go. MARVIN: Okay. 485 00:29:25,777 --> 00:29:28,243 GLYNDARIL: We're covered. 486 00:29:35,343 --> 00:29:38,343 MARVIN: Gosh dammit. 487 00:29:40,576 --> 00:29:42,576 GLYNDARIL: That wind is what just what's. 488 00:29:42,710 --> 00:29:43,977 MARVIN: It's not structurally sound. 489 00:29:44,109 --> 00:29:46,410 I got nothing holding these down. 490 00:29:48,243 --> 00:29:50,910 Oh, boy. Oh, boy. 491 00:29:51,309 --> 00:29:52,443 Okay, push it down. 492 00:29:52,576 --> 00:29:53,877 Pull, Glyn. 493 00:29:54,010 --> 00:29:55,643 (groans). 494 00:29:55,777 --> 00:29:58,143 This is gonna blow away and there's gonna be nothing. 495 00:30:02,376 --> 00:30:03,376 dow. 496 00:30:03,510 --> 00:30:04,643 That's just bottom line. 497 00:30:04,777 --> 00:30:07,010 I cannot sit here and just watch it blowing in the wind. 498 00:30:07,143 --> 00:30:08,543 GLYNDARIL: I honestly think it'll take us longer to take it 499 00:30:08,676 --> 00:30:12,076 down then it would just to make a little slice here, 500 00:30:12,209 --> 00:30:14,309 tighten this, pull this over, cause we're there. 501 00:30:14,443 --> 00:30:16,576 MARVIN: I know, but I can't leave it up I'm saying. 502 00:30:16,710 --> 00:30:18,910 It's just up in the wind, it's got nothing holding it down. 503 00:30:19,043 --> 00:30:20,443 GLYNDARIL: The, the reason this isn't holding down is 504 00:30:20,576 --> 00:30:21,710 because this is so flexible. 505 00:30:21,843 --> 00:30:23,843 If I grab a rock from down here and put it under there. 506 00:30:23,977 --> 00:30:24,877 MARVIN: Let's do it. 507 00:30:25,010 --> 00:30:26,843 GLYNDARIL: It won't bend. 508 00:30:28,209 --> 00:30:32,810 (grunting) 509 00:30:35,777 --> 00:30:37,843 There you go. That's all you need. 510 00:30:37,977 --> 00:30:40,010 Every now and then, he may get a little unglued, 511 00:30:40,143 --> 00:30:41,877 and if too many mistakes happen, 512 00:30:42,010 --> 00:30:45,576 it'll get to him and it could just make him want to 513 00:30:45,710 --> 00:30:47,209 basically shut down. 514 00:30:47,343 --> 00:30:50,109 But I will not let that happen because we need to 515 00:30:50,243 --> 00:30:51,943 get this built. 516 00:30:52,076 --> 00:30:53,643 MARVIN: Okay, let's just keep going. 517 00:30:53,777 --> 00:30:54,943 We'll leave it up for tonight. 518 00:30:55,076 --> 00:30:56,777 GLYNDARIL: If you let your frustration get to you, 519 00:30:56,910 --> 00:30:59,010 then you're gonna hinder yourself with whatever job done 520 00:30:59,143 --> 00:31:01,010 you're trying to get done. 521 00:31:01,143 --> 00:31:03,209 You got it. 522 00:31:03,543 --> 00:31:06,443 MARVIN: Wee! I think we got her. 523 00:31:07,676 --> 00:31:10,109 Looks pretty tight on the top. 524 00:31:10,243 --> 00:31:14,043 Looks a lot better than, it's just trial and error. 525 00:31:14,943 --> 00:31:18,676 I'm still learning from Glyn and he is one hell of a man. 526 00:31:18,810 --> 00:31:21,343 We had a little bit of trial and error putting together, 527 00:31:21,476 --> 00:31:26,176 but we came out with a pretty good looking project. 528 00:31:26,510 --> 00:31:28,643 GLYNDARIL: Cold or not, gotta finish. 529 00:31:28,777 --> 00:31:32,010 That's the Akhiok way. 530 00:31:34,877 --> 00:31:37,977 JOEL: Pedro Bay is beautiful, yet harsh. 531 00:31:38,343 --> 00:31:40,309 And that is what I like about it. 532 00:31:40,443 --> 00:31:43,343 The combination of those two things. 533 00:31:56,309 --> 00:31:59,243 ♪ ♪ 534 00:31:59,376 --> 00:32:02,943 JOEL: I don't see anything around here. 535 00:32:03,076 --> 00:32:04,543 The moose aren't really moving around right now 536 00:32:04,676 --> 00:32:05,676 'cause it's so warm, 537 00:32:05,810 --> 00:32:08,777 probably just hanging out, eating bushes. 538 00:32:09,076 --> 00:32:11,243 Climate change is obviously affecting this winter. 539 00:32:11,376 --> 00:32:13,376 Definitely the worst conditions you could ask for. 540 00:32:13,510 --> 00:32:15,276 Especially for moose hunting. 541 00:32:15,410 --> 00:32:17,143 I think, I'll switch gears here and maybe go cut some trees 542 00:32:17,276 --> 00:32:20,643 down for, uh, for lumber. 543 00:32:20,777 --> 00:32:23,176 Make use of today. 544 00:32:26,843 --> 00:32:29,643 The thing that makes me thrive out here would be, 545 00:32:29,777 --> 00:32:32,643 being able to adapt to everything and just rolling 546 00:32:32,777 --> 00:32:34,676 with the punches. 547 00:32:34,810 --> 00:32:36,176 Well if I'm not gonna fill the freezer, 548 00:32:36,309 --> 00:32:39,309 might as well fill the wood shed. 549 00:32:44,576 --> 00:32:48,710 I got a couple, uh, good standing dead trees back here. 550 00:32:49,309 --> 00:32:51,977 I'm gonna try to get this in a couple of sections. 551 00:32:52,109 --> 00:32:53,977 Like eight foot sections. 552 00:32:54,109 --> 00:32:56,843 Probably make, uh, two by fours, 553 00:32:56,977 --> 00:33:00,910 and interior siding with it. 554 00:33:23,610 --> 00:33:25,743 Tree was a little rotten on the bottom, 555 00:33:25,877 --> 00:33:27,010 so I cut a couple feet off. 556 00:33:27,143 --> 00:33:29,777 It looks like it's all good now. 557 00:33:29,910 --> 00:33:31,943 Gonna limb it, see if I can get it in the trailer and 558 00:33:32,076 --> 00:33:34,410 tie it down. 559 00:33:37,143 --> 00:33:39,043 Being out here's always an adventure. 560 00:33:39,176 --> 00:33:43,543 It's a lot of work, but it's definitely worth it. 561 00:33:43,676 --> 00:33:47,777 It's so freeing and sometimes you gotta adapt and overcome. 562 00:33:53,810 --> 00:33:56,810 Move this suckah! 563 00:33:58,376 --> 00:34:01,143 Heavy motha! 564 00:34:01,576 --> 00:34:03,977 Might only be like six two by fours, but I mean, 565 00:34:04,109 --> 00:34:07,376 to fly out lumber is super expensive out here. 566 00:34:07,510 --> 00:34:10,010 If you can even get it out here. 567 00:34:10,243 --> 00:34:12,209 Looks good, it smells good. 568 00:34:12,343 --> 00:34:14,676 It's pretty, like my dog. 569 00:34:15,376 --> 00:34:17,143 Ah. 570 00:34:17,410 --> 00:34:20,610 Let's go see if we can tow this thing home. 571 00:34:28,143 --> 00:34:29,543 TIG: We're just stewards of the land, 572 00:34:29,676 --> 00:34:31,276 we're just like shepherds out here. 573 00:34:31,410 --> 00:34:32,810 We take care of this land good, 574 00:34:32,943 --> 00:34:36,010 it's gonna take care of us good back. 575 00:34:40,977 --> 00:34:45,910 High hopes! Woo! 576 00:34:47,610 --> 00:34:48,910 It's been a few days. 577 00:34:49,043 --> 00:34:51,176 We're gonna go back through and hopefully have some luck. 578 00:34:51,309 --> 00:34:53,910 Maybe, I dunno, I hope so. 579 00:34:54,043 --> 00:34:55,376 Hah! 580 00:34:55,510 --> 00:34:56,743 EVAN: What the? 581 00:34:56,877 --> 00:35:00,443 TIG: I'll be darned boys. We got us a smart one. 582 00:35:00,810 --> 00:35:03,843 Look at that, he put a piece of food in our snare. 583 00:35:06,276 --> 00:35:08,476 Thank you for sharing your baabe. 584 00:35:08,610 --> 00:35:11,476 But I kinda wanted you and not your food. 585 00:35:12,510 --> 00:35:15,043 Maybe he thought we was hungry. 586 00:35:15,176 --> 00:35:17,343 I'm trying to teach my kids is it's hard work. 587 00:35:17,476 --> 00:35:19,476 You gotta keep trying, keep trying, 588 00:35:19,610 --> 00:35:21,309 they're not gonna give up. 589 00:35:21,443 --> 00:35:25,510 Down goes the bait, down goes the bait. 590 00:35:26,143 --> 00:35:28,977 All right, we just gotta keep working, keep trying, 591 00:35:29,109 --> 00:35:31,410 there's other stuff I can show you guys. 592 00:35:31,543 --> 00:35:34,010 Let's go learn something new. 593 00:35:34,143 --> 00:35:36,076 Learn something different. 594 00:35:37,676 --> 00:35:39,810 TERRANCE: I'm learning a lot of skills from my dad. 595 00:35:39,943 --> 00:35:43,676 He's teaching me how to be a man right now. 596 00:35:43,810 --> 00:35:45,710 TIG: So the elders told me, you know, 597 00:35:45,843 --> 00:35:47,410 "you're not having no luck on the beaver house, 598 00:35:47,543 --> 00:35:50,043 go take a look at a bear den." 599 00:35:50,176 --> 00:35:52,410 Good, good eatings, best meat in the world, 600 00:35:52,543 --> 00:35:56,010 absolutely love bear meat. 601 00:35:56,710 --> 00:35:59,343 All right boys, get up, come on. 602 00:36:03,209 --> 00:36:05,910 Pretty sure it's been awhile since we looked at this one but 603 00:36:06,043 --> 00:36:09,209 I'm pretty sure the hole was on the backside back here. 604 00:36:09,343 --> 00:36:11,343 We don't even have a rifle with us but, 605 00:36:11,476 --> 00:36:14,109 we don't need a rifle to check a den, you know. 606 00:36:14,243 --> 00:36:17,243 If there so happens to be one in there, 607 00:36:17,376 --> 00:36:20,043 there's a way we can block it off and we can go home and come 608 00:36:20,176 --> 00:36:22,810 back tomorrow with some more guys, some more help. 609 00:36:22,943 --> 00:36:26,109 Get a good bear party together. 610 00:36:26,877 --> 00:36:28,143 EVAN: Dad? TIG: Huh? 611 00:36:28,276 --> 00:36:31,243 EVAN: Why do you think the elders says check a bear den if 612 00:36:31,376 --> 00:36:32,610 you're not having luck? 613 00:36:32,743 --> 00:36:34,743 TIG: 'Cause you're not having luck with that thing and so you 614 00:36:34,877 --> 00:36:38,010 go out, you change it up and, you make the beaver think 615 00:36:38,143 --> 00:36:40,610 you're going some other place I guess. 616 00:36:40,743 --> 00:36:43,510 Sometimes you're taught stuff and you just 617 00:36:43,643 --> 00:36:46,376 don't ask questions. 618 00:36:48,977 --> 00:36:51,209 Elders are everything to us out here. 619 00:36:51,343 --> 00:36:53,309 You know, that's our book into the history. 620 00:36:53,443 --> 00:36:56,743 Everything we know is passed down through the elders. 621 00:36:57,109 --> 00:36:58,309 Woo! 622 00:36:58,443 --> 00:37:01,276 I think I found it. 623 00:37:01,543 --> 00:37:04,343 We'll take a look, check it, put this stick in there, 624 00:37:04,476 --> 00:37:06,243 when I put that stick in there what I'm gonna do 625 00:37:06,376 --> 00:37:09,543 is look for movement. 626 00:37:09,676 --> 00:37:11,109 If there's a bear in there, you know, 627 00:37:11,243 --> 00:37:12,977 he's gonna start moving around. 628 00:37:13,109 --> 00:37:15,510 I'm gonna start noticing this stick move and you're gonna 629 00:37:15,643 --> 00:37:19,043 start seeing it wobble and then you get excited. 630 00:37:19,176 --> 00:37:20,443 Ooh-wee! 631 00:37:20,576 --> 00:37:22,376 99% of the time they're not gonna turn 632 00:37:22,510 --> 00:37:23,510 around and attack you, 633 00:37:23,643 --> 00:37:25,910 they're gonna shoot out, they wanna run away. 634 00:37:26,043 --> 00:37:28,443 Have this axe ready, right here Terrance. 635 00:37:37,576 --> 00:37:41,176 ♪ ♪ 636 00:37:48,109 --> 00:37:51,076 TIG: Watch that stick. 637 00:37:56,643 --> 00:38:00,710 Nothing, no movement. Nobody home this time. 638 00:38:01,710 --> 00:38:04,410 But we're doing exactly what the elders say, you know? 639 00:38:04,543 --> 00:38:07,476 They tell us to come out and try to change it up, 640 00:38:07,610 --> 00:38:09,977 do something different, check a den. 641 00:38:10,109 --> 00:38:12,710 That's what we just did. 642 00:38:12,843 --> 00:38:16,410 Every day you guys are looking more and more like men! 643 00:38:17,343 --> 00:38:23,143 That's just one thing I never, ever did hear from my dad was, 644 00:38:23,276 --> 00:38:26,676 how he was, uh... 645 00:38:27,743 --> 00:38:31,010 never-ever heard him say he's proud of me. 646 00:38:32,410 --> 00:38:37,443 And so, that's something I make sure my kids hear. 647 00:38:42,710 --> 00:38:44,910 Don't forget this tree, you guys, someday you guys 648 00:38:45,043 --> 00:38:48,109 are gonna come out and you guys will be checking these dens. 649 00:38:48,243 --> 00:38:50,376 You know, someday I'm gonna be too damn old to be 650 00:38:50,510 --> 00:38:52,576 coming out and doing this stuff. 651 00:38:52,710 --> 00:38:56,176 You guys gotta remember where these dens are at. 652 00:38:57,710 --> 00:39:00,710 You can check 'em your whole life. 653 00:39:06,877 --> 00:39:07,977 MARVIN: All right there, Glyn, 654 00:39:08,109 --> 00:39:09,510 you got your little memento there, 655 00:39:09,643 --> 00:39:10,643 we'll put that up there. 656 00:39:10,777 --> 00:39:12,276 GLYNDARIL: Yeah this came from the buck that we got. 657 00:39:12,410 --> 00:39:14,443 MARVIN: Take that string we'll just tie it to the high bolt 658 00:39:14,576 --> 00:39:16,043 right there and right there, 659 00:39:16,176 --> 00:39:17,810 and we'll string it right there and, 660 00:39:17,943 --> 00:39:20,276 there you go. 661 00:39:20,410 --> 00:39:22,143 It's a sign of good luck, Glyn. 662 00:39:22,276 --> 00:39:24,510 That's gonna be our mascot. 663 00:39:24,643 --> 00:39:26,209 It's all coming together, you can see it's all a 664 00:39:26,343 --> 00:39:28,977 sign of happiness. 665 00:39:29,510 --> 00:39:33,743 When you know how to tie knots, tie lots. 666 00:39:34,343 --> 00:39:36,610 GLYNDARIL: The only one I know how to tie, a bowline. 667 00:39:36,743 --> 00:39:40,010 MARVIN: Got our trophy here, Glyn, here you go. 668 00:39:44,376 --> 00:39:47,777 There you go Glyn, there's our trophy. 669 00:39:47,910 --> 00:39:50,877 There's the memento. 670 00:39:51,143 --> 00:39:54,276 Now, we've got potential to build, 671 00:39:54,410 --> 00:39:57,843 plant seeds there see what it comes with. 672 00:39:58,543 --> 00:39:59,810 GLYNDARIL: That's my first buck. 673 00:39:59,943 --> 00:40:01,109 MARVIN: Well, there you go. 674 00:40:01,243 --> 00:40:04,209 That's a sign of all subsisting right there. 675 00:40:04,343 --> 00:40:06,076 GLYNDARIL: It reminds me in a way of family because I'm gonna 676 00:40:06,209 --> 00:40:09,076 be taking my kids out to hunt the way you took me 677 00:40:09,209 --> 00:40:10,309 out to hunt. 678 00:40:10,443 --> 00:40:11,343 MARVIN: There you go buddy. 679 00:40:11,476 --> 00:40:12,910 GLYNDARIL: Continuing a family tradition. 680 00:40:13,043 --> 00:40:14,576 MARVIN: Now that we've got the structure, 681 00:40:14,710 --> 00:40:17,176 we could see what we can really do and this is very helpful now. 682 00:40:17,309 --> 00:40:19,443 GLYNDARIL: Just one little step to help the community go a 683 00:40:19,576 --> 00:40:20,743 whole lot further. 684 00:40:20,877 --> 00:40:24,576 MARVIN: It's starting with us and I'm happy. 685 00:40:24,910 --> 00:40:26,743 Very good job and very good day Glyn. 686 00:40:26,877 --> 00:40:30,143 Thank you, buddy. 687 00:40:33,743 --> 00:40:36,376 JOEL: No moose today. 688 00:40:36,676 --> 00:40:39,977 So I spent a long day at the office today, out in the woods. 689 00:40:40,109 --> 00:40:41,810 In the wilderness. 690 00:40:41,943 --> 00:40:45,676 And my payoff was a nice warm fire at the end of the day. 691 00:40:47,610 --> 00:40:51,010 Tracker's payoff is a little bit of lovin'. 692 00:40:51,276 --> 00:40:53,977 Well, I didn't get a moose but we got a load of, 693 00:40:54,109 --> 00:40:55,877 couple loads of firewood and, 694 00:40:56,010 --> 00:40:58,877 you know a couple logs I milled into lumber so that's, 695 00:40:59,010 --> 00:41:01,877 that's a pretty good day. 696 00:41:02,010 --> 00:41:04,510 Wasn't a complete loss, and had some fun too. 697 00:41:04,643 --> 00:41:08,243 Saw some wolf tracks though, and the wolf is probably 698 00:41:08,376 --> 00:41:10,643 looking for the moose, 699 00:41:10,777 --> 00:41:14,343 and I'm sure he'll find the moose before I do. 700 00:41:15,276 --> 00:41:17,043 Huh? 701 00:41:17,176 --> 00:41:20,476 Hopefully, he doesn't find you when I'm not around. 702 00:41:20,610 --> 00:41:22,843 But, awful weather for moose hunting, 703 00:41:22,977 --> 00:41:24,777 pretty much the worst weather you could ask for 704 00:41:24,910 --> 00:41:26,877 in winter time. 705 00:41:27,010 --> 00:41:29,943 Got to keep on keepin' on, huh, Tracker? 706 00:41:30,309 --> 00:41:34,343 Might not have moose meat but we still got fire. 707 00:41:34,643 --> 00:41:39,043 Got my dog and my cabin and my wood stove going, 708 00:41:39,309 --> 00:41:42,010 everything a man could want. 709 00:41:46,777 --> 00:41:49,109 JODY: Just nice to be home, we're gonna have some tea with 710 00:41:49,243 --> 00:41:53,743 some water from the Yukon and chaga that we gathered from, 711 00:41:53,877 --> 00:41:56,843 um, the trees around here. 712 00:41:57,376 --> 00:41:59,877 Even though we didn't catch anything we will eventually 713 00:42:00,010 --> 00:42:02,109 'cause the river provides for us. 714 00:42:02,243 --> 00:42:05,576 Sometimes it's not just about pulling fish out of the river. 715 00:42:05,710 --> 00:42:08,376 Sometimes it's just about being there and taking in 716 00:42:08,510 --> 00:42:10,010 what the land is offering you. 717 00:42:10,143 --> 00:42:13,443 Whether it's just that peace you find in your soul, 718 00:42:13,576 --> 00:42:15,243 or getting water from the river, 719 00:42:15,376 --> 00:42:18,376 or the sun setting in the distance. 720 00:42:18,510 --> 00:42:21,109 I mean honestly it sounds cheesy but it's what 721 00:42:21,243 --> 00:42:23,476 nourishes my soul. 722 00:42:23,610 --> 00:42:25,543 As native people, our connection with the 723 00:42:25,676 --> 00:42:29,043 land is everything. 724 00:42:33,276 --> 00:42:35,810 Hot, hot, hot, hot. 725 00:42:38,043 --> 00:42:41,076 My favorite time of day, coming home after being out 726 00:42:41,209 --> 00:42:42,943 in the cold all day. 727 00:42:43,076 --> 00:42:45,376 God, that temperature really dropped pretty quick today 728 00:42:45,510 --> 00:42:47,910 after the clouds left. 729 00:42:48,043 --> 00:42:50,309 JAMEY: Well, I was looking forward to some fried fish, 730 00:42:50,443 --> 00:42:52,343 but maybe tomorrow. 731 00:42:52,476 --> 00:42:53,743 JODY: Maybe. 732 00:42:53,877 --> 00:42:56,343 Just because we haven't been lucky the last few days 733 00:42:56,476 --> 00:42:58,710 ice fishing doesn't mean we won't be in the next 734 00:42:58,843 --> 00:43:00,810 few days or in a week. 735 00:43:00,943 --> 00:43:04,043 Our people were taught to never give up. 736 00:43:04,443 --> 00:43:06,410 We have to persevere. 737 00:43:06,543 --> 00:43:09,343 If we give up, we may not be there to get something 738 00:43:09,476 --> 00:43:12,076 on the third, or fourth, or the seventh day. 739 00:43:12,209 --> 00:43:14,710 Perseverance is really important in our culture, 740 00:43:14,843 --> 00:43:17,977 we keep doing the hard work. 741 00:43:18,109 --> 00:43:22,243 It's healthy for us to be out, getting this fresh air, 742 00:43:23,376 --> 00:43:25,576 gathering water. 743 00:43:26,476 --> 00:43:30,176 It's just a beautiful life and I'm extremely thankful. 744 00:43:36,576 --> 00:43:39,176 DANIEL: Pretty much last chance of seeing a walrus. 745 00:44:15,076 --> 00:44:16,443 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.