1 00:00:04,610 --> 00:00:06,309 and may contain mature subject matter. 2 00:00:06,309 --> 00:00:14,109 Viewer discretion is advised. 3 00:00:14,243 --> 00:00:18,743 (wind) and may contain mature subject matter. 4 00:00:22,543 --> 00:00:28,443 (grunting) 5 00:00:33,743 --> 00:00:35,043 (grunting) 6 00:00:42,943 --> 00:00:46,010 (grunting) 7 00:00:46,143 --> 00:00:48,376 ALA: Ah, okay. 8 00:00:49,410 --> 00:00:52,476 (grunting) 9 00:00:53,777 --> 00:00:54,843 DANIEL: Yeah. 10 00:00:54,977 --> 00:00:56,777 Woo, that was a battle. 11 00:01:02,343 --> 00:01:06,176 DANIEL: Whatever we run into, whatever opportunity comes up 12 00:01:06,309 --> 00:01:07,543 we'll, we'll take. 13 00:01:10,176 --> 00:01:11,243 DANIEL: Ah... 14 00:01:14,443 --> 00:01:17,343 Taking Chris and Ala with me today, 15 00:01:17,476 --> 00:01:19,743 so hopefully we'll get something out there. 16 00:01:34,176 --> 00:01:36,143 (singing in native language). 17 00:01:44,910 --> 00:01:47,810 (singing in native language). 18 00:01:56,276 --> 00:01:57,676 DANIEL: All our freezers are empty. 19 00:02:15,376 --> 00:02:18,076 DANIEL: We can't come home empty handed. 20 00:02:30,543 --> 00:02:32,810 ALA: There's more water right on the other side of this ice. 21 00:02:32,943 --> 00:02:34,943 Looks like it's opening up so... 22 00:02:38,910 --> 00:02:40,543 ALA: Window of opportunity. 23 00:02:44,810 --> 00:02:46,743 ALA: Yeah. DANIEL: Ayveq! Walrus! 24 00:02:50,777 --> 00:02:52,343 DANIEL: They're there, eh? ALA: Yeah. 25 00:02:56,010 --> 00:02:57,410 DANIEL: That ice is opening up right there. 26 00:02:57,543 --> 00:02:58,843 It's moving! 27 00:03:09,977 --> 00:03:12,176 CHRIS: It's open! 28 00:03:12,510 --> 00:03:14,410 DANIEL: We got to watch that real, real close. 29 00:03:33,543 --> 00:03:35,576 TIG: Gotta plan ahead, think about tomorrow, 30 00:03:35,710 --> 00:03:37,410 think about next year, think about next month, 31 00:03:37,543 --> 00:03:40,043 think about what you're gonna do. 32 00:03:40,176 --> 00:03:44,010 Can't just be out here living life day to day. 33 00:03:48,943 --> 00:03:51,176 TIG: I'll show you guys how to drop these trees. 34 00:03:51,309 --> 00:03:52,209 TERRANCE: Okay. 35 00:03:52,343 --> 00:03:55,476 TIG: This is where our hand is gonna be. 36 00:03:55,610 --> 00:03:58,376 All right? And then you bend your knee, 37 00:03:58,510 --> 00:04:00,877 and you rest this arm on this one. 38 00:04:01,010 --> 00:04:04,643 See that chainsaw's gonna go flat. 39 00:04:04,777 --> 00:04:06,543 And we'll come through and do the back cut. All right? 40 00:04:06,676 --> 00:04:09,076 TERRANCE: Okay. 41 00:04:11,543 --> 00:04:13,010 TIG: Evan! You'll be spotter first. 42 00:04:13,143 --> 00:04:14,977 Terrance, you're gonna cut first. 43 00:04:15,109 --> 00:04:16,043 TERRANCE: Okay. 44 00:04:16,176 --> 00:04:18,610 TIG: And I'm gonna be right there with you. 45 00:04:18,743 --> 00:04:19,877 This wood yard, 46 00:04:20,010 --> 00:04:21,476 it was given to me by my Uncle Charlie. 47 00:04:21,610 --> 00:04:23,543 You know, a family needs a wood yard out here. 48 00:04:23,676 --> 00:04:24,710 Without a wood yard, 49 00:04:24,843 --> 00:04:27,510 you got no way to get any wood so this wood lot, 50 00:04:27,643 --> 00:04:29,543 it's been in our family for a while now. 51 00:04:29,676 --> 00:04:31,743 You know, that's how things go on. 52 00:04:31,877 --> 00:04:32,777 Come here, Terry. 53 00:04:32,910 --> 00:04:34,043 TERRANCE: Okay. 54 00:04:34,176 --> 00:04:36,710 TIG: They get passed down from generation to generation. 55 00:04:36,843 --> 00:04:39,910 Okay, go ahead. 56 00:04:41,943 --> 00:04:44,910 Terrance, he's very strong, he's very smart. 57 00:04:45,043 --> 00:04:46,010 When I show him stuff, 58 00:04:46,143 --> 00:04:48,810 I don't have to go over it, over it, over it. 59 00:04:50,443 --> 00:04:52,977 That's good! 60 00:04:53,109 --> 00:04:55,109 He's able to pick up on stuff a lot faster than I was able to 61 00:04:55,243 --> 00:04:57,309 when I was his age. 62 00:04:57,443 --> 00:05:00,710 You're good, keep going. 63 00:05:06,076 --> 00:05:09,243 TIG: Okay! Hey! 64 00:05:09,576 --> 00:05:10,843 Holy. 65 00:05:10,977 --> 00:05:12,143 TERRANCE: It felt nice. 66 00:05:12,276 --> 00:05:13,610 TIG: All right, let's check it out. 67 00:05:13,743 --> 00:05:15,743 All right, look at that, boy, that's perfect. 68 00:05:15,877 --> 00:05:18,209 That is absolutely perfect. 69 00:05:18,343 --> 00:05:20,843 See, that is an absolute perfect pie cut. 70 00:05:21,676 --> 00:05:24,777 Now, for our second back cut we're gonna come in about a 71 00:05:24,910 --> 00:05:28,143 half inch to an inch higher, flat, straight. 72 00:05:28,276 --> 00:05:31,843 EVAN: A pie cut is like a, like, cutting a pie. 73 00:05:31,977 --> 00:05:35,010 You go in the back and, like, use a chainsaw, 74 00:05:35,143 --> 00:05:37,743 and it falls by itself. 75 00:05:42,109 --> 00:05:43,576 TIG: Drop it like it's hot. 76 00:05:43,710 --> 00:05:45,943 Huh? 77 00:05:46,076 --> 00:05:48,076 Right now we're just trying to build them up and get their 78 00:05:48,209 --> 00:05:49,943 confidence out there in the woods. 79 00:05:50,076 --> 00:05:51,810 Get them confident around the chainsaw. 80 00:05:51,943 --> 00:05:53,910 Stuff that these boys are gonna have to learn and 81 00:05:54,043 --> 00:05:56,309 do all their life. 82 00:05:56,576 --> 00:05:59,376 Every day I see a little improvement in their strength, 83 00:05:59,510 --> 00:06:01,743 in their conditioning. 84 00:06:01,877 --> 00:06:04,076 Their mind and soul, they're getting stronger. 85 00:06:04,209 --> 00:06:05,810 They're better everyday. 86 00:06:05,943 --> 00:06:07,910 I'm very proud of them. 87 00:06:08,143 --> 00:06:09,543 EVAN: Falling! TIG: Falling! 88 00:06:09,676 --> 00:06:13,743 Woo! Yeah, high five! 89 00:06:14,243 --> 00:06:15,209 TERRANCE: Woo! 90 00:06:15,343 --> 00:06:18,143 TIG: Woo! Yeah, look at that! 91 00:06:18,276 --> 00:06:19,743 TERRANCE: Woo, woo, woo! 92 00:06:19,877 --> 00:06:23,510 TIG: Woo! TERRANCE: Woo! Woo! EVAN: That's nice! 93 00:06:24,343 --> 00:06:26,510 TIG: That's an absolute perfect cut you did. 94 00:06:26,643 --> 00:06:28,676 Proud of you, good job, boy. 95 00:06:28,810 --> 00:06:30,109 Good job hollering. 96 00:06:30,243 --> 00:06:31,343 That was fun, man. 97 00:06:31,476 --> 00:06:33,476 This is, woo, man I've been doing this out here in the 98 00:06:33,610 --> 00:06:35,810 woods all by myself for how many years? 99 00:06:35,943 --> 00:06:37,043 Boring, you know? 100 00:06:37,176 --> 00:06:39,176 This is fun with you guys out here. 101 00:06:39,309 --> 00:06:40,977 I've been missing out man. 102 00:06:41,109 --> 00:06:43,376 All right boys, let's get these limbs off this tree and 103 00:06:43,510 --> 00:06:44,443 get it limbed up. 104 00:06:44,576 --> 00:06:47,710 Three of us together shouldn't take very long. 105 00:06:51,343 --> 00:06:53,910 JUSTIN: We are Aleut here in the village. 106 00:06:54,043 --> 00:06:56,510 We have a lot of good history and culture. 107 00:06:56,643 --> 00:06:59,109 It's great being Alaskan native. 108 00:07:01,943 --> 00:07:03,977 MARVIN: Getting the bait. 109 00:07:04,443 --> 00:07:09,643 Can't beat that fresh salmon this time of the year. 110 00:07:09,777 --> 00:07:11,843 Justin and I, we're gonna go out. 111 00:07:11,977 --> 00:07:14,010 And do a little bit of trolling. 112 00:07:14,143 --> 00:07:15,209 Are you ready? 113 00:07:15,343 --> 00:07:17,843 JUSTIN: Yeah. MARVIN: All right, buddy. 114 00:07:18,276 --> 00:07:21,376 What we are fishing for is king, and they are year round. 115 00:07:21,510 --> 00:07:22,943 Figure we'll go out there and give it a shot, 116 00:07:23,076 --> 00:07:24,076 because last year, 117 00:07:24,209 --> 00:07:25,543 I think it was about this time of the year, 118 00:07:25,676 --> 00:07:26,676 he caught one. 119 00:07:26,810 --> 00:07:29,543 So we wanted to go and try his honey hole out again. 120 00:07:30,376 --> 00:07:31,510 JUSTIN: Nice over there. 121 00:07:31,643 --> 00:07:33,143 Nice looking weather. 122 00:07:33,276 --> 00:07:35,643 MARVIN: Yeah, nice out here, huh? 123 00:07:38,043 --> 00:07:39,643 MARVIN: There's the honey hole here, huh? 124 00:07:39,777 --> 00:07:42,010 All right. 125 00:07:43,243 --> 00:07:45,343 All right, here we are. 126 00:07:45,476 --> 00:07:48,877 JUSTIN: Trolling is when you just tow a hook behind your skiff. 127 00:07:49,309 --> 00:07:50,777 MARVIN: Here's the bait. 128 00:07:50,910 --> 00:07:53,710 That's just what the kings love. 129 00:07:55,543 --> 00:07:57,076 JUSTIN: Okay, ready to start fishing? 130 00:07:57,209 --> 00:07:59,676 MARVIN: Okay. JUSTIN: We're all set. 131 00:07:59,810 --> 00:08:01,943 MARVIN: We'll let it sit and now we just. 132 00:08:02,076 --> 00:08:04,510 JUSTIN: Now you just watch and see if we can pick out 133 00:08:04,643 --> 00:08:07,777 some fish and see if they come up and bite. 134 00:08:07,910 --> 00:08:09,877 150 feet deep. 135 00:08:10,010 --> 00:08:11,910 So, we can go a lot deeper, but we're good right now. 136 00:08:15,710 --> 00:08:17,010 JUSTIN: Yeah, just right out here. 137 00:08:17,143 --> 00:08:18,643 It was right at the switch of tide, 138 00:08:18,777 --> 00:08:21,543 wind started picking up just like this. 139 00:08:26,109 --> 00:08:27,343 MARVIN: It takes time for trolling, 140 00:08:27,476 --> 00:08:29,443 you could be out there for two, three hours. 141 00:08:29,576 --> 00:08:31,309 You know, it's a matter of just sitting there and 142 00:08:31,443 --> 00:08:33,076 waiting for them to bite. 143 00:08:33,209 --> 00:08:34,777 Pretty nice to get out, like I say, 144 00:08:34,910 --> 00:08:37,209 those long nights are finally becoming shorter and 145 00:08:37,343 --> 00:08:39,309 the days are getting longer. 146 00:08:39,443 --> 00:08:41,910 And to get out in beautiful weather, 147 00:08:42,043 --> 00:08:43,410 see different things. 148 00:08:43,543 --> 00:08:45,977 Good to get out from cabin fever. 149 00:08:55,710 --> 00:08:56,843 JODY: You might hear me say like, 150 00:08:56,977 --> 00:08:58,510 yeah we live off the land, 151 00:08:58,643 --> 00:09:01,209 but really we live with it because so much of 152 00:09:01,343 --> 00:09:04,610 what we do is also caring for the land. 153 00:09:05,810 --> 00:09:08,643 The land sustains us, and we care for and respect 154 00:09:08,777 --> 00:09:11,276 the land and all that it carries. 155 00:09:13,777 --> 00:09:15,777 Whenever I'm out on the land no matter what I'm doing. 156 00:09:15,910 --> 00:09:18,076 You know, hunting, I could be running dogs. 157 00:09:18,209 --> 00:09:22,610 I'm always looking for tracks of any other animals. 158 00:09:22,877 --> 00:09:25,276 JODY: The rabbit tracks especially this time of year. 159 00:09:25,410 --> 00:09:28,676 I'm always looking for a good place to set snares. 160 00:09:28,810 --> 00:09:30,977 Right here's good. 161 00:09:32,010 --> 00:09:34,943 I see fresh rabbit tracks on this rabbit trail. 162 00:09:35,076 --> 00:09:36,443 It looks pretty well used, 163 00:09:36,576 --> 00:09:39,576 so this is a good spot to set some snares. 164 00:09:44,010 --> 00:09:47,309 Well, I'm gonna make a fire and actually make my snares 165 00:09:47,443 --> 00:09:48,510 near the fire. 166 00:09:48,643 --> 00:09:51,010 'Cause my hands will get really cold in 40 below, 167 00:09:51,143 --> 00:09:53,710 and that could be kind of dangerous. 168 00:09:53,843 --> 00:09:56,276 This might be enough. 169 00:09:56,410 --> 00:09:59,877 When you're out on the land in these really bitter cold temperatures, 170 00:10:00,010 --> 00:10:01,610 you just have to really play it safe and 171 00:10:01,743 --> 00:10:03,410 carry all your safety equipment. 172 00:10:03,543 --> 00:10:06,777 You know, I always have my matches and fire starter on me. 173 00:10:06,910 --> 00:10:09,010 Something I taught my kids. 174 00:10:13,476 --> 00:10:15,376 See, my hands are already getting a little cold, 175 00:10:15,510 --> 00:10:19,176 so it is really important to be able to know how to make 176 00:10:19,309 --> 00:10:22,109 a good quick fire out here. 177 00:10:24,643 --> 00:10:27,777 Doesn't even need to be very big. 178 00:10:29,376 --> 00:10:32,343 So you don't need a lot for rabbit snaring. 179 00:10:32,476 --> 00:10:36,410 I actually keep some wire in my pocket. 180 00:10:36,543 --> 00:10:40,543 I'm trying to make a loop with this wire that I'll be able to 181 00:10:40,676 --> 00:10:44,476 hang over a rabbit trail. 182 00:10:44,877 --> 00:10:46,676 It's gotta be about the size of your fist, 183 00:10:46,810 --> 00:10:49,276 which is about the size of a rabbit's head. 184 00:10:49,410 --> 00:10:50,743 It's gonna go through here, 185 00:10:50,877 --> 00:10:52,309 it's gonna pull the wire like that. 186 00:10:52,443 --> 00:10:55,777 That's how you catch the rabbit. 187 00:10:56,243 --> 00:11:02,309 Well, I warmed up my hands and my snares are ready. 188 00:11:02,443 --> 00:11:04,109 This is the fun part. 189 00:11:04,243 --> 00:11:08,076 In Alaska, you have to do things in 40 below 190 00:11:08,676 --> 00:11:10,676 without your gloves on. 191 00:11:11,209 --> 00:11:15,710 I'm gonna set this snare above the rabbit trail. 192 00:11:17,943 --> 00:11:22,643 So, the rabbit's gonna come hopping through here and then, 193 00:11:22,777 --> 00:11:25,510 so, yeah, I learned this from my mom. 194 00:11:25,643 --> 00:11:27,076 I taught my kids, 195 00:11:27,209 --> 00:11:30,576 and when my kids were little they had their little rabbit snare lines, 196 00:11:30,710 --> 00:11:34,343 and they'd come home just happy, 197 00:11:34,476 --> 00:11:37,143 carrying their rabbits. 198 00:11:37,276 --> 00:11:39,543 Hopefully a rabbit will come hopping through, 199 00:11:39,676 --> 00:11:42,410 and then we'll have dinner. 200 00:11:42,643 --> 00:11:45,343 I'm gonna just keep looking for really good rabbit trails to 201 00:11:45,476 --> 00:11:47,643 set more snares today. 202 00:11:53,743 --> 00:11:57,643 CHRIS: We have to hunt in order to eat to survive for 203 00:11:57,777 --> 00:12:00,276 the next day. 204 00:12:05,010 --> 00:12:08,076 All right. 205 00:12:10,309 --> 00:12:11,977 DANIEL: This water has game. 206 00:12:12,676 --> 00:12:16,410 We've seen a walrus in the crack of the water over there. 207 00:12:31,209 --> 00:12:35,676 (whistling). 208 00:12:36,076 --> 00:12:41,843 (singing in native language) 209 00:12:46,209 --> 00:12:47,610 CHRIS: Ay, over there! 210 00:13:21,410 --> 00:13:23,010 CHRIS: Yeah. 211 00:13:26,376 --> 00:13:29,710 DANIEL: So far we've only seen walrus in the water, 212 00:13:29,843 --> 00:13:32,877 nothing on the ice. 213 00:13:33,109 --> 00:13:36,176 The bull walrus are hard to chase. 214 00:13:36,309 --> 00:13:40,143 They stay under longer and they can go further. 215 00:13:55,076 --> 00:13:56,543 DANIEL: We see walrus! ALA: Ay! Ay! 216 00:14:12,443 --> 00:14:17,076 ♪ ♪ 217 00:14:23,309 --> 00:14:24,309 DANIEL: Yeah. 218 00:14:42,010 --> 00:14:44,510 DANIEL: Oh, right there, that ice right there got taken off. 219 00:14:54,309 --> 00:14:57,143 DANIEL: Son of a bitch! 220 00:14:58,877 --> 00:15:00,843 (Daniel groans) 221 00:15:01,109 --> 00:15:02,743 Current has shifted. 222 00:15:08,443 --> 00:15:10,343 DANIEL: Starting to close up a little bit right now, 223 00:15:10,476 --> 00:15:13,276 so we gotta go up to the launch. 224 00:15:13,410 --> 00:15:15,143 If the ice closes in on you out there, 225 00:15:15,276 --> 00:15:17,410 you'd be in a bad spot. 226 00:15:24,276 --> 00:15:26,676 DANIEL: One time we had 11 boats out there stuck 227 00:15:26,810 --> 00:15:28,476 'cause of the ice. 228 00:15:28,610 --> 00:15:30,676 Trying to keep warm, it's hard out there. 229 00:15:30,810 --> 00:15:34,510 You're covered in ice, maybe get frost bitten. 230 00:15:34,843 --> 00:15:36,643 It's dangerous out there. 231 00:15:36,777 --> 00:15:40,743 We just had to wait til next morning to come home. 232 00:15:40,977 --> 00:15:43,209 Made it through a little opening. 233 00:15:43,343 --> 00:15:44,777 We got lucky. 234 00:15:56,643 --> 00:16:00,576 JODY: Being out here on this land practicing my traditional way of life, 235 00:16:00,710 --> 00:16:04,376 is really where I find peace, and solitude, 236 00:16:04,510 --> 00:16:07,676 and joy in my heart that I can't really find anywhere else. 237 00:16:15,943 --> 00:16:19,977 ♪ ♪ 238 00:16:20,109 --> 00:16:24,043 JODY: Well I have let my snares set overnight. 239 00:16:24,176 --> 00:16:28,910 So I'm here to check them and see if I got anything. 240 00:16:33,309 --> 00:16:36,010 Well, nothing in this snare. 241 00:16:36,143 --> 00:16:40,109 No new tracks or anything, the snare is undisturbed. 242 00:16:40,243 --> 00:16:43,143 We'll just leave it, and check the rest of my snares, 243 00:16:43,276 --> 00:16:46,109 see if I have any luck. 244 00:16:47,843 --> 00:16:50,109 When I was a little girl, checking my rabbit snares I was 245 00:16:50,243 --> 00:16:53,343 always really excited, and I think I would run the majority 246 00:16:53,476 --> 00:16:56,243 of the way to my first snare. 247 00:16:56,376 --> 00:16:59,676 I still kind of feel that sense of excitement, um, 248 00:16:59,810 --> 00:17:03,710 going out to check my snares today even as an adult. 249 00:17:03,843 --> 00:17:05,843 Uh-oh. 250 00:17:09,710 --> 00:17:12,510 Snare is gone. 251 00:17:18,943 --> 00:17:21,543 The stick was secured there. 252 00:17:21,676 --> 00:17:25,943 So I caught something, now I gotta kinda track where 253 00:17:26,076 --> 00:17:28,010 it might've gone. 254 00:17:28,143 --> 00:17:30,576 'Cause those tracks are new right here, 255 00:17:30,710 --> 00:17:33,176 so it took my stick with the snare on it. 256 00:17:33,309 --> 00:17:36,676 Never had that really happen before. 257 00:17:36,910 --> 00:17:38,877 I see fresh tracks right here, 258 00:17:39,010 --> 00:17:41,076 and then that stick that I had the snare secured 259 00:17:41,209 --> 00:17:43,410 to here, here, here, 260 00:17:43,543 --> 00:17:46,209 and it's hopping around and making imprints in 261 00:17:46,343 --> 00:17:50,276 the snow like that. 262 00:17:53,143 --> 00:17:55,510 The rabbit tracks just go up here around this big tree, 263 00:17:55,643 --> 00:17:58,777 but I thought it might be close up here but I see its tracks 264 00:17:58,910 --> 00:18:01,209 continuing further back in the woods. 265 00:18:01,343 --> 00:18:03,443 So, I'm gonna put on my snowshoes. 266 00:18:03,576 --> 00:18:06,510 It's just too deep of snow to walk through. 267 00:18:08,343 --> 00:18:10,143 You know, you can't just leave it with, 268 00:18:10,276 --> 00:18:12,309 "Oh, he got away, bummer, walk away." 269 00:18:12,443 --> 00:18:15,510 Like you have to go after it. 270 00:18:16,376 --> 00:18:19,309 We have that responsibility to the animal, you know, 271 00:18:19,443 --> 00:18:22,810 we respect it for giving itself. 272 00:18:23,877 --> 00:18:27,443 Now I gotta go find it, and make use of it. 273 00:18:32,410 --> 00:18:34,276 MARVIN: When you're out on the water, you know, 274 00:18:34,410 --> 00:18:37,943 you can hear the birds, you see the wildlife. 275 00:18:38,076 --> 00:18:39,810 I love this place here. 276 00:18:43,676 --> 00:18:45,443 We can check that spot right there, 277 00:18:45,576 --> 00:18:46,743 is that where you wanna go or... 278 00:18:46,877 --> 00:18:47,877 JUSTIN: Yeah. 279 00:18:48,010 --> 00:18:50,209 Just start from over there and work our way over? 280 00:18:50,343 --> 00:18:52,510 Eagle there waiting to get a duck. 281 00:18:52,643 --> 00:18:54,376 MARVIN: Yeah, he's watching for a duck. 282 00:18:54,510 --> 00:18:56,810 JUSTIN: Big mature baldy. 283 00:18:56,943 --> 00:19:00,109 MARVIN: The weather is flat calm, sun is out, 284 00:19:00,243 --> 00:19:03,710 and we are going to this other spot that Justin likes to check. 285 00:19:03,843 --> 00:19:07,043 Now it's a matter of putting the patience to the test. 286 00:19:09,610 --> 00:19:11,410 There's a sea lion's head right there. 287 00:19:11,543 --> 00:19:12,510 JUSTIN: Yep. 288 00:19:12,643 --> 00:19:13,877 Whoa, there's five of them. 289 00:19:14,010 --> 00:19:15,109 MARVIN: There's quite a few over there. 290 00:19:15,243 --> 00:19:17,610 Yeah, that's pretty cool. 291 00:19:21,843 --> 00:19:23,843 There they are, they're porpoising. 292 00:19:24,943 --> 00:19:28,309 That's a hell of a deal, that was alright to see. 293 00:19:31,476 --> 00:19:35,243 Oh, what a beautiful day. 294 00:19:39,610 --> 00:19:43,209 C'mon! King, halibut. 295 00:19:44,276 --> 00:19:45,510 It would be nice to get a halibut. 296 00:19:45,643 --> 00:19:48,443 Even a black bass would be nice. 297 00:19:48,910 --> 00:19:52,877 As a kid growing up, there was a lot of fish back in the day. 298 00:19:55,143 --> 00:19:59,676 Now, we gotta go farther away to get our salmon. 299 00:20:00,877 --> 00:20:04,243 The fish is not there like it used to be. 300 00:20:05,510 --> 00:20:07,076 I look at it as the management, 301 00:20:07,209 --> 00:20:10,676 we got trollers up and down our bay here. 302 00:20:10,810 --> 00:20:13,576 Nobody talks about the trolling industry around and 303 00:20:13,710 --> 00:20:15,410 how it destroys halibut, 304 00:20:15,543 --> 00:20:20,543 king crab habitat for all the bottom fish. 305 00:20:21,443 --> 00:20:24,777 And it's not gonna take very much more to deplete 306 00:20:24,910 --> 00:20:27,410 what we got. 307 00:20:31,977 --> 00:20:33,309 Something bit the hook. 308 00:20:33,443 --> 00:20:35,243 Oh yeah, we got one, we got one. 309 00:20:35,376 --> 00:20:38,243 JUSTIN: Oh, it's got a little fight to it whatever he is. 310 00:20:38,376 --> 00:20:39,610 Got your landing net ready? 311 00:20:48,109 --> 00:20:50,810 JUSTIN: Keep as much tension. 312 00:20:50,943 --> 00:20:52,376 MARVIN: Tension on this, yeah. 313 00:20:52,510 --> 00:20:54,410 JUSTIN: So it has no chance to really try and shake that hook. 314 00:20:54,543 --> 00:20:56,676 MARVIN: Jerk itself out? 315 00:20:56,910 --> 00:20:58,276 JUSTIN: Hit 30 feet. 316 00:20:58,410 --> 00:20:59,543 Okay, you ready? 317 00:20:59,676 --> 00:21:00,877 MARVIN: Whoo. 318 00:21:01,010 --> 00:21:03,443 JUSTIN: Here he comes! Get him right into that net. 319 00:21:03,576 --> 00:21:05,076 Whoo! 320 00:21:05,209 --> 00:21:07,076 MARVIN: Whoa. JUSTIN: Whoa. Oh, oh! 321 00:21:12,309 --> 00:21:15,043 Get the head in there, turn him sideways.JUST, 322 00:21:16,010 --> 00:21:16,943 Whoo! 323 00:21:17,076 --> 00:21:18,143 MARVIN: Yeah! 324 00:21:18,276 --> 00:21:20,810 JUSTIN: We got him boys! MARVIN: Look at that! Whoo! 325 00:21:20,943 --> 00:21:22,343 JUSTIN: What do you think of that, Unc? 326 00:21:22,476 --> 00:21:24,076 MARVIN: That's a cool one buddy. 327 00:21:24,209 --> 00:21:25,443 Nailed one! 328 00:21:25,576 --> 00:21:27,376 JUSTIN: This is the same exact setup that I caught 329 00:21:27,510 --> 00:21:29,109 my first one on. 330 00:21:29,243 --> 00:21:31,309 MARVIN: Really made my day, no crap man. 331 00:21:31,443 --> 00:21:35,010 JUSTIN: King salmon, buddy. MARVIN: Yeah. 332 00:21:35,143 --> 00:21:37,376 JUSTIN: So right in there, you can see underneath his 333 00:21:37,510 --> 00:21:38,977 gill-plate you can see that red meat, 334 00:21:39,109 --> 00:21:40,376 that's a good sign. 335 00:21:40,510 --> 00:21:43,143 That is a good red meat king, not a white, 336 00:21:43,276 --> 00:21:45,743 if it was all white meat like a halibut then there'd be a white king, 337 00:21:45,877 --> 00:21:48,209 those are a lot oilier. 338 00:21:49,543 --> 00:21:52,043 As soon as I felt him peel and drag, 339 00:21:52,176 --> 00:21:55,043 that's a good sign of either halibut or a king usually caught 340 00:21:55,176 --> 00:21:57,576 or pollock bass. 341 00:21:57,710 --> 00:21:58,977 Good catch. 342 00:21:59,109 --> 00:22:00,843 MARVIN: Mission accomplished there, buddy. 343 00:22:00,977 --> 00:22:03,410 JUSTIN: Yep MARVIN: Time to head home. 344 00:22:07,243 --> 00:22:10,877 TIG: There's my family inside my house and it goes to the community, 345 00:22:11,010 --> 00:22:12,643 the whole Koyukon River you know, 346 00:22:12,777 --> 00:22:15,010 we're all just one, big, strong family. 347 00:22:25,643 --> 00:22:27,410 TERRANCE: I believe in you Evan. 348 00:22:27,877 --> 00:22:30,810 Hang on tight to the chainsaw and listen to dad. 349 00:22:31,109 --> 00:22:33,576 Also listen to me when I say falling! 350 00:22:34,043 --> 00:22:36,443 EVAN: Okay. 351 00:22:36,910 --> 00:22:38,209 TIG: Doing good boys. 352 00:22:38,343 --> 00:22:39,410 EVAN: Thank you. 353 00:22:39,543 --> 00:22:41,777 TIG: By the time you guys are young men, 354 00:22:41,910 --> 00:22:43,877 you'll be able to build your own house. 355 00:22:44,010 --> 00:22:46,309 Unless you go to college and make good money then you 356 00:22:46,443 --> 00:22:47,810 can buy a house. 357 00:22:47,943 --> 00:22:50,276 But ain't nothing ever gonna feel better than coming out, 358 00:22:50,410 --> 00:22:52,977 getting these trees yourself and building your own house, 359 00:22:53,109 --> 00:22:54,977 you know? 360 00:22:55,109 --> 00:22:57,610 All right, let's do this. 361 00:23:00,443 --> 00:23:03,109 I didn't wake up and know all this stuff one day, you know, 362 00:23:03,243 --> 00:23:05,176 I learned from everybody. 363 00:23:05,309 --> 00:23:07,243 All right, I lined you up. 364 00:23:07,376 --> 00:23:10,109 My father and my grandfather. 365 00:23:11,010 --> 00:23:12,243 And my children, you know, 366 00:23:12,376 --> 00:23:14,276 I want them to be able to live out here in the woods. 367 00:23:14,410 --> 00:23:16,076 Okay! 368 00:23:18,309 --> 00:23:21,143 But if life took em to the city and they ended up living in the city 369 00:23:21,276 --> 00:23:25,510 I want them to be able to thrive wherever they end up in life. 370 00:23:27,176 --> 00:23:29,643 I just want them to be able to do the best that they can, 371 00:23:29,777 --> 00:23:31,510 to be successful. 372 00:23:35,343 --> 00:23:36,810 Whoo! 373 00:23:36,943 --> 00:23:39,543 Be careful with that chainsaw. 374 00:23:39,777 --> 00:23:41,476 All right, see? Here? 375 00:23:41,610 --> 00:23:42,777 It looks good. 376 00:23:42,910 --> 00:23:45,910 Good stuff for your first try! 377 00:23:51,510 --> 00:23:54,209 Hang on to it tight! 378 00:23:55,877 --> 00:23:57,243 When my son Evan was born, 379 00:23:57,376 --> 00:23:59,209 doctors told us he was sick and that he wasn't 380 00:23:59,343 --> 00:24:02,109 gonna make it very long. 381 00:24:04,543 --> 00:24:08,510 Maybe a few months if that, of living... 382 00:24:08,643 --> 00:24:10,843 Bring it this way. 383 00:24:12,043 --> 00:24:15,610 To be able to see my son out here like that as a big, powerful, strong guy 384 00:24:15,743 --> 00:24:17,376 not a sickness in his body. 385 00:24:17,510 --> 00:24:20,443 I'm amazed and I'm very proud. 386 00:24:21,510 --> 00:24:24,143 TERRANCE: Falling! TIG: Falling! 387 00:24:26,877 --> 00:24:29,343 ALL: Whoo! 388 00:24:29,476 --> 00:24:32,910 TIG: Yeah! Boom! 389 00:24:33,743 --> 00:24:37,010 I adore every minute out here with my boys. 390 00:24:37,143 --> 00:24:40,143 Sometimes I wake up and I just feel lucky. 391 00:24:41,543 --> 00:24:43,610 All right, so let's get this one limbed up. 392 00:24:43,743 --> 00:24:45,109 We'll buck em up, eight foot. 393 00:24:45,243 --> 00:24:48,176 All right boys, this what we do! 394 00:24:52,843 --> 00:24:55,743 I want a strong, healthy family. 395 00:24:58,143 --> 00:25:00,343 We came from strong, healthy people. 396 00:25:00,476 --> 00:25:02,910 I don't want that to end with me. 397 00:25:05,610 --> 00:25:07,777 All right, good job boys! 398 00:25:07,910 --> 00:25:11,877 Go home and see how proud your mama is of her big boys. 399 00:25:12,476 --> 00:25:15,143 I swear man, it was just yesterday I was catching you 400 00:25:15,276 --> 00:25:18,043 guys coming out from mama. 401 00:25:18,309 --> 00:25:21,010 And now I'm watching you boys drop trees and haul wood 402 00:25:21,143 --> 00:25:22,576 and helping me. 403 00:25:22,710 --> 00:25:25,643 Time flies by real fast just, boom. 404 00:25:25,777 --> 00:25:27,243 Let's go ahead and get this strapped down 405 00:25:27,376 --> 00:25:30,043 and head home. 406 00:25:30,176 --> 00:25:32,443 Then we'll come back for some more. 407 00:25:36,209 --> 00:25:39,743 JODY: I think everything that we have is gifted from Creator. 408 00:25:40,410 --> 00:25:42,877 And you know the land provides for us so we have to care 409 00:25:43,010 --> 00:25:45,410 for the land in return. 410 00:25:50,309 --> 00:25:53,710 JODY: Gettin really, kinda hard to walk around here. 411 00:25:54,276 --> 00:25:56,843 I'm still following these rabbit tracks we kinda of made 412 00:25:56,977 --> 00:25:59,476 it like halfway up the mountain. 413 00:26:02,977 --> 00:26:06,443 I gotta ditch my snowshoes and go by foot. 414 00:26:17,443 --> 00:26:20,109 I'm starting to see predator sign like, 415 00:26:20,243 --> 00:26:24,877 some sort of nicely clawed animal following the rabbit track. 416 00:26:26,410 --> 00:26:29,109 Over here looks like predator claws. 417 00:26:29,343 --> 00:26:32,443 I gotta keep going before it gets dark. 418 00:26:35,877 --> 00:26:39,010 Well, it went this way. 419 00:26:40,010 --> 00:26:42,243 Oh, man. 420 00:26:43,276 --> 00:26:44,543 I see his tracks, 421 00:26:44,676 --> 00:26:48,043 including the stick going down this way and it's pretty thick 422 00:26:48,176 --> 00:26:52,510 in there so I'm hoping it finally got stopped up. 423 00:26:54,343 --> 00:26:56,977 Wish I had a sled right now. 424 00:26:57,109 --> 00:27:00,777 I'm glad to see I'm still on his trail. 425 00:27:01,576 --> 00:27:03,743 Looks like something went down in this hole. 426 00:27:03,877 --> 00:27:04,943 Whoa! 427 00:27:10,243 --> 00:27:13,010 JODY: I don't see anything. 428 00:27:13,309 --> 00:27:15,777 Like that rabbit just disappeared down here. 429 00:27:15,910 --> 00:27:19,343 I can't believe this. 430 00:27:21,643 --> 00:27:23,576 I don't like doing that to animals. 431 00:27:23,710 --> 00:27:25,843 I feel pretty bad. 432 00:27:25,977 --> 00:27:28,810 But I'm gonna keep going there's a few tracks down here 433 00:27:28,943 --> 00:27:31,276 I don't know if it's my rabbit, I mean they ended here, 434 00:27:31,410 --> 00:27:36,010 so I see something down there I'm gonna go check it out. 435 00:27:38,276 --> 00:27:40,209 You know, I may be a hunter but, you know, 436 00:27:40,343 --> 00:27:43,410 these animals we take for a purpose and just super 437 00:27:43,543 --> 00:27:46,643 important out here to treat those animals with respect. 438 00:27:49,777 --> 00:27:51,343 That's kinda bad luck for me. 439 00:27:51,476 --> 00:27:54,810 That's not a good way to treat our brothers and sisters 440 00:27:54,943 --> 00:27:56,543 on this land. 441 00:27:56,676 --> 00:27:58,443 Oh, man. 442 00:27:58,576 --> 00:28:00,410 I put in really good effort, 443 00:28:00,543 --> 00:28:01,977 followed that rabbit until I lost 444 00:28:02,109 --> 00:28:05,243 its trail completely. 445 00:28:05,643 --> 00:28:09,410 I feel bad, so I'm just ready to go home. 446 00:28:13,376 --> 00:28:15,410 JUSTIN: Be a good hunter and gatherer, 447 00:28:15,543 --> 00:28:16,777 be successful and if not, 448 00:28:16,910 --> 00:28:18,877 just overcome and believe you're gonna do it 449 00:28:19,010 --> 00:28:20,810 the next time. 450 00:28:24,209 --> 00:28:25,176 MARVIN: Pretty heavy, huh? 451 00:28:25,309 --> 00:28:29,243 That's a nice thick fish there, buddy. 452 00:28:31,943 --> 00:28:35,376 All right, they're cool like that. 453 00:28:37,543 --> 00:28:38,877 Quite the fish. 454 00:28:39,010 --> 00:28:40,343 How are you gonna cook that, Justy? 455 00:28:40,476 --> 00:28:43,176 JUSTIN: I don't know, I was thinking I might barbecue it. 456 00:28:43,309 --> 00:28:45,443 Or deep fry it, maybe a little bit of both. 457 00:28:45,576 --> 00:28:48,676 MARVIN: That alone is a $100 meal. 458 00:28:48,810 --> 00:28:52,276 The reward is gonna be greater now that we got it and, 459 00:28:52,410 --> 00:28:54,843 Justin's a good cook. 460 00:28:58,209 --> 00:29:00,510 At the end of the day when you got that all cooked, 461 00:29:00,643 --> 00:29:03,376 little bit of snow, was no problem, 462 00:29:03,510 --> 00:29:04,510 didn't take no time, 463 00:29:04,643 --> 00:29:06,676 but all the reward is when we get to sit down and 464 00:29:06,810 --> 00:29:12,543 eat with the family and have all the good treats of your harvest. 465 00:29:13,243 --> 00:29:15,376 JUSTIN: Yep. MARVIN: Yeah. 466 00:29:21,076 --> 00:29:23,843 Yeah. I'm ready. 467 00:29:27,010 --> 00:29:30,977 Hey, let's come sit, wanna sit with me and eat? 468 00:29:32,610 --> 00:29:34,877 All the native food like seal, fish, 469 00:29:35,010 --> 00:29:37,710 everything that we eat, these babies eat. 470 00:29:37,843 --> 00:29:40,610 Happy to see that. 471 00:29:41,276 --> 00:29:44,343 That fish was so good your dad caught. 472 00:29:47,343 --> 00:29:50,109 TIG: I know that the harshness of this country, 473 00:29:50,243 --> 00:29:52,343 from learning from our elders and our ancestors, 474 00:29:52,476 --> 00:29:55,510 we learned how to make this a habitable country. 475 00:30:02,243 --> 00:30:04,143 Oh, yeah. 476 00:30:04,376 --> 00:30:07,576 This is the biggest one we've got in the wood yard right here. 477 00:30:07,710 --> 00:30:10,309 How you guys feel about taking turns and helping me cut it? 478 00:30:10,443 --> 00:30:12,376 EVAN: This will be fun. TERRANCE: Yeah. 479 00:30:12,510 --> 00:30:15,543 TIG: Do this as a family. We'll get this down together. 480 00:30:16,309 --> 00:30:19,076 Building confidence in a young man out here, you know, 481 00:30:19,209 --> 00:30:22,076 just going out and doing these types of work with me, 482 00:30:22,209 --> 00:30:24,977 seeing me do it and accomplish it. 483 00:30:25,209 --> 00:30:27,376 See that's an old one, that's for sure. 484 00:30:27,510 --> 00:30:30,143 Been here before us, before my parents. 485 00:30:30,276 --> 00:30:32,209 How long you think it's been here? 486 00:30:32,343 --> 00:30:34,877 TERRANCE: Probably a century. TIG: Think so? 487 00:30:35,010 --> 00:30:36,877 Can you even put your arms around it? 488 00:30:37,010 --> 00:30:39,010 TERRANCE: Gonna give it a hug goodbye. 489 00:30:39,143 --> 00:30:41,143 TIG: Yeah. TERRANCE: Bye, old friend. 490 00:30:41,276 --> 00:30:43,843 TIG: Hug goodbye and welcome it to our new addition 491 00:30:43,977 --> 00:30:45,309 onto the house. 492 00:30:45,443 --> 00:30:46,343 TERRANCE: Yup. 493 00:30:46,476 --> 00:30:47,343 TIG: Yeah. 494 00:30:47,476 --> 00:30:48,743 TERRANCE: Gonna be part of our family now. 495 00:30:48,877 --> 00:30:51,643 TIG: Yeah. It's gonna be a good house. 496 00:30:51,777 --> 00:30:53,176 We'll all get it done. 497 00:30:53,309 --> 00:30:54,276 Sound good? 498 00:30:54,410 --> 00:30:56,410 BOTH: Yeah. TIG: All right. 499 00:31:03,109 --> 00:31:04,810 Terry. 500 00:31:06,010 --> 00:31:09,143 Family is everything out here. 501 00:31:10,676 --> 00:31:14,010 I do a lot of this stuff by myself, 502 00:31:14,143 --> 00:31:15,610 and now that I brought 'em out here, 503 00:31:15,743 --> 00:31:17,643 I'm seeing my boys drop trees. 504 00:31:17,777 --> 00:31:19,943 TERRANCE: Take it off safety. 505 00:31:20,076 --> 00:31:21,343 TIG: Now this is amazing, 506 00:31:21,476 --> 00:31:24,309 it's opened up a whole new world to me. 507 00:31:26,309 --> 00:31:29,977 Get that axe and hack this, with the backside. 508 00:31:31,243 --> 00:31:34,543 Yup, right. 509 00:31:34,676 --> 00:31:37,109 Whoo! 510 00:31:41,276 --> 00:31:43,777 Terrance. 511 00:31:45,010 --> 00:31:48,209 Keep an eye on it Evan! 512 00:31:48,643 --> 00:31:51,676 Now I know it's a lot of fun having my sons with me. 513 00:31:53,810 --> 00:31:56,610 Evan! 514 00:31:57,543 --> 00:31:58,576 All right. 515 00:31:58,710 --> 00:32:01,843 Not too much now, we're getting close. 516 00:32:01,977 --> 00:32:03,910 I spent so many years learning and now it's time for me to 517 00:32:04,043 --> 00:32:06,476 take all this knowledge that I spent learning and 518 00:32:06,610 --> 00:32:09,109 pass it on to my children. 519 00:32:09,243 --> 00:32:11,076 All right. 520 00:32:11,209 --> 00:32:15,209 You guys, heads up now, bringing it down! 521 00:32:20,109 --> 00:32:21,676 BOTH: Falling! 522 00:32:21,810 --> 00:32:22,977 TIG: Oh, (bleep)! 523 00:32:27,710 --> 00:32:28,610 ALL: Whoo! 524 00:32:28,743 --> 00:32:31,309 TIG: Falling! 525 00:32:31,443 --> 00:32:32,943 Whoo! 526 00:32:33,076 --> 00:32:34,476 Ow! 527 00:32:34,610 --> 00:32:37,243 EVAN: Woo-woo, woo-woo! 528 00:32:37,376 --> 00:32:39,777 TIG: Three of us got this down no problem, 529 00:32:39,910 --> 00:32:41,643 exactly where we wanted it to go. 530 00:32:41,777 --> 00:32:43,243 You guys see? You listen to me, you guys. 531 00:32:43,376 --> 00:32:45,676 Watch what I do, you guys learn this stuff, 532 00:32:45,810 --> 00:32:48,510 you guys are gonna be dropping trees in no time. 533 00:32:48,643 --> 00:32:49,510 Before we know it, 534 00:32:49,643 --> 00:32:50,977 we'll be sending you out on your own. 535 00:32:51,109 --> 00:32:52,343 You boys go get us some wood. 536 00:32:52,476 --> 00:32:54,410 All right, boys, let's get it limbed up. 537 00:32:54,543 --> 00:32:55,410 Whoo! 538 00:32:55,543 --> 00:32:57,910 EVAN: Whoo, whoo! 539 00:32:58,743 --> 00:33:02,109 TIG: It's a learning experience for all of us out here. 540 00:33:02,443 --> 00:33:04,777 Learning their capabilities and their limits, 541 00:33:04,910 --> 00:33:06,810 and they're definitely surprising me, 542 00:33:06,943 --> 00:33:08,710 they're stronger than I thought they were. 543 00:33:08,843 --> 00:33:11,510 They're tough kids. 544 00:33:11,777 --> 00:33:14,910 I got it marked out at a ten-foot right here. 545 00:33:15,043 --> 00:33:17,209 We're gonna get a lot out of this one tree. 546 00:33:17,343 --> 00:33:20,043 Anything that's not usable, will go into the wood stove, 547 00:33:20,176 --> 00:33:23,343 you know, just gonna use everything. 548 00:33:26,309 --> 00:33:27,576 This is just the start of it. 549 00:33:27,710 --> 00:33:30,743 Eventually, we're gonna start building houses and cabins, 550 00:33:30,877 --> 00:33:34,376 getting a lot done out here in the woods. 551 00:33:35,076 --> 00:33:37,943 I've been waiting years and years, 552 00:33:38,076 --> 00:33:39,977 couldn't wait until my two sons were old enough 553 00:33:40,109 --> 00:33:43,476 to be out here in the woods helping me. 554 00:33:48,643 --> 00:33:51,743 No monkeying around. 555 00:33:53,010 --> 00:33:57,343 All right. Think we're set, boys. 556 00:33:57,576 --> 00:33:59,109 I don't think ain't no kids your age ever dropped 557 00:33:59,243 --> 00:34:01,276 a tree like this. 558 00:34:01,410 --> 00:34:03,243 Hell, a lot of men my age probably ain't never 559 00:34:03,376 --> 00:34:05,743 a dropped that big. 560 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:07,676 You guys did good today, man. 561 00:34:07,810 --> 00:34:10,243 I'm proud of you, boys. 562 00:34:15,443 --> 00:34:18,710 JODY: Being on the Yukon, I feel closest to my ancestors, 563 00:34:18,843 --> 00:34:21,209 our way of life and culture and also my identity. 564 00:34:22,209 --> 00:34:24,576 There's a lot of important values and lessons in the 565 00:34:24,710 --> 00:34:26,443 way that we live. 566 00:34:33,109 --> 00:34:34,743 JODY: Well, I feel pretty bummed out, 567 00:34:34,877 --> 00:34:39,743 my spirit is down because I made a mistake and 568 00:34:39,877 --> 00:34:42,843 caused some animal some suffering so, 569 00:34:42,977 --> 00:34:45,243 I just feel really bad about it. 570 00:34:50,743 --> 00:34:53,643 JODY: So, I'm just gonna smudge and try to, you know, 571 00:34:53,777 --> 00:34:55,877 re-center myself. 572 00:34:59,777 --> 00:35:04,476 Indigenous people practice smudging when we pray. 573 00:35:04,610 --> 00:35:06,309 I think prayer is just so important, 574 00:35:06,443 --> 00:35:09,910 no matter what your belief is and where you come from, 575 00:35:10,043 --> 00:35:13,010 Creator is always listening. 576 00:35:16,777 --> 00:35:19,476 We use animals for a purpose, you know, 577 00:35:19,610 --> 00:35:21,610 to feed our families and, you know, 578 00:35:21,743 --> 00:35:25,410 it's in our culture to really take care of those animals too. 579 00:35:26,643 --> 00:35:29,576 I feel like I failed. 580 00:35:30,977 --> 00:35:34,877 I think there's things that we can always learn from mistakes. 581 00:35:35,877 --> 00:35:39,309 This is something that I won't ever forget. 582 00:35:40,010 --> 00:35:43,843 So when I have grandkids and we teach them how to set snares, 583 00:35:43,977 --> 00:35:48,843 like, this will be an important part of their lesson. 584 00:35:49,109 --> 00:35:52,943 Kind of have to move forward in the best way that I can. 585 00:35:57,510 --> 00:36:01,476 DANIEL: Subsistence is very important out here in the village. 586 00:36:01,610 --> 00:36:03,510 Everybody is depending on each other. 587 00:36:03,643 --> 00:36:06,676 That's the only way we survive out here. 588 00:36:13,977 --> 00:36:16,610 DANIEL: Yesterday, lots of walrus nearby, 589 00:36:16,743 --> 00:36:19,777 looking out in the binoculars, so gonna go check it out. 590 00:36:23,910 --> 00:36:26,643 Catching sea mammals is our way of life. 591 00:36:26,777 --> 00:36:28,476 It's been like this for hundreds of years. 592 00:37:04,777 --> 00:37:10,376 ♪ ♪ 593 00:37:10,510 --> 00:37:13,010 DANIEL: Just seen a couple walrus, in the water. 594 00:37:13,143 --> 00:37:14,376 ALA APASENGAQ: How many of them? 595 00:37:14,510 --> 00:37:16,043 Like three of them in there. 596 00:37:16,176 --> 00:37:17,943 DANIEL: They can stay under quite a bit. 597 00:37:18,076 --> 00:37:20,510 The bull walrus can stay under more than a half hour sometimes. 598 00:37:36,910 --> 00:37:38,076 (gunshot) 599 00:37:55,910 --> 00:37:57,243 DANIEL: Come on! 600 00:38:09,309 --> 00:38:10,777 (gunshots) 601 00:38:16,243 --> 00:38:17,243 CHRIS: We got him. All right. 602 00:38:22,543 --> 00:38:24,543 ALA APASENGAQ: The right side! 603 00:38:29,243 --> 00:38:31,977 CHRIS: Ah, (bleep)! 604 00:38:36,877 --> 00:38:39,476 CHRIS: (bleep). Missed! 605 00:38:43,777 --> 00:38:45,209 ALA APASENGAQ: Okay. 606 00:38:45,343 --> 00:38:47,143 DANIEL: You know, you gotta be very precise in your harpooning. 607 00:38:47,276 --> 00:38:49,343 It's a lot of pressure at times. 608 00:38:49,476 --> 00:38:52,309 There's a lot of people relying on you, family members, 609 00:38:52,443 --> 00:38:54,309 pretty much the whole village. 610 00:38:54,743 --> 00:38:58,309 Gotta make sure, you know, you finish it off good. 611 00:38:58,543 --> 00:39:00,510 CHRIS: (bleep). 612 00:39:05,176 --> 00:39:06,777 DANIEL: Hey! 613 00:39:16,643 --> 00:39:19,443 CHRIS: Okay! 614 00:39:21,076 --> 00:39:22,810 DANIEL: If you have a walrus on a harpoon line, you know, 615 00:39:22,943 --> 00:39:27,243 you gotta be very cautious that the walrus come back alive 616 00:39:27,376 --> 00:39:28,843 and start pulling. 617 00:39:28,977 --> 00:39:31,309 I've heard of one person losing a finger, 618 00:39:31,443 --> 00:39:32,410 he didn't know it. 619 00:39:32,543 --> 00:39:33,543 He didn't even feel it. 620 00:39:33,676 --> 00:39:35,443 One of his brothers seen it. 621 00:39:35,576 --> 00:39:38,176 You know, "Hey, your thumb is gone." 622 00:40:07,676 --> 00:40:09,543 CHRIS: Almost there. 623 00:40:10,576 --> 00:40:13,843 (speaking in native language). 624 00:40:20,743 --> 00:40:22,376 ALA: We're gonna tie it up. 625 00:40:24,143 --> 00:40:26,810 CHRIS: All right. I got it, I got it. 626 00:40:34,743 --> 00:40:35,810 CHRIS: All right. 627 00:40:46,676 --> 00:40:48,743 ALA: We're gonna be towing this walrus home, 628 00:40:48,877 --> 00:40:52,176 we're gonna pull it up, and we're gonna work on it. 629 00:40:52,309 --> 00:40:57,010 Hopefully, a bunch of people come out to get a taste. 630 00:40:58,676 --> 00:41:00,643 Eat something fresh. 631 00:41:20,243 --> 00:41:24,176 ♪ ♪ 632 00:41:38,476 --> 00:41:39,977 DANIEL: We're gonna pull the walrus up with the help 633 00:41:40,109 --> 00:41:43,043 of all these people. 634 00:41:44,410 --> 00:41:46,510 Everybody grab a rope! 635 00:41:46,910 --> 00:41:48,543 Uuwik! 636 00:41:54,309 --> 00:41:57,143 (speaking in native language) 637 00:42:01,010 --> 00:42:05,243 (speaking in native language). 638 00:42:12,209 --> 00:42:17,476 (speaking in native language). 639 00:42:31,343 --> 00:42:33,043 DANIEL: Everybody's there at the beach. 640 00:42:33,176 --> 00:42:36,076 They're taking home what they can. 641 00:42:36,643 --> 00:42:38,743 (speaking in native language). 642 00:42:38,877 --> 00:42:41,043 DANIEL: Makes me happy that they come down and get a share 643 00:42:41,176 --> 00:42:42,943 of some walrus. 644 00:42:43,076 --> 00:42:45,710 And, you know, it makes me happy. 645 00:42:45,843 --> 00:42:48,309 You know, it's been a very slow season this year, 646 00:42:48,443 --> 00:42:50,643 that's the first walrus. 647 00:42:51,943 --> 00:42:55,810 I know they're don't have too much food in their freezer. 648 00:42:55,943 --> 00:42:57,743 You know, helping each other out, 649 00:42:57,877 --> 00:42:59,443 carrying on the Yup'ik tradition. 650 00:42:59,576 --> 00:43:03,376 Been going on for generations. 651 00:43:03,843 --> 00:43:06,209 It's who we are, 652 00:43:06,343 --> 00:43:09,043 it's what we eat, it's what we do. 653 00:43:13,610 --> 00:43:16,576 Gotta give it back to mother nature. 654 00:43:16,710 --> 00:43:18,510 It gave itself up as food, 655 00:43:18,643 --> 00:43:21,977 in respect, you're giving it back. 656 00:43:22,910 --> 00:43:25,777 So that's what I'm trying to follow in my heart. 657 00:43:28,410 --> 00:43:31,243 JODY: All of our individual tribes we have values that we live by, 658 00:43:31,376 --> 00:43:34,510 that really lead us in life. 659 00:43:35,943 --> 00:43:39,143 MARVIN: I was brought up on respecting our land. 660 00:43:40,576 --> 00:43:43,743 LOUISE: Sharing has been taught to us since we were little, 661 00:43:43,877 --> 00:43:46,777 it's passed on throughout each generation. 662 00:43:47,076 --> 00:43:49,510 TIG: There's no greater way to honor your elders than 663 00:43:49,643 --> 00:43:51,877 living a traditional lifestyle out here. 664 00:43:52,010 --> 00:43:54,276 Respecting the land, respecting the animals, 665 00:43:54,410 --> 00:43:56,410 the way they taught us. 666 00:43:59,043 --> 00:44:03,043 DANIEL: I feel better that everybody's eating. 667 00:44:04,376 --> 00:44:08,010 This, uh, way of life. I hope it goes on forever. 668 00:44:14,076 --> 00:44:15,710 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.