1 00:00:03,303 --> 00:00:06,406 MARVIN AGNOT: Akhiok, south end of Kodiak Island. 2 00:00:06,406 --> 00:00:08,408 Been a subsistence village for, 3 00:00:08,408 --> 00:00:10,277 since I was a kid, even prior years. 4 00:00:10,277 --> 00:00:14,348 We still harvest off the land, but I can see the times change. 5 00:00:14,348 --> 00:00:16,750 Ice used to be two, three feet thick. 6 00:00:18,018 --> 00:00:20,988 The tides are higher than before. 7 00:00:22,789 --> 00:00:26,994 We got to go farther away to get our red salmon. 8 00:00:26,994 --> 00:00:29,663 Sometimes, we don't think that they're even gonna show up. 9 00:00:31,532 --> 00:00:33,734 In the bay, there used to be so much halibut. 10 00:00:35,936 --> 00:00:38,272 Native ways are dying off. 11 00:00:38,272 --> 00:00:41,875 Now, subsisting depends on how far we are willing to go. 12 00:00:41,875 --> 00:00:44,912 ♪ ♪ 13 00:00:55,622 --> 00:00:56,890 MARVIN: I think we're ready, buddy. 14 00:01:00,327 --> 00:01:02,496 Today is day that Justin and I 15 00:01:02,496 --> 00:01:05,098 are gonna go across the bay to Sulua Bay 16 00:01:05,098 --> 00:01:06,800 and go do his goat hunt 17 00:01:06,800 --> 00:01:09,303 that he's been wanting to do for a long time. 18 00:01:11,705 --> 00:01:13,807 I'm not a goat hunter, but I'm looking forward 19 00:01:13,807 --> 00:01:16,777 to enjoying the adventure with him. 20 00:01:16,777 --> 00:01:18,245 JUSTIN PHILLIPS: Marvin is my uncle. 21 00:01:21,882 --> 00:01:23,650 He's basically the village uncle. 22 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:27,087 Everybody knows him as Uncle Marvin, 23 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:30,090 and everybody respects him. 24 00:01:30,090 --> 00:01:32,125 And if anybody needs help with anything, 25 00:01:32,125 --> 00:01:33,493 he's always there 26 00:01:33,493 --> 00:01:35,228 with a helping hand no matter what. 27 00:01:36,630 --> 00:01:39,766 MARVIN: I'm getting prepared because it's a long ride. 28 00:01:39,766 --> 00:01:44,037 Couple hours in this wind and it gets very cold and wet. 29 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:45,072 Are you ready? 30 00:01:46,940 --> 00:01:47,975 We're gonna get wet. 31 00:02:00,253 --> 00:02:01,655 There's a bear right there, 32 00:02:01,655 --> 00:02:03,590 I saw with a cub right there on the hill. 33 00:02:03,590 --> 00:02:06,793 You can barely see him inside the grass, walking. 34 00:02:06,793 --> 00:02:08,762 We're going up into their country now. 35 00:02:08,762 --> 00:02:12,599 Where they'll be hibernating is where the goat will be around. 36 00:02:12,599 --> 00:02:14,434 JUSTIN: I am nervous of coming across bear, 37 00:02:14,434 --> 00:02:16,703 because we've had a few experiences with them 38 00:02:16,703 --> 00:02:17,671 in our past hunts. 39 00:02:17,671 --> 00:02:19,072 They're pretty curious 40 00:02:19,072 --> 00:02:20,674 when you just stumble across them 41 00:02:20,674 --> 00:02:22,142 and they're un-expecting it. 42 00:02:22,142 --> 00:02:23,443 We got some big ones. 43 00:02:24,678 --> 00:02:27,514 There's the cabin we're staying at. 44 00:02:27,514 --> 00:02:29,182 MARVIN: This cabin where we are going, 45 00:02:29,182 --> 00:02:31,852 it's a friend's place. 46 00:02:31,852 --> 00:02:35,689 Our culture, native Alutiiq, we always help each other. 47 00:02:36,690 --> 00:02:38,091 JUSTIN: See if we can fire up the stove 48 00:02:38,091 --> 00:02:39,693 and get it nice and warm in there. 49 00:02:48,568 --> 00:02:50,504 MARVIN: Huh, light. 50 00:02:53,373 --> 00:02:55,776 JUSTIN (off screen): Plan is to go up this ridge, 51 00:02:55,776 --> 00:02:57,778 the mountain right here, you can see the trail going up, 52 00:02:57,778 --> 00:02:59,913 and we are gonna just keep to the right a ways. 53 00:02:59,913 --> 00:03:03,116 MARVIN: Yeah, I'm not a goat hunter because of age. 54 00:03:03,116 --> 00:03:07,888 It's pretty steep out there and very treacherous hike. 55 00:03:07,888 --> 00:03:10,891 I hope we find some, hope some up in that area up there. 56 00:03:13,126 --> 00:03:16,263 Justin is not one that's gonna just say it's too far. 57 00:03:16,263 --> 00:03:18,698 He's gonna over and get it. 58 00:03:18,698 --> 00:03:19,900 JUSTIN: Alright, I'll see you when we get back. 59 00:03:19,900 --> 00:03:20,867 MARVIN: Okay. 60 00:03:20,867 --> 00:03:23,303 Fish, deer, goat. 61 00:03:23,303 --> 00:03:25,205 He's one guy I'd probably send out first 62 00:03:25,205 --> 00:03:26,473 if we were starving, 63 00:03:26,473 --> 00:03:28,575 'cause he'd come back with something. 64 00:03:28,575 --> 00:03:30,143 (laughs) 65 00:03:32,946 --> 00:03:35,949 TIG STRASSBURG: Nothing ever goes the way you want it out here. 66 00:03:35,949 --> 00:03:37,651 We just gotta roll with the punches 67 00:03:37,651 --> 00:03:40,420 and try and figure it out and make things work. 68 00:03:42,355 --> 00:03:44,791 -EVAN STRASSBURG: What's that? -TIG: That's called a chop saw. 69 00:03:49,796 --> 00:03:50,997 TIG: Alright, firing up. 70 00:03:50,997 --> 00:03:52,766 (whirring) 71 00:04:00,774 --> 00:04:03,877 TIG: Woo, almost clubbed you. 72 00:04:03,877 --> 00:04:06,213 Traveling in the springtime is pretty hard, 73 00:04:06,213 --> 00:04:08,582 especially when you got seven kids. 74 00:04:08,582 --> 00:04:11,918 (kids laughing) 75 00:04:11,918 --> 00:04:13,754 TIG: A lot of country that I want to show them. 76 00:04:13,754 --> 00:04:15,555 So I've decided to build 77 00:04:15,555 --> 00:04:18,191 a little cabin on top of my sled. 78 00:04:18,191 --> 00:04:20,260 Sort of like an arctic minivan. 79 00:04:20,260 --> 00:04:22,629 It might not be the prettiest damn thing in the world, 80 00:04:22,629 --> 00:04:24,531 but your sisters will love it. 81 00:04:27,234 --> 00:04:28,668 EVAN STRASSBURG: 82 00:04:28,668 --> 00:04:30,137 TIG: Over to 45 83 00:04:30,137 --> 00:04:32,339 and now we are going to have a 45-degree cut. 84 00:04:32,339 --> 00:04:35,008 Two 45s equals what? 85 00:04:35,008 --> 00:04:36,810 -EVAN: 90? -TIG: Yeah. 86 00:04:36,810 --> 00:04:39,980 I'm not totally sure what this thing is gonna look like. 87 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:41,548 I'm not a carpenter. 88 00:04:41,548 --> 00:04:45,152 I'm just trying to do the best I can do with what I got. 89 00:04:45,152 --> 00:04:51,491 So that's the part I'm stuck on, is what angle is this gonna be. 90 00:04:51,491 --> 00:04:53,927 Well, let's check out our blueprints. 91 00:04:55,362 --> 00:04:56,796 Come on, boys. 92 00:04:56,796 --> 00:04:58,698 Let's see, hey, 93 00:04:58,698 --> 00:05:00,600 three inches right there. 94 00:05:00,600 --> 00:05:02,102 Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 95 00:05:02,102 --> 00:05:04,704 See, that's how I see them do it on movies. 96 00:05:06,006 --> 00:05:07,407 We're spot on, boy. 97 00:05:11,311 --> 00:05:13,213 Make sure it's flush. 98 00:05:13,213 --> 00:05:15,382 This stuff is super-expensive. 99 00:05:15,382 --> 00:05:17,918 (saw whirring) 100 00:05:24,958 --> 00:05:26,092 Alright. 101 00:05:26,893 --> 00:05:28,562 As I was growing up, 102 00:05:28,562 --> 00:05:30,430 I was a little rambunctious kid, 103 00:05:30,430 --> 00:05:32,165 and I was always moving and had to do something. 104 00:05:32,165 --> 00:05:34,834 So when I was a kid, my grandparents, my dad, and all of them, 105 00:05:34,834 --> 00:05:37,704 they'd always load me up in the sled and bring me to camp. 106 00:05:37,704 --> 00:05:39,372 I like it, boys. I'm liking it. 107 00:05:39,372 --> 00:05:41,908 EVAN: It is, nice and solid. 108 00:05:41,908 --> 00:05:44,044 TIG: They didn't have a nice little cab for me 109 00:05:44,044 --> 00:05:46,012 like what I'm building my kids. 110 00:05:46,012 --> 00:05:49,015 This is so we can frame in the window right here. 111 00:05:49,015 --> 00:05:50,717 I got the wood. 112 00:05:55,622 --> 00:05:58,491 My sons, they might not look like the biggest guys around, 113 00:05:58,491 --> 00:05:59,693 but they are very strong. 114 00:06:02,662 --> 00:06:05,599 (saw whirring) 115 00:06:07,167 --> 00:06:08,969 You don't got a lot of lumber out here. 116 00:06:08,969 --> 00:06:11,338 It's very expensive. It's hard to get. 117 00:06:11,338 --> 00:06:13,907 We definitely gotta make sure we take our time 118 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:16,276 and we don't have to re-cut anything, 119 00:06:16,276 --> 00:06:17,878 'cause we can't just go to a store 120 00:06:17,878 --> 00:06:19,479 and buy some more lumber. 121 00:06:23,783 --> 00:06:26,019 -EVAN: Whoa. -TIG: Like a glove? 122 00:06:26,019 --> 00:06:27,821 -EVAN: Yeah. -TIG: Like a glove. 123 00:06:27,821 --> 00:06:29,422 (drill whirring) 124 00:06:33,860 --> 00:06:37,130 Go ahead and get these windows cut out 125 00:06:37,130 --> 00:06:38,732 and make some frames for it. 126 00:06:38,732 --> 00:06:41,034 The back door where you can climb in. 127 00:06:44,037 --> 00:06:45,972 Climb in, boys. 128 00:06:45,972 --> 00:06:49,142 Your little sisters are gonna fit right like this. 129 00:06:49,142 --> 00:06:52,112 They'll be just like puppies. Head in the wind. 130 00:06:54,214 --> 00:06:56,516 Make our entrance. Grand entrance. 131 00:06:56,516 --> 00:06:59,286 Dun-dun-dun-dun, dun-dun-dun! 132 00:06:59,286 --> 00:07:01,488 (ululating cry) 133 00:07:02,055 --> 00:07:03,023 Looks good. 134 00:07:05,992 --> 00:07:08,695 JOEL JACKO: You know, even a bad day, running around in the woods 135 00:07:08,695 --> 00:07:10,063 is a better day than in town. 136 00:07:14,968 --> 00:07:16,336 I guess Tracker is gonna come. 137 00:07:17,637 --> 00:07:19,005 You gonna ride? Let's roll. 138 00:07:19,940 --> 00:07:20,874 (engine starts) 139 00:07:24,177 --> 00:07:25,745 I feel we can find some birds, 140 00:07:25,745 --> 00:07:27,847 so I think we'll just travel around on the lake. 141 00:07:27,847 --> 00:07:29,683 It's about 10 miles on the ice. 142 00:07:29,683 --> 00:07:31,918 You really have to go with the seasons 143 00:07:31,918 --> 00:07:33,553 because it dictates what you can do 144 00:07:33,553 --> 00:07:36,056 and how you can travel and how you can hunt. 145 00:07:36,056 --> 00:07:38,058 Now that it's spring, we're gonna have to, 146 00:07:38,058 --> 00:07:39,726 you know, do some springtime hunting. 147 00:07:40,727 --> 00:07:41,861 My name is Joel Jacko. 148 00:07:41,861 --> 00:07:45,231 I am part of the Water Tulchina Clan. 149 00:07:45,231 --> 00:07:49,302 And I've lived in Pedro Bay for most of my life. 150 00:07:49,302 --> 00:07:52,272 A lot of the stories I heard growing up out here 151 00:07:52,272 --> 00:07:54,007 is kinda how the Athabascans 152 00:07:54,007 --> 00:07:56,042 in this area were like warriors. 153 00:07:56,042 --> 00:07:58,912 So being an Athabascan in the 21st century, 154 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:01,648 I joined the Marine Corp. and traveled the world. 155 00:08:02,749 --> 00:08:04,884 Came back to Alaska after the Marines, 156 00:08:04,884 --> 00:08:07,220 I realized it's definitely where I want to be. 157 00:08:12,492 --> 00:08:14,494 So far, the ice has been pretty bad. 158 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,062 It's, there's like a layer of slush 159 00:08:16,062 --> 00:08:17,764 on top of, like, half an inch of ice. 160 00:08:17,764 --> 00:08:18,998 And you keep breaking through it, 161 00:08:18,998 --> 00:08:21,868 so it's kinda melting faster than I anticipated. 162 00:08:21,868 --> 00:08:23,770 We'll give it a go, see what happens. 163 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:46,793 Saw a spruce hen fly up in the woods over there. 164 00:08:46,793 --> 00:08:48,128 I'm gonna see if we can go get him. 165 00:08:50,063 --> 00:08:51,097 Alright, Tracker. 166 00:08:56,169 --> 00:08:57,303 (clicking) 167 00:09:02,542 --> 00:09:04,844 There's a couple birds sitting over here. 168 00:09:12,719 --> 00:09:14,220 (gunshot) 169 00:09:17,590 --> 00:09:18,792 (gunshot) 170 00:09:20,260 --> 00:09:21,361 Damn it! 171 00:09:22,695 --> 00:09:24,531 I missed, they took off. 172 00:09:24,531 --> 00:09:26,666 I think my scope is way off here. 173 00:09:31,337 --> 00:09:33,173 Well, I missed twice 174 00:09:33,173 --> 00:09:36,042 because my scope is having some problems. 175 00:09:37,243 --> 00:09:39,145 It's not holding its accuracy anymore. 176 00:09:41,381 --> 00:09:44,818 (singing) I think my gun has kicked the bucket. 177 00:09:46,386 --> 00:09:47,754 Hopefully, we can find some more. 178 00:09:51,591 --> 00:09:52,559 (gunshot) 179 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:54,427 Pretty close. 180 00:09:54,427 --> 00:09:56,396 Let's go see if we can find that bird now. 181 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:07,340 Damn it! 182 00:10:13,146 --> 00:10:14,581 JOEL: Oh, he just went back down. 183 00:10:16,783 --> 00:10:18,118 This is like work. 184 00:10:24,390 --> 00:10:26,759 Well... see him. 185 00:10:40,039 --> 00:10:41,207 (gunshot) 186 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,979 Only took 17 bullets. 187 00:10:45,979 --> 00:10:48,882 At least, uh, I'll have a good dinner. 188 00:10:48,882 --> 00:10:53,286 It's no head shot, but it's good. 189 00:10:53,286 --> 00:10:54,988 Let's see if I can go find the other one too. 190 00:10:55,622 --> 00:10:57,557 No, no. 191 00:10:57,557 --> 00:10:59,058 Think I'm gonna go back down to the beach, 192 00:10:59,058 --> 00:11:01,594 maybe he's sitting on the beach again. 193 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:08,501 The more I'm out here, the more you kinda get to know yourself 194 00:11:08,501 --> 00:11:11,938 'cause you have to become more reliant on yourself. 195 00:11:13,606 --> 00:11:16,776 You become a better provider and mechanic 196 00:11:16,776 --> 00:11:18,244 and whatever, plumber, you know, 197 00:11:18,244 --> 00:11:20,146 you just have to become everything out here. 198 00:11:21,114 --> 00:11:22,982 Oh, he might be long gone. 199 00:11:24,918 --> 00:11:26,553 Where's he at, Tracker? Huh? 200 00:11:29,589 --> 00:11:30,690 -(wings flapping) -Oh, there he is. 201 00:11:30,690 --> 00:11:32,225 I knew he was in that tree. 202 00:11:34,427 --> 00:11:35,528 He's gone. 203 00:11:37,964 --> 00:11:39,432 I knew he was in that tree though. 204 00:11:40,567 --> 00:11:42,368 Should have been a little more sneaky. 205 00:11:44,337 --> 00:11:45,505 I was like five feet from it. 206 00:11:45,505 --> 00:11:47,206 I could have thrown the gun at it and hit it. 207 00:11:47,206 --> 00:11:49,542 But it's pretty, pretty frustrating when the bird's, 208 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:50,677 you know, looking at you. 209 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,615 One bird's not much meat. 210 00:11:56,849 --> 00:12:00,153 Be nice to have, like, a dozen or so, you know. 211 00:12:00,153 --> 00:12:01,788 Throw a couple in the freezer and then 212 00:12:01,788 --> 00:12:05,024 make a good pot of soup or something. 213 00:12:05,024 --> 00:12:08,828 This fall, he was chasing a spruce hen and it flew into the shop, 214 00:12:08,828 --> 00:12:11,364 and he ran in there and he was able to get it. 215 00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:14,200 And ever since then, he thinks he's some great bird dog now. 216 00:12:15,001 --> 00:12:16,336 Best dog I've ever had. 217 00:12:19,906 --> 00:12:23,176 JOHN PINGAYAK: These rivers, this ocean, and our land 218 00:12:23,176 --> 00:12:24,877 is our resource 219 00:12:24,877 --> 00:12:28,248 to keep the native people of Alaska alive. 220 00:12:36,489 --> 00:12:38,124 JOHN: Look at my eyes. 221 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:41,628 You have to understand what I'm gonna be telling you. 222 00:12:41,628 --> 00:12:43,830 This is between life and death. 223 00:12:44,430 --> 00:12:46,199 In this land, 224 00:12:46,199 --> 00:12:49,602 it can be beautiful, and it can be harsh. 225 00:12:49,602 --> 00:12:51,537 You always have to be prepared. 226 00:12:54,207 --> 00:12:58,711 I'm training Sonna Boy, my grandson. 227 00:12:58,711 --> 00:13:01,748 He has to be able to survive in this land. 228 00:13:01,748 --> 00:13:03,549 Go check the ice down there. 229 00:13:04,651 --> 00:13:05,852 Do it fast. 230 00:13:05,852 --> 00:13:10,556 I trained him since the time he was 12 years old. 231 00:13:14,093 --> 00:13:17,563 As long as I'm able to travel on the tundra, 232 00:13:18,398 --> 00:13:20,600 I'll keep training him. 233 00:13:20,600 --> 00:13:21,934 Come on, Sonna Boy. 234 00:13:24,837 --> 00:13:29,108 Don't you ever expose your hands 235 00:13:29,108 --> 00:13:32,679 on the snow like this when it's blowing snow. 236 00:13:32,679 --> 00:13:36,115 It'll take less than two minutes to freeze my hands. 237 00:13:37,884 --> 00:13:39,986 My grandfather have told me, 238 00:13:39,986 --> 00:13:42,989 don't assume that you know how to do it... 239 00:13:42,989 --> 00:13:47,260 Go and run around just like you're warming up 240 00:13:47,260 --> 00:13:49,762 your feet and your body. 241 00:13:49,762 --> 00:13:52,932 ...because you just saw someone do it. 242 00:13:52,932 --> 00:13:57,136 I know how to do it because I did it with my two hands like this. 243 00:14:03,810 --> 00:14:05,378 JOHN "SONNA BOY" PINGAYAK III: I see clouds above them. 244 00:14:05,378 --> 00:14:06,946 JOHN: That'll tell you... 245 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:11,984 ...there's strong winds or storm coming. 246 00:14:11,984 --> 00:14:14,320 So what you have to do when you see that, 247 00:14:14,320 --> 00:14:15,955 you go home, for safety. 248 00:14:17,023 --> 00:14:18,858 SONNA BOY: My name is Apanuugpak. 249 00:14:18,858 --> 00:14:21,360 That's, uh, Great Warrior in Cup'ik. 250 00:14:21,360 --> 00:14:24,831 And named after my grandfather, John Pingayak III. 251 00:14:30,236 --> 00:14:33,606 When I hear stories of Apanuugpak back then, 252 00:14:33,606 --> 00:14:34,874 he had a really big name, 253 00:14:34,874 --> 00:14:37,477 and I feel like I should live up to that, 254 00:14:37,477 --> 00:14:40,179 and it just, like, really challenges me everywhere I go. 255 00:14:41,347 --> 00:14:42,648 JOHN: I'm gonna train you 256 00:14:42,648 --> 00:14:45,051 how to make a shelter out of snow. 257 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:51,491 The most dangerous thing that you're fighting against, 258 00:14:51,491 --> 00:14:53,960 is exposure. 259 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,662 The wind coming or hitting your body, 260 00:14:56,662 --> 00:14:59,232 but you never, never panic. 261 00:15:02,602 --> 00:15:03,903 SONNA BOY: I want warmer. 262 00:15:04,404 --> 00:15:05,972 JOHN: 263 00:15:10,209 --> 00:15:11,544 SONNA BOY: Right now? 264 00:15:11,544 --> 00:15:12,812 JOHN: Take your parka off. 265 00:15:14,814 --> 00:15:16,449 SONNA BOY: I really love learning 266 00:15:16,449 --> 00:15:19,418 everything that my grandfather is teaching me. 267 00:15:19,418 --> 00:15:21,420 JOHN: 268 00:15:32,865 --> 00:15:37,103 This area is where the current goes 269 00:15:37,103 --> 00:15:41,107 from there to that other lake. 270 00:15:41,107 --> 00:15:44,010 And it has a slough that goes out to the river. 271 00:15:44,911 --> 00:15:47,513 And so here, Sonna Boy. 272 00:15:51,350 --> 00:15:52,418 Blackfish. 273 00:15:54,587 --> 00:15:58,291 I set these blackfish traps for a week or so. 274 00:15:59,525 --> 00:16:01,227 I'm 73 years old. 275 00:16:01,227 --> 00:16:03,162 This is what I eat. 276 00:16:03,162 --> 00:16:05,097 And you, Sonna Boy, 277 00:16:05,097 --> 00:16:08,167 you got to learn to eat it for the future. 278 00:16:08,167 --> 00:16:11,204 You're learning how to survive right now. 279 00:16:11,204 --> 00:16:13,172 SONNA BOY: This is priceless then, ah? 280 00:16:13,172 --> 00:16:16,576 JOHN: It is priceless, that's right. 281 00:16:17,710 --> 00:16:19,145 SONNA BOY: Alright. 282 00:16:19,145 --> 00:16:22,248 JOHN (in Cup'ik language): 283 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:36,696 (in English): Okay, I'm gonna set this up. 284 00:16:37,263 --> 00:16:38,197 What? 285 00:16:38,197 --> 00:16:39,866 SONNA BOY: Sun's going down pretty fast. 286 00:16:39,866 --> 00:16:41,767 JOHN: Okay. We'd better go. 287 00:16:44,904 --> 00:16:46,572 MARVIN: Since I was a kid, 288 00:16:46,572 --> 00:16:49,675 our beaches got steeper, the tides are getting bigger. 289 00:16:49,675 --> 00:16:52,778 You gotta work harder to get more to make ends meet. 290 00:17:05,057 --> 00:17:06,626 JUSTIN: This is not the goat country, 291 00:17:06,626 --> 00:17:08,761 this is more of the bear country. 292 00:17:08,761 --> 00:17:09,996 It is a little bit more nervous 293 00:17:09,996 --> 00:17:12,532 walking through super thick stuff like this 294 00:17:12,532 --> 00:17:15,801 when you can't really see 50 yards ahead of you. 295 00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:23,743 We have to order our meat from Kodiak, 296 00:17:23,743 --> 00:17:25,678 which is a 45-minute plane ride, 297 00:17:25,678 --> 00:17:28,714 so getting fresh meat is always a plus. 298 00:17:29,815 --> 00:17:31,751 I can see where a bear paw print is, 299 00:17:31,751 --> 00:17:34,320 so we are definitely using the same trail as they are. 300 00:17:35,554 --> 00:17:37,290 Going the same way as us. 301 00:17:44,497 --> 00:17:47,500 MARVIN: See if I hear any gunshots. 302 00:17:47,500 --> 00:17:49,568 Justin likes to get up and do things. 303 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,904 That's what I miss. 304 00:17:51,904 --> 00:17:56,509 Being around Justin brings out a little more energy in me. 305 00:17:56,509 --> 00:17:59,879 Look like he was standing up right there at the very peak. 306 00:17:59,879 --> 00:18:04,383 But if not, I'm seeing things. (laughs) 307 00:18:04,383 --> 00:18:07,153 JUSTIN: We're about halfway, a third way up the mountain. 308 00:18:07,153 --> 00:18:09,322 We're just getting up to the cloud line here, 309 00:18:09,322 --> 00:18:11,824 you can see the cabin. 310 00:18:11,824 --> 00:18:14,327 Can't see too far, 200 yards right now. 311 00:18:14,327 --> 00:18:17,363 We can see up, but once we get up into the thicker of it, 312 00:18:17,363 --> 00:18:19,966 it's gonna be a bit harder to see. 313 00:18:23,936 --> 00:18:26,505 The goats, they're white, they can be dirty gray, whatever. 314 00:18:26,505 --> 00:18:29,275 Same color as the clouds practically so... 315 00:18:29,275 --> 00:18:30,810 There's also snow up there. 316 00:18:30,810 --> 00:18:34,013 It just makes it even harder to spot the animal. 317 00:18:34,013 --> 00:18:36,649 Once we get up higher into that fog and the snow, 318 00:18:36,649 --> 00:18:38,117 it's gonna get colder. 319 00:18:45,992 --> 00:18:48,027 MARVIN (off screen): I see the wind coming, I hear it. 320 00:18:48,027 --> 00:18:50,663 It's snowing up there where Justin is. 321 00:18:51,864 --> 00:18:53,766 Got a good snowstorm. 322 00:18:56,369 --> 00:18:58,404 It's pretty steep out there 323 00:18:59,405 --> 00:19:02,475 and very treacherous hike. 324 00:19:02,475 --> 00:19:05,711 There is a very big concern about where to go out there. 325 00:19:05,711 --> 00:19:07,446 They're in the cliffs and rocks, 326 00:19:07,446 --> 00:19:10,416 yeah, there is a lot of danger in goat hunting. 327 00:19:12,685 --> 00:19:14,687 JUSTIN: Who knows what's on the other side though. 328 00:19:14,687 --> 00:19:18,157 Hopefully, we get enough visibility to spot something. 329 00:19:18,157 --> 00:19:20,993 A lot of snow up here, at least an inch. 330 00:19:20,993 --> 00:19:23,295 Just about to the top where it levels out. 331 00:19:31,237 --> 00:19:33,205 We should hopefully come across a mountain goat. 332 00:19:33,906 --> 00:19:35,474 Maybe. 333 00:19:44,216 --> 00:19:46,585 MARVIN: You know, one little slip or something out there 334 00:19:46,585 --> 00:19:48,788 and to be that far away from home 335 00:19:48,788 --> 00:19:51,590 with just a radio to call for help, 336 00:19:51,590 --> 00:19:53,225 that's always a big concern. 337 00:19:58,364 --> 00:20:00,966 One person, where am I at? 338 00:20:02,635 --> 00:20:04,870 JUSTIN: This is definitely not ideal hunting weather. 339 00:20:12,044 --> 00:20:15,081 MARVIN: Kinda hoping Justin's in a good spot for goat. 340 00:20:19,118 --> 00:20:21,754 JUSTIN: Plus we're still quite a ways from the cabin. 341 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:24,190 We ain't gonna get down their till dinner time. 342 00:20:24,190 --> 00:20:26,592 We've had some good visibility, for a little bit. 343 00:20:26,592 --> 00:20:29,962 We got to glass around, but the snow came back down. 344 00:20:29,962 --> 00:20:31,697 Warm cabin, dry. 345 00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:33,666 Definitely looking forward to that, 346 00:20:33,666 --> 00:20:36,302 but hopefully, still looking forward to a goat. 347 00:20:38,904 --> 00:20:41,640 MARVIN: They're up there in the fog right now 348 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,343 but didn't take 'em very long to get up there. 349 00:20:45,411 --> 00:20:48,314 Probably pretty slippery up there. 350 00:20:48,314 --> 00:20:51,350 You have to adapt and overcome out here. 351 00:20:51,350 --> 00:20:53,686 We work around the weather and the tide. 352 00:20:53,686 --> 00:20:56,021 Accessibility to getting things. 353 00:20:56,021 --> 00:21:01,127 Out here, you just... have to make it work. 354 00:21:01,127 --> 00:21:02,595 JUSTIN: Here we are, 355 00:21:02,595 --> 00:21:05,030 on the top of the mountain, behind the cabin. 356 00:21:05,030 --> 00:21:07,266 I was kind of hoping that we'd have a good advantage 357 00:21:07,266 --> 00:21:09,135 of seeing what could be on the other side here. 358 00:21:11,837 --> 00:21:13,572 They're definitely gonna know I'm here 359 00:21:13,572 --> 00:21:16,776 so just hope they don't get too spooked. 360 00:21:16,776 --> 00:21:20,246 In the village, there's only about 55 people max, 361 00:21:20,246 --> 00:21:22,414 including the children. 362 00:21:22,414 --> 00:21:24,650 A lot of the people here, they wouldn't prefer hiking up 363 00:21:24,650 --> 00:21:26,552 to the top of the mountain for their meat. 364 00:21:26,552 --> 00:21:28,788 Unless you just really want to, like me. 365 00:21:28,788 --> 00:21:30,856 It's a tough hunt, but I love it. 366 00:21:35,394 --> 00:21:36,929 MARVIN (off screen): Maybe he's on his way back down, 367 00:21:36,929 --> 00:21:39,698 walking back to the trail over here. 368 00:21:39,698 --> 00:21:40,833 Maybe he got one. 369 00:21:44,904 --> 00:21:46,338 JUSTIN: 370 00:21:46,338 --> 00:21:49,408 just always so unpredictable 371 00:21:49,408 --> 00:21:54,046 and be nice one minute and clear the next. 372 00:21:54,046 --> 00:21:55,714 Can't really see much on the other side, 373 00:21:55,714 --> 00:21:59,151 but it looks a lot more snowy than the other side 374 00:21:59,151 --> 00:22:00,619 that we just came up on. 375 00:22:02,054 --> 00:22:04,523 Zero visibility right now. 376 00:22:06,392 --> 00:22:09,161 I decided that I'm just gonna head back. 377 00:22:09,161 --> 00:22:13,499 Yeah, definitely not the ideal hunting weather for goat. 378 00:22:15,634 --> 00:22:18,437 If it was clear, it would have been a whole different story. 379 00:22:22,908 --> 00:22:24,610 TIG: The elders always talked 380 00:22:24,610 --> 00:22:28,380 about prophecies saying, "There's gonna be a time 381 00:22:28,380 --> 00:22:30,516 "where we have to live a subsistent lifestyle 382 00:22:30,516 --> 00:22:32,251 and completely live off the land." 383 00:22:34,987 --> 00:22:36,555 Alright. Go ahead, Terry. 384 00:22:36,555 --> 00:22:38,490 -TERRANCE STRASSBURG: Trace it out? -TIG: Yeah. 385 00:22:40,793 --> 00:22:41,794 What are you doing? 386 00:22:41,794 --> 00:22:43,596 Are you drawing smiley faces and stuff now? 387 00:22:44,430 --> 00:22:45,731 Graffiti? 388 00:22:45,731 --> 00:22:46,966 TIG: For the sled, 389 00:22:46,966 --> 00:22:49,969 and all we gotta do now is to get the door done. 390 00:22:52,304 --> 00:22:53,539 Even I can fit. 391 00:22:53,539 --> 00:22:54,874 Look at that, boys! 392 00:22:54,874 --> 00:22:55,874 EVAN: Whoa. 393 00:22:56,775 --> 00:22:58,077 TIG: Cut out the windows. 394 00:22:59,712 --> 00:23:01,280 EVAN: 395 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:03,983 TIG: Yeah. Plexiglass, they call it. 396 00:23:08,354 --> 00:23:10,322 I'm enjoying my time with my boys. 397 00:23:10,322 --> 00:23:11,724 They seem like they're learning. 398 00:23:11,724 --> 00:23:14,059 They're picking up on little things. 399 00:23:14,059 --> 00:23:16,595 I don't got a whole lot of carpentry skills to teach them 400 00:23:16,595 --> 00:23:19,031 but what I do know, I want to pass down to them 401 00:23:19,031 --> 00:23:21,867 and hopefully, they can start cutting up some wood 402 00:23:21,867 --> 00:23:25,070 and making their own types of things, too. 403 00:23:25,070 --> 00:23:26,772 -TERRANCE: Yeah. -TIG: You good to flip it? 404 00:23:32,611 --> 00:23:35,014 Hey, it fits. 405 00:23:35,014 --> 00:23:37,716 Well, how about you go grab your little sisters 406 00:23:37,716 --> 00:23:39,385 and we take a look at it. 407 00:23:39,385 --> 00:23:44,290 (indistinct chatter) 408 00:23:47,926 --> 00:23:48,994 Alright. 409 00:23:50,195 --> 00:23:52,498 Climb in, Momma, your new ride. 410 00:23:54,099 --> 00:23:56,635 LOUISE MOSES: I couldn't even imagine what he had in his head. 411 00:23:56,635 --> 00:23:58,070 TIG: Hi, Momma. 412 00:23:58,070 --> 00:23:59,238 LOUISE: It looks amazing. 413 00:23:59,238 --> 00:24:00,839 I'm really happy with how it turned out. 414 00:24:00,839 --> 00:24:02,308 It's big enough for all the kids. 415 00:24:03,842 --> 00:24:05,911 TIG: You girls all set to head to camp. 416 00:24:05,911 --> 00:24:10,749 So let's load up and let's go check out camp. 417 00:24:10,749 --> 00:24:12,851 I do try and carry on the tradition 418 00:24:12,851 --> 00:24:14,820 of living a nomadic lifestyle 419 00:24:14,820 --> 00:24:18,090 and so springtime, I start taking my family down river 420 00:24:18,090 --> 00:24:22,027 to our fishing camp and family allotments back there. 421 00:24:22,027 --> 00:24:24,763 Feet up forward so make some room, Sophie. 422 00:24:24,763 --> 00:24:26,999 Feels real good to have this sled finished for my children. 423 00:24:28,534 --> 00:24:29,702 Uh-oh, Sooga. 424 00:24:34,340 --> 00:24:37,943 Alright. We're all loaded up, we got the babies loaded up. 425 00:24:37,943 --> 00:24:39,011 How's everybody? 426 00:24:39,011 --> 00:24:40,079 GIRLS: Good! 427 00:24:40,079 --> 00:24:41,113 AMIYA STRASSBURG: Good. 428 00:24:41,113 --> 00:24:43,615 LOUISE: Can't wait to get started. 429 00:24:43,615 --> 00:24:46,151 Get out to camp. Get away for a while. 430 00:24:46,151 --> 00:24:47,986 TERRANCE: I'm really stoked to go on the sled. 431 00:24:47,986 --> 00:24:50,155 TIG: Alright, hang on. 432 00:24:52,391 --> 00:24:54,326 (engine revving) 433 00:24:56,161 --> 00:24:58,430 Before Allakaket was a town, my family used to live 434 00:24:58,430 --> 00:25:01,533 in The South Fork, got a cabin up there. 435 00:25:01,533 --> 00:25:03,469 It's only 33 miles to camp. 436 00:25:03,469 --> 00:25:05,004 With these girls in the sled, 437 00:25:05,004 --> 00:25:08,207 I figure we're gonna be doing about 15 miles an hour 438 00:25:08,207 --> 00:25:10,909 and it's gonna be about a three-, four-hour ride. 439 00:25:12,411 --> 00:25:14,413 It's very important to get my children 440 00:25:14,413 --> 00:25:17,249 out to camp right now at this young age 441 00:25:17,249 --> 00:25:20,219 and away from the TV and away from wi-fi 442 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:22,688 and all of this and get them connected with the woods. 443 00:25:37,136 --> 00:25:38,470 TIG: 444 00:25:38,470 --> 00:25:39,905 LOUISE: 445 00:25:39,905 --> 00:25:41,707 TIG: Check engine light keeps coming on. 446 00:25:41,707 --> 00:25:43,909 And when it does that, it cuts out the motor 447 00:25:43,909 --> 00:25:45,144 and I ain't got no power. 448 00:25:45,144 --> 00:25:46,712 TERRANCE: Will we make it back, Dad? 449 00:25:46,712 --> 00:25:48,781 TIG: Um, I hope so. 450 00:25:50,382 --> 00:25:51,617 TIG: Let me check it again. 451 00:25:54,820 --> 00:25:57,056 No, see, 452 00:25:57,056 --> 00:25:59,324 that's not supposed to be on right there. 453 00:25:59,324 --> 00:26:02,828 Then when I'm driving, it tells me to stop the engine. 454 00:26:02,828 --> 00:26:04,930 Go home now, it tells me. 455 00:26:04,930 --> 00:26:07,533 Look like a part of the piston shot through. 456 00:26:08,767 --> 00:26:11,203 You can spend days and weeks planning a trip 457 00:26:11,203 --> 00:26:13,272 and then once, once you get into it, 458 00:26:13,272 --> 00:26:15,774 you know, plans are going to change, just instantly. 459 00:26:15,774 --> 00:26:18,210 It just so windy and rugged out here, 460 00:26:18,210 --> 00:26:21,780 it isn't the right conditions to work on anything. 461 00:26:21,780 --> 00:26:23,949 I don't want to get stranded out there in the woods 462 00:26:23,949 --> 00:26:28,754 with seven kids and a dog and my honey. 463 00:26:28,754 --> 00:26:31,990 You know, we're gonna be a long ways out there. 464 00:26:31,990 --> 00:26:34,693 We gonna have to go home, and I gotta work on it tonight. 465 00:26:34,693 --> 00:26:35,961 HAZEL: Okay. 466 00:26:35,961 --> 00:26:37,529 TIG: We'll try again tomorrow. 467 00:26:38,297 --> 00:26:40,032 Everybody gonna be okay. 468 00:26:40,032 --> 00:26:41,166 -HAZEL: Yeah. -SOPHIE: Yeah. 469 00:26:42,401 --> 00:26:45,070 Oh, my God. 470 00:26:45,070 --> 00:26:47,573 TIG: Uh, this is a difficult life, difficult country. 471 00:26:47,573 --> 00:26:49,575 It gets cold and extreme and everything. 472 00:26:49,575 --> 00:26:51,009 But, you know, the kids, 473 00:26:51,009 --> 00:26:52,811 they're acclimated to the temperatures. 474 00:26:52,811 --> 00:26:54,646 They're not used to anything easier, 475 00:26:54,646 --> 00:26:56,482 and this is just their everyday life. 476 00:26:57,483 --> 00:26:58,684 They're strong kids. 477 00:27:00,619 --> 00:27:02,855 JOHN: When I tell my story 478 00:27:02,855 --> 00:27:06,859 to my grandchildren, it becomes real, 479 00:27:06,859 --> 00:27:09,761 and it makes these young people strong. 480 00:27:26,512 --> 00:27:30,082 JOHN: 481 00:28:00,979 --> 00:28:01,980 LIANA PINGAYAK: 482 00:28:01,980 --> 00:28:05,684 Um, this is for your hands, like this. 483 00:28:05,684 --> 00:28:08,854 JOHN: 484 00:28:14,226 --> 00:28:16,762 SONNA BOY: I'm taking the cover off 485 00:28:18,463 --> 00:28:21,333 from the hole so... 486 00:28:21,333 --> 00:28:24,369 it will be a lot easier for me to get in the blackfish. 487 00:28:24,369 --> 00:28:26,939 See how easy that was for me to hit the water. 488 00:28:31,009 --> 00:28:33,712 Until sixth grade, I was living in Fairbanks 489 00:28:33,712 --> 00:28:36,515 and just sitting around doing nothing and then I come here 490 00:28:36,515 --> 00:28:39,718 and I'm just busy with my grandparents. 491 00:28:45,224 --> 00:28:47,359 Every trip is something new to learn. 492 00:28:47,359 --> 00:28:50,495 To carry on tradition when I have a kid of my own 493 00:28:50,495 --> 00:28:52,464 is kinda scary for me. 494 00:28:52,464 --> 00:28:55,400 Because I don't want to forget anything that I've been taught. 495 00:28:56,768 --> 00:28:58,971 JOHN: Yeah. 496 00:29:06,678 --> 00:29:09,047 When I'm no longer in this land, 497 00:29:09,047 --> 00:29:11,116 they're going to carry that tradition. 498 00:29:11,783 --> 00:29:14,453 It's like Paiciteq. 499 00:29:14,453 --> 00:29:15,687 It's like a gift. 500 00:29:27,299 --> 00:29:29,701 JOEL: It's not just the elements that slow you down. 501 00:29:29,701 --> 00:29:33,405 Just being away from civilization slows you down. 502 00:29:40,946 --> 00:29:42,147 Ohh! 503 00:29:42,147 --> 00:29:44,516 There's way more snow back here than I thought there was. 504 00:29:44,516 --> 00:29:46,418 Going right through the bottom. 505 00:29:46,418 --> 00:29:49,288 I'm actually on the old native dog sled trails. 506 00:29:49,288 --> 00:29:50,689 This is like the main trail 507 00:29:50,689 --> 00:29:53,425 to get from village to village or house to house. 508 00:29:56,194 --> 00:29:57,829 People used to use this all the time. 509 00:29:57,829 --> 00:30:00,365 I mean, it would be like their highway basically 510 00:30:00,365 --> 00:30:02,200 before they had vehicles and boats. 511 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,236 Most people don't even know where it's at. 512 00:30:04,236 --> 00:30:06,872 So it's just kinda, just kinda sad, I feel like. 513 00:30:11,243 --> 00:30:12,544 You know, people just kind of lost 514 00:30:12,544 --> 00:30:14,646 the art of hunting and living off the land. 515 00:30:15,881 --> 00:30:17,115 That's why I want to keep it open 516 00:30:17,115 --> 00:30:18,917 so people can still use it if they want. 517 00:30:22,421 --> 00:30:24,423 It's a lot of work to cut a trail out 518 00:30:24,423 --> 00:30:26,625 that hasn't been maintained in years. 519 00:30:30,595 --> 00:30:31,563 Come on. 520 00:30:43,842 --> 00:30:45,477 (gunshot) 521 00:30:55,354 --> 00:30:56,388 Headshot. 522 00:30:58,090 --> 00:30:59,024 Oh. 523 00:31:00,659 --> 00:31:02,194 This frickin' gun! 524 00:31:04,629 --> 00:31:05,697 You gotta be kidding me. 525 00:31:06,331 --> 00:31:07,466 Oh, my God. 526 00:31:19,511 --> 00:31:20,612 (gunshot) 527 00:31:28,453 --> 00:31:29,921 JOEL: Neck shot. 528 00:31:29,921 --> 00:31:32,257 There's at least one, one more over there. 529 00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:35,093 Leave these guys here. 530 00:31:37,295 --> 00:31:38,296 Come on. 531 00:31:40,198 --> 00:31:42,000 Fly, I heard them fly. 532 00:31:44,069 --> 00:31:47,005 It's very fulfilling being able to provide for yourself. 533 00:31:47,005 --> 00:31:49,408 It's nice just, you know, being out in the woods. 534 00:31:50,776 --> 00:31:52,878 It's nice not having to worry about 535 00:31:52,878 --> 00:31:54,846 relying on the grocery store. 536 00:31:54,846 --> 00:31:57,282 Relying on your own wit, basically. 537 00:32:07,459 --> 00:32:08,593 -(wings flapping) -There it goes! 538 00:32:10,695 --> 00:32:11,797 (gunshot) 539 00:32:19,404 --> 00:32:20,605 Oh boy. 540 00:32:22,841 --> 00:32:24,009 Oh yeah. 541 00:32:32,484 --> 00:32:33,852 Yeah, I like Pedro Bay. 542 00:32:34,753 --> 00:32:35,821 Good time. 543 00:32:38,356 --> 00:32:40,859 MARVIN: Out here, times change, 544 00:32:40,859 --> 00:32:42,794 but our way of living hasn't. 545 00:32:43,462 --> 00:32:45,497 ♪ ♪ 546 00:32:53,271 --> 00:32:54,706 MARVIN: What a beautiful day. 547 00:32:54,706 --> 00:32:57,576 Nice up in here. Really nice. 548 00:32:57,576 --> 00:32:59,010 JUSTIN: Yeah. 549 00:33:01,346 --> 00:33:05,317 So our next goal, plan is to go to Olga Bay 550 00:33:05,317 --> 00:33:08,486 to just go and track other mountains and hopefully one's there. 551 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:14,326 MARVIN: Hunting is the easiest way to live out here 552 00:33:14,326 --> 00:33:18,296 to make it easier on finances. 553 00:33:18,296 --> 00:33:21,299 Where did you guys see them last time you were up here? 554 00:33:21,299 --> 00:33:22,500 JUSTIN: Right over here. 555 00:33:23,802 --> 00:33:25,971 MARVIN: It is just so hard to see now. 556 00:33:26,905 --> 00:33:28,540 The snow. 557 00:33:31,042 --> 00:33:34,379 JUSTIN: I see one in that steep ravine right there. 558 00:33:34,379 --> 00:33:37,549 MARVIN: Alright. Where we see one, we'll see more. 559 00:33:37,549 --> 00:33:38,917 JUSTIN: After spotting the goat, 560 00:33:38,917 --> 00:33:41,219 you have to come up with a gameplan to get them. 561 00:33:41,219 --> 00:33:43,121 It can be pretty tricky sometimes 562 00:33:43,121 --> 00:33:44,990 because there's cliffs everywhere. 563 00:33:44,990 --> 00:33:46,758 And you gotta find a beach 564 00:33:46,758 --> 00:33:49,261 that can land a skiff with no swell. 565 00:33:49,261 --> 00:33:51,696 And then from there, find a spot to get up. 566 00:33:54,566 --> 00:33:56,868 Two different groups, 567 00:33:56,868 --> 00:34:02,173 I could see that one low... guy standing out right there. 568 00:34:02,173 --> 00:34:04,075 That's the one I'm probably gonna go for. 569 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:09,581 Soon as we get to the beach here, 570 00:34:09,581 --> 00:34:12,684 the skiff is banging around on the rock and making noise. 571 00:34:12,684 --> 00:34:14,219 I look up on the hill, and I noticed 572 00:34:14,219 --> 00:34:16,655 the goat are already looking at us. 573 00:34:16,655 --> 00:34:18,023 MARVIN: Yeah, I'm just gonna go up there on that beach. 574 00:34:18,023 --> 00:34:19,291 -And see if I could-- -JUSTIN: Good spot. 575 00:34:19,291 --> 00:34:22,861 MARVIN: I'll just distract them so that they watch me. 576 00:34:22,861 --> 00:34:23,895 -JUSTIN: Alrighty. -MARVIN: Good luck. 577 00:34:23,895 --> 00:34:25,030 JUSTIN: See you when we get back. 578 00:34:30,835 --> 00:34:32,871 MARVIN: While Justin's hiking up the hill there, 579 00:34:32,871 --> 00:34:36,841 I'm gonna go along and hope that goat watch me here 580 00:34:36,841 --> 00:34:38,276 so I can keep them distracted 581 00:34:38,276 --> 00:34:41,746 so they don't pay attention to him hiking up the hill. 582 00:34:41,746 --> 00:34:43,582 No protection and it's pretty open, 583 00:34:43,582 --> 00:34:45,016 and there's nothing to really hide 584 00:34:45,016 --> 00:34:48,053 and stalk up to the goat. 585 00:34:48,053 --> 00:34:50,155 Once I hear a shot, I'll know he got one. 586 00:34:52,958 --> 00:34:55,160 JUSTIN: I see a couple down really low 587 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:57,228 to where we're trying to get so, 588 00:34:57,228 --> 00:34:58,697 so far I'm doing good. 589 00:34:58,697 --> 00:34:59,831 They don't know I'm here. 590 00:34:59,831 --> 00:35:00,899 Okay. 591 00:35:23,521 --> 00:35:25,056 MARVIN: There they are right there. 592 00:35:25,056 --> 00:35:28,360 I see one there, two, three. 593 00:35:36,901 --> 00:35:38,436 JUSTIN: It is pretty white. 594 00:35:39,871 --> 00:35:41,873 Who knows? Deer, bear, possibly even a goat. 595 00:35:52,217 --> 00:35:53,985 They're starting to move a little bit, 596 00:35:53,985 --> 00:35:57,055 so I'm gonna see how close up I can get to them there, 597 00:35:57,055 --> 00:35:58,823 without spooking them too much. 598 00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,928 You see that bottom one that just came out? 599 00:36:05,296 --> 00:36:07,465 I think that might be a nanny. 600 00:36:09,534 --> 00:36:11,970 Okay, that nanny right there stood up now, 601 00:36:11,970 --> 00:36:13,772 so I'm gonna try to take a shot at it. 602 00:36:21,613 --> 00:36:22,547 (gunshot) 603 00:36:23,648 --> 00:36:24,682 (gunshot) 604 00:36:28,720 --> 00:36:30,555 JUSTIN: The little tiny nanny. 605 00:36:30,555 --> 00:36:33,058 Seeing if we can get to him now. 606 00:36:33,058 --> 00:36:37,195 I got really lucky, ended up right on the ledge of a cliff. 607 00:36:37,195 --> 00:36:39,998 It's a tough hunt, but I love it. I love every bit of it. 608 00:36:39,998 --> 00:36:42,767 I love getting out, and I can't wait till 609 00:36:42,767 --> 00:36:44,436 my sons get out here with me. 610 00:36:44,436 --> 00:36:46,171 And I know they're gonna love it. 611 00:36:46,171 --> 00:36:49,974 MARVIN: Hills goats are pretty tough animals. 612 00:36:49,974 --> 00:36:52,143 They don't have very much predators here. 613 00:36:52,143 --> 00:36:53,912 Where they're at, it's pretty tough 614 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:57,082 for even a bear to even get at them. 615 00:36:57,082 --> 00:37:00,552 No natural predator but the bear and Justin. 616 00:37:02,687 --> 00:37:04,089 JUSTIN: I think that's really important 617 00:37:04,089 --> 00:37:05,924 to have all the stuff that we have now 618 00:37:05,924 --> 00:37:08,760 and that we're passing on, that Marvin passed on, 619 00:37:08,760 --> 00:37:11,629 that we both pretty much learned together. 620 00:37:14,899 --> 00:37:18,703 This should last us till next season. 621 00:37:18,703 --> 00:37:22,040 I think it'll be really useful in the long run for my kids, 622 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,809 their kids, and hopefully it keeps going on from there. 623 00:37:26,778 --> 00:37:29,547 MARVIN: I used to be around a lot of the elders growing up. 624 00:37:29,547 --> 00:37:32,283 There's a lot of respect for those old timing people. 625 00:37:32,283 --> 00:37:35,453 How they made our village what it is today, 626 00:37:35,453 --> 00:37:37,655 and what we still carry on here. 627 00:37:39,224 --> 00:37:42,861 I want to help the village as much as I got to offer, 628 00:37:42,861 --> 00:37:44,229 which is a lot. 629 00:37:46,764 --> 00:37:49,901 You got his goat, kids will be happy. 630 00:37:49,901 --> 00:37:51,069 Hell yeah. 631 00:38:01,646 --> 00:38:04,082 We will overcome. 632 00:38:04,082 --> 00:38:06,951 That's got a lot of meaning to me, we will overcome. 633 00:38:06,951 --> 00:38:09,821 We just face east. 634 00:38:09,821 --> 00:38:11,790 (laughs) 635 00:38:14,159 --> 00:38:16,294 TIG: Round two, we're gonna make it this time. 636 00:38:16,961 --> 00:38:18,196 Sound the drums. 637 00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:23,601 Come on, you girls, sound the drums. 638 00:38:25,036 --> 00:38:26,804 Well, Momma, I think we're all set, 639 00:38:26,804 --> 00:38:29,874 you know, our big machine, it didn't hold up on us 640 00:38:29,874 --> 00:38:33,711 but thank goodness for Uncle Charlie, 641 00:38:33,711 --> 00:38:37,448 he let me borrow this one, so let's do this. 642 00:38:38,349 --> 00:38:40,618 (engine revving) 643 00:38:40,618 --> 00:38:42,754 Oh, oh. Better not leave my honey. 644 00:38:59,170 --> 00:39:01,039 (birds chirping) 645 00:39:05,276 --> 00:39:06,411 TIG: Woo! 646 00:39:17,689 --> 00:39:20,758 Woo! We did it, girls! 647 00:39:21,459 --> 00:39:22,427 Our place. 648 00:39:24,596 --> 00:39:26,097 We made it, girls. 649 00:39:26,864 --> 00:39:28,666 Welcome to camp. 650 00:39:28,666 --> 00:39:32,837 Hi. Home sweet home, my boy. 651 00:39:32,837 --> 00:39:35,707 Allakaket's just where we stay, 652 00:39:35,707 --> 00:39:38,276 but this is our home, my boy. 653 00:39:38,276 --> 00:39:42,580 This is where we're from. That's why you're so happy. 654 00:39:42,580 --> 00:39:46,150 That's why you like it so much already. It's in your blood. 655 00:39:46,150 --> 00:39:49,888 This river runs in you, all of us. 656 00:39:49,888 --> 00:39:53,157 Let's get you in the house, my boy, get the fire going. 657 00:39:59,831 --> 00:40:02,200 TERESA PINGAYAK: 658 00:40:02,200 --> 00:40:04,168 Do you like blackfish, Asher? 659 00:40:04,168 --> 00:40:05,203 ASHER ULROAN: Yeah. 660 00:40:05,203 --> 00:40:06,938 Look at their skin. 661 00:40:06,938 --> 00:40:08,373 TERESA: Do you know, Asher, 662 00:40:08,373 --> 00:40:13,444 I had two blackfish pets when I was a little girl 663 00:40:13,444 --> 00:40:16,648 and I put them in a jar in my sod house. 664 00:40:16,648 --> 00:40:18,983 -Then, you know what happened? -ASHER: What? 665 00:40:18,983 --> 00:40:22,687 TERESA: One day, I went to inside the house, 666 00:40:22,687 --> 00:40:27,659 and my mom was cooking my two blackfish pets 667 00:40:27,659 --> 00:40:31,529 for my little brother, and he fed it to him. 668 00:40:31,529 --> 00:40:32,597 (Teresa chuckles) 669 00:40:32,597 --> 00:40:33,765 What is that? 670 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:38,102 Look at that. 671 00:40:38,102 --> 00:40:41,205 John and I, we had gained some weight, 672 00:40:41,205 --> 00:40:47,245 and our cholesterol and sugar was high. 673 00:40:47,245 --> 00:40:51,950 So we had to completely go back to our native food, 674 00:40:51,950 --> 00:40:56,287 and it was just amazing 675 00:40:56,287 --> 00:40:59,090 how our body reacted to 676 00:40:59,090 --> 00:41:01,926 when we just started eating our native food. 677 00:41:01,926 --> 00:41:04,996 And what do we need to put on it before we eat? 678 00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:06,798 -ASHER: Seal oil. -TERESA: Yeah 679 00:41:06,798 --> 00:41:09,367 ASHER: 680 00:41:09,367 --> 00:41:10,902 TERESA: Is that what you learned today? 681 00:41:10,902 --> 00:41:14,238 It means sit and be quiet, be quiet. 682 00:41:16,908 --> 00:41:19,444 JOHN: Sometimes, when you sign a song, 683 00:41:19,444 --> 00:41:22,880 somebody from another village will sing it. 684 00:41:22,880 --> 00:41:26,250 They come by the wind, by the spirit. 685 00:41:27,285 --> 00:41:30,655 (singing in native language) 686 00:41:46,037 --> 00:41:47,705 JOEL: When I was in the Marines and we were in Iraq, 687 00:41:47,705 --> 00:41:50,641 I, like, missed Pedro Bay. 688 00:41:50,641 --> 00:41:53,911 'Cause I feel like Iraq was basically 689 00:41:53,911 --> 00:41:57,648 as far removed as you could get from, like, this place. 690 00:41:57,648 --> 00:42:00,018 The colors are brighter when you come back. 691 00:42:00,018 --> 00:42:02,086 Even, like, rotting salmon in the fall, 692 00:42:02,086 --> 00:42:03,421 it just brings back memories. 693 00:42:05,289 --> 00:42:06,791 Oh, man, that's good. 694 00:42:07,458 --> 00:42:08,493 Dang. 695 00:42:08,493 --> 00:42:09,627 It just feels like home. 696 00:42:09,627 --> 00:42:12,263 I feel like this is where I belong. 697 00:42:12,263 --> 00:42:15,166 It does make you appreciate, appreciate the land more. 698 00:42:16,034 --> 00:42:20,938 (singing in native language) 699 00:42:20,938 --> 00:42:25,343 MARVIN: My mission is what I am doing right now. 700 00:42:25,343 --> 00:42:26,911 When we were brought up, 701 00:42:26,911 --> 00:42:30,581 we didn't read a book on our native way of subsisting. 702 00:42:30,581 --> 00:42:33,785 We were just taught from our elders. 703 00:42:33,785 --> 00:42:36,421 We're gonna be the next elders of our village. 704 00:42:37,688 --> 00:42:40,224 You know, that's very big for me. 705 00:42:41,459 --> 00:42:42,493 Happy. 706 00:42:46,197 --> 00:42:48,766 TIG (off screen): These guys got a lot of pent-up energy. 707 00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:51,035 Even though that long ride to camp, 708 00:42:51,035 --> 00:42:53,871 that's not gonna burn off these boys' energy. 709 00:42:53,871 --> 00:42:56,574 Ready to get some work in. 710 00:42:56,574 --> 00:42:58,109 LOUISE: How many can you hold? 711 00:42:58,109 --> 00:43:00,378 SOPHIE STRASSBURG: Uh, six. 712 00:43:00,378 --> 00:43:03,548 TIG: This is a small family I got, seven kids. 713 00:43:03,548 --> 00:43:06,084 Been a long time but I wasn't so much, uh, 714 00:43:06,084 --> 00:43:07,552 it was just normal family. 715 00:43:09,187 --> 00:43:11,189 LOUISE: You a little camp baby? 716 00:43:11,189 --> 00:43:12,557 TIG: And all of them were raised 717 00:43:12,557 --> 00:43:14,559 inside a cabin smaller than this, 718 00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:16,327 this size or smaller, you know. 719 00:43:16,327 --> 00:43:18,429 Bigger families than what we got. 720 00:43:18,429 --> 00:43:20,698 Once you got kids, your life should just be 721 00:43:20,698 --> 00:43:23,468 all about your kids and making them happy. 722 00:43:23,468 --> 00:43:26,671 It's all worth it once I see those smiles on their faces. 723 00:43:30,675 --> 00:43:34,946 JOHN: You need to find time to beat your drum 724 00:43:34,946 --> 00:43:37,582 and get your people alive, once again. 725 00:43:42,753 --> 00:43:46,157 And go forward to the uncertainty of the future. 726 00:43:47,758 --> 00:43:50,428 And battle what we need to battle 727 00:43:50,428 --> 00:43:52,630 before we even get there. 728 00:43:54,232 --> 00:43:56,501 (speaking native language) 729 00:43:58,035 --> 00:43:59,403 (in English): Thank you for listening. 730 00:43:59,403 --> 00:44:01,439 Captioned by Point.360