1 00:00:01,301 --> 00:00:04,504 ♪ ♪ 2 00:00:04,504 --> 00:00:06,473 TIG: Hazel, Terry, Evan! 3 00:00:06,473 --> 00:00:08,775 EVAN: Yeah, I'm here. 4 00:00:08,775 --> 00:00:11,612 TIG: Hazel, Terry. 5 00:00:11,612 --> 00:00:13,714 Chop, chop. 6 00:00:15,749 --> 00:00:17,050 EVAN: Dad? TIG: Hmm? 7 00:00:17,050 --> 00:00:18,085 EVAN: Where are we going? 8 00:00:18,085 --> 00:00:19,887 TIG: Oh, we're gonna head back Kanuti. 9 00:00:19,887 --> 00:00:21,054 Spring camp they call it. 10 00:00:21,054 --> 00:00:22,723 Kanuti spring camp. 11 00:00:22,723 --> 00:00:25,259 I do try and carry on the tradition of living 12 00:00:25,259 --> 00:00:27,794 a nomadic lifestyle as much as I can. 13 00:00:27,794 --> 00:00:30,964 With spring time, I start taking my family down river back 14 00:00:30,964 --> 00:00:34,434 to Kanuti to the family allotments back there. 15 00:00:34,434 --> 00:00:37,504 It's a good spot for spring time hunting. 16 00:00:39,172 --> 00:00:40,607 Yeah, I just left the triangle. 17 00:00:40,607 --> 00:00:42,976 It's close to our roots as possible. 18 00:00:42,976 --> 00:00:45,078 I mean, this is the time of the year where it's, 19 00:00:45,078 --> 00:00:47,114 it gets easy to live off the land. 20 00:00:47,114 --> 00:00:50,284 There's fish in the river, ducks in the sky. 21 00:00:52,085 --> 00:00:54,621 I mean, I didn't really bring much food. 22 00:00:54,621 --> 00:00:57,958 Planning on these kids getting a duck or something. 23 00:00:57,958 --> 00:01:00,327 They're not shooting straight, we're not eating good. 24 00:01:01,361 --> 00:01:06,600 (theme music playing). 25 00:01:16,543 --> 00:01:21,582 ♪ ♪ 26 00:01:22,883 --> 00:01:24,584 TIG: So my grandma used to drive with me. 27 00:01:24,584 --> 00:01:25,986 Drive right next to the willow and 28 00:01:25,986 --> 00:01:28,388 these ducks take off real close. 29 00:01:28,388 --> 00:01:31,491 Might be able to get some good easy shots for these boys. 30 00:01:32,559 --> 00:01:34,828 Now, they got the shotguns ready up front. 31 00:01:34,828 --> 00:01:37,030 Something's gonna pop up soon. 32 00:01:37,331 --> 00:01:39,433 (quacking) 33 00:01:39,433 --> 00:01:40,701 (gunshot) 34 00:01:40,701 --> 00:01:42,202 Ah. 35 00:01:42,202 --> 00:01:43,937 These kids, they do have guns. 36 00:01:43,937 --> 00:01:46,907 These aren't toys, this is real ammo that my children got. 37 00:01:46,907 --> 00:01:48,675 And it's just something that I've been teaching them 38 00:01:48,675 --> 00:01:51,278 since they're two, three years old is gun safety. 39 00:01:51,278 --> 00:01:52,846 There's hours of gun around. 40 00:01:52,846 --> 00:01:55,616 You can't be in the woods without that gun. 41 00:01:56,016 --> 00:02:02,255 (imitating geese calls) 42 00:02:02,255 --> 00:02:04,157 TOG: There's three in back coming over. 43 00:02:04,157 --> 00:02:05,726 Go ahead, Evan. 44 00:02:06,393 --> 00:02:07,527 (gunshot) 45 00:02:07,527 --> 00:02:08,895 Oh. 46 00:02:11,798 --> 00:02:14,267 EVAN: Mm-hmm. TIG: But we gotta keep going. 47 00:02:14,267 --> 00:02:16,036 The sun is almost down. 48 00:02:16,036 --> 00:02:18,505 It is now just about 1:00 in the morning. 49 00:02:18,505 --> 00:02:19,706 (laughs) 50 00:02:19,706 --> 00:02:21,808 Let's start making our way back to camp. 51 00:02:26,079 --> 00:02:28,715 MARCELLA: We've always had deep respect for the land and 52 00:02:28,715 --> 00:02:33,320 trying to make things still exist for the younger generations. 53 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:42,229 GLYNDARIL: Tide waits for no man. 54 00:02:42,229 --> 00:02:43,697 It's the reason we have to go now, 55 00:02:43,697 --> 00:02:45,866 this early in the morning, is because we're catching 56 00:02:45,866 --> 00:02:47,167 the morning minus. 57 00:02:47,167 --> 00:02:48,935 MARCELLA: Tide is out and the table is set. 58 00:02:48,935 --> 00:02:50,570 You know what that means? 59 00:02:50,570 --> 00:02:52,339 We're going out and getting our own food. 60 00:02:52,339 --> 00:02:54,174 (laughs) 61 00:02:54,474 --> 00:02:57,377 My name is Marcella Amodo-White. 62 00:02:57,377 --> 00:02:59,012 I am from Akhiok. 63 00:02:59,012 --> 00:03:00,981 I am Alutiiq. 64 00:03:00,981 --> 00:03:02,249 I am Filipino. 65 00:03:02,249 --> 00:03:04,518 I am a mom. 66 00:03:04,518 --> 00:03:07,054 I have five beautiful children that we get to raise here, 67 00:03:07,054 --> 00:03:08,989 in a place like this. 68 00:03:11,091 --> 00:03:12,759 GLYNDARIL: The test is not hitting any rocks, 69 00:03:12,759 --> 00:03:16,329 not hitting land 'cause this is shallow up in here. 70 00:03:16,329 --> 00:03:20,400 The rule of thumb is if you're going fast and you see ground, 71 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:23,837 don't slow down because your motor drops. 72 00:03:28,975 --> 00:03:32,446 Marvin's, uh, older sister, she's the one who showed me, 73 00:03:32,446 --> 00:03:34,414 minus tide first. 74 00:03:34,414 --> 00:03:36,383 MARCELLA: No, she knew where all the reefs were. 75 00:03:36,383 --> 00:03:38,051 GLYNDARIL: Well, you know that old school native, 76 00:03:38,051 --> 00:03:39,653 that's tough right there. 77 00:03:39,653 --> 00:03:44,257 Your mom, Uncle Marvin, it's a special kind of tough. 78 00:03:46,293 --> 00:03:48,695 MARCELLA: We rely on our subsistence life. 79 00:03:48,695 --> 00:03:52,532 The fish, the deer, seal, clams. 80 00:03:55,469 --> 00:03:58,605 GLYNDARIL: And now, straight to land. 81 00:04:00,407 --> 00:04:03,176 MARCELLA: I have a husband that is not from Alaska. 82 00:04:03,176 --> 00:04:05,812 I feel like it's my duty to sit there and not only teach 83 00:04:05,812 --> 00:04:08,515 my children, but also to teach my husband. 84 00:04:09,416 --> 00:04:10,817 GLYNDARIL: Which way's the wind blowing? 85 00:04:10,817 --> 00:04:12,853 MARCELLA: According to my hair, it's going this way. 86 00:04:12,853 --> 00:04:14,554 GLYNDARIL: Okay, I'll take it. 87 00:04:14,554 --> 00:04:17,257 MARCELLA: He's blossoming, beautifully. 88 00:04:17,257 --> 00:04:19,292 Uh-oh (inaudible). 89 00:04:19,993 --> 00:04:22,062 GLYNDARIL: Ooh, look at the crab. 90 00:04:22,062 --> 00:04:24,464 As a matter of fact, we might need that crab. 91 00:04:24,464 --> 00:04:26,133 Hand me a bucket. 92 00:04:26,700 --> 00:04:29,936 Today's plan, we're gonna cut some holes into the bucket. 93 00:04:29,936 --> 00:04:32,072 We'll get some crab. 94 00:04:33,373 --> 00:04:36,143 We're gonna dig a little hole, set the bucket in there. 95 00:04:36,143 --> 00:04:38,111 We're gonna make octopus traps. 96 00:04:38,111 --> 00:04:39,780 There 'ya go, grab it, squeeze. 97 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:40,981 There you go, drop him in the bucket. 98 00:04:40,981 --> 00:04:42,749 Awesome! 99 00:04:42,749 --> 00:04:45,418 The reason we can only do this now is because 100 00:04:45,418 --> 00:04:47,187 this is minus tide. 101 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:50,090 We can't set it up on, we ain't gonna get an octopus on the beach. 102 00:04:50,090 --> 00:04:53,226 We gotta go to like, it has gotta be under water, so. 103 00:04:53,226 --> 00:04:54,794 JO JO: So it can swim in? 104 00:04:54,794 --> 00:04:57,097 GLYNDARIL: Yeah, so it can swim in, exactly. 105 00:04:57,664 --> 00:05:03,203 JO JO: Octopus don't have bones so they can swim in into small hole. 106 00:05:03,203 --> 00:05:04,204 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah. 107 00:05:04,204 --> 00:05:06,673 All is has to be is big enough for the beak. 108 00:05:06,673 --> 00:05:09,976 MARCELLA: My connection to the land, 109 00:05:09,976 --> 00:05:11,878 I care for it on a whole new level than 110 00:05:11,878 --> 00:05:13,413 I did when I was younger. 111 00:05:13,413 --> 00:05:17,150 I am trying to make it blend into the environment 112 00:05:17,150 --> 00:05:18,785 that the octopus live in. 113 00:05:18,785 --> 00:05:20,120 When we were growing up, you know, 114 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:21,688 there were some kids that weren't taught 115 00:05:21,688 --> 00:05:23,390 the same way as we were. 116 00:05:23,390 --> 00:05:27,194 They'd make trails all throughout the salmon berry bushes 117 00:05:27,194 --> 00:05:28,929 and ruin them. 118 00:05:28,929 --> 00:05:30,463 Get that as well. 119 00:05:30,463 --> 00:05:32,098 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah. There we go. 120 00:05:32,098 --> 00:05:35,101 MARCELLA: Enlightening people is definitely 121 00:05:35,101 --> 00:05:38,605 what it is that, I, you know, I try to do. 122 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:41,374 JO JO: Are we gonna come back tomorrow, daddy? 123 00:05:41,374 --> 00:05:43,643 GLYNDARIL: Yup, we gotta let it soak overnight. 124 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:47,280 JOEL: Being out here, 125 00:05:47,280 --> 00:05:49,583 sometimes less, is definitely more. 126 00:05:49,583 --> 00:05:50,684 It kind of rejuvenates you. 127 00:05:50,684 --> 00:05:53,353 It just sets you back where you need to be. 128 00:05:59,192 --> 00:06:01,461 JOEL: Wow. 129 00:06:03,530 --> 00:06:05,765 It's destroyed in here. 130 00:06:08,268 --> 00:06:10,470 This is my dad's old cabin. 131 00:06:10,470 --> 00:06:13,573 It's in, uh, pretty rough shape. 132 00:06:15,242 --> 00:06:18,278 I'm building a new hunting cabin a couple miles up Pile River to 133 00:06:18,278 --> 00:06:20,680 the head of Iliamna Lake. 134 00:06:20,680 --> 00:06:23,817 My dad's old hunting cabin is pretty much falling over so, 135 00:06:23,817 --> 00:06:27,087 I'm gonna go see what I can reclaim for the new cabin. 136 00:06:27,087 --> 00:06:30,090 Mother Nature will take its course and, uh, 137 00:06:30,090 --> 00:06:32,826 return your building back to the Earth. 138 00:06:33,126 --> 00:06:35,729 I think it's time to get to work before the rain comes. 139 00:06:35,729 --> 00:06:37,564 (groans) 140 00:06:39,299 --> 00:06:41,234 (whistles) 141 00:06:41,234 --> 00:06:43,069 Sketchy. 142 00:06:44,104 --> 00:06:45,739 When my dad built that cabin, 143 00:06:45,739 --> 00:06:47,574 I'm pretty sure he was by himself, too. 144 00:06:47,574 --> 00:06:48,975 You know, I'm up here doing the same thing he was, 145 00:06:48,975 --> 00:06:52,078 building a cabin so I could go hunting and trapping up here. 146 00:06:54,481 --> 00:06:56,816 I never saw myself doing that. 147 00:06:56,816 --> 00:06:58,685 You know, it's kinda cool being back up here, 148 00:06:58,685 --> 00:07:02,322 kinda walking in his footsteps so to speak. 149 00:07:02,322 --> 00:07:03,323 (cracks) 150 00:07:03,323 --> 00:07:04,991 Oh, (bleep)! 151 00:07:04,991 --> 00:07:06,960 The tin is definitely not in, in as good of shape 152 00:07:06,960 --> 00:07:08,762 as I thought it was. 153 00:07:08,762 --> 00:07:10,130 Hopefully, there's enough of it that's 154 00:07:10,130 --> 00:07:12,565 salvageable for the new building. 155 00:07:14,567 --> 00:07:17,370 It's pretty difficult to get that material up there. 156 00:07:17,370 --> 00:07:20,140 I can't go to the store and buy tin and stuff. 157 00:07:20,140 --> 00:07:24,077 The walls are about to fall down now that I took the tin off. 158 00:07:24,077 --> 00:07:26,479 It was kinda holding the walls up. 159 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:28,281 It's ready to go. 160 00:07:28,281 --> 00:07:30,417 See if I can get the flooring outta there now. 161 00:07:43,697 --> 00:07:45,332 (grunts) 162 00:07:45,966 --> 00:07:48,902 This is the wood from our old barn at Peter's Creek 163 00:07:48,902 --> 00:07:50,870 right outside of Anchorage. 164 00:07:50,870 --> 00:07:53,840 But we tore it down when I was, like, middle school. 165 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:57,777 So this is probably pushing 100 years now. 166 00:07:57,777 --> 00:08:01,414 I think it's got one more, one more building in its life. 167 00:08:06,252 --> 00:08:08,154 Straight out of the 70's. 168 00:08:08,154 --> 00:08:10,957 Still some good stuff in here. 169 00:08:11,691 --> 00:08:13,426 Stapler. 170 00:08:13,426 --> 00:08:15,228 Oh, yeah, look at that coffee pot. 171 00:08:15,228 --> 00:08:16,663 When I was coming up here as a kid, 172 00:08:16,663 --> 00:08:19,666 the first thing we ever did was you lit a fire and 173 00:08:19,666 --> 00:08:20,800 you made some coffee. 174 00:08:20,800 --> 00:08:22,035 You had a percolator. 175 00:08:22,035 --> 00:08:23,703 I mean, it was usually the most beat up thing you've ever seen. 176 00:08:23,703 --> 00:08:25,438 Back then, I didn't drink coffee so I was like, 177 00:08:25,438 --> 00:08:26,940 "That stuff tastes like crap." 178 00:08:26,940 --> 00:08:30,176 But my dad would put a cup of coffee on the old fire and 179 00:08:30,176 --> 00:08:31,745 we'd sit around and, you know, drink coffee and 180 00:08:31,745 --> 00:08:33,680 talk about what we're gonna do. 181 00:08:34,481 --> 00:08:36,950 Start hauling this stuff over to the new cabin. 182 00:08:40,453 --> 00:08:42,856 TIG: Everything that we know is passed down from 183 00:08:42,856 --> 00:08:45,325 generation to generation. 184 00:08:45,325 --> 00:08:48,161 So it's pretty important for us to teach our kids as much as 185 00:08:48,161 --> 00:08:50,397 we remember that we were taught. 186 00:08:51,064 --> 00:08:52,265 TIG: Look alive, guys. 187 00:08:52,265 --> 00:08:55,001 Look alive. You guys ready? 188 00:08:55,335 --> 00:08:56,636 Oh, the kids are doing fine. 189 00:08:56,636 --> 00:08:57,971 They're probably a little sleepy. 190 00:08:57,971 --> 00:09:00,774 They just gotta get used to this type of lifestyle. 191 00:09:02,242 --> 00:09:04,177 Farewell, Allakaket. 192 00:09:04,177 --> 00:09:06,112 What they're gonna be doing all their life if 193 00:09:06,112 --> 00:09:08,848 they're gonna be out here living a subsistence lifestyle. 194 00:09:08,848 --> 00:09:11,384 There's next month and the month after that to rest. 195 00:09:11,384 --> 00:09:12,852 These seasons are short. 196 00:09:12,852 --> 00:09:16,856 The windows of opportunity to get these animals is small. 197 00:09:18,658 --> 00:09:19,659 TIG: They call it. 198 00:09:22,595 --> 00:09:24,230 TIG: Go ahead, Terry! 199 00:09:25,865 --> 00:09:27,500 (gun clicks) 200 00:09:33,873 --> 00:09:35,008 TIG: Go ahead. 201 00:09:35,008 --> 00:09:37,010 (gunshot) 202 00:09:39,312 --> 00:09:40,547 (gunshot) 203 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:41,714 Oh. 204 00:09:44,284 --> 00:09:45,718 (gunshot) 205 00:09:45,718 --> 00:09:48,021 TIG: (inaudible) ooh! 206 00:09:48,021 --> 00:09:49,789 (gunshot) 207 00:09:49,789 --> 00:09:51,758 Almost buddy. 208 00:09:55,995 --> 00:09:57,363 EVAN: Over there. 209 00:09:59,866 --> 00:10:00,934 TIG: That's a sea duck. 210 00:10:00,934 --> 00:10:03,169 One of those sea ducks that we're looking for. 211 00:10:04,671 --> 00:10:05,672 (gunshot) 212 00:10:12,712 --> 00:10:15,348 TERRANCE: I aimed a bit above it, but it flew away too fast. 213 00:10:20,520 --> 00:10:22,622 TIG: Little ducks, straight ahead, Terry. 214 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:29,062 TERRANCE: Canvasback? 215 00:10:29,062 --> 00:10:30,663 TIG: Bufflehead. 216 00:10:31,431 --> 00:10:32,565 (gunshot) 217 00:10:32,565 --> 00:10:35,034 TERRANCE: I got him. TIG: You got it, Terry. 218 00:10:36,069 --> 00:10:37,170 Grab it, Hazel. 219 00:10:37,170 --> 00:10:39,072 EVAN: Grab it, Hazel. TERRANCE: Hazel. 220 00:10:41,608 --> 00:10:43,443 HAZEL: There EVAN: Whoa. 221 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:45,778 TERRANCE: That was my first duck of the year right there. 222 00:10:45,778 --> 00:10:48,781 HAZEL: Blue, some green, some purple. 223 00:10:48,781 --> 00:10:50,150 TIG: Good shot, buddy. TERRANCE: Thank you. 224 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:52,385 HAZEL: A bit of orange. 225 00:10:52,385 --> 00:10:54,254 TIG: Things are looking up. 226 00:10:57,724 --> 00:10:59,993 JODY: For us, the salmon are more of a relative 227 00:10:59,993 --> 00:11:02,028 than just a resource. 228 00:11:02,028 --> 00:11:05,732 I think if the rest of the world shared that view, 229 00:11:05,732 --> 00:11:07,901 we'd have less problems. 230 00:11:10,603 --> 00:11:12,805 JODY: Rise and shine. 231 00:11:15,475 --> 00:11:17,911 You know like they say, daylight's a burning. 232 00:11:17,911 --> 00:11:19,879 JAMEY: Ah, shall we? 233 00:11:19,879 --> 00:11:24,484 JODY: As native people, there's always something to do in every season. 234 00:11:24,484 --> 00:11:25,818 Is the net in the boat already? 235 00:11:25,818 --> 00:11:28,588 JAMEY: Yeah, net's in the boat. We just gotta grab an anchor. 236 00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:31,124 JODY: It is summer time, and traditionally, 237 00:11:31,124 --> 00:11:34,928 we would be fishing for salmon on the Yukon River. 238 00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:36,596 JAMEY: Time to go to work. 239 00:11:36,596 --> 00:11:39,299 JODY: Climate change and over fishing in the ocean has 240 00:11:39,299 --> 00:11:42,735 had a huge impact on the Yukon River salmon fisheries. 241 00:11:42,735 --> 00:11:46,839 So, we are getting less salmon in the Yukon River every year 242 00:11:46,839 --> 00:11:49,542 till where this last year, 243 00:11:49,542 --> 00:11:52,712 there was no subsistence fishing allowed on the Yukon River. 244 00:11:53,179 --> 00:11:54,814 JAMEY: This is the place my family's been 245 00:11:54,814 --> 00:11:58,484 setting nets for, uh, for generations. 246 00:11:58,484 --> 00:12:00,420 You'd see camps all along the Yukon, and usually, 247 00:12:00,420 --> 00:12:02,121 they set up right around where they're, 248 00:12:02,121 --> 00:12:03,590 they've been setting their nets, 249 00:12:03,590 --> 00:12:05,558 their grandfathers, great-grandfathers. 250 00:12:05,558 --> 00:12:08,194 JODY: Salmon, it's a very important part of our diet. 251 00:12:08,194 --> 00:12:11,364 So that's one thing that we'll have to learn to adapt to 252 00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:14,701 is not having salmon potentially in the future. 253 00:12:14,701 --> 00:12:17,136 JAMEY: We're gonna have to, uh, tie off here in a minute here. 254 00:12:17,136 --> 00:12:18,438 JODY: Okay. 255 00:12:18,438 --> 00:12:21,975 We do have a white fish net, which is legal to fish with 256 00:12:21,975 --> 00:12:24,744 right now, and I'm just hoping that we're able to get 257 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:28,548 a few white fish in order to have some fresh food. 258 00:12:30,950 --> 00:12:34,087 JAMEY: This is a white fish net so it's got small mesh. 259 00:12:35,455 --> 00:12:37,757 Let's go take a look around for some morel mushrooms. 260 00:12:37,757 --> 00:12:40,693 JODY: Gonna have morel mushrooms and white fish dinner. 261 00:12:40,693 --> 00:12:42,795 JAMEY: Yeah, there you go. 262 00:12:46,499 --> 00:12:48,268 MARCELLA: Living in Akhiok, 263 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:51,237 everybody is always so willing to help. 264 00:12:51,237 --> 00:12:54,340 But at the same time, you cannot just rely on other people. 265 00:12:54,340 --> 00:12:56,609 You have to also learn to do things on your own. 266 00:12:59,012 --> 00:13:01,414 MARCELLA: Let's grab our knives and go look for some bidarkis. 267 00:13:01,414 --> 00:13:03,049 JO JO: Yep. GLYNDARIL: Okay. 268 00:13:08,121 --> 00:13:09,389 MARCELLA: Ooh. 269 00:13:12,425 --> 00:13:14,961 MARCELLA: Who needs an ice rink when you have a kelpy beach? 270 00:13:16,629 --> 00:13:17,830 GLYNDARIL: Let's see. MARCELLA: You seeing them? 271 00:13:17,830 --> 00:13:20,400 GLYNDARIL: Ooh. I see one over there. 272 00:13:21,701 --> 00:13:25,371 Living here every day is like going to the zoo. 273 00:13:25,371 --> 00:13:28,174 When I walk out the house, you never really truly know 274 00:13:28,174 --> 00:13:30,009 what you're going to see. 275 00:13:30,009 --> 00:13:32,078 MARCELLA: Put it in the bucket, please. 276 00:13:32,078 --> 00:13:34,447 Yay! Good job. 277 00:13:35,948 --> 00:13:36,949 GLYNDARIL: Oh, there's one. 278 00:13:36,949 --> 00:13:37,950 Look at that. 279 00:13:37,950 --> 00:13:39,485 Feeling kind of brave today. 280 00:13:39,485 --> 00:13:41,054 Want to show me how to eat one? 281 00:13:42,121 --> 00:13:44,390 MARCELLA: Cut around, outside part. 282 00:13:44,924 --> 00:13:47,460 GLYNDARIL: See Jo Jo? Check that out. 283 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:49,395 MARCELLA: The kids are usually not a fan of the, 284 00:13:49,395 --> 00:13:51,130 this black outer part. 285 00:13:51,130 --> 00:13:52,532 GLYNDARIL: Oh, is that what you're supposed to eat? 286 00:13:52,532 --> 00:13:54,367 MARCELLA: Yeah. Really good. 287 00:13:54,367 --> 00:13:56,135 It's quite tough. 288 00:13:56,703 --> 00:13:59,505 Kinda tastes the way like rubber smells. 289 00:14:02,141 --> 00:14:04,510 GLYNDARIL: As always, this is mommy's snack. 290 00:14:04,510 --> 00:14:06,879 (laughter) 291 00:14:06,879 --> 00:14:09,982 MARCELLA: It's very helpful to have a very imaginative husband 292 00:14:09,982 --> 00:14:11,751 and open-minded, you know. 293 00:14:11,751 --> 00:14:15,621 We could take things from what little that we have and create a lot. 294 00:14:16,823 --> 00:14:19,726 GLYNDARIL: Got one. MARCELLA: Okay. 295 00:14:19,726 --> 00:14:21,461 After that one, that's enough. 296 00:14:21,461 --> 00:14:24,263 GLYNDARIL: All right. MARCELLA: We got plenty. 297 00:14:25,231 --> 00:14:28,067 I'm an old timer living in modern times. 298 00:14:28,768 --> 00:14:30,970 GLYNDARIL: All right kids, let's put our knives away. 299 00:14:31,704 --> 00:14:33,539 JOEL: Around this part of the world, 300 00:14:33,539 --> 00:14:35,541 you never know when you're gonna break down, 301 00:14:35,541 --> 00:14:37,009 or you're gonna be stuck somewhere, 302 00:14:37,009 --> 00:14:38,644 or the weathers gonna get bad. 303 00:14:39,512 --> 00:14:41,547 JOEL: How come you aren't helping, Tracker, huh? 304 00:14:41,547 --> 00:14:44,717 This is the spot I had picked out for the new cabin. 305 00:14:44,717 --> 00:14:47,787 So I just got the flooring down from my dad's old cabin. 306 00:14:47,787 --> 00:14:51,023 It's seen some better days, that's for sure. 307 00:14:51,023 --> 00:14:53,993 Not much strength left in these things. 308 00:14:54,961 --> 00:14:57,063 I guess it is what it is. 309 00:14:57,063 --> 00:14:58,731 Time to start stacking. 310 00:14:58,731 --> 00:15:01,033 Stacking and building. 311 00:15:06,239 --> 00:15:08,608 So this being my first log cabin build, 312 00:15:08,608 --> 00:15:10,543 I don't have everything figured out yet. 313 00:15:10,543 --> 00:15:13,279 I do want it to be kind of a traditional cabin. 314 00:15:15,515 --> 00:15:17,550 Hopefully, nothing breaks, 315 00:15:17,550 --> 00:15:20,353 nothing falls over, nothing snaps in the process. 316 00:15:22,522 --> 00:15:25,091 So right now, we're like four feet off the ground, 317 00:15:25,091 --> 00:15:28,795 but the walls are gonna be like at least five feet tall. 318 00:15:28,795 --> 00:15:32,165 So I need like, uh, 28, 30 more logs. 319 00:15:35,268 --> 00:15:37,770 I'm out here alone, and this would definitely be 320 00:15:37,770 --> 00:15:39,939 a lot easier with two people. 321 00:15:39,939 --> 00:15:41,741 With, you know, everything, 322 00:15:41,741 --> 00:15:43,943 especially just cutting the trees down and moving them, 323 00:15:43,943 --> 00:15:46,979 it's gonna be pretty challenging. 324 00:15:50,183 --> 00:15:53,252 (chainsaw whirring) 325 00:15:58,925 --> 00:16:00,359 (thuds) 326 00:16:00,359 --> 00:16:02,495 One down, 20 more to go. 327 00:16:02,995 --> 00:16:05,598 Living out here, you're usually doing mildly to 328 00:16:05,598 --> 00:16:07,633 very dangerous stuff. 329 00:16:09,268 --> 00:16:11,137 (thuds) 330 00:16:12,171 --> 00:16:16,309 (chainsaw whirring) 331 00:16:16,309 --> 00:16:18,377 I don't have anyone coming to get me, 332 00:16:18,377 --> 00:16:20,313 so you do kinda have to remember that when 333 00:16:20,313 --> 00:16:22,281 you're out doing stuff alone. 334 00:16:22,281 --> 00:16:23,916 I know, I'm not too worried about it 'cause I'm pretty sure 335 00:16:23,916 --> 00:16:27,153 I'm never going to die, so, uh, yeah. 336 00:16:31,457 --> 00:16:35,294 (chainsaw whirring) 337 00:16:35,294 --> 00:16:36,462 (chainsaw stops) 338 00:16:36,462 --> 00:16:38,130 Dammit! 339 00:16:38,130 --> 00:16:41,000 I tried to drop the tree, and it pinched my saw. 340 00:16:42,235 --> 00:16:46,372 How much risk I'm willing to take depends on how badly 341 00:16:46,372 --> 00:16:48,908 whatever I'm doing needs to get done. 342 00:16:48,908 --> 00:16:50,376 That's not working. 343 00:16:50,376 --> 00:16:53,312 Like this cabin really needs to get done because I only have 344 00:16:53,312 --> 00:16:55,648 this small window because of the weather. 345 00:16:57,183 --> 00:16:59,218 Well, the chainsaw's free. 346 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:12,965 ♪ ♪ 347 00:17:12,965 --> 00:17:14,534 I think this tree hates me. 348 00:17:14,534 --> 00:17:16,068 (sighs) 349 00:17:18,304 --> 00:17:20,673 It's about time for a bad idea. 350 00:17:21,807 --> 00:17:23,709 (grunts) 351 00:17:30,516 --> 00:17:36,622 ♪ ♪ 352 00:17:48,134 --> 00:17:49,135 Whoa! 353 00:17:50,202 --> 00:17:51,804 JOEL: Whoa! 354 00:17:52,772 --> 00:17:54,040 (chainsaw stops) 355 00:17:54,040 --> 00:17:56,175 Uh, it's perfect. 356 00:17:58,544 --> 00:18:01,714 All right. Hope I got my length right. 357 00:18:18,331 --> 00:18:21,968 (chainsaw whirring) 358 00:18:21,968 --> 00:18:24,136 (bleep)! 359 00:18:27,807 --> 00:18:29,608 (sighs) 360 00:18:29,608 --> 00:18:32,545 Trigger control, very important on the chainsaw. 361 00:18:43,189 --> 00:18:46,292 All right, I got up to the, uh, the bluff, 362 00:18:46,292 --> 00:18:49,795 and now that I'm looking at it, it's steeper than I thought. 363 00:18:49,795 --> 00:18:51,497 I thought I'd be able to drive up right here, 364 00:18:51,497 --> 00:18:52,999 'cause I thought it'd be more of a, 365 00:18:52,999 --> 00:18:54,967 you know, not so steep I guess. 366 00:18:54,967 --> 00:18:57,803 But, I think I'm gonna have to make a ramp so 367 00:18:57,803 --> 00:18:59,672 I can drive the four-wheeler up. 368 00:19:01,374 --> 00:19:03,876 18 feet. 369 00:19:03,876 --> 00:19:06,612 Just trying to get to the trees and get the trees out. 370 00:19:06,612 --> 00:19:09,815 It's like its whole own little fricking process. 371 00:19:09,815 --> 00:19:11,684 These are much heavier than they look. 372 00:19:12,918 --> 00:19:14,320 (sighs) 373 00:19:14,320 --> 00:19:15,988 That's half the ramp. 374 00:19:19,225 --> 00:19:22,028 I'm gonna try to line these up with the tires and then line 375 00:19:22,028 --> 00:19:24,530 them up with the trail too so I can just pull straight up there 376 00:19:24,530 --> 00:19:26,666 and then straight back out. 377 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,136 Ooh, that's a lot of flex. 378 00:19:30,970 --> 00:19:32,371 I already got my ramp all tied together. 379 00:19:32,371 --> 00:19:35,374 I'm gonna give it a little test run. 380 00:19:49,121 --> 00:19:51,557 Hey, that worked really well. 381 00:19:51,557 --> 00:19:53,325 Feel like that's the only thing that's, uh, 382 00:19:53,325 --> 00:19:55,861 worked like it's supposed to, so far. 383 00:20:04,637 --> 00:20:10,276 ♪ ♪ 384 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:16,549 Now I gotta take it back to my new cabin. 385 00:20:16,549 --> 00:20:18,818 One down, 28 to go. 386 00:20:20,019 --> 00:20:21,487 (thunder rumbling) 387 00:20:21,487 --> 00:20:24,023 JODY: We have an important relationship with the land 388 00:20:24,023 --> 00:20:26,225 and its resources. 389 00:20:26,225 --> 00:20:28,861 We don't need to take everything that's out there. 390 00:20:31,697 --> 00:20:33,099 JODY: Good we got a little rain yesterday. 391 00:20:33,099 --> 00:20:35,568 There's still some moisture back here in this moss. 392 00:20:37,603 --> 00:20:39,138 We're waiting on the white fish net, 393 00:20:39,138 --> 00:20:41,273 but there's no time to be lazy 394 00:20:41,273 --> 00:20:44,677 and there's no time for, uh, down time. 395 00:20:44,677 --> 00:20:47,413 JAMEY: We are looking for some mushrooms. 396 00:20:48,214 --> 00:20:50,750 I'm sure we'll find some, like under the tree's where 397 00:20:50,750 --> 00:20:52,818 the root masters were burnt out. 398 00:20:53,586 --> 00:20:55,321 See this stuff right here, all of these, 399 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:57,056 these small ones are starting to come up? 400 00:20:57,056 --> 00:20:59,325 JODY: You see morels, oh there's an old one from last year. 401 00:20:59,325 --> 00:21:01,327 JAMEY: There's an old one from last year right here. 402 00:21:02,795 --> 00:21:05,397 JODY: A fire went through here, two summers ago. 403 00:21:05,397 --> 00:21:08,200 You can see it just goes on for miles. 404 00:21:11,003 --> 00:21:14,507 It was devastating, but we do have new growth 405 00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,509 that will be coming in. 406 00:21:16,976 --> 00:21:20,679 Morels grow after a fire has gone through a forest. 407 00:21:21,614 --> 00:21:23,582 I mean, you do have to just make the most of something 408 00:21:23,582 --> 00:21:26,452 like a natural disaster. 409 00:21:27,353 --> 00:21:30,055 We're facing unprecedented times and we're gonna have to learn as 410 00:21:30,055 --> 00:21:32,892 indigenous peoples to adapt. 411 00:21:32,892 --> 00:21:34,393 JAMEY: I'm not seeing any. 412 00:21:34,393 --> 00:21:35,594 But I think it's too dry yet, babe. 413 00:21:35,594 --> 00:21:38,063 I think we're, it's too early. 414 00:21:38,063 --> 00:21:39,965 JODY: Just like the animals are gonna have to adapt to 415 00:21:39,965 --> 00:21:42,434 their surroundings and this habitat change, 416 00:21:42,434 --> 00:21:44,637 so are we as native peoples. 417 00:21:47,039 --> 00:21:49,208 JAMEY: Got one! JODY: Oh, yeah. 418 00:21:49,208 --> 00:21:51,243 JAMEY: Single one, popping up. 419 00:21:51,243 --> 00:21:53,179 A cute little bugger but I'm gonna let it. 420 00:21:53,179 --> 00:21:54,547 I'm gonna leave it. 421 00:21:54,547 --> 00:21:56,081 JODY: Let it get bigger. JAMEY: It's too small. 422 00:21:56,081 --> 00:21:57,449 It's just a, yeah. 423 00:21:57,449 --> 00:21:59,285 So we'll go back and continue on. 424 00:21:59,285 --> 00:22:01,053 Too early. 425 00:22:02,021 --> 00:22:04,456 JODY: Food in general is very expensive in Alaska. 426 00:22:04,456 --> 00:22:07,693 In the villages, it's sometime two or three times the amount. 427 00:22:07,693 --> 00:22:11,997 Our native foods are essential to our existence. 428 00:22:11,997 --> 00:22:13,432 (screams) 429 00:22:13,432 --> 00:22:15,601 Babe, I found way more. 430 00:22:15,601 --> 00:22:18,370 Jackpot. There's a lot in here. 431 00:22:18,370 --> 00:22:19,905 JAMEY: Oh, yeah. 432 00:22:19,905 --> 00:22:21,807 Yeah, we're in business now. 433 00:22:21,807 --> 00:22:24,844 We got a meal here. We got a meal now. 434 00:22:24,844 --> 00:22:26,745 Jackpot. 435 00:22:28,314 --> 00:22:29,415 JODY: It's, like, so exciting. 436 00:22:29,415 --> 00:22:31,217 I'm really happy. 437 00:22:31,217 --> 00:22:32,985 All these little blessings. 438 00:22:32,985 --> 00:22:34,820 We're gonna have a tasty meal. 439 00:22:34,820 --> 00:22:36,655 Do we go down river? 440 00:22:36,655 --> 00:22:39,091 JAMEY: Yeah. So we'll go, uh, check the net. 441 00:22:43,229 --> 00:22:45,898 Coming in hot, watch out for the brush. 442 00:22:48,968 --> 00:22:51,170 JODY: Oh, it caught on to something babe. 443 00:22:51,170 --> 00:22:53,305 It's not a fish. 444 00:22:55,808 --> 00:22:57,276 (grunts) 445 00:22:57,276 --> 00:22:58,677 JAMEY: Got a little bit of drift. 446 00:22:59,878 --> 00:23:01,747 JODY: See a few fish. See the fish? 447 00:23:01,747 --> 00:23:03,449 Well, first fish. 448 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:05,384 First little fish. 449 00:23:08,854 --> 00:23:11,156 Got couple more in the water. 450 00:23:14,827 --> 00:23:17,062 Got three fish. 451 00:23:17,062 --> 00:23:19,098 JAMEY: Scored. 452 00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:27,039 GLYNDARIL: Any sense of urgency comes more around summer time. 453 00:23:27,039 --> 00:23:29,008 This is the time where you gotta make sure everything is 454 00:23:29,008 --> 00:23:30,542 prepared for the winter. 455 00:23:34,446 --> 00:23:36,382 GLYNDARIL: Whoo! 456 00:23:36,715 --> 00:23:38,717 We come back here to check our traps. 457 00:23:38,717 --> 00:23:42,154 And if we're lucky, we'll have an octopus. 458 00:23:45,424 --> 00:23:48,394 MARCELLA: Wow. Where's our rock, Jo Jo? 459 00:23:48,394 --> 00:23:49,795 Do you know where our rock is? 460 00:23:49,795 --> 00:23:51,096 There it is. 461 00:23:51,096 --> 00:23:53,332 With all the climate change and stuff that's going on, 462 00:23:53,332 --> 00:23:56,735 it just seems like we're having to move further out of 463 00:23:56,735 --> 00:24:00,272 the village to find subsistence food to put away. 464 00:24:00,272 --> 00:24:03,876 GLYNDARIL: Oh, well let's see what we get. 465 00:24:03,876 --> 00:24:06,178 All right, Tinky, let me see your stick. 466 00:24:09,315 --> 00:24:10,883 MARCELLA: Anything around in it? 467 00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:13,218 GLYNDARIL: Does not feel... 468 00:24:13,218 --> 00:24:15,220 Nope. No nothing. 469 00:24:15,220 --> 00:24:16,822 Nothing in this one. 470 00:24:16,822 --> 00:24:18,223 We'll look over here. 471 00:24:19,658 --> 00:24:21,694 Hey Jo Jo, you wanna try? 472 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:24,496 Poke down in there, see if you feel something squishy. 473 00:24:26,598 --> 00:24:28,901 And try to put your hand in there. 474 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:31,370 MARCELLA: Nothing? 475 00:24:34,206 --> 00:24:35,674 (sighs) 476 00:24:35,674 --> 00:24:37,009 GLYNDARIL: All right, kids. 477 00:24:37,009 --> 00:24:38,911 MARCELLA: Trial and error. 478 00:24:45,617 --> 00:24:46,752 GLYNDARIL: Whoa. 479 00:24:46,752 --> 00:24:50,289 Look down here, there's an octopus down there. 480 00:24:50,289 --> 00:24:52,624 It's just chilling there. 481 00:24:52,624 --> 00:24:54,460 Don't touch him, not yet. 482 00:24:54,460 --> 00:24:56,628 MARCELLA: You're gonna let it get mad and stick to the top. 483 00:25:00,733 --> 00:25:02,334 Let me try blow it. 484 00:25:02,334 --> 00:25:03,769 (bubbling) 485 00:25:03,769 --> 00:25:06,071 Should blow bubbles and he'll come out. 486 00:25:08,574 --> 00:25:12,344 MARCELLA: Look it. GLYNDARIL: Ooh, what's that? 487 00:25:12,978 --> 00:25:15,948 TINKY: (inaudible). GLYNDARIL: Yeah, octo-fish. 488 00:25:20,219 --> 00:25:21,453 MARCELLA: There it is. 489 00:25:21,453 --> 00:25:23,555 GLYNDARIL: You see how she does that with just no problem? 490 00:25:23,555 --> 00:25:25,524 (laughter) 491 00:25:29,128 --> 00:25:30,129 MARCELLA: Oop. 492 00:25:30,129 --> 00:25:31,163 Okay. Can you see these? 493 00:25:31,163 --> 00:25:32,398 TINKY: Mm-hmm. MARCELLA: What are those? 494 00:25:32,398 --> 00:25:34,833 TINKY: Gills. MARCELLA: Yep, those are gills. 495 00:25:34,833 --> 00:25:36,602 TINKY: And that's the ink pad? 496 00:25:36,602 --> 00:25:38,303 MARCELLA: I think this is the ink right here. 497 00:25:39,038 --> 00:25:40,272 You don't have to worry about it. 498 00:25:40,272 --> 00:25:41,974 And yeah, it's gonna try and wrap around you. 499 00:25:41,974 --> 00:25:44,777 It's gonna try and stick on to you. 500 00:25:44,777 --> 00:25:46,845 But you don't have to worry about it because 501 00:25:46,845 --> 00:25:48,680 the beak is right here. 502 00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:50,182 TINKY: Where's the beak? 503 00:25:50,816 --> 00:25:52,885 MARCELLA: I just made a big mess. 504 00:25:52,885 --> 00:25:55,254 GLYNDARIL: It just inked all over you. 505 00:25:56,455 --> 00:25:58,090 Okay, kids. You see this octopus? 506 00:25:58,090 --> 00:25:59,558 We're not going to eat this one. 507 00:25:59,558 --> 00:26:02,728 Nah, we're gonna use this bad boy for bait. 508 00:26:02,728 --> 00:26:04,997 And that's gonna help us get some halibut. 509 00:26:05,464 --> 00:26:06,899 MARCELLA: It's a fun task. 510 00:26:06,899 --> 00:26:08,333 Not so much for the hubby, though. 511 00:26:08,333 --> 00:26:09,835 (laughs) 512 00:26:11,770 --> 00:26:15,240 JOEL: One of the big things in Alaska is leaving your cabin open. 513 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:17,076 You don't usually try to lock your cabin up. 514 00:26:17,076 --> 00:26:19,511 It was nice to have cabins that anyone can use, 515 00:26:19,511 --> 00:26:22,548 open for anyone that needs it, that seek shelter. 516 00:26:24,450 --> 00:26:27,086 JOEL: The weather's kinda taken a turn for the worst. 517 00:26:27,086 --> 00:26:29,421 Everything's all slick now. 518 00:26:29,421 --> 00:26:30,722 Not a great thing. 519 00:26:30,722 --> 00:26:32,991 Pull, Tracker, pull! 520 00:26:35,060 --> 00:26:36,562 Mm-hmm. 521 00:26:45,304 --> 00:26:46,805 All right. 522 00:26:47,739 --> 00:26:49,541 This is my first log cabin. 523 00:26:49,541 --> 00:26:50,909 There's definitely a learning curve. 524 00:26:50,909 --> 00:26:52,511 Everything is just getting taller and taller 525 00:26:52,511 --> 00:26:54,513 and harder and harder. 526 00:26:57,749 --> 00:27:00,252 So the main purpose of this cabin is obviously for hunting 527 00:27:00,252 --> 00:27:02,888 but it's far enough away from Pedro Bay that if 528 00:27:02,888 --> 00:27:05,724 the weather gets bad and you can't make it back, 529 00:27:05,724 --> 00:27:08,460 you have somewhere to shelter up for the night. 530 00:27:08,460 --> 00:27:10,128 Stay warm which is, you know, 531 00:27:10,128 --> 00:27:11,530 almost a bigger deal than hunting, 532 00:27:11,530 --> 00:27:15,434 'cause if you get stuck out here you're up a creep for sure. 533 00:27:16,902 --> 00:27:19,738 That's it, I got the slopes cut for the roof. 534 00:27:19,738 --> 00:27:21,073 Now all I have to do is throw the roof on, 535 00:27:21,073 --> 00:27:23,909 cut the door in and be good. 536 00:27:37,523 --> 00:27:38,657 JOEL: Wanna give me a hand Tracker? 537 00:27:38,657 --> 00:27:40,859 Huh? No? 538 00:27:40,859 --> 00:27:44,329 All right. That's fine. 539 00:27:44,329 --> 00:27:45,964 Do whatever you want. 540 00:27:45,964 --> 00:27:47,900 So when I was a kid growing up out here. 541 00:27:47,900 --> 00:27:49,968 The town was almost 200 people. 542 00:27:49,968 --> 00:27:53,038 We had a full school and a store and everything. 543 00:27:53,038 --> 00:27:55,674 Now there's only, like, 15 people left. 544 00:27:55,674 --> 00:27:58,076 I'll go ahead and bring it back a little bit. 545 00:27:58,076 --> 00:28:00,112 Start with a cabin. 546 00:28:11,356 --> 00:28:15,360 ♪ ♪ 547 00:28:15,360 --> 00:28:17,663 That about does it. 548 00:28:19,264 --> 00:28:20,966 All right, it looks good. 549 00:28:20,966 --> 00:28:23,168 Feel like I didn't get a whole lot of advice as a kid 550 00:28:23,168 --> 00:28:27,206 from my dad but the one good piece of advice he, he gave me was, 551 00:28:27,206 --> 00:28:29,775 first thing you build when you're building something is 552 00:28:29,775 --> 00:28:31,510 you build the outhouse. 553 00:28:31,510 --> 00:28:33,679 And I have yet to do that. 554 00:28:42,988 --> 00:28:45,457 Never gonna build any out of logs ever again. 555 00:28:46,692 --> 00:28:48,427 That was way too much work. 556 00:28:48,427 --> 00:28:50,429 But it will last forever. 557 00:28:50,429 --> 00:28:52,698 Better, better last forever. 558 00:28:57,069 --> 00:28:59,304 TIG: If I didn't go about teaching my children 559 00:28:59,304 --> 00:29:01,640 tradition and culture, there'd be a whole gap and 560 00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,142 that we might not be able to give back and then 561 00:29:04,142 --> 00:29:06,612 my family would be lost in the tradition and culture. 562 00:29:10,082 --> 00:29:12,284 TIG: Good little spot back here that sisters 563 00:29:12,284 --> 00:29:13,752 a beaver dam blocking it. 564 00:29:13,752 --> 00:29:17,556 But there's enough water flowing over it to where we can jump it. 565 00:29:23,362 --> 00:29:24,496 Woo. 566 00:29:24,496 --> 00:29:27,032 EVAN: Woo. (inaudible). 567 00:29:27,032 --> 00:29:29,468 Dad, can we do that again? 568 00:29:29,468 --> 00:29:31,603 TIG: No. Hell no. 569 00:29:31,603 --> 00:29:33,672 This boat that I got last year, 570 00:29:33,672 --> 00:29:36,742 and I was able to sell a bunch of mammoth ivory, 571 00:29:36,742 --> 00:29:40,579 buy a nice big 150 motor and it's got a jet on there. 572 00:29:40,579 --> 00:29:42,814 I'm able to drive in some pretty skinny water. 573 00:29:42,814 --> 00:29:45,117 This boat is specially designed for smaller rivers 574 00:29:45,117 --> 00:29:46,652 up here in Allakaket. 575 00:29:50,222 --> 00:29:51,890 TIG: Yeah, he's hunting just like us. 576 00:29:55,761 --> 00:29:58,130 TIG: Oh, a little calf. 577 00:29:58,130 --> 00:29:59,998 Two calves! 578 00:30:05,904 --> 00:30:08,206 TIG: Future generations food right there. 579 00:30:08,206 --> 00:30:10,509 You know, someday my kids might be hunting those calf's 580 00:30:10,509 --> 00:30:13,378 when they're nice strong bulls. 581 00:30:13,378 --> 00:30:15,280 EVAN: Ooh, there's... 582 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:16,581 Wow. 583 00:30:16,581 --> 00:30:18,884 TIG: We don't shoot swans when they're paired up like that. 584 00:30:18,884 --> 00:30:20,352 They mate for life. 585 00:30:20,352 --> 00:30:21,386 If you kill one of them, 586 00:30:21,386 --> 00:30:23,588 that other one's just gonna fly around and, uh, 587 00:30:23,588 --> 00:30:26,158 it quit eating and just die of a broken heart. 588 00:30:26,158 --> 00:30:28,326 That's a happily married couple. 589 00:30:28,326 --> 00:30:30,362 I don't want to jump in between that. 590 00:30:35,033 --> 00:30:37,969 I think we've been out for at least 24 hours, 591 00:30:37,969 --> 00:30:39,604 I'm not totally sure. 592 00:30:39,604 --> 00:30:42,074 Hard to tell when the sun doesn't really go down. 593 00:30:42,074 --> 00:30:43,775 We're just gonna keep on trying. 594 00:30:43,775 --> 00:30:46,645 It'll open up wider here pretty quick. 595 00:30:47,813 --> 00:30:49,748 Woo. 596 00:30:59,958 --> 00:31:01,393 Uh-oh. 597 00:31:05,263 --> 00:31:08,567 TIG: We really got to get up some speed to get over this next dam. 598 00:31:12,504 --> 00:31:14,539 TIG: I don't know about this. 599 00:31:20,879 --> 00:31:27,152 ♪ ♪ 600 00:31:28,253 --> 00:31:29,888 (boat whirring) 601 00:31:32,457 --> 00:31:37,028 ♪ ♪ 602 00:31:45,704 --> 00:31:49,441 TIG: Hold on, trying to rip some of this sticks outta this beaver dam. 603 00:31:50,575 --> 00:31:53,145 Having the kids out in the boat it is a safety hazard. 604 00:31:53,145 --> 00:31:54,279 This is the spring time, 605 00:31:54,279 --> 00:31:56,348 the rivers are just right above freezing. 606 00:31:56,348 --> 00:31:57,916 And they got a lot of water in them. 607 00:31:57,916 --> 00:31:59,251 When they get a lot of water in them, 608 00:31:59,251 --> 00:32:01,887 they get heavy and they start flowing really fast. 609 00:32:16,735 --> 00:32:19,871 TIG: And if we can get some speed, we can make it through it. 610 00:32:19,871 --> 00:32:21,573 I'm sure of it. 611 00:32:39,591 --> 00:32:42,160 TIG: Woo. EVAN: Finally! 612 00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:43,428 (laughs) 613 00:32:43,428 --> 00:32:44,996 TIG: That was pretty wild. 614 00:32:44,996 --> 00:32:46,531 We made it. 615 00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:48,967 Woo. Ah. 616 00:32:52,671 --> 00:32:54,806 Hard times don't last forever. 617 00:32:54,806 --> 00:32:56,875 Strong people do though. 618 00:33:01,146 --> 00:33:02,414 See it? 619 00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:04,583 TERRANCE: Yeah. TIG: Go ahead, Terry. 620 00:33:11,990 --> 00:33:13,692 (gunshot) 621 00:33:13,692 --> 00:33:15,827 Woo! 622 00:33:17,295 --> 00:33:18,697 Good shot. 623 00:33:18,697 --> 00:33:20,065 TERRANCE: Thanks. 624 00:33:20,065 --> 00:33:21,967 Canvasback. 625 00:33:22,901 --> 00:33:24,436 Wow. 626 00:33:24,436 --> 00:33:27,906 TIG: We're 300 miles away from the ocean and you get to 627 00:33:27,906 --> 00:33:29,708 eat something from the ocean. 628 00:33:29,708 --> 00:33:31,276 That's pretty special. 629 00:33:34,179 --> 00:33:35,180 JODY: There's something different when 630 00:33:35,180 --> 00:33:37,182 you gather your own food. 631 00:33:37,182 --> 00:33:39,851 It's really important, but it's also super challenging. 632 00:33:42,187 --> 00:33:47,158 (sizzling) 633 00:33:48,159 --> 00:33:49,928 JODY: Yeah, we got lots. 634 00:33:49,928 --> 00:33:52,163 Lots and lots. 635 00:33:52,163 --> 00:33:54,933 I was taught by my mom, and she was taught by her mom how 636 00:33:54,933 --> 00:33:57,168 we take care of our food. 637 00:33:59,671 --> 00:34:01,306 Jamey's the same way. 638 00:34:01,306 --> 00:34:03,241 He knows we're respecting not just ourselves, 639 00:34:03,241 --> 00:34:06,144 but also the food and the gifts that Creator gave us. 640 00:34:06,144 --> 00:34:09,881 This is how I cook it over the fire like this. 641 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:12,450 It's a challenging time for all the people that live on 642 00:34:12,450 --> 00:34:13,919 the Yukon River. 643 00:34:13,919 --> 00:34:16,688 We don't have that really important nutrition source that 644 00:34:16,688 --> 00:34:19,357 we get from the salmon, and this is something our people 645 00:34:19,357 --> 00:34:21,493 have lived on for thousands of years. 646 00:34:21,493 --> 00:34:24,863 And it's gonna be really important for my generation to 647 00:34:24,863 --> 00:34:28,133 kind of lead our people into this new era 648 00:34:28,133 --> 00:34:30,001 of how we're gonna adjust. 649 00:34:30,001 --> 00:34:33,338 How we're gonna adapt but continue to fight for our rights 650 00:34:33,338 --> 00:34:36,508 to our way of life on these lands. 651 00:34:37,776 --> 00:34:39,044 Well, it was a good day, huh? 652 00:34:39,044 --> 00:34:41,580 JAMEY: Mm-hmm. JODY: Feel super thankful. 653 00:34:42,881 --> 00:34:46,017 JAMEY: This whole meal is just, wow. 654 00:34:52,724 --> 00:34:56,127 MARCELLA: Being Alutiiq, it's important for us to retain 655 00:34:56,127 --> 00:35:00,265 as much as we can and pass down what it is that we can. 656 00:35:01,399 --> 00:35:05,070 GLYNDARIL: Come on Mr. John, let's cut up some bait. 657 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:09,774 Ooh. This is bait. 658 00:35:09,774 --> 00:35:12,143 Wanna touch it? 659 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:16,982 MARCELLA: So we catch the octopus to bait in and get some halibut. 660 00:35:16,982 --> 00:35:19,250 GLYNDARIL: Oh, and we'll just... 661 00:35:19,250 --> 00:35:22,854 MARCELLA: That's we call the involuntary circle of life. 662 00:35:22,854 --> 00:35:25,090 GLYNDARIL: Oh, good job. Thank you. 663 00:35:25,090 --> 00:35:26,091 MARCELLA: Yeah. 664 00:35:26,091 --> 00:35:27,092 GLYNDARIL: Put in the bucket, right here. 665 00:35:27,092 --> 00:35:28,793 Put in the bucket. Yeah. 666 00:35:28,793 --> 00:35:30,628 MARCELLA: Yay! 667 00:35:35,800 --> 00:35:39,838 The tide plays a huge factor when it comes to halibut hooking. 668 00:35:39,838 --> 00:35:41,406 GLYNDARIL: Pass me some bait. 669 00:35:41,406 --> 00:35:43,408 MARCELLA: Yeah, we're trying to catch some halibut, huh? 670 00:35:43,408 --> 00:35:45,176 The first hour of incoming and 671 00:35:45,176 --> 00:35:47,646 the first hour of outgoing are the most crucial. 672 00:35:47,646 --> 00:35:49,614 That's when you'll get your most action. 673 00:35:49,614 --> 00:35:51,383 GLYNDARIL: Hey, Jo Jo, Tinky. 674 00:35:51,383 --> 00:35:52,617 JO JO: Yeah. 675 00:35:52,617 --> 00:35:54,285 GLYNDARIL: You guys know how we do this? 676 00:35:54,285 --> 00:35:56,221 Put the anchor on the bottom. 677 00:35:56,221 --> 00:35:57,989 You snap these on the line. 678 00:35:57,989 --> 00:36:01,126 You let the hooks go over so they don't snag. 679 00:36:03,194 --> 00:36:06,664 Once that first anchor hits, it will sit on the ground. 680 00:36:06,664 --> 00:36:09,334 And when it sits, it will tighten up and the waves will 681 00:36:09,334 --> 00:36:13,371 push us this way, and then we'll be fishing. 682 00:36:17,909 --> 00:36:19,344 MARCELLA: 20 hooks that you said that were on it? 683 00:36:19,344 --> 00:36:20,545 GLYNDARIL: 20 hooks. 684 00:36:20,545 --> 00:36:23,014 MARCELLA: God willing, we'll catch at least one. 685 00:36:32,891 --> 00:36:35,093 There's something on there, there's tugging. 686 00:36:36,428 --> 00:36:38,730 GLYNDARIL: Let's pull up dinner. 687 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:44,202 Let's see what we get. 688 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,271 Teamwork makes the dream work. 689 00:36:50,775 --> 00:36:52,777 GLYNDARIL: Tell us when you see something. 690 00:36:53,545 --> 00:36:56,014 MARCELLA: Uh, nothing on this one. 691 00:36:57,849 --> 00:36:59,918 Nothing on this next one either. 692 00:36:59,918 --> 00:37:01,586 GLYNDARIL: Even if we only get one halibut. 693 00:37:01,586 --> 00:37:03,621 That's a win for me. 694 00:37:06,758 --> 00:37:08,426 Oh, yeah. 695 00:37:08,426 --> 00:37:10,428 MARCELLA: Oh, it's a cod. 696 00:37:10,428 --> 00:37:13,798 Cod, it's what we call a garbage fish. 697 00:37:13,798 --> 00:37:16,401 We're just not very big on consuming cod. 698 00:37:16,401 --> 00:37:18,937 Well, we're just gonna go ahead and throw it back, 699 00:37:18,937 --> 00:37:20,572 we are not going to eat. 700 00:37:20,572 --> 00:37:23,174 Kind of amazing how octopus got us all this though, huh? 701 00:37:25,110 --> 00:37:27,679 MARCELLA: Yeah, wanna see? Watch him go. 702 00:37:30,448 --> 00:37:32,484 TINKY: Oh, another cod. 703 00:37:33,418 --> 00:37:35,320 MARCELLA: That's the cod. 704 00:37:35,320 --> 00:37:37,055 GLYNDARIL: Another cod. 705 00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:38,890 Got a lot of cod over here. 706 00:37:39,657 --> 00:37:41,092 MARCELLA: Another cod. GLYNDARIL: Oh. 707 00:37:41,092 --> 00:37:42,193 MARCELLA: You got him? GLYNDARIL: This way. 708 00:37:42,193 --> 00:37:45,230 Come to me. Grab you by your eyes. 709 00:37:45,230 --> 00:37:48,099 It seems mean, but you grab them by the eyes. 710 00:37:48,099 --> 00:37:49,801 This is his, "I saw God moment," 711 00:37:49,801 --> 00:37:51,936 but God said, "You weren't big enough." 712 00:37:58,776 --> 00:38:00,512 Pay attention Tinky, tell me if you see anything. 713 00:38:00,512 --> 00:38:02,480 'Cause once it gets straight up and down it's hard for me 714 00:38:02,480 --> 00:38:04,582 to look over, okay Tinky? 715 00:38:04,582 --> 00:38:06,317 TINKY: Mm-hmm. 716 00:38:08,219 --> 00:38:09,921 GLYNDARIL: Oh, Tinky. 717 00:38:11,990 --> 00:38:13,491 TINKY: Halibut! 718 00:38:17,762 --> 00:38:18,897 (grunts) 719 00:38:18,897 --> 00:38:20,498 JO JO: Yay, Daddy! 720 00:38:20,498 --> 00:38:21,766 MARCELLA: There's another one on here. 721 00:38:21,766 --> 00:38:23,635 GLYNDARIL: You could feel it? MARCELLA: It's heavy. Yep. 722 00:38:25,703 --> 00:38:28,673 GLYNDARIL: Oh, yeah, you could feel that pull. 723 00:38:29,841 --> 00:38:32,076 Right there, there it is. 724 00:38:34,012 --> 00:38:35,914 JO JO: Oh, there it is. 725 00:38:35,914 --> 00:38:37,582 (grunts) 726 00:38:38,583 --> 00:38:41,252 MARCELLA: This line is still very heavy. 727 00:38:41,252 --> 00:38:42,754 JO JO: Mom said that... GLYNDARIL: Tell me if you see... 728 00:38:42,754 --> 00:38:44,088 MARCELLA: Right there, there it is. 729 00:38:44,088 --> 00:38:45,190 It's another one. 730 00:38:45,190 --> 00:38:47,458 GLYNDARIL: Oh, that's a halibut. JO JO: Another one. 731 00:38:53,064 --> 00:38:55,967 GLYNDARIL: Hoorah. MARCELLA: Success. 732 00:38:58,136 --> 00:38:59,337 GLYNDARIL: We made a trade with Mother Nature. 733 00:38:59,337 --> 00:39:01,206 How about we take your octopus and then 734 00:39:01,206 --> 00:39:02,874 we trade it for some halibut. 735 00:39:02,874 --> 00:39:05,276 Mother Nature said, "That's a good trade, I like that." 736 00:39:05,276 --> 00:39:08,246 MARCELLA: How cool is that? TINKY: Are we gonna keep that? 737 00:39:08,246 --> 00:39:09,848 GLYNDARIL: We're gonna keep some. 738 00:39:09,848 --> 00:39:10,915 But we're gonna share. 739 00:39:10,915 --> 00:39:12,684 We share with the community. 740 00:39:12,684 --> 00:39:13,885 It's what we do. 741 00:39:13,885 --> 00:39:16,487 TINKY: Yeah. MARCELLA: Yeah! 742 00:39:16,487 --> 00:39:19,123 GLYNDARIL: Tide has delivered, the table is set. 743 00:39:32,470 --> 00:39:34,339 TIG: No nibble? 744 00:39:34,339 --> 00:39:35,707 No nibble. 745 00:39:35,707 --> 00:39:37,675 Well it must be around midnight now. 746 00:39:37,675 --> 00:39:41,346 Up here in Alaska, during the summer and the spring, fall, 747 00:39:41,346 --> 00:39:43,581 time doesn't really matter much. 748 00:39:43,581 --> 00:39:46,050 'Cause, you know, the sun doesn't go down ever. 749 00:39:46,050 --> 00:39:48,953 It stays bright like this throughout the night and so, 750 00:39:48,953 --> 00:39:53,057 I think, the hour on the clock doesn't really mean a whole lot to us. 751 00:39:53,057 --> 00:39:55,960 Oh, fish on. Oh, yeah. 752 00:39:55,960 --> 00:39:58,363 Ooh, little guy. 753 00:39:58,363 --> 00:40:00,765 Not big enough to eat. 754 00:40:01,299 --> 00:40:03,101 Oh, hey, thank you. 755 00:40:03,101 --> 00:40:05,003 Saved me. 756 00:40:05,003 --> 00:40:07,972 Prior to 1972, it was all our land, 757 00:40:07,972 --> 00:40:09,774 we all used it. 758 00:40:09,774 --> 00:40:11,776 And then in 1972 they came out with 759 00:40:11,776 --> 00:40:14,679 Alaskan Native Settlements Act. 760 00:40:14,679 --> 00:40:17,749 And they said, "All right, this is no longer all your land. 761 00:40:17,749 --> 00:40:20,785 It's all our land but we're gonna be nice to you guys, 762 00:40:20,785 --> 00:40:23,288 and we'll give you guys little patches of land." 763 00:40:23,288 --> 00:40:24,689 This is all we got. 764 00:40:24,689 --> 00:40:26,124 We got no trust fund. 765 00:40:26,124 --> 00:40:27,525 We got nothing like that. 766 00:40:27,525 --> 00:40:31,162 And when I die, I'm not gonna be passing nothing on to these kids 767 00:40:31,162 --> 00:40:35,166 except for my guns, my boat and the, and the land. 768 00:40:35,166 --> 00:40:37,168 The land that was passed down to me. 769 00:40:37,168 --> 00:40:39,037 Traditions and culture. 770 00:40:39,037 --> 00:40:40,405 That's all we're gonna pass on. 771 00:40:40,405 --> 00:40:42,006 And when I kick the bucket, 772 00:40:42,006 --> 00:40:43,808 that's all I'm leaving these poor kids. 773 00:40:43,808 --> 00:40:45,576 (laughs) 774 00:40:50,348 --> 00:40:52,583 It's about 4:00 in the morning right now. 775 00:40:52,583 --> 00:40:53,985 The kids, they've been up all night, 776 00:40:53,985 --> 00:40:56,054 they're doing good though. 777 00:41:01,993 --> 00:41:03,795 TIG: Is that a muskrat? 778 00:41:03,795 --> 00:41:06,097 If there's one, there might be some more. 779 00:41:08,466 --> 00:41:10,802 TERRANCE: That's a muskrat. 780 00:41:11,402 --> 00:41:12,537 (gunshot) 781 00:41:12,537 --> 00:41:14,038 TIG: Oh, little high. 782 00:41:19,510 --> 00:41:20,678 (gunshot) 783 00:41:20,678 --> 00:41:21,846 Oh, a little low. 784 00:41:24,849 --> 00:41:25,917 (gunshot) 785 00:41:25,917 --> 00:41:28,720 TIG: Oh, hell yeah. Headshot. 786 00:41:35,226 --> 00:41:36,861 TIG: Oh, good shooting boy. 787 00:41:36,861 --> 00:41:40,264 Yeah, we got breakfast of champs right there. 788 00:41:43,101 --> 00:41:46,237 The spring time, the countries coming back to life. 789 00:41:46,237 --> 00:41:49,073 It's amazing to hear these birds in the sky. 790 00:41:49,073 --> 00:41:51,242 Seeing all the animals swimming around, 791 00:41:51,242 --> 00:41:52,810 flying around. 792 00:41:52,810 --> 00:41:55,847 Calf's pretty soon out on the beaches and islands. 793 00:41:55,847 --> 00:41:59,484 Bear cubs are popping out of the dens with their mothers. 794 00:41:59,484 --> 00:42:01,719 A whole lot going on in the country. 795 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:03,354 MARCELLA: Everything comes to life. 796 00:42:03,354 --> 00:42:05,690 It's an amazing experience. 797 00:42:05,690 --> 00:42:07,892 The grass gets a little greener, 798 00:42:07,892 --> 00:42:09,660 the sky's turn a little bluer. 799 00:42:09,660 --> 00:42:11,829 JOEL: The Pile River actually turns a like turquoise 800 00:42:11,829 --> 00:42:14,132 in the summertime in the heat of the day. 801 00:42:14,132 --> 00:42:15,733 The sun's melting the glaciers and 802 00:42:15,733 --> 00:42:18,002 so it turns the river a turquoise color. 803 00:42:18,002 --> 00:42:19,670 It's kind of cool. 804 00:42:21,706 --> 00:42:23,141 JODY: The land of the midnight sun, 805 00:42:23,141 --> 00:42:25,743 it's like 10:00 pm but the sun is shining bright 806 00:42:25,743 --> 00:42:28,112 right into my eyes. 807 00:42:30,281 --> 00:42:31,482 Need my help? 808 00:42:31,482 --> 00:42:32,850 JAMEY: Yes, I do. 809 00:42:32,850 --> 00:42:34,685 JODY: I think in the summer anyone that lives this 810 00:42:34,685 --> 00:42:37,822 far north, maximizes the daylight. 811 00:42:37,822 --> 00:42:40,525 I've been working on this diamond willow that I found when 812 00:42:40,525 --> 00:42:42,860 I was out hunting alone. 813 00:42:43,761 --> 00:42:46,030 I've been carving these two pieces out, 814 00:42:46,030 --> 00:42:48,366 I want to use them in the log house that 815 00:42:48,366 --> 00:42:50,601 we're gonna be building. 816 00:42:51,602 --> 00:42:54,138 JAMEY: The sun's already up, starting to rise again. 817 00:42:54,138 --> 00:42:56,908 Time to do something. 818 00:42:56,908 --> 00:42:58,810 Time to go live life. 819 00:43:01,078 --> 00:43:04,015 TIG: We're gonna stop and cook some breakfast. 820 00:43:04,015 --> 00:43:07,318 My boy got breakfast of champs right there. 821 00:43:07,318 --> 00:43:08,586 We got some fresh meat. 822 00:43:08,586 --> 00:43:10,655 Don't get no fresher than that. 823 00:43:17,595 --> 00:43:19,063 TIG: You know, we spent the whole night out here on 824 00:43:19,063 --> 00:43:22,767 the boat, with, I don't know how many miles we put in on the river. 825 00:43:22,767 --> 00:43:24,235 Seen a whole lot of country. 826 00:43:24,235 --> 00:43:26,704 It's good, I love muskrat. 827 00:43:27,638 --> 00:43:30,274 The sun's coming back up. 828 00:43:30,274 --> 00:43:34,045 We'll take a little rest and nap and continue at it tomorrow. 829 00:43:36,814 --> 00:43:39,884 MARCELLA: There's the dreadful winters that we have to live and 830 00:43:39,884 --> 00:43:44,789 then our summers where, it's a whole lot of work. 831 00:43:48,292 --> 00:43:51,028 The sun comes up, 4:00, 5:00 in the morning, you know. 832 00:43:51,028 --> 00:43:53,464 The sun is awake, I'm awake. 833 00:43:55,099 --> 00:43:57,468 Summertime comes with having our outdoor fun and 834 00:43:57,468 --> 00:44:00,438 then prep for winter all over again. 835 00:44:00,438 --> 00:44:01,539 Captioned by Cotter Media Group.