DANIEL_APASSINGOK EVAN_STRASSBURG JOEL_JACKO JOHN_PINGAYAK NALU SONNA_BOY TERESA_PINGAYAK TIG JOHN PINGAYAK There was a typhoon in Alaska JOHN PINGAYAK It was a powerful surge from the ocean JOHN PINGAYAK Seventy-five to eighty miles an hour wind This whole area look like an ocean It was covered with water I was scared I was uh, afraid Seventy-three years of my life, I've never seen anything like that JOHN PINGAYAK A lot of the boats were swept away My big boat got swept away and two other boats We couldn't even try to rescue them because the wind was too high A good running boat is our livelihood Our people go out and subsist for food They look for seals, birds, and ducks to eat If we don't have boats, we're gonna be starving JOHN PINGAYAK The only thing that came that was good for our people here in Chevak was the wood The drift wood We have abundance of firewood right now that people can use and we're fortunate All the villages along the coast don't lose any lives They were all safe and alive We might have lost homes, boats, but those can be replaced But human life could never be replaced We cannot be afraid of what has happened And we are aware that even more powerful storms are gonna be coming soon because of the global warming But our elders tell us, don't give up You have to stand up and continue the life You have to walk against the wind NALU We're very lucky to be who we are as native people We're very lucky to have what we have NALU I've never hunted with you in the snow before DANIEL APASSINGOK A new experience Changing of seasons from fall to winter, games more abundant DANIEL APASSINGOK Gonna be more seal, walrus and bowhead whale DANIEL APASSINGOK Aatakqun DANIEL APASSINGOK Nobody here DANIEL APASSINGOK This is where Agra got his first seal NALU Really? DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK This is a hot spot for bearded seals NALU This is called Nengki NALU Seal blind We have them all over the coast, all over the island These blinds are made so the seals aren't able to really see you when you�re hunting NALU Those are humpback whales DANIEL APASSINGOK Humpback and uh gray whale That's a good sign DANIEL APASSINGOK If there's whales out there, there's seals somewhere The wind is coming straight in from the west so whatever seals we catch in the water, they'll just drift right in NALU Maybe I'll catch my first seal from the blind DANIEL APASSINGOK I'll be your cheerleader, huh DANIEL APASSINGOK Go Nalu, go! The experience this makes me happy DANIEL APASSINGOK Makes my heart feel warm NALU Uh huh DANIEL APASSINGOK My buddy I'm happy she's here When she first left, there was a big void in our family NALU Growing up here was really hard for me Taking care of the boys DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, you were basically our third uh parent huh? NALU I just moved away to experience the westernized life DANIEL APASSINGOK Being in the city? NALU Yeah, I needed to expand my wings Living in the city just made me realize, living a subsistence lifestyle is more for me Felt like I was losing myself as a person Come on seals DANIEL APASSINGOK Must be hiding because Nalu come out, huh? Seal! NALU bird It's nice but the damn snow DANIEL APASSINGOK Gotta head towards home NALU Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK At least you got to know where the hot spot is TIG You're gonna be learning up until the day you die You'll never ever stop learning There's no way any one person can know everything about this country TIG We're gonna check this little water area right here EVAN STRASSBURG Okay TIG See how there's no snow on top? EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah TIG You can tell it just froze recently EVAN STRASSBURG Can I come over there? TIG Yeah, you're good EVAN STRASSBURG Okay EVAN STRASSBURG A little worried TIG Anytime you ever do anything with any type of ice, you check it with an axe in front of you You don't test by your feet You'll sink yourself So, you gotta reach out, check it and keep doing that It might be thick right here, but the water might be flowing right there, you know And that water flowing will keep it thin These first little crossings, we do have to stop and check them It's not big and dangerous where we might drown or anything but you definitely get messed up in them in the snow machine TIG All ready my boy? EVAN STRASSBURG Yep TIG Good time of the year to bring the young ones out and show them some trapping I wanna try for some rabbit They do have good fur and still get a good meal out of the rabbit Rabbit tracks Look around, make sure no little bunny jump up on us Rabbit season Now we gotta cut in the notch for the trigger Take your time on this so you don't cut into this notch, weaken it This rabbit snares that we're gonna be setting is a spring pull There's a little bit of work that you gotta put behind it There's the anchor, there's the trigger and how to set them Come hold these triggers together Hold two of them together There's no suffering when they catch like this Sure, fast, instant death Once he gets into this trail, it's gonna give him less of an opportunity to go off the sides of the trail, he's gonna have to keep going through it So that's why we put these guide sticks And so when the rabbit gets caught, he's gonna run this way or that way He's gonna pull on that trigger and hypothetically speaking, he's gonna shoot into the air Just like the mailbox You got mail, you flip up the flag We got a rabbit, little guys gonna flip up in the air and we're gonna know it All right, let's go look for some more tracks and set up another one JOEL JACKO It is something that's kinda been lost And it does make the elders happy and excited that you're getting out there and doing what they used to do JOEL JACKO Oh, mama! JOEL JACKO Yeah, this is the end End of the line right here The fish are all spawned up now These are uh, sockeye salmon Some of them are still spawning, you can see eggs and stuff in the water, but the fish are kinda like this all over the place up here right now I mean they're in the lake, they're in the creeks, I mean they're everywhere You gotta catch them as soon as they get into the lake basically cause once, they hit fresh water, they stop feeding and then they start basically dying They start turning red and their meat starts to turn white, and they no longer taste good at all And it's like mushy It's like soft They're not good to eat For the next couple weeks, they'll be fish around just kinda dying and floating up on the beach Can tell that the bears have been coming down cause all, all the grass is all matted down and there's dead fish all over the place This is kinda their feeding ground Let's see what else I can see Oh man, look at that The bears stashing his fish right here It's super fresh too And once the bears get full, they'll kinda stop eating the whole salmon They'll just start eating like the good parts, like the belly and stuff Think I'm gonna keep going a little more Do a little more exploring That's a pretty cool find It's good just to get out and explore Stuff's kinda always changing out here too you know The topography of the land and it's good to see if the salmon are schooling up in different places How many bears are out and about You know, what all the animals are up to this time of the year I'm back here just kinda checking out where the bears are hanging out Where they're at and about how many there are around I mean there's, there's a lot of bears around here They will try to protect their feeding ground That is something you kinda have to worry about cause we're like right where they're eating right now I like kinda knowing what they're doing, where they're at Partially just so you can stay away from them kind of a thing Cause certain years you'll have more aggressive bears Some years you'll have bears that break into stuff But there is that off chance that you run into that bear that just wants to eat your face off I can hear the bears move around in here but I can't see 'em I don't like being this low to 'em I'm gonna climb up this hill up here so I can kinda see what's going on Don't have to have a showdown with a bear if I don't have to Oh , that's a brown bear! JOEL JACKO It's a pretty big bear JOEL JACKO I see it Over to the left now Growing up out here it's burnt into you that you shouldn't really be afraid of them I mean you should respect them, but they do just want to leave you alone for the most part Three bears just came out of the woods They're fighting over a fishing spot They're a pretty good size too They're coming to check out the salmon in that creek I'm not really worried about the bears, partially because I have a gun They don't really care about you Especially right now cause they have like as much food as they can eat This time of year, you can really see the life cycle of everything You know cause the fish are coming up and everything kinda seems to feed off the fish somewhat There's just thousands of fish out here The seals are coming in to eat the salmon I mean the bears are here Be nice if I can get out, catch some pike and maybe shoot a seal on the way You know, have a little variety JOHN PINGAYAK We have to thank our creator every day For the life that he has given us right here in the tundra land JOHN PINGAYAK After that typhoon, our people were very helpful Their humanity spirit came to life JOHN PINGAYAK When they were rescuing the boats, they were helping each other, and some boats were saved My big boat, I got to rescue it TERESA PINGAYAK Isn't that something JOHN PINGAYAK But two other boats got swept away This typhoon was a wakeup call for me After this whole area was flooded and we don't know the condition of our camp JOHN PINGAYAK And so, we need to go and check and see how our camp is The water went over our camp for sure but when we get there, we'll find out TERESA PINGAYAK No doubt JOHN PINGAYAK Okay? TERESA PINGAYAK Yeah, okay All right JOHN PINGAYAK Okay Sonna Boy? SONNA BOY Yep TERESA PINGAYAK This is the first time we're going to go out to camp and observe what was destroyed What's not there anymore TERESA PINGAYAK There used to be fish camps TERESA PINGAYAK Their tent frames used to line up along this river edge, TERESA PINGAYAK But now there's nothing They've all been, uh TERESA PINGAYAK Wiped away TERESA PINGAYAK And there's just nothing Nothing left It's so sad TERESA PINGAYAK Now those people have to rebuild again It's, I, I don't want to see what's uh, what was taken but and destroyed but you know and with us um, life is so much more important than material things This is our fish camp It looks so empty, it looks so bare JOHN PINGAYAK Look how far our Weatherport has gone Way across there TERESA PINGAYAK That was our main house That's where all the family gathered and cooked and did everything together So that's all gone I hope our uh foundation fared well Now we got to go and see what we can salvage It's really sad to see NALU I am the generation of today and I am learning the traditions of my father, my family and my culture DANIEL APASSINGOK I think you could get two seals If you could get two seals, that would be great NALU Hopefully DANIEL APASSINGOK Different spot, hopefully see more seals Plus, we got a higher vantage point a little bit NALU Uh huh And we're up on a hill so you can see game better DANIEL APASSINGOK You know, each day is a different day Might see more or might see less The tide is a little low today for some reason Kinda wavey If the tide comes up you know, you'll start seeing seals Have a little bit better vantage point right here, huh? NALU It's a good spot Well in my family, I'm treated as an equal Not many people support women hunting But I have to step up in the family because we need food on the table and my brother broke his leg recently and my dad is getting a little old What is this place called? DANIEL APASSINGOK Ah, Nayghapak NALU Nayghapak? DANIEL APASSINGOK Being away from home for a while she's been asking me about our language She's more interested in our traditional ways now NALU A waiting game DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, that's hunting DANIEL APASSINGOK Better unzip your gun DANIEL APASSINGOK You never know, DANIEL APASSINGOK Something might come up NALU Growing up me and my dad didn't really get along but today we've grown really close in our relationship and I'm super thankful for him and everything he's teaching me DANIEL APASSINGOK Come on seal Come out come out wherever you are NALU They come from both ways, huh? DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, you can really seem them when they're coming down the coast, you'll know NALU Oh look, dad! DANIEL APASSINGOK Right there NALU Kaviiq! DANIEL APASSINGOK Probably looking for bird or seal or something NALU Do we eat those? DANIEL APASSINGOK No NALU It looks like it's limping DANIEL APASSINGOK Just keep an eye out for it if it gets too close NALU Could also be fake limping No blood or anything on its paw Wonder why it's really limping DANIEL APASSINGOK I don't know NALU Bird? DANIEL APASSINGOK That was a bird NALU That's all I ever see DANIEL APASSINGOK Nothing but birds You know, you may be a good hunter, but they'll be days for some reason you can't catch anything at all Being a successful hunter, they learn from all the mistakes you make on each hunting trip NALU What I'm learning from my dad is literally everything He knows a lot, he's very well experienced with hunting DANIEL APASSINGOK Most seals I brought home in one fall season is thirty-eight NALU Holy cow You know how many I brought home? DANIEL APASSINGOK How many? NALU Zero DANIEL APASSINGOK Zero Well, you just barley started out Now you go out more and more often, you'll learn NALU Look at that kaviiq hunting NALU It's not limping anymore Real pretty DANIEL APASSINGOK Getting braver and braver I can make it, no I won't I'm going back NALU I haven't seen one single seal yet DANIEL APASSINGOK Hunting for seal is a matter of having patience for it, you know Some days you won't see a single seal all day And uh, they'll be times where you see more than ten-twenty seals in uh, in the day NALU Well, we've been here for a couple hours, huh? The waves haven't really changed and the tide's slowly coming in, but the waves are still DANIEL APASSINGOK Kinda rough NALU Yeah DANIEL APASSINGOK Oh, might as well head home, huh? Been a slow day today, huh? NALU Super slow DANIEL APASSINGOK You good? NALU Yep DANIEL APASSINGOK Okay NALU I don't know, I think the seals are hiding from me DANIEL APASSINGOK Every day is a different story TIG The more work we can put in right now, early in the year, it's gonna make the year a whole lot easier TIG All right, you wanna try and make the trigger? EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah TIG You remember how? EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah TIG Only twenty years ago I teach you TIG If I did happen to catch a rabbit, me and my son, you know I'd like to skin it out and make a pot of soup for the kids And then with these rabbit furs, they're so thin and easy to work with it that it doesn't take much to tan up a rabbit fur Peel that skin off EVAN STRASSBURG It's like peeling a potato, right? EVAN STRASSBURG Shouldn't be that hard TIG Don't cut your finger off, take your time Can't just wake up and be badass one day It takes practice TIG By the time I was eight or nine, I used to snowshoe across the river by myself By time I had my line set you know, eight-nine years old, I'd have thirty-forty rabbit snares out there EVAN STRASSBURG Is this good? TIG Uh-hmm All right, you gotta cut your little notch in How far? EVAN STRASSBURG Halfway? TIG Halfway EVAN STRASSBURG Okay TIG Rest it on this so you're not EVAN STRASSBURG Okay TIG We don't have a whole lot to pass on to our children once we go, you know But then, once I go, you know the inheritance that my kids are gonna be getting from me is all my knowledge, my skills, my traditional sense, and cultural sense That's the stuff that I'm passing down to my children See the anchor EVAN STRASSBURG Was this hard for you to set on your own? TIG Yeah Yep EVAN STRASSBURG Especially when you were young? TIG Yeah, I used to get frustrated That's for sure All right, let go Oh! Snapped my anchor Yeah, we gotta be careful while we're setting these, I don't want to smack myself I don't want to smack my son and get my finger stuck in that snare and it whips up like that it might break my fingers It is a little more dangerous than setting a rabbit snare across the trail but it's a lot more fun also EVAN STRASSBURG Dad TIG Huh? EVAN STRASSBURG There's a bit of a rabbit poop right there TIG All right, good, we're in the right area I'm sure hoping we come back next couple days and there's a rabbit dangling there All right my boy, we did all we can do here JOEL JACKO Kinda gotta get out of the village to realize how your life is in the village You know, how it's different from other people's lives JOEL JACKO There's a big bald eagle up here checking out the scene JOEL JACKO Oh, it's popped up right here JOEL JACKO I came up on a couple of seals out here I'm gonna try to get as close as I can Gonna be hard out here cause they can already see me coming So, it's actually pretty tricky to hunt seals 'cause they sink when you shoot them You pretty much have to catch them on like a reef or something Oh, he's going under Iliamna Lake is one of the very few lakes that has freshwater seals in it and they're pretty much here all year around Not sure if anyone knows how they really got in here It's possible they swam up the river, but they don't seem to ever leave Man, dang it It's gonna be a little tricky today Found a seal It's kinda beached up over here I'll try to get close enough so I can shoot at it Was low I'll give 'em a minute, see if they come back up This is my first seal hunt I've never really gone out by myself to hunt seals It is a little different than, like, bear hunting and moose hunting 'cause you shoot it in the wrong spot, you're never gonna get it again And it's a much smaller target So, I'm waiting for them to climb back up on to the rocks so I can shoot 'em 'cause the waters so deep right here that they'd just be gone if I shot 'em Sink straight to the bottom Think there's two of 'em out there, actually JOEL JACKO Oh, here we go JOEL JACKO Bah Low again I shot twice and missed, and I think they're spooked now I don't think they're gonna come back up If they're coming out of the water here, they're probably are up the lake more too Think I'll change locations It's good to know that they're out, up on the rocks now I thought it was too late in the year for them to be sun bathing Pretty much everything around here kinda revolves around the salmon You know, I mean the people, me, the bears, the seals, I mean, everything We wouldn't even have seals here if it wasn't for the salmon I'm, like, ten miles from home now It seems like the farther away I get, the less seals there are The water's super high right now And a lot of the reefs I thought that they'd be sitting on are completely covered up with water Think I'll head back towards the house and see if I can find some pike Think it'd be a good time to go do some fishing maybe Thought I'd catch a few TERESA PINGAYAK I know that we cannot live without a spirituality in our life, because that's very much a part of who we are as a native people And that's who I am TERESA PINGAYAK Pekteluaqsailnganani Stayed, look at that It didn't move TERESA PINGAYAK The foundations are still pretty much firm, and you did a really good job you boys TERESA PINGAYAK Look at that JOHN PINGAYAK My foundation is there It was intact It was strong and we were amazed how it made it through that typhoon TERESA PINGAYAK You could see where the Weatherport was with this fresh green, green around it When it moved, it must've lifted, and the wind just carried it way across over there to the other side Typhoon Merbok really did a number in our fish camp It swept away our Weatherport and all the plywood that we were going to build to finish our cabin Our dream of putting up that cabin washed away in one night SONNA BOY This is just devastating to see; come here you know Like, I'm still speechless I don't know what to think of it, but it'll pass TERESA PINGAYAK But the optimistic part is old boy, we gonna rebuild That's what it's gotta take, rebuilding and helping each other and do it again Right old boy? SONNA BOY Uh-hmm TERESA PINGAYAK Yeah TIG I'm just a steppingstone of our culture and our traditions Just the same way my children are gonna be a steppingstone of our culture and traditions TIG Snow covered up our trail, boy EVAN STRASSBURG Didn't it just snow yesterday? TIG Yeah TIG I guess about the only thing we can do is try and make it look like a trail was still there Take big steps, look like moose maybe EVAN STRASSBURG Huh TIG Right now, I'm just kinda making a new trail for these rabbits to use The trail that they were using is buried last night in the fresh snow My snares halfway buried too TIG So, we're helping 'em out and trying to make another trail for them I don't know if they'll use it or not but, it's better than it was EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah, that looks pretty good TIG At least they got something to go towards I hope Oh yeah, there's a trail back here EVAN STRASSBURG It's a rabbit trail? TIG Yeah EVAN STRASSBURG Wow Is it fresh, dad? TIG Yup EVAN STRASSBURG Wow, that's cool TIG Look like a trail to me We only eat rabbit maybe three, four times a winter, and so, when we do eat a rabbit, you know, the kids really look forward to it Little bit of a special occasion, you know It's not a meal that we eat every week We should use the axe and drop some willows Get these rabbits moving around Get some food down for them EVAN STRASSBURG Why do they eat that? TIG I don't know Their momma told 'em, I guess EVAN STRASSBURG Do they eat anything else? TIG Later in the winter, when they can't get these nice fresh ones anymore, they just start eating the barks on the trees No! EVAN STRASSBURG Whoa! TIG Well, they gonna enjoy that stuff Hopefully, it'll get them moving around in this area They really like the tops See these tops are really soft for them, easy to eat This should get them moving, come in this area EVAN STRASSBURG Huh TIG Walk up to the next one and get that one Clean that one the same way, you know, pat that tail down with your glove EVAN STRASSBURG Okay Oh, wait what EVAN STRASSBURG Dad! TIG Just pack it down EVAN STRASSBURG Look, there's one in there TIG Oh, it worked EVAN STRASSBURG Yes! TIG And look, it's hanging up You did it, boy Wow, look at that TIG Enaa Baasee' EVAN STRASSBURG Enaa Baasee' TIG Nice white fur Nothing got to it, just as we planned EVAN STRASSBURG Uh-hmm TIG For any animal that we take, that's what we wish for Wish for a nice fast death for them Perfect catch, my boy TIG Good looking one EVAN STRASSBURG Uh-huh TIG Good job Well, let's see if we can reset this EVAN STRASSBURG Dad? TIG Huh? EVAN STRASSBURG Why is the bunny stiff? TIG It's cold He's got no more life in him When something dies, the life in us is what keeps us warm Only zombies are cold EVAN STRASSBURG Can't wait to tell mom TIG Yup EVAN STRASSBURG It feels good to bring home a rabbit to my family so they can eat EVAN STRASSBURG My sisters have done it once EVAN STRASSBURG And now it's my turn to do it My dad said, if I trap a rabbit, I'll get a girlfriend TIG All right, there was hardly any damage to that snare EVAN STRASSBURG Uh-hmm TIG It's a pretty good method I like it EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah, me too TIG Deadly I'm pretty excited to see that my son is growing He's cultural learning, you know, all the different things he's doing in life He's starting to become more and more successful EVAN STRASSBURG Yeah, it was pretty cool the trap worked TIG Good job, my boy EVAN STRASSBURG Thank you DANIEL APASSINGOK When the water comes in, when the ice comes in, you have to take action NALU Hey, it's a dolphin or something DANIEL APASSINGOK Porpoise? NALU I just saw it jump DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, they're real fast DANIEL APASSINGOK Hard to get Faster than seals NALU It's staying in the same spot Oh, right there, right there! DANIEL APASSINGOK Oh, right there, that's a porpoise! Let's go to this other point over here just in case he might come right into the beach Whatever opportunity we can get, we take That's how a subsistence lifestyle works NALU Okay DANIEL APASSINGOK Let's go NALU They're staying in the same spot NALU Look at that! DANIEL APASSINGOK There's like three or four of them, huh? Ah, they're coming closer We'll sit and watch here for a little bit, huh? They might come closer again NALU I see 'em again Right in front of the green DANIEL APASSINGOK They're way at the edge of that green color now NALU Damn DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, they're not coming in, huh? NALU I don't think so DANIEL APASSINGOK That was exciting NALU Yup DANIEL APASSINGOK First time we see 'em on the beach that close NALU Yeah Real close We usually only see porpoise out boating That was a little exciting NALU Unlucky but I don't feel defeated DANIEL APASSINGOK That's what hunting is, it wouldn't be called hunting We'll see what's down there NALU Beach comb little bit? DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah We're beach combing for some seafood, uh, so we can eat with our meals, you know Some people cook 'em and some people eat 'em just like that, raw NALU I don't know the native word for this one, but these red ones with the tails on them, they're called, Aghnaghuq NALU The more I go out with my dad, I feel like I learn not only things about hunting but our language I'm starting to learn a lot more than I used to know living in the valley DANIEL APASSINGOK Hey Winner NALU Oh, aghnaghuq Look what I found What is this called? DANIEL APASSINGOK Mamaghwaaq NALU Mamaghwaaq DANIEL APASSINGOK Some days you might not catch a seal, you know We can go beach combing for some seafood That's all we might get for the day NALU At least we're not going home empty-handed I like going out with you, dad DANIEL APASSINGOK Yeah, me too I enjoyed it I enjoyed every minute of it JOEL JACKO The more you live out here, the more you realize you need to be traditional Or you have to revert to these traditional ways, basically just trying to exist out here JOEL JACKO So, we only have pike in one place here as far as I know and it's this little lake JOEL JACKO They swim up in there I think to spawn or something then they get land locked So, you can only kinda catch them certain times a year I'm hoping they're still in there I didn't shoot a seal today, but at least figured out where the seals where at so the next time I can go back out there Now I'll go do a little fishing and then see if I can catch some pike I haven't been up there in a couple years I'm hoping there's a couple pike, you know, floating around in there Little lake back here is probably only half a mile or less And this is actually the creek that drains it Hopefully, we'll get lucky today Most time, pike are like an invasive species, but they seem to just stick to this lake They're like a dinosaur basically They're very boney They're very mean, and they seem to live forever They really are pretty good to eat, and pretty fun to catch I got a little guy, there we go Oh, that's not a bad size, dang Oh! I almost had that guy in I think the hook wasn't set in his mouth very well and he got away right as I was getting him on the beach Man, he wasn't a bad size either He was like a couple feet long I didn't even know they were that big in here Hopefully, I can get another one There we go Come on Yeah No! JOEL JACKO Ah I think my barbs are all worn off on my hook Yeah, they are Dang it Got an old crusty hook on here So, I'm changing my lures That last lure, the barbs are almost gone, so I think that's why the pike kept getting off Hopefully, this does the trick I'm gonna keep going a little bit I've caught a couple, but they keep getting off I'll keep fishing till I get something I got one Oh, the sucker Woo! I finally got one to the beach That's a meal right there He's not huge but he's definitely a good size for out here All in all, I think the land's doing well The fish are coming back The bears are out pretty strong I think we have more than enough seals It's good that, you know, the circle of life is continuing and pretty good circle TERESA PINGAYAK Yeah, that terrain is too rough for me, Pingia So, you guys can go ahead and go with your Ada JOHN PINGAYAK Wow, look at all of this debris What I lost in Typhoon Merbok is my Weatherport SONNA BOY Can't believe it floated way out here JOHN PINGAYAK That must have been a really strong wind We found it about two or three miles out of my camp The whole back came down This is broken SONNA BOY This side broke off as well JOHN PINGAYAK Broken too? SONNA BOY Yup JOHN PINGAYAK Man Oh, jeez JOHN PINGAYAK Well whatever we can salvage, JOHN PINGAYAK Let's take 'em Weatherport played an important part of our life It's my shelter That's where I sleep, eat All of my family would gather around and come together Everything I own there, all my tools and everything, were all messed up SONNA BOY Even this food in here, stinks JOHN PINGAYAK Yeah I lost a lot of things like generators and radios, binoculars and, uh, all of our food and everything SONNA BOY Almost as if like it was a nightmare, you know? JOHN PINGAYAK I have an empty, empty heart about that Kinda sad Sonna Boy SONNA BOY Huh? JOHN PINGAYAK Look at your hat Look at that Can't forget it, okay? Bring it back and dry it up and use it again SONNA BOY The Weatherport gone means that, like, home is gone, for a little bit I think that there is hope in the future for maybe the next Weatherport The whole foundation was still intact We can take it apart and haul it back to camp Just hope for the best in the future JOHN PINGAYAK Let's give ourselves a little time to heal and then we'll come back together as a family to salvage what we need to salvage TERESA PINGAYAK We just loved that Weatherport because that was where we all gathered, ate together, talked together We had that Weatherport for almost 20 years And it's not gonna go away We're going to rebuild and we're going to get back together again NALU Well, this is from the recent typhoon? DANIEL APASSINGOK Yup This is the boat I got when you were a couple months old NALU Damn DANIEL APASSINGOK Had a lot of memory with that boat NALU That typhoon affected a lot of the villages It was pretty bad That was our biggest typhoon, huh? DANIEL APASSINGOK Yup NALU It wrecked quite a bit DANIEL APASSINGOK Some of them, uh, even lost their houses, too If the weather keeps, uh, what it's doing now, you know, it's gonna take everything away These storms are getting bigger and more and more frequent It's concerning to see what it's changing in this world Hope this doesn't happen to anybody else Well, it's, uh, just a memory now, right? JOHN PINGAYAK Any material things we lost; they can be replaced TERESA PINGAYAK We're all in this together Though we need to build back what we had lost JOHN PINGAYAK We have to continue to subsist from this land We have to keep going Go forward Don't give up Be strong [SNAP-IN] JOEL JACKO I'm gonna sight my gun in 'cause it was sighted in for a closer range, for birds I need to get it shooting a little farther out I was shooting way low when I was shooting at those seals There's a little log sticking out of the water over there I'm gonna use as a target Yeah, hopefully, I can get this thing sighted in If we run into another seal, I can actually hit him this time I shoulda done this before I left, but I wasn't thinking about it It's way low Ugh, now it's high JOEL JACKO Well, that's better All right, I think it's on now I think I got this thing sighted in for a little farther, uh, distance now, so I'm gonna see if I can find another group of seals to shoot at