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- Chris McGeshick: So,
the Creator put these gifts

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on Earth for us.

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And we too
are one of those gifts.

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These are all lives
that are being provided to us

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so that we can continue to live.

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But in order to do that,
and to do it the right way,

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we have to provide an offering
to the Creator

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and to the fish itself.

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Everybody's putting out their
tobacco.

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It's called asemaa
in our language.

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And they offer this aseema
and they pray to the Creator,

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and they pray to that being,
that life

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that's about to give itself up.

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You can now harvest
and you can feel good about it.

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The Creator respects that.

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The animals respect that.

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The life expects that.

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Subsistence harvest is really,
truly that.

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It's so that you can survive.

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It's part of our culture,
it's part of our ceremonies,

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it's part of our daily life.

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We're looking
to pass on those cultures,

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those teachings,
those methods of harvest.

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With the tribe, what we did was

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we put together
all of the harvesters,

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and we gave them the opportunity

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to provide
what their knowledge was

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to share
with the community members.

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We're gonna be running some
unattended lines,

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some jig fishing,

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and we'll also be doing
some tip-ups,

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and we'll be spearing
through the ice as well.

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And some of the kids
are gonna be working tonight

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on making their own decoys
for spearing through the ice.

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That's what we're gonna
focus on,

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as well as having
really good food.

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In this camp is nothing but fun.

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Their first harvest,
it's spectacular.

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You see the smiles
on these kids' faces

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and these parents' faces when
their kid's hugging this fish

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and carrying it around
and getting all slimy and wet.

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Once that happens,

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the individuals seem
to get hooked on the practice

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and they come back out,

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and they'll do it
from year to year.

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Those kids that were there
in 2014 are now adults,

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and they're coming out

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and they're teaching
what they learn.

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We're highly adaptive.

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You know,
if something comes out,

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we're gonna try it
and we're gonna utilize it.

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If there's a new harvest method,

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we're gonna try to encompass
those within our camp.

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We really wanna get 'em
hooked on fishing.

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And so, here at this camp,
we're also gonna infuse

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a little bit
of that new technology

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and bring the electronics
out on the ice

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so that they can work with it.

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We want our family members
and our youngsters

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to learn how to take care
of themselves.

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Whatever we provide,

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when you're provided
this equipment

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and you're provided this
knowledge, you utilize it

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so that you can survive
in the event you need to.

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I think it's important
to thank our relatives

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and our ancestors
for preserving

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and protecting these rights

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for us and for the
future generations.

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We have that responsibility.

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They had that responsibility.

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They endured
what they had to endure

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to preserve the right for us
to go out there and harvest.

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And the subsistence harvest
is just the next opportunity

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for that next generation.

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The tribe is investing
in itself.

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The tribe is investing
in its future.

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You can sit there
and you can think sometimes

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and visualize seven generations.

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That first generation had the
responsibility to preserve

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and protect what that last
generation that you see

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is now able to enjoy.

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[gentle music]