he shared hunting and fishing stories. Kazden hung on every word. Dan told us how he marked the snowmachine trails in the fall, from Kotzebue to neighboring villages. I’d heard stories of men who do ...

Alaska Natives, who make up about three-quarters of Kotzebue’s population ... of us are crammed into the tiny cabin of Schaeffer’s fishing boat in the just-light hours of a drizzly September ...