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OUR FUTURE
 We look to our creator God for guidance on how to move forward. We remember the sacrifices of our ancestors in hope to bring honor to their legacy. Photo courtesy Pete Muller. |  Tribal community meetings were used for the last 20 years to decide the future of the Tribe on the Island. Photo courtesy Pete Muller. |  Members of the last generation to grow up on Isle de Jean Charles. The reality of moving from home is real. Photo courtesy Pete Muller. |  There are 5 generations represented in this photo. The past, present, and future reality that no generation represented will experience the Island the same again is heartbreaking. Photo courtesy of Pete Muller. |
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 New land in the resettlement represents hope to many Tribal members. Although the move is bittersweet, it represents hope for recultivation. Photo courtesy of Pete Muller. |  Faith is struggling to hold up a timeline of Island history. We tell our stories and share our traditions so the next generations don't struggle to uphold them. Photo courtesy of Nathan Jessee. |  This is on a musk ox hunt; and my son is just paying his respects to the musk ox. I thought that was an awesome shot. He’s thanking the musk ox, just like me. I thank every animal after I get them. I thank them for feeding my family. It’s the only way to do it. We had to haul this back a quarter mile to the boat, and that really sucked! We butchered this one right there and hauled it out. It was a big old bull, and you really don’t want to get a musk ox at the opening of the season. You want t |  Learning the subsistence lifestyle. I think the main caption would be learning from the pro. This is my daughter and her aunt working on the spine of the ugruk. You boil the cut pieces and you eat them – the leftover meat that’s on them. You can see the bigger portions in the back of the photo. |
 What they’re predicting on this map is where the water levels are going to be. That’s one of the first pictures I took for this project. Somebody wanted a picture to that; and that’s when I took it. But it’s like a really awesome picture. It just shows you different years, one when we’re supposed to be totally underwater…. if the prediction is right. |  I was actually doing a little photo shoot – what better kid to use than your own? I liked that I caught my son in mid-air. Did you notice the hats? They say Make America Native Again – the hat bill & beanie. This one shirt says, ban the books – when Portugal. The Man stood up for the kids in Wasilla. The other one is Austin City Limits – the first time PTM played Austin City Limits. PTM is from Alaska and they are friends of mine. |  This is my daughter, Nicole Nayakpuk working on white fish. She’s learning to prepare food, to put food away for the winter. You can see the whitefish net in the water in back. This picture was taken on June 21, 2015 at 1:57 am. That’s how much light we still have. It’s that perfect lighting. Basically you gut it and cut it into four sections, and then you boil it and eat it with hot cakes. It’s a breakfast food. |  It’s going down for real: climate change, the sun in this picture, trying to get the word out; but tomorrow’s a new day. |
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