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Kotzebue has a population about 3,000 people. its a nice place, very isolated, no roads. the only way that we go to the village is either by one of the commuter planes... summertime, we go by boat. wintertime, we go by snow machine. very few people are dog team. i originated to kotzebue about 35 years ago, raised four sons and two daughters. i have m grandchildren and two great grandchildren. my inupiaq name is pequq. we like to be called inupiaq, not eskimo. inupiaq means real people. eskimo, t...

Great grandchildren. my inupiaq name is pequq. we like to be called inupiaq, not eskimo. inupiaq means real people. eskimo, thats a non—native�*s definition of us. we as inupiaq people, we know our land. its like our heartbeat. we know how to survive, how the moon controls the high waters and low waters. we are our own almanac. but then climate change came along and it changed everything. suddenly we get a tropic warm—up. everything starts to melt. but weve dealt with this for the last ten...

Isolated, no roads. the only way that we go to the village is either by one of the commuter planes... summertime, we go by boat. wintertime, we go by snow machine. very few people are dog team. i originated to kotzebue about 35 years ago, raised four sons and two daughters. i have 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. my inupiaq name is pequq. we like to be called inupiaq, not eskimo. inupiaq means real people. eskimo, thats a non—native�*s definition of us. we as inupiaq people, we ...

The only way that we go to the village is either by one of the commuter planes... summertime, we go by boat. wintertime, we go by snow machine. very few people are dog team. i originated to kotzebue about 35 years ago, raised four sons and two daughters. i have 14 grandchildren and two great grandchildren. my inupiaq name is pequq. we like to be called inupiaq, not eskimo. inupiaq means real people. eskimo, thats a non—native�*s definition of us. we as inupiaq people, we know our land. its l...