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Man as payment for his services. ivan: now you notice it that there s some droppings, fresh droppings. if you see the droppings, you know there s one around, and this time of day, they re going to be inside their homes. there s too many predators around. anthony: it s not easy. once your find a nest, you gotta dig after the little burrowing bastards. you hack. you dig. you dig some more. ivan: it s a lot of work for a small rodent. anthony: i was just thinking that, yeah. ivan: that s what our ancestors had to do sometimes, you know, when times got hard. right now, there s this drought going on and if we didn t have the grocery stores anthony: right. then hopefully, you flush one cleanly. ivan: oh, oh, oh. did you get it? man: got it right there. ivan: ah. anthony: and give em a good whack on the head. the ratio of work to protein is not in the hunter s favor. ....
ivan: its whiskers and a little bit of his tail and plant it back in here. anthony: to ensure a generation of this once vital source of food, tradition and ritual requires returning a part of the animal back to the nest. ivan: i will never go hungry. [ sings ] anthony: going for packrats is really an homage and an acknowledgment of an important earlier time when that was all there was. man: yeah. anthony: 25-year great drought. as a city boy, i am greatly relieved these little critters are for the medicine man and that we won t actually be eating any of them. instead, linda, ivan s wife, is preparing a pretty traditional menu. ivan: nothing is wasted whenever big game is brought home, you know, we dry up and dehydrate the bone. anthony: deer bone stew, red chili stew cooked with dried elk and potatoes, pinto beans with chicos that s roasted dried ....
Going on and if we didn t have the grocery stores anthony: right. then hopefully, you flush one cleanly. ivan: oh, oh, oh. did you get it? man: got it right there. ivan: ah. anthony: and give em a good whack on the head. the ratio of work to protein is not in the hunter s favor. ivan: its whiskers and a little bit of his tail and plant it back in here. anthony: to ensure a generation of this once vital source of food, tradition and ritual requires returning a part of the animal back to the nest. ivan: i will never go hungry. [ sings ] anthony: going for packrats is really an homage and an acknowledgment of an important earlier time when that was all there was. man: yeah. anthony: 25-year great drought. as a city boy, i am greatly relieved these little critters are for the medicine man and that we won t actually be eating ....
Learned to adapt to hard times, dry seasons, war, incursion. there were years where there was nothing, and they had to deal. ivan: oh. wow, we found a packrat. our first packrat. anthony: in preparation for the summer solstice ceremony, game like rabbits and packrats are collected for the medicine man as payment for his services. ivan: now you notice it that there s some droppings, fresh droppings. if you see the droppings, you know there s one around, and this time of day, they re going to be inside their homes. there s too many predators around. anthony: it s not easy. once your find a nest, you gotta dig after the little burrowing bastards. you hack. you dig. you dig some more. ivan: it s a lot of work for a small rodent. anthony: i was just thinking that, yeah. ivan: that s what our ancestors had to do sometimes, you know, when times got hard. right now, there s this drought ....
Once your find a nest, you gotta dig after the little burrowing bastards. you hack. you dig. you dig some more. ivan: it s a lot of work for a small rodent. anthony: i was just thinking that, yeah. ivan: that s what our ancestors had to do sometimes, you know, when times got hard. right now, there s this drought going on and if we didn t have the grocery stores anthony: right. then hopefully, you flush one cleanly. ivan: oh, oh, oh. did you get it? man: got it right there. ivan: ah. anthony: and give em a good whack on the head. the ratio of work to protein is not in the hunter s favor. ivan: its whiskers and a little bit of his tail and plant it back in here. anthony: to ensure a generation of this once vital source of food, tradition and ritual requires returning a part of the animal back to the nest. ivan: i will never go hungry. [ sings ] anthony: going for packrats is really an homage and an acknowledgment of an important earlier time when that was all t ....