I know Sue runs that camp, so she has some sort of income coming in.
How does the couple with the dogs make money?? I know they all live off the land, but they still need money to get all of these supplies, fuel, boats, ect...
The Hailstone family sells or barters various items that other people in their village can use. As for whether the kids go to school, Noorvik is a town of about 700 people and would have a K-12 school.
Kate and Andy breed their sled dogs and sell the puppies. Some of those dogs can be worth a LOT of money.
The couple with the dogs make jewelry and sell it online, plus selling furs and the occasional pup from their dogs. From comments made early on, I'd gotten the idea that Andy owned the land outright, so they probably don't need a great deal of income. They grow their food, hunt, make their own beer, etc. Most of the people on the show live by subsistence, which means the need for income is very low.
The few questions I had are about Glenn: would he have to own the land he's living on? Is he limited to the hunting regulations that Sue was talking about? He seems to be hunting whenever he needs meat.
I think Glenn would eat a human if he ran into one, I hear we have delicious eye fat:P
shareI'm glad Glenn isn't on the show this year - he was creepy. Plus, he certainly did not abide by any hunting/fishing seasons which (as a non-indiginous Alaskan native) he is required to. You don't end up with caribou fetuses to eat by obeying the hunting laws. You aren't allowed to hunt females during their pregnant/calving seasons. Otherwise the herd will not be able to maintain size.
shareIsn't Chip the one that's married to the native American? If he's the one I'm thinking of, she does all the shooting and probably not just because she's a better shot but because Alaska Native Americans have been granted subsistence fishing, hunting and trapping rights.
Those special laws grant the indigenous population, many of whom still live in isolated villages along the rivers, rights to subsistence fish. Federal laws give not only the right to fish, but also to hunt and trap even beyond the confines of the hunting and fishing seasons that others are legally required to follow.share
By letting Agnes do most of the hunting & fishing, the Hailstones are able to amass extra meat & fish that they can use to trade/barter. No wonder they don't get too upset when she misses a shot - there are no hunting/fishing seasons to worry about.
shareFascinating show, it's like watching how people survived before modern times (of course without the machines). Carving out an existence not just in the Artic but any wilderness area. I don't approve of killing animals for no reason. Hunting for food, trade, and safety I see this as OK. No way a handful of people near the Artic Circle could cause extinction of any species except themselves.
shareIf you live off the land you don't need a lot of money, but trading furs, guide hunting, antlers and assorted other things can yield a nice income you don't have to have a 9 to 5 to make money.
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