Wonderful article. I had the life changing experience of living in McGrath and learning from natives how to hunt, gather berries and wood, and what it meansto live in a community. I was able to hunt my first moose there and share the bounty. I kept one quarter, a young couple with a child got half, and another young man got the last quarter. An elder also came to the kill site to gether favorite parts including the tongue, liver, caul fat, kidneys and everything else she was able to use. Hunting is part of rural life that many who have not lived there will not understand. 
Your story was beautifully written and brought me back to 2010 when McGrath was my home.