albert baktuit is one of the elders of the tribe. [albert baktuit] they knew it was old house pits here, but they didn't want to let the public know about digging it up, and, uh... of course, there's no artifacts where the dena'ina indians were because they burnt everything. everything from the land they burnt and returned to the land, and from the sea, the fish bones and clam shells they'd return to the sea. anything personal that a guy had when he died, they'd burn it up with him because he'd need it on his next voyage, i guess they'd call it. they figured all your game would return plentiful if you took care of it. [narrator] the kenaitze are now trying to find out more about their past and are realizing they could have a very important part to play in managing the environment. [clare swan] two years ago, people from the park service called me and asked would i look at this place. i said sure. i wasn't really sure what they wanted, but we came up and looked at it. when i came, i looked, and i was just absolutely furious. the house