zoe: matthew rexford is president of the kaktovik inupiat corporation.id, getting it out might be quite difficult. matthew: oh, yes, yes. ♪♪♪ ♪♪♪ zoe: marie rexford is matthew's mom. she's pragmatic about the choices they've made. marie: the community are for the oil companies wanting to drill. when i first heard about it, i didn't like it at all, but i saw the opportunities that--what it can do for our young kids. i think it'll help. it'll help us. zoe: when the refuge was established, the inupiat of kaktovik weren't consulted. after generations of government interference, marie is clear on who should make decisions about her land. marie: god gave us this land to live on. for us to do, right? not the government. for the people that live here. so why should they all get involved in how we live up here? we're doing fine. everything's still here. zoe: except the ice. marie: except the ice. that's not us. it's whatever they're doing down there that's coming up here. everybody's getting involved in our problems. we live here. we make the rules, not them. you