rexford: having it rain during the middle of the winter season. caribou can't get through the ice to get to their food. folks were piling caribou carcasses by the hundrededs. patkota: we're reminded by our elders that the same principless that we use in whaling, you apply that same principle in everything that you do. working together, whether it's business, government, our culture. these pieces of baleen on the higher wall here represents the 8 communities throughout the arctic slope. we formed what we call the voice of the arctic inupiaq. it basically takes all the leadership from all the organizations across the slope tto go in one voice. thompson: asrc tries to present that they are the voice of the people, but they arere not. it s a for-profit corporation that is in joint venture with the oil industry at this moment. burns: on the western side, theey all want develoopment. they want it here in our land, because they want to preserve their own hunting grounds. we always like to represent ourself, but they represent us, but they d don't live he