In the first of two award-winning anthropological films about the Koyukon people - the most northerly of all American Indians - their way of life is seen to be in harmony with the harsh but beautiful environment of the Alaskan winter.
Temperatures along the Yukon can drop to -60'C. This is a time of hunting for moose and for fur-bearing beaver. The former is their beef, the latter their cash. But a hunter must be careful to take only what he needs, and also to make his peace with the most powerful creature in his beliefs: the raven. Without its blessing little will go right...