From the First People (1977)

This is a film about change and contemporary life in Shungnak a village on the Kobuk River in northwestern Alaska 75 miles north of the Arctic Circle The film reveals that life along the Kobuk River is still inextricably linked to the harsh and starkly beautiful land where the December sun rises at 11 am and sets three hours later An old man shares his feelings about the changes he has seen Long ago forest fires put themselves out Today even when men fight them they burn I think our earth is getting old and when things get old and dry they burn Our earth is the same way he adds Its ready to burn I think its coming close to the time when we will have a new one