Heather Douville shares the process of a harvested blacktail deer, showing how she works to utilize as much of the animal as possible—from the meat to the hide and stomach. She prepares the deer hide for bark tanning. The episode also offers a look inside her fur shop, where she processes and works...

Salmon return to their natal rivers to spawn. Their final upstream migration returns their bodies to the land, nourishing the forest and sustaining future generations of life. This time of year is known as the salmon run and is also a time of harvest. In the past, Tlingit people used fish traps to...

Heather and Mike demonstrate the cultural importance of Náxw, the traditional wooden halibut hooks used by Tlingit people for centuries. Showing how these hooks are constructed and explaining why this design has remained so effective as they pursue halibut. Presented by Work Sharp and CanAm

After a long winter, spring signals new beginnings, renewal and an emergence of new life. It also signals the time for a harvest that Heather and her family look forward to more than any other harvest, known as “herring egg time.” Presented by

In this episode, Heather Douville harvests a seal during the herring spawn to make seal oil and to share traditional foods with her community. Presented by Work Sharp and Can-Am

Heather Douville and her father, Mike, share how and why they hunt for sea otters along coastal Alaska Presented by Work Sharp and Can-Am

Heather Douville shows us around her fur-sewing shed, smokehouse, and more in the first episode of our new series Sheds. Heather belongs to the Tlingit Nation in Southeast Alaska and shares how these spaces help keep traditions alive.