“We Will Walk the Trail of our Ancestors” is a short documentary about the culture of Gwich’in people and how it’s passed on from generation to generation.
Made by filmmakers from Interior Alaska, it is now featured as part of the Reciprocity Project, a series of seven films highlighting the climate crisis faced by Indigenous communities around the world. “It’s just such a beautiful film that I am truly proud of,” said Associate Producer Alisha Carlson.
To find the meaning of reciprocity, the filmmakers turned to 1st Traditional Chief Trimble Gilbert. “Of course, we don’t have a direct translation in our language for ‘reciprocity’, but it is embedded in everything that we do and how we live and how we relate to the land and animals,” Johnson said, adding that the film is told entirely in the Gwich’in language. “It’s really important that we hear, and we speak, and we keep the language alive.
Johnson added, “We’re at a transitional time where we’re starting to lose some of our elders, where we have this opportunity to really retain our language.”
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