Virginia Pete talks about where she was born, her grandmother and aunt, Mae Jackson, her father trapping, Crosswind Lake, trapping muskrats in their dens in March, staying in their cabin on Dry Creek in the spring, buying supplies for hunting, her mother making dog packs, moving around to different places throughout the year, seasonal activities, Martha Jackson, Annie Ewan, her mother trapping on the lake near camp, trading furs at Copper Center and Gakona, learning to trap muskrats from her mother and father, hunting birds and ducks, fishing in the summer, friends and family gathering for fish camp on the Copper River, using a fish wheel, Irene Goodletah, her father making fish wheels, learning to cut fish, her siblings, the Army coming into Dry Creek during WWII, being forced to move out, moving to Tazlina, the air base at Dry Creek, being treated by the army doctors, speaking Ahtena and English, the need to preserve the language and culture, learning songs at the potlatch, Tony Jackson, Lincoln Lou, her mother teaching her English and how to read, her mother's education, teaching the Ahtena language, Jim Kari, the changes in the area in her lifetime, Chief Andrew, dances at Copper Center, dancers from Chitina, Willie Hopson, Douglas William dancing, the types of animals her father trapped, Crosswind Lake, people moving into the area in the 1960s, Wrangell-St. Elias Park, the park restricting hunting, the pipeline, advice for the younger generations, her father hunting moose, and the importance of knowing survival skills.