meet my new friends.

that's hotcake on the left. he lives in Minto, Alaska; a real typical village which contains some 300 people. fifty of the locals (the young strong ones) are all fire fighters since the long sunny summers bring on massive fires in the bush (unsettled wild areas of alaska). hotcake is an indian native. he got his name from his grandfather when he was 13, because he was making hot cakes.

on my right is sunny. he's 34 years old and has 7 children from 7 different women. he lives on the streets alone. he calls himself "the baddest mother fucker in town" and then laughs like a looney maniac. he repeats that line from time to time.

sunny is half indian half eskimo. he hitchhikes around and really doesn't do anything. except get drunk or high. all the natives i met were either drunk or high or busy getting there. but not all natives are like this; many of them live like the rest of the american population working at a job and driving a car.

these guys are very friendly.

although it doesn't always seem so.

some of these guys are especially quiet.

they just sit around and drink their whiskey.

and one of them - a mother of 2 named terry - tried to grab my johnson!!

AAAGGGHHHHH!!!!