Ekwok recovery program teaches subsistence skills to fight addiction

The Ekwok community arrives for a wellness camp graduation ceremony Friday. Ekwok Lodge, hosted the 30-day camp, where participants fought alcohol and drug addition with fishing and berry picking. (Photo by Avery Lill/KDLG)
Behind the Ekwok Lodge, the smell of soured salmon and pig muck hang in the air.
Despite the odor, Ben smiles shyly as he points out the nails in wooden boards that surround the pen, which stick out to deter bears.
“We feed them fish and other leftover foods. You hear t