Molly answers her email by showing us a video of kids from Alaska, who show us how to make traditional beaded necklaces. They show us how to follow written instructions and the meaning behind the grizzly bear claw.
An old, wisened Native American is passing on the story of the Tree of Life to young Native American children. As he tells the story, he hears and sees Dr. Blight's robots chopping down trees of the forest. Dr. Blight wants the tree of life, the old man protests. The Old Native American man's son, surprisingly, tells his father that Dr. Blight is willing to pay large sums of money for the tree. The Old Man warns that the forest is doomed if the Tree of Life is chopped down but his son claims that it's only a superstition.
Mr. Escalante encourages Claudia's father to allow her to go to college, but her father insists that she takes over the family restaurant because it is tradition.