This is old story that gets repeated over and over and over. And over again.

I’ll only expound on what I think I know, not what I think I know from anecdotal information and gossip. 

We have yet to complete a study on Alaska Native people and the results from forced assimilation. Forced assimilation is simply the erasure of all things cultural and historical. And this is the most important part: And attempt after attempt to replace the erasures with that old “you have to become like us so you can go to heaven BS.”

That is the Alaska Native story and it is still with us. No one wants to nor will they do what is truly right and that is to address that issue. If addressed, the money flow to “fix” Native people will come to an abrupt end. The money here is the most important item. Think on that. Ponder it. And in so doing, set aside the supposed sanctity of western religious dogma and you will be on the right track.