[Eska]

What's sad is the social problems faced by native communities dwarf anything found in any white community across America. Clash of cultures and the natives are the big losers. Most goes back to alcohol and how it affects every aspect of life for every family.

Wife and I taught in a village school and the child abuse, alcohol/drug abuse, and social dysfunction was pervasive; half the younger people died before the age of 25.

Probably 75% of village members were alcoholics and yet the remaining 25% practically killed themselves trying to stop the flow of booze into their communities. Seemed like the state liquor board, white lodge/bar owners, and most of the natives themselves wanted the booze to flow.

No joke, every family had lost half of their family to booze. Imagine burying 3 or 4 of your kids.

All the probs go right back to alcohol. The time we spent in native land sure opened our eyes to the scope of the problem. Pretty good people if they could just get a handle on the booze.

[Milhous]

All the probs go right back to alcohol.

Now that you mention it, IIRC, alcohol played a role in the incident cited in my previous post.