[Eska]

All I can say is I live in Alaska, over 20 years; and only thing the Indians have ever hijacked off me is alcohol. I call the interior home, all Athabaskan. Knowing Indians from up and down the river into Canada, and all over the interior has been a good experience. I'm actually closer to the local Indians than local Whites. I hunt with them, end up at all the potlatches, even have had the santa suit on a time or to at xmas party at tribal hall. When their Canadian cousins come downriver, they often stay over at my place; the Canadian Indians are really high class, have good careers, and know so much more about hockey than I, ha.

After being the only White Boy in Nativeland for a year, I've never felt any racism at all from local Indians. I believe it's how us Whites carry ourselves around Indians, that makes them respect us or not.

[Cen-Tejas]

Thank you for the post. I feel more informed on the “Indians” of the Alaskan interior.

We have been to Whitehorse (one week) which as you know is in The Yukon Territory but is at the headwaters of the Yukon which made it exciting to me to go there. Mainly though, I can get to the uppermost navigable point on the Yukon via non stop from Vancouver which is non stop from Texas.

Then, I’ve been to Eagle (4 nights), Circle City (4 hours), Galena (all day), Ruby (few hours), The Bridge (2 days), 5 mile and St Stephens. This summer we hope to start at The Bridge and head West to the Pacific.

I too have never had anything stolen. Maybe I should relax a little on that. I have just heard a steady drumbeat from day one in Alaska that “they will steal you blind so lock your stuff up”. Maybe all that talk is rooted in Alcohol.

Anyway, god willing, I will be able to spend the whole summer “on the Yukon”. I love it. Except for the mosquitoes.