Thank you for your post. The stereotypes you speak of in Canada is exactly the same in Alaska. A lot of people are raised to think that way. It makes me sad how negative people are when everything was taken from the Native people. The last generation of elders who lived before alcohol was introduced is dying now. I am afraid the people will totally forget. Now that the old umma and uppas are not around to tell their stories of their land before alcohol destroyed their villages. What they teach ALL kids in school about it is wrong. Our school system does a great job teaching kids to be prejudice assholes.....