As I said to part 1 of this series...
Does it matter?
Yes, but...
It would appear Ms. Burke understands that the Native aspect of her children's lives is equally important as their "Western" lives, and there ae certain parts of their Native life that she can never provide for.
I disagree with Ms. Burke when she says that her daughter's lack of ability to secure employment was the result of "institutionalized racism". If anything, public agencies within Alaska as well as private employers go out of their way to attract and find Alaska Native employees. Perhaps if anything her daughter was discriminated against because, as a high school graduate with many post-secondary opportunities, employers felt that she would quickly be out the door and on to better things than scanning movie passes or filling out customer contracts at GCI.