Wow.. ignorance. That is what I read from these comments. Hooper Bay is not the only community in Alaska that suffers from extreme living conditions. So many communities all over Alaska suffer! Come to the Bering Strait Region. Go to Shishmaref, go to Teller, go to Diomede, and you'll see these conditions. Honey buckets are being used and those villages are LUCKY ENOUGH if there is a community washateria. I was once told by the mayor of Teller, that when the sewer truck broke down, she used HER truck, lined it with a tarp, got one of her friends, and the two of them hauled raw sewage/honey buckets out to the dumpsite. You don't understand that so many villages suffer from this.. Also, using the term 'handouts' to 'beg' ? Are you stupid? How else will they receive the funds to install those water pipes?! How else will they pay for essentials that YOU take for granted?! Filing for grants HELP these communities that suffer with these conditions. Oh, BTW I'm a local who sees these issues.