"They want to turn the responsibility of protecting Alaska Native children over to Native people themselves: tribe by tribe, village by village, duty by duty." As a foster parent, I would like to see this also, the problem is that too many of the villages cannot provide this and they are placing children at risk.  When OCS cannot identify sober responsible parties including family members, for these at risk children, what options do they have?  The tribes and villages need to step in before the state is involved, whatch out for your children, be willing to call out parents that are failing, take responsibility, and as Hillary says, the village can raise the child.