How has life that happened 'before your were born' affected you? Alaska's villages and its people have been occupied and ruled by people who neither speak nor understand the various Native languages so that there could be proper communication between the Native Tribes and the incoming occupiers.There are many people today who do not understand the current state of things because non-native speaking rulers could not and still cannot develop the programs that are necessary to move Rural and Remote Alaska ahead. 

If people in urban Alaska want to continue to complain about the state of affairs in Rural and Remote Alaska then a number of actions have to be taken:

One, Invest heavily in education;
Two, Invest in infrastructure that will make it possible for Rural and Remote Alaska to nurture economic development so that they can maintain and operate their own essential public services delivery system; and finally
Third, allow Rural and Remote to create a State of Western Alaska.