Let's get to the point. Alaskan natives are bringing down the economy because they are enabled to the point that the need a divedend. Oil companies can't afford to keep a bottle in their mouths so every body has to suffer. The natives in th lower 48 build casinos to get by, not mooch off of every single project. PoliticI and aND media are to afraid to speak the truth for the real reason for alaska recession. Face it- traditions  isdefined by past. Move on! Alaskan Natives are enabled and can't get by without people who aren't in their culture.