Napoleon made a statement on page 23 that I thought was worth commenting on. He was discussing today's young Alaska Natives and the problems that they are facing still as a result of the Great Death. The sense that they have failed, that they should be ashamed of who they are has overwhelmed them, and this is showing itself in the villages with the rates of suicides, violent crimes, alcoholism etc. "These are the numbers we hear in reports," Napoleon stated, "They are living human beings...the ones we pay no attention to until they become numbers." I thought it was interesting and disturbingly true that he said this. There is always a public outcry about situations like these after they have happened, after some study is reported or someone makes a movie or some horrific event unfolds. But up until that happens, the people involved feel ignored. These feelings fester in them until they reach a breaking point and do something that demands attention. Just look at what happened at Columbine, or Virginia Tech. It's basically the same thing. The young men who were involved felt ignored and what they did was a huge cry for attention. This can be seen all across America, and certainly the world, in the classic plight of the angry teenager feeling ignored, bored and useless in the suburbs of some city. And while that is a bit of a stereotype, it certainly rings true in many cases.