I agree with you Mandy, but fundamentally Alcohol is, by far, the number one social problem in Alaska.  Fully 90% of all crime is Alcohol related.  There is a huge problem with assaults on women, which is far greater in native villages than in larger towns (not in any way saying it is not a problem in larger towns).  Behavior is by far the bigger problem, it is behavior than leads to arrest.  One solution would  be to create a native legal defense fund to fund decent lawyers for accused native criminals.  With decent defense, accused criminals would do way better in court than with overloaded public defenders.  Look at the drunk guy who assaulted Iditarod  mushers.