Having to guess here, but I think JetRx is saying that if you are *NOT* "First People' (AKA Alaska Native), then get a sponsor, get a job, or GTFO. 

Not sure what you have to do/can do if you ARE Alaska Native. Perhaps he is saying they have advocates already? Or they already have other options, or perhaps they should be treated differently.

Unfortunately, Lazarus Johnson, you are correct.  Most of the 'homeless' I see on street corners, like the one on Spenard with the sign saying 'Why lie, I like beer, need beer money' are, indeed, Alaska Native. He's there almost every day, and I've seen the wad of bills he added to before shuffling off to the nearest liquor store. I've seen him later with his new bottle next to him. I sometimes wonder who's more at fault, those that hand him money out their car window to feed his addiction, or him for drinking himself into a blackout, then ending up in the ER after almost freezing to death, adding more cost to an overburdened, broken system.