I knew Gabe Rich when he played youth hockey and know his parents. They're all extremely respectable human beings. My heartfelt sorrow to all the victims families. 

 I graduated from uaa and one of my minors was Alaska Native Studies.  In my Yupik language class the first Yupik word we learned was "Kassak" (white man). In every  native study class, at some level, was disdain for white people.  This includes Willie Hensley who stated as a guest speaker that "the white people have been stealing our land for 200 years". 

With that mindset, it would make sense to me, if I was a trooper making an arrest in a remote village, I certainly would not be dressed in a bright blue uniform with a brighter stripe down my pants that screams paramilitary authority to the native community.  

I'm just saying, maybe when in Rome...

Again my heartfelt sorrow to all the victims of this tragic incident.