I've always wondered why they called the BIA school in Wrangell an "Institute" It was segregated from the town of Wrangell by a few miles and there we lived 9 months out of a year for 3 years in isolation from the "civilized" world.  Myself, my sister, brother, and a few cousins were products of this institution in the 1950's and yes we're still very much alive.  I knew Jim and Kermit LaBelle when I was there (sorry to hear about Kermit) and their treatment and I still remember vividly the sobbing and crying at nights of a whole wing of a floor especially us younger ones (5 yrs and up), but was never abused by the matrons/staff while there.  For the next 7 years I attended a Catholic school and got brainwashed with religion and went on to Mt. Edgecumbe, where I graduated and went on into the military service (Viet Nam Vet)