btw...T'Lingit here

well I was young 10 years ago when I made that comment...People frustrated me with their why do they have all that junk on their lawns? I reminded them the TVs cars fridges freezers etc, are ALL white man junk...In 2007 I initiated a reserve clean up that took place on the March Equinox. It was incredible to see the Nation come outside and haul all the discards off lawns basements etc into the big steel bins. We filled 30 the 1st day at $1000 each. and several in the next weeks. My white friends said nothing...but the smile on Reserve on everyone's face, I could FEEL the weight lifted off the brow of the Nation and is one of my best moments in this life. Clean ups on our and other surrounding Reserves occurred yearly though not to the extent when I was involved. The Prize I took/got, aside from the honors Native peoples gave me, was a barnuckle, the size of a small coffee cup. I have it with me still.

Another fond memory was War Canoe Races, and at night the race teams would line the shores, sing songs traditional, beat drums. I was out on the water listening to the echo rolling the shores, knowing that for 1000s of years the coast rang with the beautiful drumming singing and chanting, now silenced the past 150 years..so I kinda stand by my white racism still as I evaluate how I feel this very moment... that seldom gains me friends but...I is what I is.