1. Other times he would say, “Velma, if you are not part of the solution, then you are part of the problem.” He loved those one-sentence truisms, and in that way he reminded me of my father.

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  2. Most of all I hated that we Gwich'in were straying from our tradition of caring and knowing one another. I was bitter that alcohol had created chasms.

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  3. I did not consider how the effects of growing up in a dysfunctional environment could set you up for some kind of unexpected failure.

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