Yuuyaraq/Emmonak Fuel Crisis Overview

I think Napolean (Harold Napolean: Author of Yuuyaraq) took it too far with "The Great Death" saying it caused alcoholism in rural Alaska. Sure the Death cut a deep, deep part out of the survivors. It took their culture, families, homes, and way of life and that affected the survivors to an extreme limit. They were so badly hit by trauma their grandchildren, a whole generation later felt it still. I still don't think the Death caused the survivors to turn to alcoholism though. Like every single person in the world, whether its now or 100 years ago, we all still have choices. They had the choice to say no but said yes instead. just like todays alcoholics. The survivors could've dealt with the depressing issue sobre, but chose to drink their problems and memories away. No matter what the problem is, then or now, drinking while going through depression will just make things worse. It will affect everyone around him or her. For example, let's say one of the survivors had a younger family member that also survived, a younger sibling, cousin, nephew or niece, and the older one decided to drink, the younger one will be influenced because thats what they grew up seeing. When people drink, they get more emotional and aggressive. It could be that some of the survivors moved on from life from suicide while under the influence. I'm not saying it DID happen, just it could've been possible. From then, it would cause a chain of events. One survivors death would cause a close friend or a fellow survivor to be even more depressed. So overall, I think "The Great Death" lasted years after it occured. All it needed was to be remembered by the survivors. For example, the modern Yupik people of Alaska are affected still by learning what happened to their ancestors generations earlier. So, in a perspective point of view, The Great Death is still around. And it's remarkable how the Yupik People ave recovered. Their one of the strongest (if not largest) group on Alaska. Roughly 70% of their people know their language fluently. They've come too far and been through too much to be forgotten for many more generations to come.