overwhelming presence of alcoholism. I was first informed of this by an old friend

that I served with in the Marine Corps. He had grown up on a reservation, and had

subsequently seen the horrors of this alcohol abuse firsthand. Growing up Irish-

American, I felt a strong empathy for this problem, and therefore felt it would be an

Suzan Shown Hario of Indian Country Today wrote an outstanding article recounting

the horrific death of a 21-year-old Muscogee woman who was run over by a car full of

Native American men driving around drunk in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These men even went

so far as to fabricate a story in which white racists had purposely murdered this woman

falsely believing that she was Middle Eastern. Fortunately, this lie did not hold up with

the authorities and the aforementioned guilty parties are now awaiting trial and will hope-

many children can be spared of these self-destructive traits.

drinking, stating that American Indians/ Native Alaskans were again leading the pack in 2000, coming in at a staggering 26.2%.

consumption at too early of an age. The aforementioned Health & Human Services

Americans say they drink, only 40% of American Indians do. The lack of drinking

In the Journal of Counseling and Development, Michael Tlanusta Garrett writes that

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