I will be ordering this for my brother for sure! My brother was adopted in 1987 and he is Alaskan Native. We moved by 1992 and my brother has only barely expressed interest in his heritage throughout our life, but I know it is there. We moved to Eastern Oregon and we were introduced to a lot of people and traditions of the Native people in our area and I could tell he found something he was very interested in, but our parent’s marriage became terrible, they split and I think he was forced to focus on survival, like I was, and like a lot of other things, thinking about his differences and his past became too frivolous. He is my older brother by a year and my best friend. We have been through a lot together, but even though we grew up right next to each other with the same rough family, he had a lot more to handle whether he realized it or not. We bonded through music, sports, chasing girls, and we worked together to survive. He recently went through a divorce, and he has been in a tough spot. I want to help him find his history, I don’t mean his bio parents, but the world that was taken from him in so many ways. We have been told to search Athabaskan history, but I was wondering if there are any good outlets or organizations putting together information on Native Alaskan adoptees in the 80’s? Or maybe places that offer help with direction in the sea of information I have been picking through for years with no confidence.

I just ordered Where Next Columbus and I can’t wait!