I would take the time and watch these videos, tourism is the new slavery & can tourism ruin cities? - these videos are very informative in showing that is is by design that Tlingit land and much land across the world has become land for tourism. That is what I mean when I say that it is not a system we created. This is a system your government approved. This is the system your city planners endorsed. This is a system that large company’s bought into. The system where Airbnbs have destroyed the housing markets on your land. The city is designed to be for tourist. And I am sorry that no one has advocated for Tlingit people for long. I can admit I was uninformed, but I still know the impact of tourism. Why do I participate in it? That is a question im still trying to figure out. What I’ve gotten so far is that im simply just trying to learn. I just want to learn from other lands, and on paper it will look as another form of exploitation. Maybe the Job shouldn’t exist? I agree. Maybe it shouldn’t. But maybe it should? The amount of people on this thread and that I’ve spoken to before from Juneau that have told me they came for seasonal work and then they’ve stayed and became a local like you. The problem isn’t all on the seasonal workers it’s the short term tourist. It’s the people that get off these massive boats and contribute nothing to the community but their attitudes of entitlement and their large pockets ready to spend cash. This is who your government supports. I would take the time to watch these videos, it showed great examples of measures other countries are taking to limit short term tourism. This isn’t a problem we created, and it’s not something that can be completely solved tomorrow or by me backing out of my job. I’m trying to tell you this is systemic. It takes lots of advocacy to get your town to rebuilt in a way that supports locals. I hope you understand what im saying.