Disparities in the Criminal Justice System - Alaska Natives are disproportionately represented at all stages of the criminal justice system, and in particular, in the state's prison population. Alaska natives make up 35% of the Alaska prison population, yet are only 16% of the Alaska population. p. 84-85

Conditions of Confinement - In Alaska, prisons statewide fail to provide adequate health care, particularly as it relates to the treatment of inmates with mental illnesses. p. 93

Anti-Immigrant Ordinance - In a case brought by the Alaska Civil Liberties Union, the state Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional a provision of the Official English Initiative that would have required "all public agencies in all government functions and actions" to use only English. - p. 184, n 250 (referring to p. 74)

Sexual Violence Against Indigenous Women - Alaska has one of the highest per capita rates of physical and sexual abuse in the U.S. A U.S. Department of Justice study on violence against women concluded that 34.1 % of Native American and Alaska Native women - or more than one in three - will be raped during their lives. p. 118-119

Disproportionate School Dropout Rates - Only 51.1% of Alaska Natives graduate from high school. p. 138-139