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Transcript: Katherine Gottlieb

High self esteem is an important part of wellness.

[Katherine Gottlieb:]
It's very important for wellness, for people to know who they are, their self-esteem, their culture. I was watching the Hawaiians and said, you know, Hawaiians are very -- it seems like they had more pride than we did as a Alaska Natives.
[Dr. Lindberg:]
They're getting it back. They didn't have it. No.
[Gottlieb:]
And I was like they're , they're -- I tried to see about how and why that would happen, and part of it was if you go to Hawaii they've got their dance. They have their traditions. It's like they're really out there publically. They're in the advertisements. I mean when you go to visit Hawaii, what comes into your mind? It's an Hawaiian person that you think in your head, and that for me was exciting -- about can't that happen to Alaska? I think Alaska Native people are learning, getting it back, getting their culture back, their dance back.