Togiak Wellness Conference takes on issues of addiction, violence

The theme of the three-day event was "My Responsibility: To Honor My People and Respect My Environment." 

This month, the Togiak traditional council officially banished a Dillingham man who was thought to be importing illegal substances into the community. It’s a hard line the tribe has drawn at a time when residents say alcohol and heroin use is spiking, with violence and theft along with it. But the community has multiple ways of addressing these issues, and of coping with the fallout.

KDLG’s Hannah Colton visited Togiak at the start of its 14^th Wellness Conference, and brings this story...

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Credit Hannah Colton/KDLG