The inuit Were not native to Alaska
The Alaskan Natives consist of : Inupiat, Yupik, Aleut, Eyak, Tlingit, Tsimshian, and Haida
The Dust Bowl refers to years of dust storms in Midwest in the 1930s,
The Dust Stroms greatly damaged US and Canadian Agricultural industries for several years
It's been years and years since I read this book and I still remember the horribly evil rent situation that was forced upon so many, basically making them slaves to their landlords. I also remember the finger of a worker being cut off and sealed into the can of meat
I'm guessing It could do both but I'm going more with hurting