November 1962
An Indian Named "Tall Man
How "the message" penetrated to a desperate situation even the Mounties couldn't handle
THREE years ago a government law enforcement official in Ottawa, Canada wrote a letter to the Canadian Mounted Police, Provisional Headquarters in New Brunswick, requesting an explanation concerning the sudden decrease in Indian arrests for intoxication within the Malaseet Reserve in that immediate area. The Provincial Officer in charge reported that many of his worst offenders had joined an Alcoholics Anonymous group on the Reserve. This was the truth and the only explanation he could offer.
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