The Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs met in Anchorage, Alaska, to hear testimony on a bill (S. 1298) to coordinate and expand services for the prevention, identification, and treatment of alcohol and drug abuse among Indian youth. Testimony stressed the extent of alcohol, drug, and other substance abuse among Native youth in rural Alaska. Other topics were the need for coordination between the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service, these agencies' lack of involvement in substance abuse prevention and treatment programs, and the role of Native health corporations in substance abuse services. Representatives of the Alaska Native community providing testimony included spokespersons for the Alaska Native Health Board, Alaska Federation of Natives, Copper River Native Association, Aleutian/Pribilof Islands Association, Yukon-Kushokwim Health Corporation, Kashunamuit School, and Tanana Chiefs Council. Statements by Alaska' Senator Murkowski and Governor Sheffield are included. (JHZ)