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Reports on the improvement in the fiber-optic cable connection in Alaska. How the improvement helped the Internet connection in the area; Advantages to the delivery of health care; Benefits of the Internet for professionals in rural Alaska.

Focuses on the conflict between the state of Alaska over which groups get priority hunting rights. How federal intervention would be unwelcome from Alaska; How the debate will affect tourism; Priorities for those who live off the land; Defining subsistence living; Comments of Marilyn Heiman, special assistant in Alaska for the Interior Department.

Presents information on the program that acquires fish previously discarded by fisheries in Alaska to be fed to the hungry. Comment from Tuck Donnelly, a fisherman; How the fish are processed; Program of the Northwest Food Strategies organization.

Comments on the battle between native Alaskans and the federal government of the United States over the ability of native Alaskans to govern activities on the land that they own. Why the Supreme Court has said that native Alaskans do not have the same rights as Indians in the contiguous states; Speculation about why the state of Alaska wants jurisdiction over land owned by native Alaskans; The belief that self-determination is a fundamental human right.