As one in a series of eight articles written by different professionals concerned with Alaska Native land claims, this article focuses on utilization of Alaska Native political resources as a means to achieve beneficial legislation beyond that of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1972. Designed to stimulate careful political and historical reading and discussion at an advanced secondary or adult level, this booklet identifies key terms and presents four class projects relative to the article. Major areas discussed in the text include: (1) Alaska's five political interest groups (State of Alaska; Federal government; urban population centers; industrial and profit oriented interests; and rural Alaska Natives); (2) the exploitation of rural Alaska by non-Native interests; (3) the inadequacies of the Settlement Act in terms of Alaska Native resource development; (4) the political resources of Alaska Natives (unity, 12 main organized groups, voting power, use of political education, land and money, and communication via the Alaska Federation of Natives); (5) the Alaska Natives' need to strengthen and utilize their political resources in order to achieve true self determination. (JC)