Tribal Government Today
Politics On Montana Indian Reservations

 There has been surprisingly little writing about the condition of contemporary tribal government. Library shelves are filled with works on other American and foreign governments, but an inquirer must leam about tribal government incidentally and in piecemeal fashion. This state of scholarship is regrettable because of the importance of the modem I

Preface and Acknowledgments -- The Contours of Reservation Politics -- Indian Law and Tribal Government -- The Blackfeet: Their Own Government to Help Them -- The Crow: A Politics of Risk -- The Northern Cheyenne: A Politics of Values -- The Fort Peck Reservation: The Factor of Leadership -- The Fort Belknap Reservation: The Reality of Poverty -- The Rocky Boy’s Reservation: A Struggle for Government -- The Flathead Reservation: From Enclave to Self-Government -- Reflections on Tribal Government

Lopach, James J