A must for anyone who wants to understand tribal governments and how they fit into the scheme of state and federal governmental systems. It examines the fact that tribes have no political advocate due to the structure of the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Indian Affairs where Indians compete with powerful interest groups. Political struggles dealing with land and water are more readily understood in this program based on research from the late Cherokee Professor, Bob Thomas. Part of the first nationally televised series to be entirely produced by Native Americans.