A peculiar covenant: American Indian peoples and the U.S. Constitution / JeDon A. Emenhiser -- Native American political traditions / Taiaiake Alfred -- Tribal governments / Sharon O'Brien -- "Neither fish, flesh, fowl, nor good red herring": the citizenship status of American Indians, 1830-1924 / Jill E. Martin -- Freedom, law, and prophecy: a brief history of Native American religious resistance / Lee Irwin -- The new Indian politics / Stephen Cornell -- Passing California's proposition 5: the inside story of how the Indian gaming initiative won despite big-time opposition / Richard Maullin -- Bury my heart in committee / David Van Biema -- Ronald Reagan's Indian policy in retrospect: economic crisis and political irony / Samuel R. Cook -- Lost tribes: Native Americans and government anthropologists feud over Indian identity / Peter Beinart -- Let the healing begin: asking for the forgiveness of the Native Americans / Kevin Gover -- "Watch your six": an Indian Nation judge's view of 25 years of Indian law, where we are, and where we are going / Robert Yazzie -- The U.S. Supreme Court's explication of "federal plenary power": an analysis of case law affecting tribal sovereignty, 1886-1914 / David E. Wilkins -- Triangulated power and the environment: tribes, the federal government, and the states / Jace Weaver.