Contents

Author’s Note

Battle River

1 THE SPARK White Thunderbird and the Seven Clans

2 THE STRATEGIST Moose Dung and the Old Crossing Treaty

3 THE NATION BUILDER He Who Is Spoken To and the Nelson Act

4 THE UNITER Nodin Wind and the War on Culture

5 THE REFORMER Peter Graves and the Modernization of Red Lake Politics

6 THE REVOLUTIONARY Roger Jourdain and Self-Determination

7 THE DREAMER Anna Gibbs and Red Lake Shaping Indian Country

Acknowledgments

Appendix 1 When the Dakota Ruled Red Lake

Appendix 2 Red Lake Reservation Post Offices

Appendix 3 Red Lake Place-Names

Appendix 4 Red Lake Hereditary Chiefs: Succession Lines

Notes

Research Notes and Bibliography