An account of Fourth World peoples within a First World nation, Tribal Government Today, Revised Edition, is a critical analysis of the contemporary progress of Indian tribes toward self-government and economic sufficiency. Focusing on seven reservations in Montana representing the diverse opportunities and problems facing Indian tribes in the West, this book approaches tribal government from the twin perspectives of reservation politics and the legal context within which reservation conflicts must be solved.

James J. Lopach is a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Montana. The late Margery Hunter Brown was a professor emeritus in the School of Law at the University of Montana. Richmond L. Clow is a professor of Native American Studies at the University of Montana.