Preface: Battle River -- The spark: White Thunderbird and the Seven Clans -- The strategist: Moose Dung and the Old Crossing Treaty -- The nation builder: He Who Is Spoken To and the Nelson Act -- The uniter: Nodin Wind and the War on Culture -- The reformer: Peter Graves and the modernization of Red Lake politics -- The revolutionary: Roger Jourdain and self-determination -- The dreamer: Anna Gibbs and Red Lake shaping Indian Country -- 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.