"Treaties, Allotments, and Self-Government"
(expected completion: about the time of the zugib/\gaa-giiziss, the moon of the budding leaves, 2007)

• Includes Paul's discussion of 1934 Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act) and "The Indian New Deal"
• This contrasts with Ch. 5 "Chiefs and Councils"

"North Dakota"
(expected completion: about the time of the zugib/\gaa-giiziss, the moon of the budding leaves, 2007)

• With some Indian friends Paul goes to work for Crystal Sugar Co. in Grand Forks, ND.
• Includes a discussion of 1935 Social Security

"Uprise in the Indian Office" -- 1938 / 1939
(expected completion: about the time of the zugib/\gaa-giiziss, the moon of the budding leaves, 2007)

• "Indian Politics" following the Indian Reorganization Act (Wheeler-Howard Act) and "The Indian New Deal"

"White Medicine" -- 1937 / 1939
(expected completion: about the time of the zugib/\gaa-giiziss, the moon of the budding leaves, 2007)

• This is similar to Ch. 45 "Churches and Missionaries," but dealing with White medical doctors

"New White World...living with rules and regulations..."
(expected completion: about the time of the zugib/\gaa-giiziss, the moon of the budding leaves, 2007)

• Paul reflects on the effects of "the Whites comin' in"
• including Paul's "Married Life" (one Indian style, one White style) -- 1920s

"Dying"
(expected completion: about the time of the zugib/\gaa-giiziss, the moon of the budding leaves, 2007)

• Mother dies
• Paul dies temporarily
  • "Dying Temporarily -- Dream Dying"
• discussion of "Wakes, Burials, Souls and Heaven"
• Return to listening to sermon at best friend's (Joe Barnes') funeral, which is where Paul starts his narrative in Ch. 1"Early Life at Leech Lake."
  • end with Paul's dream of dying temporarily and the returning to finish [the tapes for] this book

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