Part I. This man called Indian -- The Indian enters America -- Tribal languages and culture areas -- Spiritual culture areas -- Part II. "A scheme of life that worked" -- Kinship's role in Dakota life -- Life in tipi and camp-circle -- Praying for power -- Education: by precept and example -- Economics: giving to have -- Part III. The reservation picture -- "The old order changeth" -- Life in log cabin and on allotments -- Christians of the first generation -- The new education -- Economics: getting to have -- Part IV. The present crisis -- Indian life in wartime -- Toward the new community
