In this paper, population changes of 2 Southwestern American Indian tribes, the Navajos and the Hopis, are compared and it is suggested that the differences are accounted for both by Federal policy as it has effected each reservation's loss or acquisition land and, to a lesser degree, by the living arrangements of each tribe. (Author/KM)

The article analyzes the ultimately unsuccessful political strategies of the tribal president of the Quechan Indians in his 1974-76 attempts to remain in office and obtain resources for his tribe, while operating within the constraints of the often contradictory expectations of tribal members and federal officials. (SB)