Prepared for a symposium presented September 1972 at the Great Basin Anthropological Conference (Salt Lake City) these papers represent political and ethnological research on western Great Basin Indians. The topics include (1) "Developing Political Power in Two Southern Paiute Communities", (2) "Channels of Political Expression among the Western Shoshone-Goshute of Nevada", (3) "Factionalism in a Northern Paiute Tribe as a Consequence of the Indian Reorganization Act", (4) "Reservation Politics and OEO Community Development, 1965-1971", (5) "The Role of the B.I.A. on the Reservation: Patron or Client?", (6) "Political Resources Available Through the Wheeler-Howard Act: A Case Study", (7) "The Status of Indians in Nevada Law", and (8) "Indian Tribal Governments in Nevada". The remaining part of the volume consists of 4 persons' comments on the papers. [Not available in hard copy due to marginal legibility of original document.] (HBC)