We were trying to get Native American teachers in the schools, trying to have Ute history taught in the schools. The world is shrinking, and Indians face economic pressure to join a majority society, that drives big cars, drinks cappucino and talks on car phones. The pressure from the outside world may cause them to lose their culture, their traditional lifestyle, where they live on the reservation and walk everywhere. That conflict is irreconcilable. Another problem Indians face is that so few.
Western lawyers know anything about Indian law.
Things are done wrong the first time, but the judge doesn't know it, the lawyers don't know it, the guardians ad litem don't know it. Couple that with cultural differences, and it makes it very difficult for Indians to have their rights protected.