Big Chief follows Mitch who returned to Passage Rouge, the reservation that he grew up on after going to law school and his mothers death. Mitch is an outsider to the tribe and he wanted to make a difference to the tribe but ends up getting sucked into the world of Mack Plum who is the Tribal President. Politics isn’t perfect and Mitch starts to feel uncomfortable at the abuses of power he and Mack have done. It’s the next tribal election and Mitch has to contend with what he has done and if he can support Mack.

This was okay but honestly I found it quite boring. The writing was good and there was nothing wrong with the story, it just didn’t quite work for me. I think the political landscape was interesting but the author just didn’t do enough with it. Personally I think Winter Counts by David Heska Wanbli Weiden is a better story that deals with a Native tribe, politics and issues.