Open to Question tonight is a man who can claim descent from Hiawatha - the embodiment of the idea of the noble savage that shaped so much of the early American
Dream. Jo-Ag-Quis-Ho, whose white name is Oren Lyons , is a chief of the Iroquois
Confederacy, and an Indian activist who refuses to carry a US passport.
After two centuries of repression, exploitation, and in some cases virtual genocide, is the American
Indian now simply a decaying echo of a great past? Or will they succeed in reclaiming the lands that their ancestors were driven from?
Presented by John Nicolson Research POLLY Phillips Director JUSTIN C. ADAMS Producers
DAVID MARTIN , CHARLES NAIRN BBC Scotland