In southwestern Oklahoma an intricate sense of community exists in the small neighborhoods of Comanche Tribal Housing like Madischie. From its streets comes a hell-bent young crew of Comanche, Arapahoe, and Kiowa toughs led by a young Comanche named Velroy. They seek power within a subculture of organized crime, caught in the century-long transformation from the old Comanche Nation, "Lords of the Plains," to a modern-day casino-owning tribe. This is their story, told in a distinctive narrative poetry with its honed syntax, wild imagery, and a splash of high lyricism. Ouija Board Blues My skull sits on the desk of the headof Anthropology hey aye hey aye hey aye heyMy skull sits on the desk of the headof Anthropology hey aye hey aye hey aye hey --from "Velroy and the Madischie Mafia"