Charts events leading to the Labor party's election in the Northern Territory on 18 August 2001; some information about electorates that contain a majority of voters who are Indigenous; includes references to Aboriginal alienation from non-Labor federal administration and the Country Liberal Party; discusses the Indigenous Constitutional Convention 1998 and declaration from the Convention; contains a chapter about local campaigning; analyses the results of the election; summarises important events that took place during Labor's first days in office; outlines priorities of the government, including Indigenous Framework Agreements to enable Aboriginal people 'to develop their own business enterprises and to control what happens in their communities'