He discusses Cherokee identity and traditions that he inherited, as well as issues surrounding his race during the 1960s and 1970s. He also describes his experiences fighting in the Vietnam War, on one hand noting that he was in his "element" among the forests of Vietnam, and on the other hand, describing how he and other soldiers felt they were on the wrong side of the conflict. Welch also discusses the time he spent in prison, having served two years of a twelve year sentence before a federal judge overturned his conviction on the grounds of Welch's civil rights having been violated. More importantly, however, Welch describes how being in prison convinced him to take up the pen and start writing down his experiences. Welch does not dwell on this subject for long, however, and spends much of the interview describing short anecdotes from his life and Cherokee history as a whole, ending the interview with a pessimistic outlook on the future of the Cherokee people.