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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?
(a) It is lucrative to be an American Indian.
(b) You get to live on a reservation.
(c) People are always interested in your "plight."
(d) People like you on sight.

2. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?
(a) United States v. Winans.
(b) United States v. Zimmerman.
(c) United States v. Chippewa.
(d) United States v. Menominees.

3. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?
(a) The Indians want to control their own destiny.
(b) That the state would be more efficient than the Federal Government in caring for them.
(c) The Indians would be better off on their own, without government involvement.
(d) The Indians should become Christian.

4. When whites claim Indian heritage, who do they believe was their ancestor?
(a) An Indian Princess.
(b) George Washington.
(c) Lewis and Clark.
(d) Pocahontas.

5. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?
(a) The Native American College system.
(b) The betrayal of treaty promises.
(c) Need for social services.
(d) Brotherhood with a similar history.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?

2. When the Wheeler-Howard act was passed, what did the Indians experience for the first time in half a century?

3. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?

4. What did treaties initially do?

5. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?

(see the answer key)

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