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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?
(a) 1756.
(b) Pre-Columbian days.
(c) The 1960s.
(d) 1885.

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

3. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?
(a) The written documents never made it back to Washington.
(b) The field offices lost the written documents years ago.
(c) They were never broken and followed carefully.
(d) They were never ratified by Congress.

4. What does the author suggest that each anthropologist should have to do in order to study a tribe?
(a) He must get on a waiting list and be approved by the tribe he wishes to visit.
(b) He must apply through the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(c) He must donate an equal amount of money to the tribe that he spent on the study.
(d) He must apply to a tribal committee.

5. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?
(a) That people are objects for observation.
(b) That people are lost in this world and need saving.
(c) That people are human and have a range of emotions.
(d) That people are different and deserve study.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the purpose of the Oklahoma Original Cherokee Community Organization?

3. Why, according to the author, do anthropologists never carry a writing instrument?

4. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?

5. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

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