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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What basic principle of man's history, according to the author, did colonists violate?
(a) Never steal land from others, they will always get it back.
(b) Never make war with people you do not understand.
(c) Certain lands belong to certain peoples.
(d) Damns are harmful in the long run.

2. What does the author believe the Indians should have a right to, just like water districts, cities, and towns?
(a) Sovereignty.
(b) Voting rights.
(c) Social services.
(d) Citizenship.

3. Why are the Pyramid Lake Paiutes poor?
(a) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their hunting rights.
(b) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their water rights.
(c) Because they do not work.
(d) Because they live in an area where there is no work.

4. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?
(a) National Park rights.
(b) Fishing and Gaming rights.
(c) Herding rights.
(d) Hunting and water rights.

5. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?
(a) The Indians would have to move again and give up more land.
(b) The Indians would have to give up hunting rights.
(c) Once a reservation voted against the acceptance of the provisions of the act, they were forbidden from considering it again.
(d) There was a one year delay on all services while the tribe voted.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Indians joke about when asked what the country was called before "America?"

2. When whites claim Indian heritage, who do they believe was their ancestor?

3. What, according to the author, is welfare designed to do?

4. What Department was the Bureau of Indian Affairs transferred to when it opened in 1849?

5. When Indians looked at pictures of the Disciples, what were they surprised to find?

(see the answer key)

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