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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?
(a) Band together.
(b) Start a national newspaper.
(c) Elect their own congress.
(d) Elect their own president.

2. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?
(a) Establish a cultural leave-us-alone agreement.
(b) Establish a cultural inclusion policy.
(c) Pass laws removing all federal government from Indian proceedings.
(d) Begin talks with the federal government on land rights.

3. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?
(a) A series on Lewis and Clark.
(b) A series on Kennedy.
(c) A series on Custer.
(d) A series on Davy Crockett.

4. What is the best way for tribes to handle their reservation conflicts?
(a) With government intervention.
(b) With new rules established by white men.
(c) In traditional Indian fashion.
(d) With outside help.

5. What act was passed by the American government in 1934?
(a) The Indian Settlement Act.
(b) The American Indian Poverty Act.
(c) The Reservation School Act.
(d) The Indian Reorganization Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. How do most American Indians feels about taxes?

2. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?

3. What two tribes seem to have traditional Indian values still intact?

4. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?

5. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?

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