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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?
(a) The government gave the land away after the Civil War to former slaves.
(b) The government built a dam, which flooded the major part of the Seneca reservation and the treaty was broken.
(c) Nothing, it still exists.
(d) The government passed a new law in 1869 abolishing the treaty.

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

3. What did Popovi Da say about the Indians being the first people in American?
(a) "We saw it first."
(b) "We love the reservation, what's not to love?"
(c) "We knew a good thing when we saw it."
(d) "We had reservations."

4. Who was Clyde Warrior?
(a) An artist.
(b) A writer.
(c) Perhaps the greatest wit in Indian country.
(d) A poet.

5. What is one of the biggest stumbling blocks for the area offices of the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
(a) Lack of resources for buidling projects.
(b) Lack of manpower.
(c) Lack of funds.
(d) Lack of computers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first concern of mission work on the reservation?

2. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?

3. Who is the prophet of peace on the Hopi reservation?

4. What did the Supreme Court do in June of 1968?

5. When the frontier was closed in 1890, what did American enter into next?

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