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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?
(a) Fred Callings.
(b) Mme. Frankser.
(c) Blount Concur.
(d) Rene Descartes.

2. When the author says that whites claim Indian heritage, what side of their family tree do they claim it comes from?
(a) Their aunt's.
(b) Their grandfathers.
(c) Their grandmother's.
(d) Their uncle's.

3. What phrases does Mr. Farb continue to use when talking about Indians?
(a) Test tubes and living laboratories.
(b) Stupid and slow.
(c) Inferior.
(d) Below standard.

4. What "first" did the Treaty of August 5, 1826 enact?
(a) The first clear-cut case of fraudulent dealings on part of Congress.
(b) The first time land was returned to the Indians.
(c) The first time water was sold by the Indians.
(d) The first time land was sold by the Indians.

5. What did treaties initially do?
(a) They marked the boundaries between the lands of the Indian nations and the U.S.
(b) They promised ownership of land that still belonged to the French.
(c) They divided the church territories.
(d) They helped establish state lines.

6. What is the purpose of the Oklahoma Original Cherokee Community Organization?
(a) Defending marriages on the Cherokee Reservation performed by Native American Ministers.
(b) Defending water rights for the Cherokee Nation.
(c) Defending school financing on the Cherokee Reservation.
(d) Defending hunting and treaty rights of the Cherokee.

7. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?
(a) Indians in his home state of Utah.
(b) Southwest Indians.
(c) The Cheyenne.
(d) Indians east of the Mississippi.

8. How many tribal communities get federal services?
(a) Thousands.
(b) Hundreds.
(c) 10.
(d) 30.

9. Who was Arthur Watkins?
(a) President Truman's Chief of Staff.
(b) A Mormon named as head the Indian subcommittees in the Senate and House.
(c) The chairman appointed to run the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
(d) A poet who wrote about the Indian problems.

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

11. What did the Meriam Report of 1928 show?
(a) That Indian tribes were flourishing.
(b) That Indian tribes had great schools.
(c) That Indian tribes were in the final stages of demise.
(d) That Indian tribes were unifying.

12. What does the author believe anthropologists should do in the future?
(a) Stop worrying about publishing and live among the Indians.
(b) Start writing everything down.
(c) Learn the art of the Indians and give up anthropology.
(d) Stop researching and preying on the Indian, and start helping.

13. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?
(a) Because of their romantic past.
(b) Because of the vibrant present.
(c) Because of the art history.
(d) Because of their unique way of life.

14. What, according to the author, did the white man discover that the American Indians still owned of value?
(a) Buffalo.
(b) 135 million acres of land.
(c) Gold.
(d) Horses.

15. How are young Indians connected to anthropologists?
(a) They teach anthroplogists about their art.
(b) They assist them in their work.
(c) They teach anthropologists about their culture.
(d) They have become unwitting missionaries for anthropologists.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?

2. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?

3. In the minds of most Indians, what is the best way to eradicate a species?

4. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?

5. What does not overlap across state boundaries?

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