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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

3. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?

4. What is the main problem for the Plains Indians?

5. What is the oldest, continuous Indian-run organization?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens every summer with work camps and teenagers? What do the teenagers learn in one month that adults do not understand? What is the author's point about this program?

2. How did Indians become citizens and what effect did this have on Termination?

3. What are the 4 main rules to Rene Descartes' method of research? Was this a good method to examine the lives of Indians for Termination?

4. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

5. What was Frank Church's attitude towards the Indian? Why was this line of thought so harmful during the time of Termination?

6. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?

7. What is paternalism?

8. How does the author describe anthropologists? What is his attitude and tone when discussing this group of people?

9. Who did the government go after first during the time of Termination?

10. What happened to the Seneca Nation of New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is tribal unity an answer for the future? How has tribal unity been successful? What are the problems associated with tribal unity? What needs to happen in the future?

Essay Topic 2

Where do the myths about American Indians come from? How are they perpetuated today?

Essay Topic 3

What did the hippies take from Indian culture? How did they succeed? How and why did they fail?

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