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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A 1791 Treaty with the Cherokees included what provision?
(a) That the Cherokee Nation could not marry foreigners.
(b) That the cherokee Nation could not hold any treaty with any foreign power.
(c) That the Cherokee Nation could not take money from foreign powers.
(d) That the Cherokee Nation could not become French citizens.

2. Once Dillon Myer took over, what was the policy instated from Commissioner to field clerk regarding Indians?
(a) Get them money as quickly as possible.
(b) Get rid of them as quickly as possible.
(c) Get their land as quickly as possible.
(d) Get them health care as quickly as possible.

3. What does the author believe is active in the private sector?
(a) Racism.
(b) Paternalism.
(c) Greed.
(d) Fairness.

4. What happened to most of the treaties in the far west of the country?
(a) They were never ratified by Congress.
(b) The written documents never made it back to Washington.
(c) They were never broken and followed carefully.
(d) The field offices lost the written documents years ago.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?

2. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?

3. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

4. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?

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

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