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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?
(a) The tribes could jail them.
(b) The tribes could call for government back-up.
(c) The tribes could punish them.
(d) The tribes could banish them.

2. What is the oldest Indian treaty between the United States and the Seneca tribe?
(a) The Pickering Treaty.
(b) The Allotment Treaty.
(c) The Dawes Treaty.
(d) The Church Treaty.

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

4. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?
(a) Fishing and Gaming rights.
(b) Hunting and water rights.
(c) National Park rights.
(d) Herding rights.

5. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?
(a) Mayans.
(b) Russians.
(c) The Spanish.
(d) The Ten Lost Tribes of Israel.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What political aspirations did the Seneca's accuse the government of having regarding the oldest Indian treaty?

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

4. What other name is the Wheeler-Howard Act known by?

5. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?

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