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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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?
(a) They ARE Indians.
(b) They understand Indians.
(c) They have friends who are Indians.
(d) They donate to Indian colleges.

5. What, according to the author at the end of chapter 1, should the government do about the Indians?
(a) Establish a cultural inclusion policy.
(b) Pass laws removing all federal government from Indian proceedings.
(c) Establish a cultural leave-us-alone agreement.
(d) Begin talks with the federal government on land rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?

2. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?

3. How, according to the author, has America always viewed other nations?

4. What act was passed by the American government in 1934?

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

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