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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What television series began in 1967 that Indians fought to have banned?
(a) A series on Lewis and Clark.
(b) A series on Davy Crockett.
(c) A series on Kennedy.
(d) A series on Custer.

2. When whites claim Indian heritage, who do they believe was their ancestor?
(a) Pocahontas.
(b) Lewis and Clark.
(c) An Indian Princess.
(d) George Washington.

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

4. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?
(a) That the tribes have no title to the land at all, only occupancy rights.
(b) That the tribes could give their land away if they wished.
(c) That the tribes rent land from the government.
(d) That the tribes had titles of ownership to all land.

5. What year did the United States clear the eastern states of the former Indian allies?
(a) 1886.
(b) 2010.
(c) 1934.
(d) 1955.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Klamath Bill have to be amended?

2. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?

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

4. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?

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

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