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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who appointed Dillon Myer as Commissioner of Indian Affairs?
(a) President Nixon.
(b) President Eisenhower.
(c) President Roosevelt.
(d) President Truman.

2. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?
(a) George Bush.
(b) Isaac Stevens.
(c) Theodore Roosevelt.
(d) Abraham Lincoln.

3. What have tribes discovered that they must do to make themselves heard?
(a) Elect their own congress.
(b) Elect their own president.
(c) Band together.
(d) Start a national newspaper.

4. Why did the Klamath Bill have to be amended?
(a) To prevent the extinction of salmon.
(b) To prevent tourists from overrunning their fishing areas.
(c) To prevent collapse of the lumber industry on the west coast.
(d) To prevent them from living in a national park.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?

2. When does the author believe was the last time that true democracy was alive among Indian tribes?

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

4. By 1943, what was the Senate Interior Committee convinced should happen?

5. What was the decision about the Pottawatomie of Kansas during the time of termination?

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