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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?
(a) The Reorganization Act.
(b) White America.
(c) The Indians.
(d) The United States Government.

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

3. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?
(a) Water.
(b) Fishing rights.
(c) Shipping rights.
(d) Copper and other minerals.

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 had titles of ownership to all land.
(c) That the tribes rent land from the government.
(d) That the tribes could give their land away if they wished.

5. Which group of Indians did Arthur Watkins target first in his work for the government?
(a) Indians in his home state of Utah.
(b) Indians east of the Mississippi.
(c) Southwest Indians.
(d) The Cheyenne.

Short Answer Questions

1. What are the two mainstream American Indian organizations?

2. What had Dillon Myer been in charge of during World War II?

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

4. Which American Indian tribe is the author a member of?

5. What "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?

(see the answer key)

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