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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?
(a) Frank Wheeler.
(b) William Zimmerman.
(c) Sitting Bull.
(d) Geronimo.

2. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?
(a) Because of their unique way of life.
(b) Because of the art history.
(c) Because of their romantic past.
(d) Because of the vibrant present.

3. What traditional Republican myth did Watkins insist on regarding the Indians?
(a) The Indians want to control their own destiny.
(b) The Indians would be better off on their own, without government involvement.
(c) The Indians should become Christian.
(d) That the state would be more efficient than the Federal Government in caring for them.

4. What was the decision about the Pottawatomie of Kansas during the time of termination?
(a) To move them to Missouri.
(b) Better to have them expire as private citizens than let anyone know how badly they had been treated.
(c) To combine them with tribes in Oklahoma.
(d) To get them better hospitals and roads.

5. What is regarded as utter hypocrisy by the Indian people?
(a) The attempt of churches to appear relevant to the social needs of the 1960's.
(b) White Americans caring about the Indian People.
(c) The government caring about the Indian People.
(d) Anthopologists caring about the Indian People.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the oldest Indian treaty between the United States and the Seneca tribe?

2. What is the best way for tribes to handle their reservation conflicts?

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

4. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?

5. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?

(see the answer key)

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