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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What political aspirations did the Seneca's accuse the government of having regarding the oldest Indian treaty?
(a) The dam was part of the price of keeping Pennsylvania in line for John F. Kennedy at the 1960 Democratic Convention.
(b) President Kennedy needed the land to bargain with the Russians during the Cuban Missile Crisis.
(c) President Kennedy wanted to add the land to Camp David.
(d) Senator Kennedy wanted to buy the land for his own family.

2. What French rationalist did the House Interior Committee use as a basis for their study of Indian Affairs?
(a) Blount Concur.
(b) Rene Descartes.
(c) Fred Callings.
(d) Mme. Frankser.

3. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?
(a) The betrayal of treaty promises.
(b) Brotherhood with a similar history.
(c) Need for social services.
(d) The Native American College system.

4. What two tribes seem to have traditional Indian values still intact?
(a) The Apaches of the Southwest and the Northwest Coast Indians.
(b) Pueblos of New Mexico and the Apache of the Southwest.
(c) The Alaskan Inuits and the Pueblos of New Mexico.
(d) The Nez Perce and the Sioux.

5. What is the oldest, continuous Indian-run organization?
(a) The Women's American Indian League.
(b) The League of American Indian Voters.
(c) The Native American Baseball League.
(d) The League of Nations, Pan American Indians.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the author says that whites claim Indian heritage, what side of their family tree do they claim it comes from?

2. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?

3. Why are the Pyramid Lake Paiutes poor?

4. What, according to the author, did the death of President Kennedy and Sitting Bull have in common?

5. What year did the Congressional policy of termination begin?

(see the answer key)

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