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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do anthropologists believe Indians drink?
(a) Because they have weak father figures.
(b) Because they are caught between two worlds.
(c) Because life on the reservation is like a party.
(d) Because they are alcoholics.

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

3. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?
(a) Herding rights.
(b) Hunting and water rights.
(c) National Park rights.
(d) Fishing and Gaming rights.

4. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?
(a) Lectured across the country in colleges and universities about American Indians.
(b) Published the finest contemporary material on Indians.
(c) Gathered a full history of the American Indian in California.
(d) Fought to establish the San Francisco Indian Reservation System.

5. What does the Native American Church use in its sacramental worship life?
(a) The peyote button.
(b) Communion.
(c) Dance.
(d) Prayer shawls.

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the Native American Church view death?

2. What was the unfortunate provision in the Wheeler-Howard Act?

3. What is the best service offered by the Bureau of Indian Affairs area offices?

4. Who does the area office of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Aberdeen, South Dakota serve?

5. Who did missionaries believe the American Indians were when they connected their religion with the tribes they encountered?

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