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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 8.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?
(a) That the tribes rent land from the government.
(b) That the tribes have no title to the land at all, only occupancy rights.
(c) That the tribes had titles of ownership to all land.
(d) That the tribes could give their land away if they wished.

2. What has been the basis on which racial relations have been defined ever since the first settlers got off the boat?
(a) Hunting rights.
(b) Land.
(c) Money.
(d) Water rights.

3. What is the most popular and enduring subject of Indian humor?
(a) General Custer.
(b) Sitting Bull.
(c) George Washington.
(d) Geronimo.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Indians see on TV that turned them off to the Civil Rights Movement?

3. Once Dillon Myer took over, what was the policy instated from Commissioner to field clerk regarding Indians?

4. What was the Senate Interior Committee afraid of after the passage of the Wheeler-Howard act?

5. What was Stewart Udall's explanation about why the Indians had not made progress like his friends in Arizona?

(see the answer key)

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