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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?
(a) United States v. Chippewa.
(b) United States v. Menominees.
(c) United States v. Zimmerman.
(d) United States v. Winans.

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

3. What did Louie Sitting Crow do for fun?
(a) Tell tourists about Indian fokelore.
(b) Watch the tourists who traveled Highway 16 on their way to the Black Hills.
(c) Help tourists gas their vehicles.
(d) Give money and food to tourists.

4. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?
(a) The Indian Referral Act.
(b) The Indian Ownership Act.
(c) The Peace Act.
(d) The Allotment Act.

5. Who is Frank Takes Gun?
(a) The leader of the Native American Church.
(b) The author of this book.
(c) A gun-control lobbyist.
(d) The chairman of the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the fundamental thesis of the anthropologist?

2. What, according to the author, is one of the finest things about being an Indian?

3. What, according to the author, did the white man discover that the American Indians still owned of value?

4. Why did the Oglala Sioux become a favorite subject for study by anthropologists?

5. What were the findings of the House Interior Committee headed by Karl Mundt?

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