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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A 1791 Treaty with the Cherokees included what provision?
(a) That the Cherokee Nation could not take money from foreign powers.
(b) That the Cherokee Nation could not become French citizens.
(c) That the cherokee Nation could not hold any treaty with any foreign power.
(d) That the Cherokee Nation could not marry foreigners.

2. Why are the Pyramid Lake Paiutes poor?
(a) Because they live in an area where there is no work.
(b) Because they do not work.
(c) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their water rights.
(d) Because they have been systematically cheated out of their hunting rights.

3. How are the Indians of Canada different from the American Indians?
(a) They are paid by the government NOT to grow crops.
(b) Their medical care is not as good as American Indians.
(c) They live in colder climates and have better housing.
(d) They have not had their basic governmental forms disturbed.

4. What is the main problem for the Plains Indians?
(a) They still want to go to war.
(b) They have no water.
(c) They spend all day making eagle warbonnets.
(d) An inadequate land base that continues to shrink because of land sales.

5. What provision did Watkins attach to the bill for the Menominee distribution of judgment money?
(a) A provision of termination.
(b) A provision for mineral rights.
(c) A provision for water rights.
(d) A provision for hunting rights.

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of people do anthropologists believe the Indians are?

2. How much was the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin awarded?

3. What is the name of the court case that defined American Indian water rights?

4. What is regarded as utter hypocrisy by the Indian people?

5. How many tribal communities get federal services?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Termination such a tragedy for the people of the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin?

2. What was Frank Church's attitude towards the Indian? Why was this line of thought so harmful during the time of Termination?

3. How did Indians become citizens and what effect did this have on Termination?

4. How have the workshops offered by anthropologists affected the young Indians?

5. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?

6. How does the author describe anthropologists? What is his attitude and tone when discussing this group of people?

7. Describe the treatment of the Choctaws. Why was their treatment worse when compared to other Indian peoples?

8. Why has the Indian Reorganization Act responded so well to fit the European white model?

9. Who did the government go after first during the time of Termination?

10. What was the Pickering Treaty? Why was it thus named? What was the final outcome of the Pickering Treaty?

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