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

2. What were the findings of the House Interior Committee headed by Karl Mundt?
(a) The Wheeler-Howard act was working well.
(b) The Wheeler-Howard act was a success.
(c) The Wheeler-Howard act needed an amendment for money to build new schools.
(d) The Wheeler-Howard act was not accomplishing the task of bringing the Indian people up to the level of their white neighbors.

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

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

5. How many tribal communities get federal services?
(a) Hundreds.
(b) Thousands.
(c) 30.
(d) 10.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did the government get the Klamaths to agree to termination?

2. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

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

4. When the frontier was closed in 1890, what did American enter into next?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What criteria, according to the author, do whites use to say that they "understand" Indians?

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

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

4. What is the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe known for?

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

6. In February 1954, approval was granted for Termination of Indians. Why were the four factors, which Zimmerman implemented in 1947 to classify tribal readiness for termination, not used?

7. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

8. What did the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe do?

9. What is unique about the Apache of the Southwest?

10. What was the term "dependency," as used in the Delaware Treaty of September 17, 1778?

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