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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who signed the original treaties with the Northwest Coast American Indians?

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

3. Why do anthropologists believe Indians drink?

4. What did Lake Superior hold that the government wanted?

5. According to the author, for those whites who do not claim Indian heritage, what asset do they have that connects them with American Indians?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why are the American Indians lost when, in Congressional hearings, the chairman of the committee talks about the Anglo-Saxon heritage of law and order?

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

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

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

5. What are the myths associated with Indian Affairs?

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

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

8. Describe what happens to the Virginia Indians each year at Thanksgiving. What is this in response to?

9. What is the problem with most books about American Indians, according to the author? What do the incorrect portrayals of the Indians do to harm the image of the Indian, and complicate understanding of the people by others?

10. What are the 4 main rules to Rene Descartes' method of research? Was this a good method to examine the lives of Indians for Termination?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Is tribal unity an answer for the future? How has tribal unity been successful? What are the problems associated with tribal unity? What needs to happen in the future?

Essay Topic 2

What is the author's opinion of welfare? Does he think it necessary for Indians? Why? Why not?

Essay Topic 3

Compare corporations with tribal existence. Why does the author view it as the same? What are the similarities?

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