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

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

3. Who, according to the author, is at fault for poverty among American Indians?

4. Who was asked to testify before the Senate Civil Service Committee in 1947?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the Five Civilized Tribes and why are they referred to in this way?

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

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

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

5. What is paternalism?

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

7. 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?

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

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

10. What happens every summer with work camps and teenagers? What do the teenagers learn in one month that adults do not understand? What is the author's point about this program?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

What was the Reorganization Act? What did it do for Indians? Why was it so important?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

How has college affected young Indians? Has it done harm, good, or both? How do young Indians view their world differently than older Indians in their tribes?

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