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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. How does the author believe that America should view the Indian wars of the past?

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

3. Why do anthropologists believe Indians drink?

4. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?

5. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What are the myths associated with Indian Affairs?

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

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

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

6. When the anthropologists stated that the Oglala Sioux need to be warriors, what was really happening to the Oglala Sioux?

7. What happened to the Seneca Nation of New York?

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

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

10. 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?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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

Essay Topic 2

Who was Oliver La Farge and why did he play a role in Indian affairs? How was he helpful to the American Indian? What does the author believe he was after?

Essay Topic 3

How do Indians view the Kennedy's? Do they feel that the Kennedy administration helped or hurt them? How do they feel about Robert Kennedy? How do Indians view the Kennedy assassinations?

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