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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. What does the author suggest that each anthropologist should have to do in order to study a tribe?
2. What is regarded as utter hypocrisy by the Indian people?
3. What kind of hats to anthropologists wear?
4. Why, according to the author, do anthropologists never carry a writing instrument?
5. What year did the United States clear the eastern states of the former Indian allies?
Short Essay Questions
1. According to the author, what European background is the law of the United States built on?
2. 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?
3. What are the myths associated with Indian Affairs?
4. How have the workshops offered by anthropologists affected the young Indians?
5. Describe the treatment of the Choctaws. Why was their treatment worse when compared to other Indian peoples?
6. What are the Five Civilized Tribes and why are they referred to in this way?
7. Why was Termination such a tragedy for the people of the Menominee tribe of Wisconsin?
8. What did anthropologists find about alcoholism on the reservation? What does the author think of this finding?
9. What is the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe known for?
10. Why are hunting and fishing rights important to the Indians of Idaho, Washington and Oregon at the time of this writing?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Compare the struggle of the American Indian to the African American. What are the similarities? What are the differences? Give examples.
Essay Topic 2
Compare corporations with tribal existence. Why does the author view it as the same? What are the similarities?
Essay Topic 3
What is Paternalism and how does it relate to the relationship between the American government and the Bureau of Indian Affairs? Is this a relationship that can be altered in the future? How?
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