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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 "Civilized" Tribe is among the poorest people in America?

2. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?

3. What is the purpose of the Oklahoma Original Cherokee Community Organization?

4. Which American Indian tribe is the author a member of?

5. What was the Senate Interior Committee afraid of after the passage of the Wheeler-Howard act?

Short Essay Questions

1. 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?

2. Why are hunting and fishing rights important to the Indians of Idaho, Washington and Oregon at the time of this writing?

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

4. According to the author, what European background is the law of the United States built on?

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

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

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

8. 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?

9. Describe the treatment of the Choctaws. Why was their treatment worse when compared to other Indian peoples?

10. What is the history of the Sioux who lived along the Missouri River?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

How has the Christian church affected life on the reservation for Indians? How would the reservations be different today if the Christian church had never come to the reservations?

Essay Topic 2

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

Essay Topic 3

Compare the administrations of President Roosevelt and President Johnson. What advances did the American Indian make during these times?

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