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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. Under what umbrella did the Bureau of Indian Affairs begin?

2. Once a church was assigned to a reservation, what happened to the other churches?

3. According to the author, where should the Bureau of Indian Affairs be transferred?

4. Among the Sioux in the Dakotas, what was the Sun Dance reinterpreted as?

5. What is the most popular and enduring subject of Indian humor?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the author think about the Republican political party?

2. How is teasing used as a teaching tool for Indians and how can it be used as a parenting tool?

3. What happened when the government decided to move the Bureau of Indian Affairs to Health, Education and Welfare?

4. According to Indian history, when did the reservation system really begin to improve and what happened when it did?

5. What is the problem with earmarked money? What is earmarked money?

6. Why have many tribes decided NOT to use government help to build up their reservations?

7. What have been the views, according to the author, of Christianity regarding slavery, poverty and treachery?

8. Why have the Indians never been involved with the Civil Rights movement?

9. Why do the Indians consider Indian policy foreign policy?

10. Do the Indians deserve the services they get? Why? Why not?

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

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 3

Why must the answer to all Indian issues be a single answer? Why can it not be several answers? Explain the movement of the single answer theory and why this has stopped progress.

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