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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-4.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter 2, Deloria claims Indians were stereotyped into two categories prior to the incident at _______________.
(a) Gallop, New Mexico.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) The Colorado River.
(d) Little Big Horn.

2. During the 1950's, the BIA initiated a relocation program in California in an attempt to sell something that belonged to the Indians. What were they trying to sell?
(a) Indian jewelry.
(b) Reservations.
(c) Indian scalps.
(d) Indian land.

3. What does BIA stand for?
(a) Brooklyn Indian Administration.
(b) Blackfoot Indian Association.
(c) Basic Indian Area.
(d) Bureau of Indian Affairs.

4. When did the American public learn a great deal about American Indians?
(a) The 1990's.
(b) The 1940's.
(c) The 1960's and 1970's.
(d) History.

5. When was the BIA ordered to find areas for the California Indians to reside?
(a) During WWI.
(b) During WWII.
(c) During the Great Depression.
(d) During the Civil Rights Movement.

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 1 explains that the Indians revere their dead and believe their burial grounds to be _________.

2. According to Chapter 3, when was there rampant interest in American Indian traditions?

3. How did large groups of whites defile Indian burial grounds?

4. In Chapter 1, why was the publication of the National Indian Youth Council's pamphlet considered a monumental event?

5. Name one reason mentioned in Chapter 4 that tribal religions hold a place sacred.

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