1. What group accused the Gallup Chamber of Commerce of holding a Gallup ceremony in which Indians were not allowed to participate?
(a) National Indian Youth Council.
(b) Central Intelligence Agency.
(c) No answers are correct.
(d) Bureau of Indidan Affairs.

2. In Chapter 3, "The Religious Challenge," what incident is being discussed?
(a) Peaceful co-existence between Indians and Whites.
(b) Wounded Knee.
(c) The ransacking of a federal building.
(d) Ceremonial Indian affairs.

3. Deloria makes the following statement in Chapter 11, "There is no salvation in tribal religions apart from ______________________."
(a) The land.
(b) The continuance of the tribe itself.
(c) Nature.
(d) Protection of sacred burial grounds.

4. Why have many people returned to the reservation according to Deloria?
(a) To lean rain dances.
(b) To be healed from ailments.
(c) To attend new universities.
(d) They missed their families.

5. Deloria explains that the Amish relate land, community, and religion into _____________________.
(a) A disastrous combination.
(b) No answer is correct.
(c) Anti-Christian beliefs.
(d) One integrated whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Some tribes, such as the Lakota and Sioux, held special death ceremonies where a sacred pipe was used and the souls were kept to be purified and eventually released. What happened to these ceremonies in the 1890's?

2. What does BIA stand for?

3. What is the Christian doctrine of life after death?

4. Deloria claims in Chapter 12 that American Christians discourage which of the following practices fundamental to tribal religions?

5. In Chapter 11, which of the following does Deloria emphasize regarding Indian religion?

(see the answer key)

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