1. Between 1616 and 1619, what percent of the population of the New England tribes was wiped out by disease?
(a) About 70%.
(b) As much as 90%.
(c) 65%.
(d) 95%.

2. When were the last compulsory boarding school programs suspended?
(a) Late 1920s.
(b) Late 1930s.
(c) 1924.
(d) 1938.

3. In 2002 when Indians in Minnesota made up one percent of the state population, what percent made up the prison population?
(a) 6.
(b) 8.
(c) 7.
(d) 5.

4. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?
(a) 1862.
(b) 1857.
(c) 1868.
(d) 1859.

5. How early were two and then three agencies created to treat and trade with Indian tribes?
(a) 1783.
(b) 1770.
(c) 1786.
(d) 1775.

Short Answer Questions

1. What Indians fought during the Revolutionary War and brought supplies and support to Washington and his troops when they were starving at Valley Forge?

2. What did Treuer study in college?

3. When did Sam Cleveland join the Army?

4. When were at least 150 Lakota Sioux killed in South Dakota?

5. What is Treuer's ancestral village?

(see the answer key)

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