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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 5: Becoming Indian: 1970-1990.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Indian Rights Association formed in Philadelphia?
(a) 1882.
(b) 1887.
(c) 1884.
(d) 1889.

2. How many people lived in Blackfeet bands when they roamed the Plains?
(a) 80 to 200.
(b) 40 to 120.
(c) 90 to 220.
(d) 50 to 175.

3. When did the Winnebago file a claim in the Court of Claims?
(a) 1925.
(b) 1931.
(c) 1928.
(d) 1936.

4. When did a group of Meskwaki get permission from the Iowa state legislature to buy land in Tama County?
(a) 1911.
(b) 1856.
(c) 1878.
(d) 1903.

5. How many acres of land may have been irrigated by the Hohokam?
(a) 100,000.
(b) 55,000.
(c) 18,000.
(d) 25,000.

Short Answer Questions

1. In 2002 when Indians in Minnesota made up one percent of the state population, what percent made up the prison population?

2. When was the second Treaty of Fort Laramie signed?

3. When did the Birtch Creek dam break and cause a terrible flood?

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

5. When did delegates from 50 tribes meet in Denver to form the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)?

(see the answer key)

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