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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In 1994, what day did the United Nations declare would be International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples?
(a) October 12.
(b) August 9.
(c) September 19.
(d) July 24.

2. When did the Birtch Creek dam break and cause a terrible flood?
(a) May 13, 1964.
(b) July 24, 1964.
(c) April 9, 1964.
(d) June 8, 1964.

3. How many hours of cutting were required to get ten pounds of cranberry bark?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 2.
(d) 3.

4. When did Treuer drive from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Browning, Montana?
(a) Fall 2014.
(b) Winter 2014.
(c) Summer 2014.
(d) Spring 2014.

5. When was the Turtle Mountain Reservation officially created by Congress?
(a) 1860s.
(b) 1890s.
(c) 1870s.
(d) 1880s.

6. When was the Blackfeet tribal constitution adopted?
(a) 1935.
(b) 1940.
(c) 1938.
(d) 1942.

7. In 1945, how much of the U.S. was without flush toilets?
(a) 2/5.
(b) 1/4.
(c) 2/3.
(d) 1/3.

8. Around what time did the Blackfeet adopt the horse?
(a) 1730.
(b) 1750.
(c) 1740.
(d) 1720.

9. Where did Chelsey Luger go to college?
(a) Yale.
(b) Harvard.
(c) Brown.
(d) Dartmouth.

10. In 2008, what was the unemployment rate at Leech Lake?
(a) 30%.
(b) 40%.
(c) 35%.
(d) 25%.

11. When Treuer and Bob Matthews collected pinecones, how much did Bob think a bushel would sell for?
(a) $50.
(b) $45.
(c) $40.
(d) $30.

12. How much did leeches sell for per pound at the time Treuer talked with Bob Matthews?
(a) $8 to $12.
(b) $14.
(c) $10 to $15.
(d) $19.

13. When did Treuer move back to Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 1994.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1996.

14. When did the Menominee Reservation cease to exist?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1960.
(d) 1959.

15. Where were most of the early founders of the American Indian Movemnt (AIM) from?
(a) Chicago.
(b) St. Paul.
(c) Minneapolis.
(d) Denver.

Short Answer Questions

1. Twenty years after the Menominee's suit with the federal government was settled, how much were they awarded in federal court?

2. When did the American Indian Movement (AIM) take a caravan to Washington, D.C.?

3. What did Matthews and Treuer collect when they met in the woods?

4. When did Truman integrate the armed forces?

5. In 2018, how many Indians ran for public office across the country, at every level?

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