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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Twenty years after the Menominee's suit with the federal government was settled, how much were they awarded in federal court?
(a) $8.5 million.
(b) $6.2 million.
(c) $2.4 million.
(d) $4.7 million.

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

3. In 1966, how many of Oakland's police force were Black out of the 661 police officers on the force?
(a) 9.
(b) 32.
(c) 16.
(d) 21.

4. How long had the Blackfeet been trading with Europeans when they met their first Americans?
(a) 90 years.
(b) Better part of 75 years.
(c) 60 years.
(d) Around 80 years.

5. In 2016, how many acres was Wozupi?
(a) 40.
(b) 16.
(c) 25.
(d) 30.

6. When did Treuer's parents move to Washington, D.C.?
(a) 1961.
(b) 1968.
(c) 1966.
(d) 1963.

7. When was the dam built that created Lake Oahe and submerged hisotrical Mandan and Hidatsa sites?
(a) 1999.
(b) 1984.
(c) 1971.
(d) 1962.

8. What were the Blackfeet known as?
(a) Inaja.
(b) Piikuni.
(c) Cachil.
(d) Alturas.

9. Where did Chelsey Luger move after college?
(a) New York.
(b) Chicago.
(c) Atlanta.
(d) Denver.

10. When did the Blackfeet contract smallpox and thousands died?
(a) 1842.
(b) 1846.
(c) 1830.
(d) 1837.

11. By 1987, where were the biggest concentraion of casinos in the U.S.?
(a) Minnesota and Kansas.
(b) Florida.
(c) Iowa.
(d) California and Oklahoma.

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

13. In 2010, how many acres was Wozupi when it was established?
(a) 10.
(b) 2.
(c) 5.
(d) 15.

14. How many of the hundreds of Indian languages are expected to be viable into the twenty-second century?
(a) 15.
(b) 20.
(c) 30.
(d) 25.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the first property tax bill that Helen and Russell Bryan received on their trailer in 1971?

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

3. When did Treuer drive from Rapid City, South Dakota, to Browning, Montana?

4. When did the Jicarilla Apache win in the Supreme Court a case against energy companies?

5. When was the first blood-quantum law passed in America?

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