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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Treuer study in college?

2. By the late 1870s, approximately how many bison were killed per day?

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

4. When were 173 Blackfeet Indians killed by U.S. troops when they were directed to the wrong camp?

5. When was an order for Sitting Bull's arrest issued?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the earliest verified record of settlement in North America?

2. What is the book about?

3. What did Indian Rights groups in the 1880s say about the reservation system?

4. In 1883, what became Indian offenses, and what was the purpose of a bill passed to establish law and order among the Indians?

5. What was the purpose of the Indian boarding schools?

6. Why were Indians often found at the front when they fought for the U.S.?

7. Why are there not many archaeological findings in the Southeast on the Atlantic coast?

8. By the beginning of the seventeenth century, how was the North American continent divided?

9. What is Leech Lake Reservation?

10. What happened when Chief Standing Bear and his followers took the chief's eldest son's body to be buried in Nebraska on their ancestral homelands?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Arthur Vivian Watkins was a devout Mormon from Utah who became a U.S. Senator. What did Watkins believe about Indians and the best way to deal with them? How did being a Mormon influence how Watkins made policy and why he believed in termination?

Essay Topic 2

Bob Matthews makes his living from hunting and gathering. How does Bob Matthews make his living from hunting and gathering? How are his efforts a job? How is the way he lives off the land different from the common perception of hunter-gatherers or of off-grid living?

Essay Topic 3

Telling stories can determine how history unfolds. How can telling stories determine how history unfolds? Why is it important to tell stories? How can stories help determine the future?

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