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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. When did Ely Parker become the first Indian to be placed in charge of the Office of Indian Affairs?

2. When did a party of Dakota attack a Ojibwe sugar camp near the Saint Croix River?

3. When was Waabojiig, White, Fisher, probably born?

4. Where was the author raised?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What were the motivations behind Christopher Columbus's journey when the landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492?

2. What is the book about?

3. By the end of 1890, how did everything seem to be over for Indians?

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

5. What is Leech Lake Reservation?

6. Why was Kevin Washburn a believer in tribal self-determination and self-governance from early in his life?

7. How did President Ulysses S. Grant change the ways the federal government worked with Indian tribes?

8. What type of structures did the Nasaazi construct?

9. Why did Indians resist the draft during World War I?

10. What was the Indian Reorganization Act?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Archaeology and historical records can be used to uncover the past. What common misconceptions are there about Indians? How is new historical and archeological information being used to refute common misconceptions about Indians and their past?

Essay Topic 2

David Treuer is an Ojibwe who grew up on the Leech Lake Reservation. Why did Treuer write The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee?

Essay Topic 3

After the treaty period ended, the goal was to assimilate Indians into American society. Why were policies created to integrate Indians into American culture, rather than allow them to retain tribal structures and Indian culture? What were the motives and results of assimilation?

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