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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 the Massachusetts Bay Colony set fire to the palisaded village of the Pequot Indians?

2. In 1970, how many Indians, on or off the reservation, lived below the poverty level?

3. By 1975, how many Indian-run schools were there across the U.S. and Canada with culturally specific curricula?

4. Where did Chelsey Luger go to college?

5. How many acres did the Menominee occupy before the arrival of the Europeans?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Chelsey Luger and a photographer named Thosh get into wellness, and what did they create?

2. What did Indian tribes get when Helen Bryan and her husband sued regarding property taxes?

3. How did Eddy Pablo sum up what it was like in Tulalip?

4. What happened in 1992 that brought protests of Columbus and other issues?

5. What group was formed by Indians in 1944, and what were their goals?

6. What was Public Law 959?

7. Where is Bob Matthews' office when he and Treuer meet and why?

8. What was the Indian Education Act?

9. How did Sarah Agaton Howes become interested in running and wellness?

10. When and why was the first blood-quantum law passed in Virginia?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

There were a number of policies designed to remove the Indians from their land. What were two different types of dispossession policies? Why were these policies damaging to the Indians?

Essay Topic 2

Activism changed from the 1960s to 1990. How did activism change from the 1960s to 1990? What is the new activism? How does it bring the past into the present and what does it promote?

Essay Topic 3

Sam Cleveland had a life that was molded by difficult circumstances. How was Cleveland’s life molded by difficult circumstances? How did he learn to survive and fight against powerlessness?

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