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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 delegates from 50 tribes meet in Denver to form the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)?

2. In 1958, what percent of Americans trusted the government to do what was right most of the time?

3. What percent of American Indians have diabetes?

4. In 2010, what was the unemployment rate for Native American communities nationwide?

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

Short Essay Questions

1. What was the Indian Education Act?

2. What is the makeup of the Tulalip Reservation, and when was it established?

3. What happened to Jeannette Bissonette, and how was her killer found?

4. What was the protest on the edge of the Standing Rock Reservation, and what did it accomplish?

5. In 1969, why was their a takeover of Alcatraz Island?

6. What was the Court of Claims and how effective was it?

7. How did Treuer believe that what it meant to be Indian was changing?

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

A property tax bill and subsequent court case led to casinos on reservations. What is sovereignty? What did the property tax bill determine about sovereignty? How did a property tax bill and subsequent court case lead to casinos on reservations?

Essay Topic 2

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?

Essay Topic 3

Indians ruled the North American continent before the Europeans came. How did Indians lose control of the North American continent? What role did colonialism play in their loss of the continent?

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