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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Part 2.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the main conflict of the Northwestern tribes and the government?
(a) Hunting and water rights.
(b) National Park rights.
(c) Herding rights.
(d) Fishing and Gaming rights.

2. What did early treaties allow the tribes to do to white men violating their laws and borders?
(a) The tribes could banish them.
(b) The tribes could punish them.
(c) The tribes could jail them.
(d) The tribes could call for government back-up.

3. What year did the United States clear the eastern states of the former Indian allies?
(a) 1886.
(b) 1934.
(c) 2010.
(d) 1955.

4. What principle did the case of Lone Wolf vs. Hitchcock put forth?
(a) That the tribes rent land from the government.
(b) That the tribes have no title to the land at all, only occupancy rights.
(c) That the tribes could give their land away if they wished.
(d) That the tribes had titles of ownership to all land.

5. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?
(a) The Indian Referral Act.
(b) The Allotment Act.
(c) The Peace Act.
(d) The Indian Ownership Act.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the oldest treaty between the U.S. and the Seneca tribe?

2. How long did the Indians have under the Wheeler-Howard Act to make a decision about their reservation?

3. What is the purpose of the Oklahoma Original Cherokee Community Organization?

4. What is regarded as utter hypocrisy by the Indian people?

5. What important work has the American Indian Historical Society of San Francisco done?

(see the answer key)

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