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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 Watkins visited the Menominee, what did he compare the living conditions to?

2. What has created a feeling of unity among American Indians?

3. What act was passed by the American government in 1934?

4. How, according to the author, has America always viewed other nations?

5. What other name is the Dawes Act known by?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is paternalism?

2. Describe what happens to the Virginia Indians each year at Thanksgiving. What is this in response to?

3. Why are hunting and fishing rights important to the Indians of Idaho, Washington and Oregon at the time of this writing?

4. How does the author describe anthropologists? What is his attitude and tone when discussing this group of people?

5. What happens every summer with work camps and teenagers? What do the teenagers learn in one month that adults do not understand? What is the author's point about this program?

6. How did William Zimmerman, Acting Commissioner of Indian Affairs classify existing tribes into categories for Termination?

7. What was the term "dependency," as used in the Delaware Treaty of September 17, 1778?

8. How did Indians become citizens and what effect did this have on Termination?

9. What is the Treaty of August 5, 1826 with the Chippewa tribe known for?

10. What happened to the Seneca Nation of New York?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Where do the myths about American Indians come from? How are they perpetuated today?

Essay Topic 2

What is Paternalism and how does it relate to the relationship between the American government and the Bureau of Indian Affairs? Is this a relationship that can be altered in the future? How?

Essay Topic 3

Name three important treaties and two important laws passed that were significant to the lives of American Indians. Explain your answers.

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