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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. In 1966, what did the secret Presidential Task Force recommend doing with the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
2. What did the white man systematically destroy for the Indians?
3. What is the most popular and enduring subject of Indian humor?
4. When Indians looked at pictures of the Disciples, what were they surprised to find?
5. What did Indians joke about when asked what the country was called before "America?"
Short Essay Questions
1. How does white culture destroy other cultures?
2. Why does the joke about Falling Rocks bridge the racial gap?
3. What does the author believe that every group must have to become a reality?
4. Why have the Indians never been involved with the Civil Rights movement?
5. What did missionaries do to the Indian's religious life when they arrived on the reservations?
6. What is welfare based on?
7. What was the first program offered by the African Americans after the Civil War and what happened to that program?
8. According to the author, what would happen if the Bureau of Indian Affairs were abolished?
9. According to Indian history, when did the reservation system really begin to improve and what happened when it did?
10. Why have many tribes decided NOT to use government help to build up their reservations?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What was the Civil Rights movement and who did it benefit? What role did American Indians play in this movement and how did it affect them?
Essay Topic 2
How do Indians view the Kennedy's? Do they feel that the Kennedy administration helped or hurt them? How do they feel about Robert Kennedy? How do Indians view the Kennedy assassinations?
Essay Topic 3
How has the Christian church affected life on the reservation for Indians? How would the reservations be different today if the Christian church had never come to the reservations?
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