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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When was the Blackfeet tribal constitution adopted?
(a) 1942.
(b) 1938.
(c) 1935.
(d) 1940.

2. When was the first blood-quantum law passed in America?
(a) 1849.
(b) 1705.
(c) 1902.
(d) 1811.

3. When was David Schildt in East Glacier and heard screaming from someone attacked by a bear?
(a) April 2005.
(b) June 2005.
(c) May 2005.
(d) July 2005.

4. What descent was Sarah Agaton Howe's mother?
(a) Norwegian.
(b) Dutch.
(c) Finnish.
(d) Swedish.

5. When did the Menominee Reservation cease to exist?
(a) 1960.
(b) 1958.
(c) 1961.
(d) 1959.

6. On what reservation did Sean Sherman grow up?
(a) Standing Rock.
(b) Pine Ridge.
(c) Crow Creek.
(d) Spearfish.

7. When did Treuer move back to Leech Lake Reservation?
(a) 1996.
(b) 1995.
(c) 1993.
(d) 1994.

8. When did the Winnebago file a claim in the Court of Claims?
(a) 1931.
(b) 1928.
(c) 1925.
(d) 1936.

9. In 1884 by how much did the Turlte Mountain Reservation shrink?
(a) 5 times.
(b) 2 times.
(c) 10 times.
(d) A third.

10. How much did participants pay to attend a meeting in February 2015 at the Tulalip Resort Casino?
(a) $500.
(b) $250.
(c) $400.
(d) $300.

11. In what river did protesters dump red dye in 1992 to protest the genocide of Native Americans?
(a) Fox River.
(b) Pigeon River.
(c) Manitou River.
(d) Poplar River.

12. Near what lake did Treuer meet Bob Matthews on the leech Lake Indian Reservation?
(a) Big Lake.
(b) Bowtring Lake.
(c) Rabideau.
(d) Ball Club Lake.

13. As of 2017, how many tribes across the country have banished or disenrolled at least 8,000 tribal members in the past two decades?
(a) More than 50.
(b) 68.
(c) About 30.
(d) 47.

14. Twenty years after the Menominee's suit with the federal government was settled, how much were they awarded in federal court?
(a) $4.7 million.
(b) $6.2 million.
(c) $8.5 million.
(d) $2.4 million.

15. When did the Blackfeet contract smallpox and thousands died?
(a) 1837.
(b) 1830.
(c) 1842.
(d) 1846.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. How many million acres did AIM ask be returned in 1972?

3. After the financial crisis of 2008, what was the unemployment rate in the U.S.?

4. In the 1990 census, how many people identified as American Indian or Alaskan native?

5. How long was Stan Jones a member of the tribal council at Tulalip?

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