Colonization
Federal Government Involvement
Assimilation
Today's Challenges
100
(True/False) Reservations are viewed as cheap sources of raw materials, food, and labor?
True
100
(True/False) The federal government has not attempted to erode cultural traditions of tribal communities.
False
100
What act forced private property ownership upon tribal members?
Dawes Act
100
(True/False) Indians who buy goods on their reservations do have to pay state sales tax?
False
200
What act in 1830 drafted to remove eastern tribes to lands west of the Mississippi?
The Indian Removal Act
200
(True/False) The doctrine of trust responsibility has led to federal policies intended to help Native Americans assimilate into mainstream society.
True
200
What did Native women specifically lose right to under the Dawes Act?
Rights to property
200
What percent of Native Americans live in poverty?
25.7%
300
What federal law in 1790 prohibited the taking or transfer of any Indian land without the permission of congress?
The Indian Trade and Intercourse Act
300
What doctrine claims to act in the best interests of the tribes?
Trust responsibility
300
Who is Eloise Cobell?
Treasurer of the Blackfeet Tribe
300
What act limits how tribes use their funds for gaming operations?
Indian Gaming Regulations Act
400
The population of Native Americans decreased from ___million before colonization to less than ___ million in 1990.
5, 1
400
Indian children were removed from their families to attend schools for what reason?
Assimilate them into mainstream society
400
In 1996 what did the Native American’s Rights Fund and Eloise Cobell sue the federal government for?
Mismanagement of trust funds.
400
In Connecticut two gaming tribes give ____ percent of their slot machine revenue to the state?
25
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