Important Treaties / Compacts

Question 1

Medicine Lodge Treaty of 1867

Answer 1

Relegated the signatory tribes (Comanche, Kiowa, Cheyenne, and Arapaho) to reservations

Question 2

What year did Oklahoma become a state?

Answer 2

1907

Question 3

American Indian Citizenship of 1924

Answer 3

All Native Americans became citizens of the US

Question 4

Snyder Act of 1921

Answer 4

Authorized the BIA to expend funds for the general support of Indian people

Question 5

Indian Removal Act of 1830

Answer 5

Forced tribes to be moved west of the Mississippi

Question 6

General Allotment / Dawes Act of 1887

Answer 6

Authorized the President to break up reservation land, which was held in common by the members of a tribe, into small allotments to be parceled out to individuals

Question 7

American Indian Religious Freedom Act of 1978

Answer 7

Protects the ceremonies and beliefs of Native Americans

Question 8

Native American Languages Act of 1990

Answer 8

Declares that the right of Native Americans to express themselves through their languages shall not be restricted in any public proceeding, including publicly supported education programs.

Question 9

Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA) of 1990

Answer 9

Passed to protect deceased Native Americans, said that their graves should be treated with dignity and respect

Question 10

Curtis Act of 1898

Answer 10

Helped weaken and dissolve Indian Territory tribal governments by abolishing tribal courts and subjecting all persons in the territory to federal law

Question 11

Snyder Act of 1921

Answer 11

Authorizes funds for “the relief of distress and conservation of health” among American Indians

Question 12

Meriam Report 1928

Answer 12

A survey of conditions on Indian Reservations in twenty-six states

Question 13

Indian Reorganization Act of 1934

Answer 13

Stopped the practice of allotment and allowed tribes to create a constitution and organize their government

Question 14

American Indian Self-Determination Act of 1975

Answer 14

Allowed for Indian tribes to have greater autonomy and to have the opportunity to assume the responsibility for programs and services administered to them on behalf of the Secretary of the Interior through contractual agreements

Question 15

American Indian Gaming Act of 1988

Answer 15

Regulates the conduct of gaming on Indian lands

Question 16

Major Crimes Act of 1885

Answer 16

Places certain crimes under federal jurisdiction if they are committed by a Native American in Native territory

Question 17

McGirt v. Oklahoma (Supreme Court Case)

Answer 17

A landmark US Supreme Court case, which ruled (via the Major Crimes Act) that much of the eastern portion of the state of Oklahoma remains as Native American lands of the prior Indian reservations of the 5 Civilized tribes, never disestablished by Congress as part of the Oklahoma Enabling Act of 1906