Reading quiz

Question 1

This 1950s government program moved thousands of Native American peoples from reserves to urban areas with the hope of assimilating them into American society.

Government Enfranchise Program
Urban Native American Assimilation Program
Governmental Relocation Program
Rural-Urban Relocation Strategy

Answer 1

Governmental Relocation Program

Question 2

This government food program has been criticized by Indigenous food sovereignty activists for contributing to the high rates of diabetes and the continued loss of access to traditional foods.

Fast Track to Diabetes and Obesity Program
Native American Healthy Foods Program
Low Income Food Subsidy Program
Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Answer 2

Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations

Question 3

Although there is considerable diversity among Indigenous peoples and tribes, commonalities do exist and include:

Belief
Customs
Native philosophies of interconnectedness
Language

Answer 3

Native philosophies of interconnectedness

Question 4

This organization encourages a world where food cooperatives build community wealth.

Indigenous Food Network
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
La Vía Campesina
Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive

Answer 4

Cooperative Food Empowerment Directive

Question 5

This was a discriminatory legislation that created the foundation that would dictate the day-to-day life of First Nation peoples.

Reserve Consolidation Act
Indian Act
Treaty 7
Treaty Land Entitlement Act

Answer 5

Indian Act

Question 6

This policy effectively divided reserve farmland into 40 acres plots and prohibited First Nation farmers from holding more than four plots or 160 acres.

Reserve Land Redistribution and Acquisitions Policy
Reserve Lands Reorganization Policy
Severalty Policy
Indian Allotment Act

Answer 6

Severalty Policy

Question 7

This policy was based on the belief that First Nation farmers should first learn how to farm through elementary methods and learn to cultivate land using simple farm implements.

Agricultural Benefits Policy
Metis Rehabilitation Policy
Home Farm Policy
Peasant Farming Policy

Answer 7

Peasant Farming Policy

Question 8

This Act allowed for the compulsory purchase of reserve lands for returning war veterans

Veterans Land Transfer Act
Certificate of Possession Act
Historic Treaties 1-11
Soldier Settlement Act

Answer 8

Soldier Settlement Act

Question 9

This Act allowed for the arrest of First Nations if found off reserve without a government approved pass.

Loitering Act
Mobility Restrictions Act
Notice of Trespass Act
Vagrancy Act

Answer 9

Vagrancy Act

Question 10

This individual is most often credited with the creation of the File Hills Farm Colony:

Craig Dickenson
John A. McDonald
Hayter Reed
William Morris Graham

Answer 10

William Morris Graham

Question 11

In what way was the objective of the File Hills Colony different from other social engineering experiments used in the US during the same period?

File Hills provided aid to minority populations previously persecuted by state governments.
File Hills sought to preserve and celebrate ethnic distinctiveness.
File Hills was used indoctrinate a group of people to majoritarian values.
File Hills was a defender of religious beliefs and customs.

Answer 11

File Hills was used indoctrinate a group of people to majoritarian values.

Question 12

This event brough Indigenous youth from Manitoba to Chicago to showcase their skills in trades and household duties against displays of the past ‘warpath’ days.

1893 World Fair

Answer 12

1893 World Fair

Question 13

Which of the following First Nations was NOT one of the original bands involved in the establishment of the File Hills Farm Colony?

Muskeg Lake
Star Blanket
Peepeekisis
Black Bear

Answer 13

Muskeg Lake

Question 14

This term means the tendency of ex-pupils of the File Hills Farm Colony to return to their traditional lifestyle

once they graduated:

Progression
Retrogression
Acculturation
Lapse

Answer 14

Retrogression

Question 15

This served as the primary factor for the Ojibwa deciding to cease farming and abandon cultivation during the 1880s:

Limited training
Restricted access to commercial markets
Cultural preference for hunting, fishing, and gathering
Changing climate

Answer 15

Restricted access to commercial markets

Question 16

Treaty 3 set aside two specific types of lands that would be protected for the exclusive use of the Ojibwa:

Wild Lands and Farming Lands

Answer 16

Wild Lands and Farming Lands

Question 17

Unlike Treaty 3, Treaties 4, 6, and 7 included provisions to establish these to help teach First Nations how to farm.

Answer 17

Model training farms

Question 18

This policy required the use of hand tools in small private plots on reserve, which served to undermine any opportunity for First Nations to participate in the commercial agricultural economy.

Answer 18

Peasant Agriculture Policies

Question 19

The decline of Ojibwa farming through the early 1900s was used to justify this unjust action by the Federal Government:

Appropriation (confiscating) of reserve lands
Confiscation of agricultural equipment
Termination of annual seed distribution programs
Discontinuing agricultural training programs

Answer 19

Appropriation (confiscating) of reserve lands