Tribal Government

Question 1

Highest number of seats in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy council

Answer 1

Onadaga

Question 2

Precontact alternative to war

Answer 2

Stickball

Question 3

Another name for Metacom’s War

Answer 3

King Philip’s War

Question 4

Marshall Trilogy

Answer 4

Johnson v. McIntosh 1823 - Established the Trust Doctrine
Cherokee v. Georgia 1831 - Declared Indian Nations as “domestic dependents”
Worcester v. Georgia 1832 - Established the parental relationship between tribes and the federal government

Question 5

The Peace of Paris ended which war?

Answer 5

The Seven Year War

Question 6

The western boundary of the colonies was moved

Answer 6

west of the Mississippi.

Question 7

Ex parte Crow Dog

Answer 7

resulted in the Major Crimes Act 1885.

Question 8

U.S. v. Kagama

Answer 8

established plenary power over tribes.

Question 9

Lonewolf v. Hitchcock

Answer 9

established that the U.S. Government can lie.

Question 10

Sequoyah

Answer 10

created the Cherokee Syllabary, a written form of the Cherokee language.

Question 11

The Meriam Report (1928)

Answer 11

The report showed that the act had failed to transform Indians into family farmers, while depriving Native Americans of land and natural resources. Resulted in the Indian Reorganization Act which allowed for the flow of power to return to the tribes.

Question 12

IRA ratification process was shady because

Answer 12

it counted silence as a “yes” vote.

Question 13

During WWI conditions on reservations were

Answer 13

bad because people were leaving to fight in the war, which exacerbated conditions.

Question 14

French contact

Answer 14

was the most peaceful.

Question 15

The BIA exploited benefits by

Answer 15

making tribal members work for benefits and making them over pay for such benefits.

Question 16

Motto of The Carlisle Indian School

Answer 16

“Kill the Indian, save the man.”

Question 17

Tribes held IRA constitutions because

Answer 17

they needed the benefits and were afraid of further government intervention.

Question 18

The Termination Era began in

Answer 18

the latter half of the 1930’s.

Question 19

The Indian Claims Commission gave restitution to tribes in an attempt to

Answer 19

end relations with Indian Nations.

Question 20

When did the government pass the Self-Determination and Education Assistant Acts?

Answer 20

1975

Question 21

In the 1770’s, Great Britain levied taxes against colonies to pay for which war?

Answer 21

The Seven Year’s War

Question 22

Which states were most prejudiced toward tribes?

Answer 22

Texas and California

Question 23

Court decisions that threaten Tribal Sovereignty: U.S. v. Kagama - 1886.

Answer 23

Established plenary power

Question 24

Court decisions that threaten Tribal Sovereignty: Ex parte Crow Dog - 1883.

Answer 24

Established the Major Crimes Act

Question 25

Court decisions that threaten Tribal Sovereignty: Lonewolf v. Hitchcock - 1903.

Answer 25

Establishes that the federal government can lie.

Question 26

Court decisions that threaten Tribal Sovereignty: Carlisle Boarding Schools - 1879.

Answer 26

Established to assimilate natives

Question 27

Court decisions that threaten Tribal Sovereignty: The Dawes Act - 1887.

Answer 27

Took tribal lands

Question 28

Court decisions that threaten Tribal Sovereignty: The Curtis Act - 1898.

Answer 28

Brings into account blood quantum and suspends tribal governments.

Question 29

The North\West Ordinance passed in

Answer 29

1787

Question 30

The War of 1812

Answer 30

The War of 1812 (1812-15) was fought between the United States and Great Britain, primarily over the impressment of American sailors by the British Navy, as well as disagreements over trade, western expansion, and Native American policy. The war ended inconclusively after three years of fighting.