Ethnic Studies 101 Ch.6 – Flashcards
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A millenarian movement like the Ghost Dance is founded on the belief that a cataclysmic upheaval will occur in the immediate future followed by
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collective salvation
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The Battle of Wounded Knee II resulted in
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imprisonment of some of the leaders
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By the mid-1960s one-fourth to one-third of the people in the Employment Assistance Program
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had returned to their home reservations
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The Indian Reorganization Act forced the tribal people to adopt the European way of
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voting and election of leaders
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Which of the following describes pan-Indianism?
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several tribes unite in a common identity, intertribal social movements, and several tribes which are joined by political goals unite
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According to the 2010 census, there has been ________ in the Native American population in the US since the 2000 census.
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a 9% (18%) increase
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The number of Native Americans north of the Rio Grande in 1500 is estimated to have been about
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10 million
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By 1900, the population of Native Americans living north of the Rio Grande has been reduced by dwindling food sources and diseases to
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less than 250,000
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The Indian Reorganization Act was based on which of the following principles?
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assimilation
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The Termination Act of 1953
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resulted in the withdrawal of basic services such as road repair and medical care
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Wounded Knee, South Dakota, was the scene of an 1890 massacre of more than 300 Sioux men, women, and children by
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the US Army
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Today there are 557 Indian reservations in the US, comprising ___________ of the land throughout the US.
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about 2%
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How can we draw on world systems theory to explain the exploitation of Native Americans by European invaders?
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The global economy can be seen as dividing between nations that control wealth and those that provide natural resources and labor.
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Congress amended the American Indian Religious Freedom Act in 1994 to allow Native Americans the right to
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possess and use peyote for religious purposes
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Government services to Native tribes such as subsidized medical care were a result of
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fulfilled treaty obligations
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Over the last one hundred years powwows have evolved into Native American cultural gatherings. Originally the term pau wau referred to
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the medicine man or spiritual leader
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Nationwide, unemployment of Native Americans is at
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25%
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The Dawes Act or The General Allotment Act of 1887
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visualized the Indian as an independent homesteader
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Government-created initiatives to counteract tribal people's bleak employment situation have included
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programs to relocate young talented Native Americans in urban areas away from the reservation
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The Allotment Act intended to impose upon the Native Americans the European concept of
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private property ownership
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The Sioux Ghost Dance is an example of
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a millenarian movement
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From a _________ perspective, the millenarian movement can be viewed as a means of coping with the domination of White intruders over native tribes.
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functionalist
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The Employment Assistance Program
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led highly motivated young people away from reservations
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The 1988 Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
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allows for negotiated gambling agreements on reservations
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The problem of under enrollment refers to Indian school children who
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never attend school or leave while in grade school
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The primary agency concerned with Native American health care is
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the Public Health Service (PHS)
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The island seized in 1969 by Native Americans who claimed the "excess property" in exchange for $24 in glass beads and cloth was
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Alcatraz
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The most visible recent AIM activity has been its efforts to gain clemency for one of its leaders,
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Leonard Peltier
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In the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, in exchange for Sioux land, White settlers agreed
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not to hunt or settle on the Great Sioux Reservation
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Colonel George Custer launched military operations against the Sioux because
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the Sioux didn't leave their land when ordered
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The Indian Removal Act of 1830 called for the relocation of
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all Eastern tribes across the Mississippi River
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The AIM member for whom clemency is currently being sought through such activities as the Walk of Justice is
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Leonard Peltier
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The first battle at Wounded Knee
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was prompted by the White people's fear of the growing popularity of the Ghost Dance among Plains Indians
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All of the following statements are true regarding the Wheeler-Howard Act EXCEPT:
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It was a movement toward a more pluralistic society
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A pluralistic response to Native American health care
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incorporates healing traditions
