In his 1876 letter to Indian Affairs in D.C., Congressman George Cate argues all of the following EXCEPTGroup of answer choicesHe cites a law from 1864 that promises local tribes payment of annuities.He argues that local tribes are experiencing great suffering and might resort to theft.He cites the Act of 1875 that would enable Indians to claim homestead land.He argues that the U.S. government should renegotiate local treaties to pay Indians less money in the immediate future.

For years, many Native Americans had pressed for a return of their lands and viewed self-determination as foundational to freedom. The Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) acknowledged these goals but in a limited way.Which of the following policies included in the IRA is an example of a limitation on the benefits it gave to Native Americans?Click or tap a choice to answer the question.The law ended the policy of forcibly dividing and selling Indian lands and made it possible for tribes to repurchase land.The law increased funding for educational programs on reservations.The law recognized Indians’ right to govern themselves by encouraging tribes to establish governing councils and adopt new constitutions.The law required tribes to adopt constitutions that complied with the expectations of U.S. government officials.

Read the following passage:Understanding of property rights among American Indians differed greatly from that of European settlers. While some land deals did involve the exchange of money or goods (rather than just taking land by force), misunderstandings about ownership often led to conflict.Which of these most closely matches the tone of the passage?A.Corn was planted together with beans, which used the cornstalks to support their growth, and squash, whose vines kept the soil from drying out.B.By virtue of this decree, people of the Wampanoag tribe are hereby ordered to move to a federally designated reservation.C.Grandmother would tell us stories of tribal celebrations, the costumes and rituals that we would likely never experience.D.All Mother Earth is a gift from the Great Turtle that holds our people on his back.

“Session after session, their table had been piled up with Indian treaties, for which the appropriations has been voted as a matter of course, without examination. Advantage had been taken of the spirit of the Indians, broken by the war which ended in the treaty of Greenville [1795]. Under the ascendancy then acquired over them, they had been pent up by subsequent treaties into nooks, straightened in their quarters by a blind cupidity seeking to extinguish their title to immense wilderness, for which (possessing, as we do already, more land than we can sell or use) we shall not have occasion for half a century to come. It was our own thirst for territory, our own want of moderation, that had driven these sons of nature to desperation.”

In the new millennium, Native Americans continued their push for tribal recognition and monetary restitution for past injustices. Which of the following was an outcome for Native Americans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century?Correct Answer(s)Native tribes were unsuccessful in obtaining monetary restitution for U.S. mistreatment of them in the past.A New York court awarded the Cayuga Nation $248 million for illegal land seizures.The Supreme Court increased the number of federally recognized tribal governments to 566.Tribal leaders were exempt from state legal gambling limits and able to establish lucrative casino operations near large population centers.

In the new millennium, Native Americans continued their push for tribal recognition and monetary restitution for past injustices. Which of the following was an outcome for Native Americans in the first two decades of the twenty-first century?Correct Answer(s)Drag appropriate answer(s) hereNative tribes were unsuccessful in obtaining monetary restitution for U.S. mistreatment of them in the past.A New York court awarded the Cayuga Nation $248 million for illegal land seizures.The Supreme Court increased the number of federally recognized tribal governments to 566.Tribal leaders were exempt from state legal gambling limits and able to establish lucrative casino operations near large population centers.