Exam 6: Native Americans: From Conquest to Tribal Survival in a Postindustrial Society

On Native American reservations, unemployment ______.

After the 1890s, Native Americans lived on reservations under a paternalistic system of government.

The two-spirit people in many Native tribes challenge the Western idea of the gender binary.

Schools for Native Americans were primarily focused on education and not on "Westernizing" children.

The focus of the Red Power movement was to assimilate Native Americans with White Americans.

Native American languages are in danger of disappearing as generations continue to change.

In order to be governed by the provisions of the Indian Reorganization Act, tribes were required to ______.

Boarding schools were successful in fully inculcating Anglo values, ethics, and religion to Native children.

The Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT) was founded by 25 Native American tribes in order to ______.

The relative status of Native Americans in the United States improved significantly in the last decade of the 20th century, and most Americans view them more positively.

Native reservations were managed by ______.

Stereotypes of Native Americans being "savages" motivated efforts toward their extermination and are maintained by observations of their subordinated status on the reservations. This statement supports which theoretical perspective?

Many Native Americans are offended by the nicknames of athletic teams, such as the Cleveland Indians or Atlanta Braves, and the use of tomahawk chops and Native mascots, while the public dismisses these things as "trivial."

About 20% of all Native Americans in the continental United States speak a language other than English at home.

Although the number of Native Americans enrolled in college has increased, the percentage of Native Americans who actually graduate from high school and college is still well below the national average.

The vast cultural differences between Native Americans and Western society drove attempts of coercive acculturation by colonizers. This observation would most likely be made by which social theorist?

The different contact situations for Native Americans and African Americans have led to differences in the dominant political goals of each group. Explain these differences and identify opportunities or possibilities for collaboration between groups.

Rates of out-marriage for Native Americans are quite high compared with other groups due to ______.

Native American conceptions about the land were easily translated into Americanized ideas about private property.

In the early reservation period, tribal membership was determined by ______.