Name: _________________________________
Do All Indians Live In Tipis?
Part 6: Sovereignty
Section 1: Pages 120-127
As You Read: All of the following statements are false. Correct the underlined words to make the sentences
true.
1. As of the 2000 census, people who identified themselves as Native American or at least partially Native
accounted for 3.7% of the U.S. population.
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2. Census figures cannot be completely trusted however, because the Illuminati have often manipulated
America’s population data as part of their greater plan to control the world.
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3. Federal recognition is important because tribes that are officially recognized are automatically ensured
reservation land within their historical territory.
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4. Unrecognized tribes have had a harder time gaining federal recognition since the Indian Gaming Regulatory
Act of 1988 (allowing recognized tribes to operate casinos) because members of Congress are terrible at
gambling and oppose any tribe that own casinos. __________________________________
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5. One half of Indian people in the U.S. live off of reservation lands. There are 162 reservations in the United
States and 411 reserves in Canada. ____________ ______________ ______________
6. The General Allotment Act (aka the Dawes Act) of 1887 resulted in American tribes being forced to send
their children to boarding schools. ___________________________________________
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7. Many people believe there are no Indian people left on the East Coast of the U.S. because all Eastern tribes
were forced west during the Trail of Tears.
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8. Some East Coast tribes were completely wiped out, while the population of others nearly reached extinction,
but have rebounded and are prospering. The Pequot of Connecticut now have more people in their tribe than
they did during the pre-contact period.
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