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ECONOMIC, SOCIAL – CULTURAL and POLITICAL FRAMES
Triptych Cases
By Shalin Hai-Jew
Intro Review Questions (Multiple Choice)
1. The history of Native Americans with the US federal government has been ________.
a. peaceful and calm
b. undocumented
c. far-sighted and constructive
d. full of strife and difficult laws and policies
e. all the above
2. The policies to assimilate Native Americans were perceived by many Native
Americans as ________. (Choose the most accurate one of the following options.)
a. stemming from goodwill and an inclusiveness of the mainstream to racial
minorities
b. genocidal, ill-conceived, and destructive of cultural, religious and lingual
differences
c. one-sided and non-inclusive of Native American interests and concerns
d. producing poverty and abject social conditions in reservation communities,
and denying Native Americans access to the economic mainstream
e. too little, too late
3. “Tribal sovereignty” refers to ________.
a. self governance
b. the right to start a tribal casino
c. the ownership of tribal lands
d. compacts made between tribal councils and the US government
e. the IGRA
4. In recent years, Native Americans have pushed for self-sufficiency and sovereignty
beginning in ________.
a. the early 1900s
b. the mid 1950s
c. the 1960s and 1970s in the civil rights era
d. the 1990s
e. post-2000
5, The push for Native sovereignty has raised questions, including all except the
following question: ________.
a. Will this end the US government’s financial relationship with Native
Americans?
b. Will this mean an end to traditional cultural practices for Native American
tribes?
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c. Will the trust status of Indian lands change?
d. Will Native nations, states and / or municipalities be seen as legally legitimate?
e. Will Native Americans issue their own passports for their citizens?
6. The Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (1988) was passed by the US Supreme Court in
response to ________.
a. a court case California v. Cabazon and Morongo Bands of Mission Indians
b. requests by Native American tribes to open gaming casinos
c. the dire economic conditions of both urban and reservation-based Native
Americans
d. the government’s desire not to provide financial support to the Native
American tribes
e. a request by the US president then
7. The IGRA (1988) regulates Indian gaming in the following areas: _______.
a. where Native American gaming may occur
b. how the net revenues earned from Native American gaming may be spent
c. the amount that may be paid to an outside management company
d. the ownership of Indian casinos
e. all the above
8. The net revenues of the tribal casinos may be spent to fund all the following except
_________.
a. private businesses
b. tribal government operations or programs
c. the general welfare of the Indian tribe and its members
d. the promotion of economic development of the tribe
e. the funding of local government agencies
9. The IGRA requires that tribal leaders that run tribal casinos report to the National
Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC), which is a _______.
a. federal regulatory gaming agency
b. private business
c. reservation-based office
d. a county office
e. a state regulatory office
10. Some benefits of Native gaming to the larger area may include the following:
a. greater wealth and job development
b. economic diversification in the area
c. a wide range of “opportunity costs” (in the economic sense)
d. a and b
e. b and c
11. Some challenges of Native gaming to the larger area may include the following:
a. busier traffic
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b.
c.
d.
e.
higher crime rates
a greater need for public services like fire services
greater volatility in property values
all the above
12. Some Native American groups and individuals do not agree with Native gaming
because of the following reasons: _______.
a. inter-tribal strife and competition
b. the misuse of sacred lands
c. cultural values
d. resulting social changes
e. all the above
13. “Problem gambling” refers to
a. addictive and out-of-control behavior impacting the individual’s partner,
family and friends negatively
b. the loss of large sums in gambling
c. social costs that may cost the society $12,000 to $50,000 per problem gambler
d. the buying of political power
e. all the above
14. Indian gaming contributes to Native American identity by ________.
a. supporting the teaching and learning of Native cultures
b. sharing Native American culture with a wider audience
c. supporting the teaching and learning of Native languages
d. promoting the economic health of US Indian tribes
e. all the above
15. Official Native American gaming began ________.
a. with the passing of the IGRA in 1988
b. in 1979 with the Seminole Tribe in Florida
c. in 1985 with the founding of the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA)
d. with the legalization of riverboat gambling in 1991
e. in 1990 when land-based casino gambling became legal