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WorksheetsGET THE FACTS TRIBAL GOVERENMENT
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
In what year was the Centennial Accord signed?
1889
1989
2009
Tribal governments are unique because
they are a nation within a nation
they are county within a county
they are a government within a government
The Centennial Accord states that WA State government should respect
police
tribal calendar
sovereignty
What is a government to government relationship mean?
It means the governments are equals.
It means the governments talk to one another.
It means they sign treaties.
Tribes are like state governments because
they can pass any law that does not violate federal law
they can sell pot too
they can have half the fish
Centennial Accord led to the creation on this permanent agency:
Office of Indian Education
Office of Fish Management
Office of Indian Affairs
In what year was the Boldt decision made?
1974
1884
2004
IMPACT OF ACCORD: How often are the meetings now between tribal governments and state of WA?
annually (yearly)
every decade
when needed
Why was the Boldt Decision so important to tribes across the United States not just in WA state?
It encouraged tribes around the US to insist on their treaty rights
It gave WA tribes 1/2 the fish
It made them proud of their heritage again
Judge Boldt went to this old book to help him decide the treaty fishing issue for WA state tribes:
1828 Webster Dictionary
1838 Oxford Dictionary
2018 Urban Dictionary
IMPACT OF ACCORD: Most importantly, the Boldt decision about treaty respect made it clear to everyone that Indian , , and , are here to stay.
land ownership, culture, treaty rights
history, religion, fishing
culture, history, identity
Billy Frank led civil rights protests in the form of, ,in the 1970s in order to bring attention to Indian treaty rights in this area.
Sit-ins
Fish-ins
peaceful marches
Hazel Pete, a Chalis, is an example of a modern tribal member who was forced to attend one of these:
re-education boarding school
federal camps
jail for speaking Chalis
Boldt concluded that WA state Indians should have fishing "in common with" :
Whites
everyone else
Canadians
Most tribes have their own form of these two types of local agencies:
constitutions and treaties
casinos and restaurants
police and lower courts
Most Native Americans prefer the term of introduction:
Just use their name
Native American
Indian
The Boldt decision was
treaty rewrite
accord stamp of approval
judgement of treaty interpretation of fishing
What do the tribe use to pay for government services:
restaurant tips
Native American art
casino "donations"
How should tribes work with the State of WA in managing the salmon?
partner
dictator
advisor
Hazel Pete became this after leaving the boarding school:
chief of the Chalis
teacher of tribal arts, crafts and language
activist
Why was the agreement between WA State and the tribes not called a "treaty"?
because they liked the word accord the best
because Americans were here first
because the two groups were not both nations and therefore were not allowed to make treaties
Billy Frank was a tribal activist who worked tirelessly to get the treaty rights for his people respected. He accomplished this by getting arrested for:
fishing and fish-ins
sit-ins
serving in the war in Korea
