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I. Part of the Constitution reads Congress shall have power to...regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian the tribes.

I. Part of the Constitution reads "Congress shall have power to...regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with Indian the tribes." This article gives the Congress power over Native American tribes and is:

1) Article 1, Section 8

2) Article 2, Section 6

3) Article 4, Section 2

4) Article 6, Section 3

II. What is federal recognition of Native American tribes?

1) A tribal ritual based on the blood quantum test that decides who is Native American

2) Acknowledgement by the U.S. of the political status of as a government

3) A license given by the Department of the Interior to Native American tribes that distinguish themselves

4) None of the above

III. What is the "trust responsibility" that the U.S. government has regarding tribes?

1) A fiduciary relationship similar to that of a trustee and beneficiary

2) A friendship between the U.S. and tribes that provides for mutual assistance

3) The pledge the Native Americans made to trust the United States when it comes to foreign affairs

4) The responsibility the U.S. government has to protect the tribes from outside invasions

IV. One of the complaints of Native American nations particularly the Navajos is the presence of mines in the United States that exist on their land that have yet to be cleaned up leaving heaps of nuclear material scattered causing a health hazard. The nuclear material on these lands is?

1) Plutonium

2) Thorium

3) Uranium

4) Neutronium

V. What is Indian country?

1) Land within an area over which the tribe and the federal government exercise primary jurisdiction

2) Land formerly held by Indians tribes that now belongs to the United States government

3) Land former held by the United States government now belonging to the Indian tribes.

4) None of the above

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