Deck 8: American Indians, Alaska Natives, and Multiracial Group Members

Question 1

Research on American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) women shows that

A) AI/AN women have higher participation rates, unemployment levels, and incomes than other women.
B) American Indian women managers navigate between two distinctive but interconnected worlds.
C) AI/AN women are less likely to be in poverty than Black women.
D) AI/AN women earn more than AI/AN men when working in similar circumstances.

Answer 1

B

Question 2

According to the "one-drop rule"

A) Anyone who spilled one-drop of a White person's blood would be executed.
B) Anyone who had one-drop of American Indian blood would be considered American Indian, if desired.
C) Anyone with one known Black ancestor was deemed Black, regardless of the number or proportion of non-Black ancestors.
D) Any child of the union of a White and a non-White person would be deemed a member of the non-White parent's race.

Answer 2

C

Question 3

Wilma Mankiller

A) was the first woman in modern history to serve as chief of an American Indian tribe.
B) is the coordinator for multiple lucrative American Indian casinos throughout the U.S.
C) sought to help American Indians reclaim their lands from Whites.
D) resented the focus on Blacks and Latinos instead of American Indians.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

American Indians and Alaska Natives are less likely than all racial and ethnic groups to have a college degree.

Question 5

The majority of American Indians live on reservations.

Question 6

The U.S. Census did not include American Indians until 1860, and then only if they were not living on reservations.

Question 7

Which of the following statements is true of President Barack Obama?

A) He was elected president after serving as the first Black senator in U.S. history.
B) He focused on equal pay legislation early in his presidency.
C) Although he went to law school, he never practiced law.
D) He identified himself as multiracial on the 2010 U.S. census.

Question 8

Which of the following is true of the American Indian/Alaska Native population?

A) It began to recover during the 1900s due to declining mortality rates and increasing fertility rates.
B) Changes in self-identification have contributed to increases in the population.
C) Less than 2% of the U.S. population is American Indian and Alaska Natives.
D) All of the above.

Question 9

Multiracial people have lower average ages than single race people.

Question 10

Interracial marriage

A) is illegal in several U.S. states.
B) was illegal until a 1967 Supreme Court decision.
C) was illegal until the end of the Civil War (1865).
D) was never formally illegal in the U.S.

Question 11

American Indians who have lived primarily on reservation or trust lands will have similar experiences than those who have lived elsewhere.

Question 12

Which of the following is true of American Indians as sports symbols?

A) The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) voted to penalize universities that continued to use them.
B) Some Indian tribes supported universities' use of the sports symbols.
C) The Civil Rights Commission has argued that the use of American Indians as sports symbols prevents people from learning about real American Indians and their culture.
D) All of the above.
E) A and C only above.

Question 13

Approval of interracial marriage increases with education levels.

Question 14

Barack Obama

A) is widely considered to be Black, but is actually biracial.
B) was the first Black U.S. senator in history.
C) was employed as a CEO prior to his election to the U.S. senate.
D) All of the above.
E) A and B only above.

Question 15

Nearly 7 million people in the U.S. report belonging to two or more races.

Question 16

The 1990 census was the first time that one could self-identify with more than one race.

Question 17

Title VII of the Civil Rights Act

A) does not protect American Indians and Alaska Natives living outside of reservations.
B) has been used in English only cases on behalf of American Indians.
C) excludes American Indians' religious services from protection because some services are long in duration and require extensive time off from work.
D) All of the above.

Question 18

Until 1924, American Indians born in the U.S. were not U.S. citizens.

Question 19

Which of the following is true of multiracial people?

A) Multiracial people may appear to be one race or the other, rather than multiracial.
B) Care should be taken to avoid grouping multiracials with one group and ignoring the other(s) aspects of their identity.
C) Having a culture of nondiscrimination in an organization would help avoid inadvertent discrimination against invisibly multiracial individuals.
D) All of the above.

Question 20

Gaming wealth associated with casinos on or near reservations is significant for a very small portion of the American Indian population.

Question 21

There is a very wide range of estimates of the population of American Indians in the U.S. at first European contact.

Question 22

Although the term "Native American" is often construed as more appropriate, American Indian is more commonly used by members of the group themselves and is considered broadly acceptable.

Question 23

Multiracial people may experience negative organizational outcomes because one of their racial backgrounds is invisible.

Question 24

The M?ori are indigenous people to New Zealand.

Question 25

For recruitment purposes, tribal colleges are not generally a good source of American Indian applicants because such colleges tend not to be accredited.