Deck 9: American Indians and Alaska Natives

Question 1

Whitesell and colleagues found that reservation Indian adolescents:

A) were not Anglo-identified
B) were disengaged from their community
C) had high self-esteem
D) became less Indian-identified over three years

Answer 1

had high self-esteem

Question 2

________have the highest youth suicide rates.

A) American Indians
B) Asian Americans
C) African Americans
D) European Americans

Answer 2

American Indians

Question 3

Sixty percent of American Indian youths in the upper Midwest lived in adverse circumstances in a study by LaFromboise and colleagues. Sixty percent of these youths also:

A) used drugs
B) had attempted suicide
C) were sexually active
D) were prosocial

Answer 3

were prosocial

Question 4

Indians who have assimilated but make a conscious choice to return to Indian cultures are considered:

A) nontraditional
B) marginal
C) pantraditional
D) bicultural

Question 5

The Lumbee tribe is not federally recognized, nor has it ever been on a reservation. High school students in this tribe:

A) were almost completely assimilated to non-Indian culture
B) had a weak Indian identity
C) had weak Indian and Anglo identities
D) were bicultural

Question 6

Marks and Coll found that American Indian and Native Alaskan kindergarteners had reading and math skills that were:

A) comparable to those of European American kindergartners
B) slightly above those of Latino/a American kindergarteners
C) comparable to those of Latino/a American and African American kindergartners
D) significantly above those of African American kindergartner

Question 7

Reservation Indians may be at particular risk for alcohol abuse because:

A) there are few negative consequences for alcohol abuse
B) no housing is available
C) no health care is available
D) alcohol is used in ceremonies

Question 8

The dramatic decrease in the American Indian population in North America during the 1600s was primarily a result of:

A) war
B) alcohol
C) disease
D) migration

Question 9

The ALDH gene among American Indians:

A) makes them more likely to drink
B) has different effects than it does for Asian Americans
C) makes them more likely to be violent
D) makes them less likely to use tobacco

Question 10

During the late 1800s, the U.S. government sought to civilize Americans Indians by turning them into:

A) craftsmen
B) farmers
C) merchants
D) fishermen