First Nations people

Question 1

Which department is the Bureau of Indian Affairs a part of?

Answer 1

the U.S. Department of the Interior

Question 2

What kind of funds are appropriated by Congress after a claim is filed by tribes or Indian descendant groups against the United States?

Answer 2

55.7 million acres

Question 3

Which statement is true?

There are less more or about than 500 federally recognized tribal governments in the United States.

Answer 3

There are more than 500 federally recognized tribal governments in the United States.

Question 4

What kind of funds are appropriated by Congress after a claim is filed by tribes or Indian descendant groups against the United States?

Answer 4

judgment funds

Question 5

According toCensus 2000, the term “American Indian or Alaska Native” refers to people having origins where?

Answer 5

North, South, and Central America

Question 6

According toCensus 2000, how did the American Indian and Alaska Native population compare with the total population?

Answer 6

It was younger than the total population.

Question 7

According toCensus 2000, at what rate did the American Indian population grow between 1990 and 2000 in comparison to the total population?

Answer 7

faster than the total population

Question 8

According toCensus 2000, what happened to the American Indian population between 1990 and 2000?

Answer 8

It increased.

Question 9

According toCensus 2000, in what area did 4 out of 10 American Indians live?

Answer 9

the West

Question 10

According toCensus 2000, which region had the lowest total population of American Indians?

Answer 10

the Northeast