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ICC Indian Enterprise: Test your Indian land IQ

JT Shining Oneside shared stories about her Ojibwe and Anishinaabe inheritance during the Native American Heritage Month Celebration on Nov. 15. She spoke about the coming-of-age and traditional birth ceremonies. (Photo credit/ Adrianna Adame)

TRICK QUESTION TEST – TODAY THROUGH December 31, 2011.

Attached is the ICC Indian Enterprises annual trick question. Anyone may take the test whether they have been to an ICC course or not.
The course is on the honor system. We total up the points for each test. If you complete the test in 50 minutes or less we add ten percentage points to your score.  We cut off scores after three tests.  For the purpose of the ICC Scoreboard the top score receives 10 points the second – 8; the third place is 6 points.  See our scoreboard on the ICC Indian Enterprise website. http://www.iccindianenterprises.com/page47/page47.html
Anyone taking the test by 3:00 Eastern time November 21 will receive 2 bonus points on the scoreboard.  After 3 tests we start a new scoreboard for the next 3 persons. We have a new scoreboard for each day so if you are the only person taking the test on a given day, you will automatically receive 10 points.

It’s a trick question test so don’t be intimidated if you don’t know the answers.  Most people score less than 50%.

The points you receive are credited to you on the All time scoreboard and also to your office/tribe scoreboard.  ICC awards go to the top 20 individuals on the scoreboard as of Dec 31. The ICC 100 is the people between No. 21 and 100 as of December 31.  You have until midnight Dec 31 to take the test.

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Trick Question
Test 2011

  1. Which parcel of land is larger, 64 square miles
    or 8 miles square? (5 Points
  1. Imaginary lines of “equal magnetic declination”
    are called? (5 Points)

(  )
Latitude and Longitude Lines

(  )
Barometric Gradient Lines

(  )
Isogonic Lines

(  ) Contour Lines

  1. What is
    an exchange assignment?” (5 Points)
  1. The
    Superintendent or Regional Director approves Rights of Way at most
    locations. (5 Points)

True                                                     False

  1. There is
    no need to approve Service Line Agreements. (5 Points)

True                                                     False

  1. With a
    farming and grazing lease there are only two circumstances when an assignment
    should be allowed. (10 Points)

(a)

(b)

  1. What is
    PDOP? (5 Points)
  1. Percy
    Precious, Jr. had a heart attack.
    Percy is half Quinault and half Chehalis but he is enrolled in the
    Quinault Tribe.  He has three
    children.  Percy III (We call him
    Little Percy), Mercy, and Bercy.
    Percy’s wife Maryanna Sanna Danna Precious left him five years ago
    because Percy would not work.  Maryanna
    is from a tribe in Canada.  They never got a divorce.  She moved to Iowa and is living with a rich farmer
    and she probably does not need the money.
    Percy Jr.’s sister Beauty really needs the money and is the only
    one that lives on the Quinault Reservation.  Percy has three allotments he has
    interest in at Quinault.  Allotment
    92 he owns a 1/47 interest. Allotment 1056 he owns 3/32 interest and
    Allotment 55 he owns a 1/8 interest.
    The school teacher at the tribal school, Miss Maristone is living
    on one of Percy’s allotments and has no right to.  Everyone is really upset about it.  Percy’s sister says that she should
    inherit the allotment and Maryanna doesn’t deserve it.  Under the ILCA amendments (AIPRA), how
    do you think the property should be divided?   Oh, I almost forgot, Little Percy is in
    jail again. (5 Points)
  1. What if
    the land is in Alaska where ILCA does not apply? (5 Points)
  1. What type
    of deed is a “Deed to Restricted Indian Land – Special Form?” (5 Points)

(a)     Quit Claim
Deed

(b)     Warranty Deed

(c)     Commercial
Property Deed

(d)     Grant Deed

  1.  Trust lands may be mortgaged.  (5 Points)

True                             False

  1. Explain
    your answer to the above question: (5 Points)
  1.  The first 99 year lease on a reservation
    was in the state of Minnesota (5 Points)

True                             False

  1. The first 99 year lease on a reservation was on
    the Bois Forte reservation.  (5
    Points)

True                             False

  1. Can a non-IRA tribe have lands proclaimed to
    their existing reservation if it is contiguous? (5 Points)
  1. The tribal council has determined that too much
    money is being spent on sending out 90 day letters in leasing lands for
    agricultural purposes.  They have
    heard that it may be possible to provide notice through the tribal
    newspaper.  Explain how they can do
    this. (5 Points)
  1. Explain what is meant by someone owning title in
    a restricted fee status. (5 Points)
  1.   Explain the following terms:  Grant  (5 Points)
  1.     Consent (5 Points)
  1. Approval
    (5 Points)
Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.