IROQUOIS By Calla Megan Vivien Sol Neil Kate

IROQUOIS By: Calla, Megan, Vivien, Sol, Neil & Kate

Food & Agriculture

Farming -Lived in areas with fertile soil -500 CE farming was invented -Farming led to rapid growth in people -Woman were in charge for tending crops -Maize, beans, squash & sunflowers

Food -Hunted wildlife -Gathered wild berries & nuts -Used maple syrup to sweeten their food -Fished in lakes and rivers

Clothing

Men’s & Women’s Clothing Men’s Clothing Women’s Clothing • Wore a ring in their nose • Wore earrings, capes & sometimes a sash • Men wore feathers in hair • Male hunters did their hair in a mohock • Decorated their bodies with tattoos • Used European cloth • Woman wore leggings under dresses • Put porky pine quills on their outfits • Wore lots of tattoos • Had long hair (braids) • Wore dresses or skirts (covered leggings)

Shelter

Shelter -Built large towns for shelter -Fences surrounding town -Long houses (fifty in a row) -Long houses contained mom, dad & children -divided sevral compartents or hearths -when married couples wed they move in with the brides family -Cut down trees to biuld

Location

Location -Lived in the Great lakes before 1200 -Stretched from Hudson river to lake Erie in the west -Close to present day New York

Social Organization

Social Organization -the town council consisted of the chiefs from each family -in each family there were two leaders: “civil chief” & “military chief” -civil chief directed activities & military chief settled problems -the council was a democratic government

Contact With Other Groups

Contact With Other Groups -through the 16001700 the Iroquois fought with other groups -they took their enemies as prisoners during fights -boys learned to trade with other nations -trade with tobacco in the South East

Other Information & Fun Facts

Other Information & Fun Facts Other Information Fun Facts • -Iroquois means “snakes” • -called themselves “haudenosaunee” meaning “people of the longhouse” • -taught themselves teamwork for hunting and fishing • -women made cornhusk dolls dressed in traditional clothing • often played lacrosse with sticks made of hickory wood • held a “feast of the dead” for families to be sent to the other world • Corn, beans, and squash were nicknamed "The 3 Sisters" because those were the 3 main crops • The boys weren't allowed to hunt with the men until they caught an animal of their own

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