Iroquoi Tribe

By: Lauren & Emily

First settled in the north-eastern part of North America

around 100 A.D. Homeland: upstate New York between the Adirondack

Mountains and Niagara Falls They then expanded through conquest and migration

and gained control of most of the northeastern United States/eastern Canada

During the American Revolution they were forced back into their original land

They fought along with the British in the war with France

History

Lived in longhouses: large wood-

frame building covered with sheets of elm bark

Open space was left at the top of the house to allow smoke out when they were cooking

Their beds were covered in skins and furs

They had to stay in one place because they relied on agriculture

Longhouses were long enough to hold 30-60 people

The women were in charge of raising the children and harvesting the crops

Culture: Housing

Clothes were made from deerskin The women wore skirts and moccasins Men wore breechcloths with long leggings They wore snowshoes in ritual dancing They liked jewelry and make up Tattoos covered most of their bodies

Culture: Dress

Languages-The

languages were named after the individual tribes Mohawk Seneca Oneida Onondaga Cayuga Tuscarora

Culture

Games and Activities~ known for mask carving~Beadwork~LacrosseMusic~played the drumsand flutes~drums were often filled with water

Dance

~Earth Songs~Stomp~Side-Step Shuffle~Fish

http://youtu.be/Pq8We0FS4nU(Iroquois) Confederacy Stomp Dance Part 2

Culture

Held six big festivals a year that lasted several

days New Year Festival Maple Festival Corn Planting Festival Strawberry Festival Green Corn Festival Harvest Festival

Culture: Customs

Water drum and cow horn rattle

Men hunted deer and other

animals First to practice “slash and

burn” farming Favorite food was corn cakes

Food

Lived in Eastern part of the U.S. (now New

York State) Land was covered with forests Land was so thick that the sunlight barley

reached it Very diverse land; snow covered mountains in

North and hot, swampy land in the South

Habitat