IROQUOIS CULTURE AREA

IROQUOIS CULTURE AREA

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IROQUOIS CULTURE AREA Iroquois used their natural resources to adapt to and survive in their environment. Their region had all four seasons, deep forests, mountains, hills, rivers, and lakes.

IROQUOIS TRANSPORTATION The Iroquois would make canoes out of leather and wood, or would dig out a tree trunk to make a dugout canoe to travel the many rivers and lakes. Otherwise, they would make leather moccasins for walking.

IROQUOIS CLOTHING The Iroquois used their natural resources to make clothing. Skin and fur from deer and bear would be turned into leather clothing. They could make summer or winter clothing from these materials.

IROQUOIS CLOTHING The Iroquois used their natural resources to make clothing. Skin and fur from deer and bear would be turned into leather clothing. They could make summer or winter clothing from these materials.

IROQUOIS SHELTER The deep forests of the northeast allowed the Iroquois to build homes out of wood that could stand up to winters and summers.

IROQUOIS SHELTER The longhouse was the center of Iroquois social life. A single longhouse could hold several families of many generations.

IROQUOIS FOOD Because of the fertile soil, the Iroquois were able to rely on agriculture as well as hunting and fishing to feed themselves.

IROQUOIS FOOD The Three Sisters – Corn, Beans, and Squash – we’re grown in the same spot. Because the plants grew so well, they we’re thought to rely on each other. The grew together, just like sisters did.

IROQUOIS FOOD Iroquois hunters were very good at using the natural environment to help them. They would even us deer skins and antlers as camouflage to disguise themselves from their hunt.

IROQUOIS TODAY The Iroquois still live in their traditional lands, now in New York State and Canada.

IROQUOIS TODAY The sport of lacrosse is still very important to their community. The Iroquois National Lacrosse Team is the only Native American sports team that competes on the international level as an equal to other nations.

IROQUOIS CULTURE AREA Your chart on page 36 should look like this now.

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