Onondaga By shaun Dolac

Family Female leaders are clam mothers. The men usually hunt for deer. The women plant crops.

Tools\medicine There tools are flinted knifes for skinning animals. They use wooden hoes for farming. There medicine is bean stew.

clothing They where cotton trade shirts. They also use finger woven's Last they use garters belt and powder horn.

Area lived/Language/Transportation They live in New York State. They mostly speak English. They usually travel by land.

Food/Farming The women planted crops of core ,beans and squash. They ate elk ,fish , soup and stew. They also eat bread ,nuts and deer meat.

Shelter They lived in villages of longhouses. Witch were covered with sheets of elm bark. The longhouse holds 60 people.

Hunting/Gathering The men hunt deer and elk. They also fished in the shores of lake Ontario. They gathered onions and corn.

Games/Entertainment Corn husk doll tried to throw a dart through a moving hoop. Lacrosse is a popular sport. They made there own lacrosse sticks.

Ceremonies/Festivals They celebrated many festivals through out the year. They collected the sap to make syrup and sugar. They celebrated at there festivals by singing, dancing , praying and playing games.

Works Cited Onondaga fact sheets 10/27/10 Onondaga fact sheets 11/3/10