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

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 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) Men’s ClothingWomen’s Clothing

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

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

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

-through the 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

-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 Other InformationFun Facts

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