1. Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands
Jennifer UL Day 2 Blk 2
Mr.Moloney’s Class

2. Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands
The aboriginal groups that were
living in this territory were quite
big, for they took almost the whole eastern part of Canada and the United States. This was a big advantage because they had easy access to the forest and water which are where the main resources come from.
There were many waterways so people made very good use of it in their lives. This included traveling through rivers.
But because their land is so big, they were divided into 2 main groups; the Iroquois (the farmers) and the Algonquians (the hunters). So people spoke a language called either the Central Algonquian or the Eastern Algonquian.

3. Important Resources
Around the Eastern Woodlands, there are a lot of birch trees which is one of their most important resource. Lots of tools and shelter are made from birch trees.
White tailed deer is the other most important resource the people of the Eastern Woodlands need. The meat was to consume however the
skin is dried and later used for a variety of things such as part of their shelters.

4. Clothing
Deer skin was the best animal skin used to make clothing although most were made by using common animal skins such as elks and raccoons.
For the winter, more layers of animal skin were placed on top of their other clothing to keep themselves warm.
Women would decorate clothing using stone,
feathers, some sort of paint, shells and porcupine
quills.
Wampum Belt are made from the central part
of a large shell and contain decorations that hold
tribal meaning. The chief would wear a special
coat to represent himself as leader.

5. Men’s Clothing
Men’s usually wore robes with leggings, breechclothes and shoes called moccasins. For winter, they wore mittens, thick coats and warm hats. Clothing that were worn for winter were also worn on special ceremonies.

6. Women’s Clothing
Women wore similar clothing except they were worn differently. Robes were wrapped around under their arms, skirts were worn under the robe (starting from waist down), leggings were worn under the skirt and women’s final clothing piece were moccasins (the shoes).

7. Where did their food come from?
These aboriginal groups were hunters and gatherers. Their main food resources would be from the woods and the water allowing them to consume a variety of animals from different places.
Of course the type of meat they’ll catch did depend a little on what season it was.

8. During Winter…
Hunting was a very popular way of obtaining their food because the river would be frozen due to the cold temperature, making it hard to actually fish. Snowshoes were used to help walk on the snow.
Animals that were usually hunted were;
Bears
Raccoons
Caribous
And moose.
But the most important animal to the Eastern Woodlands was the white tailed deer. Every part of this animal was used.

9. During Summer…
People still hunted but most go out fishing because during the winter, they can’t fish. Tools such as nets, spears and hooks are used in the water. Eels, mollusks, seals, and salmon and other types of fishes were caught in the water. Even whales were caught sometimes.

10. How Did They Eat Their Food?
Meats from animals were usually cooked by either roasting or boiling it. In order to preserve their meat, it’ll be smoke-dried then stored away so they can take out the meat whenever they are short on food.

11. Shelter
Although the Iroquois and some other groups lived in long-houses, the shelter that people of Eastern Woodlands majoritly lived in are called wigwams.
Most wigwams are in a dome shape however there are some cone-shaped wigwams as well.
Only 1 family can fit in the wigwams but the structure was easy to break down, allowing people to move to different places at a faster pace.

12. How Wigwams Are Built The frame (the dome shape) is built using sticks
The frame is covered with multiple layers of birch barks to keep people warm and to protect them from the weather.
More stick are placed on top of the birch barks (like another frame) to keep the barks in place.
Fur branches are placed underground for warm floors.
Fire pit is built for multiple uses.
Door would be made out of the leather from the white tailed deer skin.

13. Picture Steps

14. Technology
The main resource the Eastern Woodlands used were wood and barks. Cooking utensils were also made by wood. The wood used are from birch trees as mentioned earlier.
Traps, deadfalls and snares were used to catch small animals, but bows and arrows were used to catch big animals.
Hooks and nets were used to catch fishes as well as spears.

15. BIBLIOGRAPHY
"Aboriginal People: Eastern Woodlands." The Canadian Encyclopedia. Web. 22 Feb Cranny, Michael William. Crossroads: A Meeting of Nations. Scarborough, Ont.: Prentice Hall Ginn Canada, Print. "Explore by Themes." The Canadian Atlas Online – First Peoples. Web. 22 Feb "NativeTech: Scenes from the Eastern Woodlands - Building Our Wigwam." NativeTech: Scenes from the Eastern Woodlands - Building Our Wigwam. Web. 22 Feb "The Eastern Woodland Hunters - Environment / Housing." The Eastern Woodland Hunters - Environment / Housing. Web. 20 Feb