1. Iroquoi Tribe
By: Lauren & Emily

2. History
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

3. Culture: Housing
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 people
The women were in charge of raising the children and harvesting the crops

4. Culture: Dress 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

5. Culture Languages-The languages were named after the individual tribes
Mohawk
Seneca
Oneida
Onondaga
Cayuga
Tuscarora
Games and Activities
~ known for mask
carving
~Beadwork
~Lacrosse
Music
~played the drums
and flutes
~drums were often
filled with water

6. Culture Dance ~Earth Songs ~Stomp ~Side-Step Shuffle ~Fish
(Iroquois) Confederacy Stomp Dance Part 2

7. Culture: Customs
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
Water drum and cow horn rattle

8. Food Men hunted deer and other animals
First to practice “slash and burn” farming
Favorite food was corn cakes

9. Habitat 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