1. Comparing Native Americans: Sioux and Iroquois Akanksha & Lin Grade 5 ASB 2012-2013 =

2. Sioux Name and Meaning Sioux means “a knife” Sioux means “a knife” Lakota means “friend” Lakota means “friend”

3. Sioux Clothing Made from buffalo skin. Wore feathered hats, Mohawks, braids, and long hair.

4. Sioux Housing Built from buffalo hide (skin) Called Tipi Cool in summer warm in winter

5. Sioux Map Location… Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Kansas

6. Sioux Tools Buffalo bone- toys,cup, spoon Buffalo stomach- bags Buffalo poop-start fires

7. Sioux Arts and Crafts Pictograph on buffalo skin (hide) Masks, and headdresses

8. Sioux (Something Special) Men moved into women’s houses Medicine bundles kept good spirits

9. Iroquois Name and Meaning Iroquois means “rattlesnakes” Haudenosaunee “people of the longhouse” Europeans used bad name Natives used cultural name

10. Iroquois Clothing Hunters wore skins, feathers, and bones Europeans gave dresses to women and men, kilts, leggings, and caps with feathers

11. Iroquois Housing Stay in a longhouse

12. Iroquois Food Grew and ate corn, beans, and squash

13. Iroquois Art and Craft Wove beads together to make a story (wampum) Used wampum beads in weaving

14. Iroquois Something Special Grew 17 types of corn, 7 types of squash, and 60 types of beans