The Mohawk

1. The Mohawk By: Nicholas, Asia, Sterling, Chloe, and Brandon

2. Culture The Green Corn Festival lasts 4 days. During the festival, all children born in the winter are given names. There would also be a Thanksgiving speech. You would feast on corn soup and succotash, which is made of corn, beans, and squash. On the last day of the festival, everyone would play the peach stone game. The peach stone game was a game of chance. You would put 6 peach stones blackened on 1 side in a bowl and toss them. You would get points every time more than 4 turned up the same color. The winner would receive peach stones for every point. Equality and sharing are 2 of the most important values in the Iroquois society. They also believed the Great Spirit made the world and that all natural things were under the care of spirits.

3. Shelter • You lived in a long house • The longhouses you lived in were built in large villages • A longhouse is covered in ropelike grass and elm bark • A longhouse housed many families • Its roof was made of bark and animal skins • Underneath was a frame built of young trees • The roof is 5-10 feet tall • A long house is as big as three football fields • They are only about a few feet tall and about 6 feet wide\ • The roof is about 5-10 feet tall

4. Food The meat of several varieties of woodland animals waterfowl was eaten by Iroquois. The men hunted and fished. The Iroquois ate buffalo and deer. Gave prayers of thanks even If they slay deer for food. The Iroquois grew corn ,beans and squash called The Three Sisters. They also grew sunflowers, gourds and pumpkins. The men cleared the fields so the women could plant the crops. They cleared the land by using tools made from animal bones. The women planted and picked the crops when needed. The children helped cut wood for the fire, went fishing, made pottery ,clothing , and cooked. Also they helped pick the crops.

5. Handmade clothing • Clothes were made of deerskin that the women tanned, cut and sewed • Used nature around them • Women wore long skirts that reached almost to their ankles • Skirts are decorated with beads and porcupine needles • Beads and quills are died colors of red, blue and yellow • Women also wore leggings under their skirts • They wore blouses or deerskin vests • Men wore kilt like skirts • The kilts reached almost to their knees over leggings • They wore blouses or deerskin vests also • skins needed to be tanned • Used the skin of a deer as well as its brains • The brains were mixed with moss to form a cake that lasted years made by the women • First to tan the skin scrape off the hair • Then they soak the cake in solution Clothing

6. Contribution *They traveled by canoeing on the top of then water to different places, walk. *Canoes are something you sail with. *canoes were made of wood built by the Iroquois *the rough side of the canoe was in the outside, not the inside *canoes made from elm bark were most common amongst the Iroquois in NY *small elm bark canoes were light enough for a single person to carry *Iroquois canoes were large enough to hold tons of people

7. Bibliography *books If You Lived With The Iroquois *websites www.peace4turtleisland.com *packets People of the eastern woodlands