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Iroquois of the Eastern Woodland

Iroquois of the Eastern Woodland. By: Barinder Johal, Rana Mohammad, Susie Chen. Habitat. The Iroquois used to live were New York State along St. Lawrence River The land was covered in tunes of forests Places were so thick that no sun shine can hit the ground

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Iroquois of the Eastern Woodland

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  1. Iroquois of the Eastern Woodland By: Barinder Johal, Rana Mohammad, Susie Chen

  2. Habitat • The Iroquois used to live were New York State along St. Lawrence River • The land was covered in tunes of forests • Places were so thick that no sun shine can hit the ground • Diverse land: mountains covered in snow on the north side, and swampy on the south side

  3. Homes -Family would live in Longhouses -Wooden: elm bark, tree trunks and deer tendons -Hole in the middle of the roof for the fire: warmth, cooking light -220 feet = 18 families -no windows http://rewild.info/anthropik/wp-content/uploads/iroquioslonghouse.JPG

  4. Subsistence • Iroquois are traditional farmers and hunters and practiced horticulture techniques. • Fished, gathered berries, plants, and roots. • Crops were mainly maize, beans, and squash. • hunting traditionally:  bows and arrows, stone axes, knives, and blowguns

  5. Clothing • Traditional clothing: robes, leggings, moccasins, and breech clothes.   • Clothing: made of moose hair and hide • men: Eastern woodland style coat, traditional cape • women: high skirt, sometimes quills-decorated skirt, traditional cape

  6. Arrow heads: flint- when rock is broken it goes sharp -big- hunting bears or dear -small- hunting birds knifes- sharp at both ends Stone Axes= clearing land , striping bark Tools and Weapons

  7. Matrisibs members are in the economic activates Were allowed to avenge the death or injured of members Moieties help in ceremonies function: against each other in games Matrisibs go in tribal boundaries Social Organization and Kinship • kinship: aunts and uncles are additional ‘mothers and fathers’ to the child • Cousins are called brothers and sisters • The whole family lives in long houses

  8. Leadership and Government • The Iroquois society was matrilineal: the clan mother played a large role in political and social life. • Clans gather and make decisions on community. • A first nation’s man marries a non-first nation’s woman, the child will have no clan or Haudenosaunee nationality. • Leadership is based on being elected as a chief but could be removed  

  9. Religious or Spiritual Customs • Everything was passed down orally by stories • Myth or legend had purpose on explaining certain elements • Plants, trees, animals, and moon all had spirits: pray to spirits for help and guidance. • Visited a spiritual doctor like shaman or contacted the false society : for help • Annual ceremonies, for corn crops : last several days

  10. Cultural Artifacts • Stone and fired clay pottery • Bones make combs: antlers • Decorated by lines and simple facial features

  11. Interesting Facts • The Iroquois was called the “Five Civilized Tribes” : Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora and the Seneca tribes

  12. http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/index.html Gary Gangnier. Iroquois Clothing. [Online] Available http://www.cqsb.qc.ca/svs/434/fncloth.htm, May 26, 2011. Heather Findlay. Eastern Woodland Farmers. [Online] Available http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/fp_groups/fp_wf5.html, May 26, 2011. Dr. Serge Bernier. Aboriginal People in the Canadian Military. [Online] Available http://www.cmp-cpm.forces.gc.ca/dhh-dhp/pub/boo-bro/abo-aut/chapter-chapitre-02-eng.asp, May 26, 2011. A Clothing. [Online image] Available http://www.peace4turtleisland.org/images/aclothing.JPG, May 26, 2011. Iroquois Village. [Online image] Available http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/images/slide16lg.jpg, May 26, 2011. What to see deer driving. [Online image] Available http://i.ehow.com/images/a02/5m/qn/what-do-see-deer-driving-800X800.jpg, May 26, 2011. http://www.radford.edu/~csutphin/EDET%20640/iroquois.htm http://www.ducks.org/media/New%20York/New%20York%20Projects/_images/Lake-Ontario.jpg http://www.dec.ny.gov/images/regions_images/troutbrph.jpg http://firstpeoplesofcanada.com/images/firstnations/teachers_guide/woodland_hunters/wigwam_shaman.jpg http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/images/print9lg.jpg http://www.sixnationsindianmuseum.com/images/6indians.jpg http://www.nysm.nysed.gov/IroquoisVillage/slidetwoa.html http://www.dirtbrothers.org/college/iriquoislonghouse.jpg http://www.everyculture.com/North-America/Iroquois-Sociopolitical-Organization.html http://www.angelfire.com/on3/oneida/page93.html http://ushistoryimages.com/iroquois.shtm References

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