Iroquois Riley Towe & Randy

1. IroquoisRiley Towe & Randy

2. Homes http://etc.usf.edu/clipart/45100/45168/45168_long_house_lg.gif • -long houses were long, narrow buildings • -the had arched roofs • -men tied long wooden poles together to form arches-They placed poles lengthwise to connect and support the arches-large shingles made of elm bark covered the entire structure-between 18 and 67 metres long (some as long as 122 metres)-about 20 families lived in one longhouse. Long house

3. Food Crossroads • Some other food they ate was smoked or dried meat, fish, small rabbits, birds, vegetables, bears, beavers, moose. Also they ate one meal a day Rapid food increases

4. tools bows • ARROWHEADS Pointed digging stick Snow shoes Mortar and pestle http://www.crystalbuffalo.com/collectors/black-wolf-dovetail-arrow-head.jpg http://www.black-bear-haversack.com/images/Wood_Bow_and_Arrow_1.jpg http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/99/Black_peppercorns_with_mortar_and_pestle.jpg http://www.foodmuseum.com/images/xNMFHfirstcornplanting.jpg

5. Habitat http://www.mrnussbaum.com/iroquoislands.gif

6. clothing • Wore moccasins on there feet • Cloth where made from deer skin with bone needles • Woman wore deer skin dresses, sashes or belts http://www.ic.arizona.edu/ic/kmartin/School/images/iroq1.gif

7. Leadership and government • http://www.youtube.com/v/DmMgnh--1TQ • The town was ruled by a chief from every family • Great law of peace. League of the Iroquois- made of 5 tribes Mohawk, oneida, onondaga, caynga, seneoa.

8. Social organization and kinship • -organized under a clan system • -they were matrilineal-minimum of three clans-Chiefs were always men • -Oldest woman was clan mother and she selected the chief-men fought wars and defended villages from attackers-women grew and preserved food-Women cooked meals, made clothes, and cared for young children-both men and woman helped make decisions that affected the community • -men and women taught children the skills they needed to survive as adults • Clans:-Clans were named after a bird or animal • -Every clan had its own longhouse-clan members worked together and snared resources-the clan mother named the children of the clan

9. Cultural Artefacts: • -they decorated themselves with porcupine quills or shell beads • -Women used special techniques to make pots • -Iroquois would give faceless corn husk doll to their children to tech them that the way they look isn’t important • -men carved elaborate mask for the false Society, they were used to heal illnesses also were used to heal illnesses (were carved on living trees) • -Wampum belts are made by weaving strings of white and purple shell beads-The white represented peace and harmony-The Purple beads symbolized hartility and destruction http://media.oneidanation.net/images/Wampum-Belt-and-Gauntlets.jpg

10. Native tribes of the north Publisher World Almanac library Copy right 2004 City Miluaukee Author Michael johnson Life ways; the iroqous Publisher Benchmark books Copy right 1999 City new York Author Raymond Bial Canadian aboriginal arts and culture Publisher weigl Copy right 2008 City Calgary Author Michelle lomlerg