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The Iroquois of the Easter Woodlands

The Iroquois of the Easter Woodlands. Ms. Pakkar SS 9. The Iroquois Confederacy Flag. Six Nations in Union. The Six Nations. An Iroquoian Legend. Source for the legend and images: http://www.sixnationsindianmuseum.com/legends.html. “ ' Haudenosaunee ' “.

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The Iroquois of the Easter Woodlands

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  1. The Iroquois of the Easter Woodlands Ms. Pakkar SS 9

  2. The Iroquois Confederacy Flag Six Nations in Union

  3. The Six Nations

  4. An Iroquoian Legend

  5. Source for the legend and images: http://www.sixnationsindianmuseum.com/legends.html

  6. “'Haudenosaunee' “ retrieved from: http://mysite.verizon.net/richvitto/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Longhouse.gif

  7. What is a longhouse? • Made with poles covered with flat sheets of bark • ~ 11metres wide and 45-55 metres long • The inside: long open building with a central corridor – where fire pits burned • Where did families live? Areas separated by partitions on each side of the fire. They were like small apartment blocks where extended families lived • Other purposes: religious buildings and storage

  8. “The longhouse symbolizes a way of life where the Six Nations Confederacy live under one common law, think with one mind and speak with one voice. That law is called ‘Giennasah nah gonah’ the Great Law of Peace.” • Source: http://iroquoisnationals.org/1.7/index.php/about-us/history

  9. How did they do it? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amvv4P4DzJU

  10. What did they eat? 3 sisters (corn, beans, squash), seeds, nuts, and berries, milkweed, skunk cabbage, mustard grass, deer, bear, beaver, elk, geese, ducks, pigeons, fish

  11. Governing Several families in one longhouse  chose one female elder as head Families of 2 more longhouses  “clan” (related through common female ancestor) The “clan mother” chose male sachems to represent clan interests at tribal councils Met at least once a year to discuss general matters A chief’s decisions were often influenced by the clan mother.

  12. “In 1987, the Congress of the United States unanimously passes Concurrent Resolution S.76, recognizing the contribution of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) to the democraticprinciples of the Constitution of the United States.”

  13. Source: http://secondaryellinsurrey.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/adapted-ss9-crossroads-ch-7-canadas-first-people1.pdf

  14. Lacrosse: The “Little War” (Cherokee) An Iroquoian Invention

  15. How it was played An Iroquoian invention as early as the 12th century Originally played to give thanks and pray to the gods and for medicinal purposes still done today Original version – possibly hundreds of people could play at a time; mile-long field; played for days “Before the game, the team gathers around their spiritual advisor who leads a traditional tobacco-burning rite, among other rituals that prepare the players to take the field.”

  16. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJJmnnsKDNk

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