The Iroquois

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The Iroquois

• October 24, 2020

By Virginia Valdivia
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Location and Name

• They were known as the Haudenosaunee, the people
  of the longhouses.
• They were part of the Great Iroquois League
• Their location was from eastern New York to
  northeastern Ohio.
• Sometimes they traveled as far as the Mississippi
  River, Tennessee and the Hudson Bay.

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Longhouses

• They lived in a village surrounded by a stockade.
• Inside the stockade were longhouses.
• It had a fire hole in the middle to let the
  cooking smoke out.
• They were between 15-20 ft. high, 25ft. wide and
  between 50-150 ft. long.
• Many families lived in a longhouse.

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Inside the Longhouse

• Skins from animals or tree bark were used to make
  compartments for each family.
• Some compartments were used for storage.
• You lived with your fireside family-parents,
  brothers and sisters.
• The oldest women of the longhouse, was the head
  of the family and everyone was related to her.

Inside
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I N S I D E
L O N G H O U S E
T H E
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Clothing

• Men
• Wore kilt like skirts almost to their knees
• Leggings
• Decorated deerskin blouses or vests

• Women
• Wore long skirts almost to their ankles,
  decorated with beads
• Leggings
• Deerskin vest or blouse

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Shoes

• EVERYDAY
• Everyone wore moccasins, made of one piece of
  deerskin.
• The moccasin was sewn at the heel and the top for
  comfort.
• They were comfortable and were sewn with sinew
  (thread) from the deer.

• WINTER
• During the winter they wore special shoes known
  as snowshoes.
• The snowshoe was worn along with the moccasin.
• They were made of pieces of hickory wood.
• They were used for hunting trips.

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Food

• Food was attained by farming and hunting.
• They ate a lot of vegetables, fruits, nuts and
  different kinds of meat and fish.
• The main vegetables were known as the Three
  Sister and they were corn, squash and beans.

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Corn
Corn was shelled and cooked. Corn powder with syrup was carried by hunters.
Dried kernels were used for decoration. Cornstalks were used to hold medicine.
Husks were used to make mats, baskets, medicine masks and dolls. Green corn leaves were sometimes used as bandages.
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Work
Men Women Children
Tools for hunting Wampum Carved bowls, cups and pipes Sports equipment Musical instruments. Clay pots Baskets Cradleboards Clothing Moccasins Elaborate decorations Would help their mothers and fathers as much as they could with gathering of materials and other things.
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Games

• There were many team games with about 6-8 players
  on each team.
• Running was also a sport and there were those who
  competed at festivals.
• They also played games of chance.
• The peach-stone game was often played on the
  Green Corn Harvest and New Years Festivals.
• During winter, they would play the snake game,

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For More Information on the Iroquois

• Paper dolls
• Coloring pages
• National Geographic
• Standards