Confederacy
Creation Story
Clans
Vocabulary
Nations of the confederacy
100
People of the great mountain.
Who are the Seneca?
100
The creation story began here.
What is the sky world?
100
Clan name which symbolizes strength.
What is the bear?
100
People of the longhouse.
What is Haudenosaunee?
100
Keeper of the Western Door.
Who are the Seneca?
200
The shirt wearing people.
Who are the Tuscarora?
200
This animal caught the sky woman as when fell.
What is the geese?
200
Clan name which symbolizes, one good at hunting and fishing.
What is Heron?
200
French word which means "snake in the grass."
What is Iroquois?
200
Keeper of the Eastern Door.
Who are the Mohawk?
300
People of the flint.
Who are the Mohawk?
300
The left and right handed twins played this game to a draw. Today this game symbolizes the struggle between good and evil.
What is lacrosse?
300
Clan name which symbolizes the ability to run fast?
What is deer?
300
The family line is passed down through the mother.
What is matrilineal.
300
Central Fire Keepers.
Who are the Onondaga?
400
People of the swamp.
Who are the Cayuga?
400
This animal scooped up soil from the bottom of the ocean.
What is the Muscrat?
400
Clan name which symbolizes one who is a good dancer.
What is snipe?
400
People of the forest.
What is savage?
400
The sixth nation of the confederacy, they joined the confederacy in 1714.
Who are the Tuscarora?
500
People of the hill.
Who are the Onondaga?
500
The left handed twin was not born naturally but through this.
What is the armpit?
500
Clan name which symbolizes one who watches over other clans?
What is Hawk?
500
Passed down by stories and word of mouth, rather than written.
What is oral history?
500
Number of chiefs which make up the Grand Council.
What is 50?
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