Jacob, what does "beckon" mean?
The type of house the Iroquois live in.
What is a longhouse?
A string of small polished beads.
What is wampum?
Native Americans often traveled by...
What is Canoe?
Seneca, Onondaga, Cayuga, Oneida and Mohawk
What are the Five Nations?
A person who hunts animals and gathers plants for food.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
Clans were named after...
What are animals?
When a child was born, he or she was a member of their...
What is Mother's Clan?
A group of families who share the same ancestors.
What is a clan?
The period of time before people left written records.
What is prehistory?
Two men that worked together to bring peace to the Iroquois by having each tribe join together to form a confederacy.
Who are Hiawatha and Deganawida?
An object that was made by people that live in the past.
What is an artifact?
An Iroquois word that means "people of the longhouse."
What is Hodenosaunee?
A group of people who meet to talk and make decisions.
What is a council?
A council member of the Iroquois Confederacy.
What is a sachem?
Native American festivals celebrated these.
What are harvests?
The history, beliefs, and customs a group of people share.
A group of people who join together to help each other.
What is a confederacy?
A name given to a Native American group by the Algonquian tribe.
What is Rattlesnake?
They chose the chiefs and members of the clan council.
Who are women?
People in your family who lived before you.
What are ancestors?
Clearing fields, fishing, hunting, trading, and making canoes and longhouses were the responsibilities of...
Who are Native American Men?
A story that has been passed down from one generation to the next?
What is a legend?
Corn, beans, and squash.
What are the Three Sisters?
The first Native Americans came from...
What is Asia?
People began to live in the Dutchess Quarry Caves about...
What is 11,500 years ago?