Eastern Woodlands
What was the Iroquois League? Who was in it?
Five tribes in the Eastern Woodlands region -- Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk
Where are the Plains located? What present day states do Cheyenne people live in?
Montana - Texas.
Montana
dry and arid
Where is the NW Coast located? What body of water does it border?
Present day Canada, Pacific ocean
What Iroquois custom is still practiced today
Who made the decisions for the Iroquouis League and how were they chosen?
The Great Council made decisions and they were representatives chosen by older women in the five tribes
How did Plains people get their food
hunting buffalo
What was the climate like and how did they get food?
What do some descendants of the Iroquois do today
skilled builders of skyscrapers
thick forests, wood made longhouses, thousands of lakes and rivers, fertile soil
What were their important resources
buffalo
What were their important resources
water for crop irrigation, crops, lived on top of mesas
What were their important resources? What did they do with these?
woodlands, ocean for hunting, carved canoes and totem poles
How did the people in the Great Plains live? What was their shelter dependant on?
Depended on what was occuring with the buffalo -- if they were following buffalo they lived in teepees and would follow them, they build lodges when they were more settled and hunting and farming
What did animals provide to the people in the Eastern Woodlands
food, clothing, shelter
What was the most important animal? What was it used for?
Buffalo -- meat for food, fur for clothing, skin for shelter
Where did the Hopi build their villages and why
On top of mesas, apartment-style houses that were good for protection and to live in a community
Describe a potlatch
a type of "housewarming" get together where the host would give guests gifts
What was important about the Hopi today
continue to live in villages and follow ancient traditions and customs
Describe Iroquois beliefs and customs (including wampum)
When a hunter killed a deer, he knelt beside it and spoke to it. Thanked it for food and clothing it would provide for his family. Wampum were decorative belts that was a gift to honor marriage.
How did the Plains people get horses and what were they used for?
Describe the Kachinas? What were they used for
believed they could bring them rain and other type of help. Hopi dance ceremonies honored them and sought their aid
What was a shaman? Describe ceremonies
spiritual healer. dancing ceremonies with "special effects" including masks, smoke, dancing, sounds
How has the present day culture of the Kwakiutl changed from previous times
newer building methods, new foods including sugar, medical doctors and shaman serve the community