Tradition
The Midwinter Festival starts when this Constellation is directly overhead.
Big Dipper
The kind of houses the Mohawk people lived in
Longhouses
Main forms of getting food
Hunting and Agriculture
Mohawk people wore them on their face during festivals
Masks
The way to properly pronounce the Mohawk tribe's name
gan-Yen-geh-Ha’-Ga
An exhibition during festivals to ask for the replenishment of the Earth.
Smoke Dance
Religion which worships nature and natural phenomena.
Animism
Word for life supporting
deohako
Art form using white/purple shell beads
Wampum
The meaning of the Mohawks tribe's indigenous name Kanien'keha:ka
People of the Flint
The main purpose of the Midwinter Festival
To celebrate nature and give thanks for all it has provided to the people.
Names of the three clans
Bear, Turtle, and Wolf
2 of the three foods in deohako
corn, squash, and beans
What was Wampum often used for?
Telling stories and/or used as currency
Reason the Mohawk people have their name
Name given by enemies and Europeans used this name for them
Starting and ending dates for Midwinter Festival 2023(can be off by 1 day for each)
Jan 26-30
Name of the language the Mohawk spoke
An Iroquian language: Kanien'Keha
Fish that the Mohawk tribe ate
Salmon
Instruments the Mohawk tribe used for creating music
Drums and Flutes
Name of the land the Mohawk people lived and hunted on
Akwesasne
Form of teaching others desired lessons through folklore
Oral stories/traditions
What Mohawk people used to make their clothing
Animal Skins (deer, raccoons, beavers, moose, and more)
Important land animals the Mohawk tribe hunted (at least three)
deer, wild turkeys, ducks, rabbits, squirrels, etc.
Art form that the Mohawk people used to embroider their clothing
Hiawatha is believed to be a reincarnation of which Mohawk deity
The Sky-Holder