Vocabulary
A sandy place
What is Rockaway?
Bark huts made of trees
What are wigwams?
What was the role of the Shaman (Spiritual Leader)?
- led religious ceremonies
- asked the manitous (spirits) to cure the sick
- used medicine from bark and herbs to heal the sick
- to make friends with the manitous
Describe the wigwams that the Algonquians lived in.
- bark hut
-slept on shelves built on the walls or on animal skins
- there were no windows
- lived with their families
What did families do for fun?
- sing songs
- dance
- play games and toys
Island of hills
What is Manahatta?
Shell money
What is Wampum?
It was used for:
money in trading, gifts, jewelry, to make peace with an enemy, treaties and agreements, sachem wore as a sign of importance, exchange for protection
What were the main values of the Algonquians?
What is sharing and caring?
What did the Algonquians eat?
- deer, wild turkey, duck and fish
- corn, pumpkin squash
- wild grapes made into raisins
- nuts, berries, wild honey
In what part of the world did the Algonquians live?
- Eastern coast of North America
- New York City (they were the first people to live here)
- Long Island
Leader of a group of families
What is Sachem?
A term that means "true men." Some Algonquians referred to themselves as this.
What is Lenni Lenape?
The religion of the Algonquians.
What is Spirit Dream?
What was the role of men and boys?
- to hunt and fish with bows and arrows.
- boys made a bow and arrow, bark hut and a dugout canoe
- fathers taught their sons how to hunt, fish, skin animals and cut up their food
What are the five Algonquian family groups?
- Rockaway
- Manahatta
- Montauk
- Massapequas
- Wappinger
A spiritual leader
What is Shaman?
Woman sachems were called this.
What is Sunksquaws?
One of the main values of the Algonquians is sharing. How did they live by this value?
- all members of the village were part of the same family.
- the people looked out for each other.
- if someone was too sick to hunt others would hunt for them.
What was the role of women and girls?
- they grew corn, pumpkin and squash in their gardens.
- mothers taught their daughters how to grow vegetables, grind corn, cook, sew and make wampum
- Women could vote and take part in government
Where did they build their villages?
- where they hunted and fished
- near rivers to get water for cooking, drinking, washing and fishing
- near open fields for farming
Algonquian spirits or deities
What is manitous?
A council meeting held to solve a problem or make a decision.
What is Powwow?
One of the values of the Algonquians is caring. How did they live by this value?
- they had a deep respect for all living things
- they only took what they needed from their environment
- they kept rivers and waterways clean
- they took good care of the land and environment
How did Algonquian children grow up?
- they worked very hard
- the babies (papoose) were strapped to a stiff board to help them grow up with a straight spine
What was the role of the Sachem (leader of the family)?
- to settle arguments
- punish wrongdoers
- lead the braves into battle
- made peace between villages