Gender Roles
Who was responsible for farming and cooking?
Women
What is a wampum made of?
Beads cut from seashells
Name two types of trees used to make a longhouse?
Elm, birch, cedar, maple
Who were the Three Sisters?
Corn, beans, squash
What parts of the deer were used to tan a hide and make the skin soft and preserved so that it would not rot?
Brain, urine
Who was responsible for hunting, fishing, building longhouses, and protecting the village?
Men
What are the two colors of wampum beads?
white and purple
What is the name of a young tree branch that was used to make the roof so that it would curve?
A sapling
What tool was used to crush up corn to make cornmeal?
A mortar and pestle
Who is in your fireside family?
Parents and siblings
When boys are about 10 years old, they go into the woods on their own to prove that they have the skills to survive. What is this called?
A spiritual journey
What color wampum was given to a family to ask for forgiveness in the case of murder?
A white wampum
Were you related to everyone in your longhouse family?
No. You were related by blood to everyone if you were a woman. Since men moved into their wife's longhouse, there would be people in your longhouse family who you were not related to by blood.
Smoked it over a fire
Clans were matrilineal, passed down through the mother's side of the family. Who is everyone in a clan said to be related to?
What is the correct name for chief, a job held by men, but chosen by women?
sachem
What is the name of the famous wampum, which represents each of the 5 Nations, four of them as squares and one, Onondaga, as the Tree of Peace connected on the path of peace?
Hiawatha's belt
How big could a longhouse be? (not in measurements, compare it to something we know)
Half the size of a football field!
What food hung in the rafters of a longhouse to dry during winter?
corn
Why weren't there many crimes in the 5 Nations?
Because everyone had what they needed and they all took care of each other and treated one another like family.
What is the name of the eldest woman who leads a clan and appoints the sachem?
Clan Mother
If a messenger carried a wampum, what would the receiver of the message know about this person?
That they could be trusted.
Why would the Haudenosaunee move every 10-20 years and rebuilt their village?
Because they didn't want to take too much from the land. They respected the earth and moved to allow the earth to replenish itself (grow again).
The Haudenosaunee to did hunt, fish, and farm all of their food. Some of it was gathered. Name two of the foods they gathered.
Berries, nuts, cherries, mustard greens, apples, mushrooms, maple sap to make syrup
The Peacemaker (Digonawidah), Hiawatha, Jigonsasee