Social Structure
The name of the representatives of each tribes were called?
Chiefs or Hoyaneh
What did the Iroquois Confederacy refer to themselves before European contact? Also known as "the people of the longhouse"
The Haudenosaunee
What was the name of the helper of the Peacemakers name?
Hiawatha
The Elder Brothers are:
Mohawk and Seneca
What is the meaning of "collective identity"?
People with a shared belief system
What type of democracy was The Iroquois Confederacy government (Grand Council)
Representative Democracy (because the people were represented by their clan mother and chief when the decisions were made in the grand council)
There were how many clans? DOUBLE POINTS if you can name them all
9 (bear, wolf, deer, turtle, eel, beaver, heron, snipe, hawk
What did the 6 nations bury under the tree of peace?
Their weapons
The Younger Brothers are:
Oneida and Cayuga
How did the Iroquois save their history?
Oral History and Wampum Belts
When making decisions the Grand Council needed to consider what was best for peace, nature, and the ______ generation
Seventh
When a woman got married, her husband would come live with her family. This type of society is called matriarchal. If a male of the elk clan marries a female of the turtle clan, what clan are their kids a part of?
Turtle because they take the clan of the female
*DAILY DOUBLE*Which of the following details of the social structure of the Iroquois Confederacy helped to prevent any one nation from attempting to take over the Confederacy?
The clan system
The Fire Keepers are:
Onondaga
What do all chiefs of each tribes have in common?
They are all part of the grand council
*DAILY DOUBLE* What happens if consensus not reached? What tribe does this involve?
Issue gets set aside OR Ononodaga refers the issue back.
The Iroquois Confederacy was where in Canada?
Southern Ontario
Why was a treaty with the Europeans settlers necessary?
To prevent war
Who are the keepers of the east door?
Seneca
What is consensus?
Everyone has an equal voice and must come to the same agreement
What tribe announced the Grand Council decisions?
Mohawk
Who was responsible for appointing chiefs?
The Clan Mothers
What was the name of the treaty signed in 1700 between French Traders, the Iroquois, and many other Indigenous nations?
The Treaty de la Grande Paix de Montreal (or the great peace of Montreal)
The 6th nation to join the confederacy
What were the 'Three Sisters" the haudenosaunee used to feed themselves?
Squash, corn, beans