Food
What was the most important crop for the Wendat?
Corn
How many families lived in a longhouse?
What are the 3 ways the Wendt travelled?
- foot
- canoe
- snowshoes
What were the Wendat arrow heads made from?
Sharpened bones and stones
What type of houses were built by the Wendat?
Longhouses
How did the Wendat get most of their food?
Crops, hunting and fishing
Who taught the children?
Elders and adults
Who cleared the land for crops
Men and boys
What were the Wendat pots made from?
Clay
What did the Wendat build to protect their village?
They built walls.
What are the 3 sisters?
squash, beans and corn
What was the role of men in the village?
- hunt and fish
- prepare the land for crops
- build tools, structures and canoes
Who took care of the crops?
The women
What materials were used to make tools and weapons?
Sticks, stones and animal bones
Where were their villages located?
Along rivers and lakes
Name 3 non-hunted foods the Wendat would eat
-Corn
- squash
- beans
- berries
- nuts
- roots
Who were the leaders of the clans (families)
Women
What main spirit did they respect?
Mother Earth
What did the Wendat wear in the winter to help them travel on the deep snow?
Snowshoes
Which 3 lakes in Ontario did they live by?
Lake Ontario
Lake Erie
Lake Huron
Name 3 types of meat they would hunt/ fish for?
- fish
- moose
- rabbit
- deer
- elk
-bear
-beavers
When a man and a woman get married. Which clan do they join?
The man joins the woman's clan (family)
Which 2 animals hides did the Wendat use to make their clothing?
Deer and Beaver hides
What were scrappers used for?
To scrap the kernels of corn off the cob
Why did the Wendat build their villages next to water?
For food and travel