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natural resource the eastern woodlands people used most for their homes
What is wood?
a building that held several families living together
What is a longhouse?
A chief in a nation of the confederacy
What is a sachem?
what a priest in the Ojibwe "Grand Medicine Society" does
What is perform rituals?
a dome shaped home of poles and bark for a single family
What is wigwam?
a symbol in the Ojibwe nation that explained how each clan should behave
What is dodem?
group formed to unite the nations and bring peace
What is the Haudenosaunee or Iroquois Confederacy?
decisions made that will affect life for the generations following
What is the principle of the 7th generation?
What are the "three sisters"?
valuable bead made of clamshell often used in belts and items to wear
What is wampum?
a nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy
What is Mohawk, Onondaga, Seneca, Oneida, or Cayuga.
What are oral stories (like Gluskabe and the game bag)?
the region where the people often lived in longhouses
What is near the Atlantic coast?
belief held by most Eastern woodlands nations
What is animism (a spirit exists in all animals, objects and things) ?
The Haudenosaunee Confederacy included a description of _______________ in their constitution
What is the "Tree of Great Peace"?
name that means people of the longhouse
What is Haudenosaunee?
a nation that most likely lived in a longhouse
Who are Abenaki or Delaware?
an article men would wear to show which nation they belonged to
What is a hat (called a gustoweh)?
how Hiawatha and Deganawida brought peace to warring nations
each nation remained independent but agreed to be governed by a League Council of sachems
The type of government that the Confederacy was an example of.
What is a democracy?