Background/History
What does Haudenosaunee mean?
People of the Longhouse
The men's main job was to prepare food for the family.
False
What were the men's main jobs for their family?
Hunting, fishing, and protecting the family.
How did the Haudenosaunee move around in the water?
They used canoes.
What was the name of the shelter that Haudenosaunee used?
Longhouse
When the Confederacy was formed, how many nations were originally a part of it?
five
The Haudenosaunee were the same as the Lenape
False
What were the pots women created made of?
clay
How did Haudenosaunee children learn skills?
What material were the Longhouses mainly made of?
mainly wood and bark
What region of the country did they originally live in?
northeast
The women had a lot of knowledge of medicine, crops, and food preparation.
True
What sport did they invent?
lacrosse
Name the three sister plants of the Haudenosaunee?
Corn, Squash, and Beans.
How many people could fit in a longhouse?
up to about 100 people.
Who decided the Chief of the tribe?
the clan mothers
The Haudenosaunee created The Great Law of Peace.
True
(it was their guiding constitution and one of the oldest participatory democracies in the world).
About how long did they live in this region?
for thousands of years
(exact number is not known. Archaeological evidence shows that Indigenous peoples have lived in what is now New York State and surrounding areas for 8,000–12,000 years, long before contact with Europeans in the 1500s.)
Why were the three sisters called that?
They grow well together, or supported each other
How did they keep warm in the winter?
fire, animal fur for clothing, moccasins
Why should we refer to them as Haudenosaunee instead of Iroquois?
It is what they called themselves, and Iroquois was the French's name for them (and could be demeaning)
Christopher Columbus interacted with the Haudenosaunee.
False. Columbus (that clown) never made it to the mainland that became America.
Are there Haudenosaunee alive today and, if so, where do they live?
mostly New York and parts of Canada
What was their most important animal?
deer
What did the Haudenosaunee teach the Europeans?
Survival, farming, knowledge of land, systems of government (need at least 2)