Government
This meant clan members traced their family history and ancestors through their mothers.
What is matrilineal?
What are the names of the 6 nations that were a part of the Iroquois Confederacy?
What is Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, Mohawk and Tuscarora was added later.
Who was the first to create a wampum?
What is Hiawatha
What Canadian document is similar to the Great Law of Peace?
what is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
The Haudenosaunee people are located near which province?
What is Ontario
What is wampum?
What is strings or belts made up of white and purple beads that were cut from certain kinds of shells
What type of tree represents the Great Law of Peace?
What is the great white pine?
What was the role of children?
What is children were often around and listening when adults held discussions so they knew how to participate in government in the future.
What were the nine clan names and where did they live?
What is Clans are identified by animals. They include the Bear, Wolf, Turtle, Snipe, Eel, Heron, Hawk, Beaver, and Deer. All the people of the same clan lived in a longhouse together.
What was wampum used for?
What is each string or belt held a different message regarding the events or treaties recorded.
_________ was their spiritual leader
What is great peacemaker
What democratic principle was must important to the Haudenosaunee?
What is equality
The ____ built the longhouses for them and their family
What is men
What was the importance of the clan mothers?
What is Clan Mothers were usually the oldest and most respected women in their clans. They were the leaders of the clan, and had the responsibility of selecting the chiefs for their own clan.
What does the white line represent in the wampum belt?
What is the line shows the connection between the 5 nations. The line extending out represents welcoming other nations.
Who were the Haudenosaunee people?
What is the name that the people of the 6 Nations call themselves. French settlers called them Iroquois.
They considered and prepared for future generations
What is the 7th generation
What were 2 responsibilities of a clan mother?
What is selecting a chief, naming children, settling arguments, removing chiefs, distributing goods of those who have died
How did the roles of women in the Iroquois Confederacy differ from the roles of the women in Ancient Athens?
What is Ancient Athenian women did not own property, had no place in government, were viewed as inferior to men and a male guardian was in charge of her life. Iroquois women owned the land and the longhouse, was in charge of her own life, viewed as equal to men and were able to serve as clan mothers.
What is collective identity?
What is collective identity is a shared belief system that often includes the same language, culture, values, and attitudes.
A partnership that is agreed on by nations or groups of people.
What is a confederacy.