Tribes
Vocabulary
Daily Life
100

What group of Native Americans are we studying?

The Iroquois

100

The type of houses the Iroquois lived in.

A longhouse.

100

Who was in charge of the clan?

The clan mother

200

How many tribes of the Iroquois are we studying?

5 (or 6)

200

A person who came before you.

An Ancestor.

200

What was the role of women?

Gathering, farming, making clothes

300

The Iroquois tribes are a tribe of the Eastern __________

Woodlands

300

Confederacy

The alliance of the 5, or 6, tribes of the Iroquois

300

What was the role of the men?

hunting, fishing, fighting

400

What are the 5 tribes apart of the Iroquois Confederacy?

Mohawk, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga

400

Artifact

an object made by people who came before you

400

What types of clothes did the Iroquois wear?

Breechcloth skirts, leggings, ponchos

500

What is the name of the 6th tribe that joined the Iroquois Confederacy years later?

The Tuscarora 

500

A wampum

Polished beads used in ceremonies.

500

Describe the environment, location, and geography 

Woodlands, streams/rivers/lakes, trees, northeast, New York