Vocab
Religion and Values
Daily Lives
Festivals
Government
100
Shell money, jewelry, or the mark of an agreement
What is wampum?
100
The spiritual leader who led members of the community in religious ceremonies
What is a shaman?
100
A method of transportation made by burning out the center of a log
What is a dugout canoe?
100
The Iroquois way of life was closely tied to this
What are the seasons of the year?
100
The leader of a group of families
What is a sachem? (Sachems were chosen because of their skills and talents. A council of men and women gave the sachem advice.)
200
Native American shoes
What are moccasins?
200
A special age for an Algonquian boy when he went into the forest to wait for his spirit helper
What is twelve?
200
A clan is a group of families who share the same ancestor and are headed by a clan mother. The clans were named after this
What are animals such as wolf, turtle, and bear?
200
This festival of thanks took place in August and people would feast on food made with corn, beans, and squash.
What is the Green Corn Festival?
200
The nickname of Deganawidah, or man who formed the Iroquois League
What is the Peacemaker?
300
The Three Sisters
What are corn, beans, and squash?
300
The reason why Native Americans moved their farms to a new place from time to time.
What is to give the earth time to rest so the soil won't get worn out?
300
If a man got sick or too old to hunt, other villagers fed him and his relatives. This behavior shows this value
What are sharing and caring?
300
This festival was the longest festival that lasted seven days. A new fire in each longhouse was lit and the people had a special dream-telling ceremony.
What is The Midwinter Festival?
300
A meeting of sachems and their councils to talk about a problem
What is a powwow?
400
The five nations of the Iroquois
What are the Mohawk, the Oneidas, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, and the Seneca?
400
The Native Americans took only what they need from the environment. The value that this represents
What is a respect of nature or for all living things?
400
The jobs that men would do
What are hunting, fishing, building, and making tools?
400
This celebration was about giving thanks for the return of spring and for the maple tree for its sweet water.
What is the Maple Festival?
400
The system of law for the Iroquois, or another name of their constitution
What is the Great Law of Peace?
500
The nickname of the Iroquois, or the Haudenosaunee
What is "People of the Longhouse"?
500
Three natural resources used by Native Americans
What are deer, bear skins, timber (wood), fresh water, soil, herbs and plants for making medicines?
500
Name three types of jobs that women did
What is farming, taking care of children, leading the clan, making wampum, and household chores like cooking, sewing, and grinding corn?
500
The Haudenosaunee thought of their land as a longhouse. Why do you think the Onondaga were called the "Firekeepers"?
What is because their land was in the center where a fireplace would be?
500
Name three jobs that a sachem might do
What is settle quarrels/punish wrongdoers, lead braves into battle, and make peace with other villages or clans ?