People
The head of the clan.
Who is the clan mother?
The raising of plants and animals.
What is agriculture?
A council meeting held to solve a problem or make a decision.
What is a powwow?
A string or belt of of polished beads or shells, usually telling a story.
What is wampum?
Scientists refer to this group of people as the first Americans. The theory is that they traveled to North America over a land bridge.
Who were the hunter-gatherers?
Male leaders of the Grand Council chosen by the clan mothers.
Who are Sachems?
A hut made of tree branches and bark.
What are wigwams?
What a person or group believes to be right or wrong.
What are values?
Giving one thing, to get another.
What is trade?
Scientists who learn about the past by studying artifacts.
Who are archaelogists?
North American Indian people that lived in upstate New York.
Who were the Iroquois?
A long open-ended house made of wood that the Iroquois lived in.
What is a long house?
A group that makes decision.
What is a council?
Flat shoes made of soft leather.
What are moccasins?
Native Americans used these materials to build shelters. Two examples.
What are trees and animal skin?
North American Indian people that lived in downstate New York.
Who were the Algonquians?
These three plants make up the Three Sisters.
What are corn, beans, and squash?
What is a resolution?
Traditional duties Native American men carried out.
What are fishing and hunting?
The Iroquois lived in this state.
What is New York?
The Seneca, the Cayuga, the Oneida, the Onondaga, and the Mohawk were called the....
What are the Five Nations?
Land set aside by the government for Native Americans.
What are reservations?
Who were the Haudenosaunee?
Iroquois clans were usually named after these.
What are animals?
Were able to give opinions during Grand Council meetings, but were not allowed to make decision.
Who were Pine-tree Chiefs?