Scientists who dig up tools, bones and carvings to learn about cultures.
What is an archaeologist?
100
wigwams
What was the name of the Algonquian houses?
100
Longhouse
The Iroquois were known as "The People of the _____________."
100
It is a tradition, a usual way of doing something.
What is a custom?
100
Because their mother died and the father often went hunting.
Why were the girls often left alone?
200
Artifacts are objects that are found by archaeologists that reveal information about past cultures.
What is an artifact?
200
clans
The Algonquians lived in small groups called __________.
200
They lived near rivers and streams for transportation, for water, and for buffalo.
What did the Iroquois live near? And why?
200
Mother went to the chief of the clan and got a list of names not being used. Then the mother would choose one of the names and said at the next clan meeting.
How were children named when they were born?
200
the Algonquians
What tribe is this a story from?
300
in mounds
Where did the earliest Native Americans bury the dead?
300
picture stories painted on wood
What is "walum olum"?
300
They all spoke a common language and joined together in a league.
How were the different Iroquois groups alike?
300
Children who did not behave would have water thrown in their face. If they behaved very badly, they would be thrown out of their longhouse.
How did the Iroquois parents teach their children to behave? What were the 2 punishments?
300
Wampum was the Native American form of money, it was made from white shells on string.
What is wampum and what is it made from?
400
jewelry, tools, arrowheads, pottery, toys
What did the Native Americans bury with the dead? Name 3 things.
400
They used slash-and-burn farming which was when men would burn a patch of forest and plant in between the stumps.
What was their form of farming? Describe it.
400
Seneca, Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga
Name 3 of the 5 Iroquois groups.
400
roots, barks, herbs
What did the women use to make the medicine for the sick?
400
She watches Little Burnt Face's hair, cleans her face and makes her look pretty.
How did the sister of the Invisible One prepare Little Burnt Face to see the Invisible One?
500
They bury the dead and they believe in afterlife.
What does the Native American mound tell us about their culture?
500
corn, squash, beans
What were the 3 types of foods that the women planted in between the stumps?
500
what is now known as upstate New York. The Longhouses were 50 to 100 feet long.
What part of New York did the Iroquois live?/How many feet long was the Longhouse?
500
Medicine men dressed up in a False Face mask and danced and sang around the sick. They asked the spirits to make the bad spirits leave.
What would happen if the women could not cure the sick? Name the people and what they did.
500
The sister prepared warm water, scented with herbs and pine resin and bathed Little Burnt Face in it.