Community Life
The type of house in which the Haudenosaunee people lived.
What is a longhouse?
The basic family unit of the Haudenosaunee was referred to as this.
What is a clan?
This is what determined the length of the longhouse.
What is the number of families living there?
A formal agreement or treaty between two or more nations to cooperate for specific purposes.
What is an alliance?
A Haudenosaunee mask made of wood.
What is a False Face?
The role the Haudenosaunee women played.
What is food providers?
The family member who determined which clan a person belonged to.
Who is the mother?
The length of the longest known longhouse.
What is 400 feet?
Nonhistorical, unproven stories handed down from generation to generation within a particular people, group, or clan.
What are legends?
Haudenosaunee masks woven from corn husks.
What are husk faces?
This is the role men played in the Haudenosaunee peoples.
What is hunters and warriors?
The place where the clan symbol was located in each longhouse.
Where is above the door of the longhouse?
The area in the longhouse where the families slept.
What is the platform?
A person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
What is a descendant?
This modern game was influenced by the Haudenosaunee people.
What is lacrosse?
Corn, squash, and beans were also referred to as this name.
What is The Three Sisters?
The number of clans in the Seneca Nation.
What is eight?
The roof of the longhouse was covered with this material.
Whar is flattened bark?
Land set apart for a special purpose and for the use of an Indian tribe.
What is a reservation?
The Haudenosaunee name for lacrosse.
What is Tewaarathon?
The type of material used for clothing after the Europeans arrived.
What is woven cloth?
The animal names of the Mohawk clan.
What are bear, turtle, and wolf?
During the winter, this material was used to seal the sides of the longhouse.
What are animal hides?
A day or time of religious or other celebration, marked by feasting, ceremonies, or other observances.
What is a festival?
Lacrosse was a competition used to avoid this.
What is conflict between clans?