Key Deets
5 groups of Iroquois formed a union (joined together) to help each other.
What is the Iroquois Confederacy?
First person to accept PEACE. Also known as the “Mother of Nations”
Who is Jigonsasee?
What did the sachems do with it?
Pass it around at council meetings to show whose turn it was to speak.
Members of the council. Always men. They got together in a “pow-wow” to discuss matters of peace, war and trade with other villages.
What is a sachem?
Corn, Beans, Squash
Who are the Three Sisters?
Who are Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca?
This person also helped to organize the Iroquois confederacy.
Who is Deganawidah?
Why did they pass it around?
They also passed it around to show that what they said at council meetings was true!
a type of long wooden house the Iroquois lived in
What is a longhouse?
If you lived in a longhouse, you would live with ______
Who is your mother?
A group of people who help each other.
What is a confederacy?
Helped set up the Iroquois confederacy
Who is Hiawatha?
What else did they do with it?
Used to trade for other things they needed (like we use money today)
“people of the longhouse”
What is a Haudenosounee?
bark, wood, saplings(baby trees), all things from nature
What is a longhouse?
A group of families who share the same ancestors (they are related in some way).
What is a clan?
The group of people this topic is about
Who are the Iroquois?
a string or belt of small beads made from shells
The Iroquois laws
What is the Great Law of Peace?
The Iroquois were always fighting wars. They fought every day, so they decided to join together, stop fighting, and help one another live in peace.
Why the Iroquois Confederacy formed?
A group of people (sachems) who get together to solve problems in the village.
What is a council?
The head of each clan. They also decided who will be on the council.
Who is Clan Mother?
What is another thing they could do with the wampum?
Give it as a gift
Animal skins or bark used to separate the rooms in the long house/ dividers in the long house for privacy
What are partitions?
to give thanks for return of spring (Winter is gone, this meant they could plant again)
because they were thankful to have food to eat
What did the Iroquois celebrate?