The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse

The Haudenosaunee is one of the best known Native American Indian groups that lived in the northern New York region. They are referred to as the Iroquoians. They are a group of five allied nations – the Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida and Mohawk. Their league of confederation is called the “League of Iroquois”. Tuscarora, a sixth nation joined them later. They were very strong militarily and feared by Europeans and fellow Indians alike. The rivers in the region ran into Lake Ontario. The winters were cold and snowy and the summers were pleasant but humid. They had extensive varieties of animals both large and small. The language spoken was the Iroquoian language by both the northern

A belief is defines a true statement, something that exists, or the trust and faith in someone or something. We all have beliefs and have obtained those believes individually in many different ways and whose to say that belief is right or wrong, or true or false. As with a myth, a traditional story, mostly believed to be a false idea or false believe.

The class teacher was telling the whole class that 4th grades have to do a social studies project. In which they have many options and that they should get started soon since they have 3 weeks to hand it in. One of the options is for the students to make an Iroquois longhouse, or to write their own Native American Legend, or to make a diorama describing a Native American scene that will capture their daily life and their government system. Lastly, was to create a PowerPoint presentation. Teacher told them that they shouldn't have any trouble doing this project, because they have been talking about Native American for a couple of weeks now. Mrs. Roush offer the class to use to computers or to print stuff whenever they wanted but that this project

The Seven Years’ War, also known as the French and Indian War in the colonies, was the beginning of outward conflict between the British and French over North American colonies. Most Europeans viewed the Indians as a means to get something they wanted; they were pawns during this struggle in North America. During the 18th century, there were many alliances and discord among the Indians and the Europeans. The demise of many alliances was the lack of trust and suspicions of betrayal. The Europeans were a dominating force in the French and Indian War affecting aspects of territory, trade, and government in North America.

The Iroquois Confederacy, also known as Five Nations or Six Nations after the 1720 inclusion of the Tuscarora, was a collective of tribes that occupied the upper region of New York state around Lake Ontario, Pennsylvania, and Southern Ontario and

Iroquois Confederacy was a band of five tribes from upper New York in the 17th and 18th century. The representatives were the Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk and Seneca which they call themselves “the people of the lighthouse”. The group was identified by non-aggression pact between the five tribes, recognition of shared concern which brought them closer. The complex of the group as a form

Iroquois Confederacy, 1722, also known as the six nations to the british. It was a political and social system to unify the five territories of New York. This political system inspired the founding fathers in aspects of development.

The Iroquois League were Indians who stood together in time of need. They wanted peace and did not believe in fighting one another but fighting for the entire Iroquois League. I found this very unique to say the least the women were the leaders in this league known as clan mothers. Clan mothers were leaders of the long houses which is where the Iroquois League lived. When things started to happen Iroquois League began to change things to save themselves accordingly. When they realized they had something others wanted which was the fur from animals they hunted they changed what they were fighting for. Iroquois League were once fighting for revenge and they begun to fight for other reasons such as land which they used for hunting and furs. The Iroquois League traded furs from animals they hunted for goods from the Europeans. When the diseases came around the Iroquois League brought in more people as their own this was smart and also kept their numbers higher than

After the French defeated the British at Fort Necessity, the British government called on colonial leaders to meet with the Iroquois League. The British government wanted to secure the Iroquois as a British ally.

The Iroquois (/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/ or /ˈɪrəkwɑː/), also known as the Haudenosaunee (/ˈhoʊdənoʊˈʃoʊni/), are a historically powerful and important northeast Native American confederacy. They were known during the colonial years to

During that time, what is now New York State was populated by Native Americans. Tribes like the Iroquois populated the southeastern part of present-day state. The Iroquois tribes consisted of an alliance between six tribes, which at one point were at war with each other. These nations were the, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora.

The Natives and the European had many but the Iroquois War of 1609 was very significant because a man with the name of Samuel de Champlain tried to form relations with native tribes. These tribe wanted Champlain sent in forces to defeat the Iroquois. Champlain sent French troops as well as a native stampede to get rid of the Iroquois. (Document 4) The Iroquois turned and fled. This action set the tone for French- Iroquois relation for the rest of the

1). The reason for the construction of the Iroquois confederacy, or the league of the Iroquois, (Haudenosaunee) was the impeding factor of disunity between the tribes. Hienwatha, a Mohawk Iroquois, lived in Ontario and observed the disunity between the Iroquois tribes. In an attempt to unify the nations, he approached rival tribes and argued the benefits of unification. Initially, his idea is shut down by the elders of each tribe. The changing climate that started to occur, however, increased confrontations between tribes. Hienwatha yet again tries to explain to the Iroquois people about the possibility of peace and is rejected again. He then alludes the nations to a weaved belt of wampum shells which supposedly illustrated the connectedness of the five Iroquois nations. He traveled among the nations, of which all then supported the idea of unity, and was able to form a seemingly impenetrable force.

The French and Indian War also had lasting (and devastating) effects for the Native American tribes of North America. The British took retribution against Native American nations that fought on the side of the French by cutting off their

Today was the day that the Iroquois tribe moved in Wisconsin and started to build their longhouses and started to put there people in their longhouses right away. The Iroqios said, “ That they were going to build some were around 30 to 150 longhouses in the village.”The longhouses were as long as 150 feet and 30 feet wide. “The materials that the Iroquois used were wooden poles covered with shingles and elm bark.” The crazy thing that I thought was pretty interesting was that the they made their longhouses water proof by putting sticky sap on the cracks in the bark. There was ten clans with the Iroquois. The clans put fur on their longhouses to show who was living in that longhouse. There is fifteen to twenty different families living in longhouses.