The Woodland Algonquian Chiefs

The Haudenosaunee had a complex political system. It had four levels, the first one being kinship and residence. – Basically the family, lineage and clan. The second was that of the town which was governed independently. The third was a combination of towns that formed a Nation. The last one was that all Nations joined the larger League. The League was divided into two halves, they followed the “Great Law of Peace” constitution and consisted of 50 sachem (a named office) positions.

One difference is the structure, or how the constitution’s were wrote. The Iroquois Constitution is not near as structured as the U.S. Constitution. For example, the Iroquois’s is like somebody talking and the U.S. has articles which are broken down

The Iroquois Confederacy composed six nations: the Mohawks, the Oneidas, the Onondagas, the Cayugas, the Senecas and the Tuscarora . These nations shared similar languages and cultures, however that did not stop them from fighting one another. Seeing the conflict, Dekanawida, a Iroquois, seeked for

How come they have never met each other? Hey, but they all live in Canada and all met the Europeans! I wonder if the Europeans ever mentioned one tribe to the other? Anyway, the Inuit, Haida, and the Iroquois are the same in many ways but are a lot different.

Saskatchewan was focused upon in this essay for two reasons. The first being that the author had lived in that province for the majority of time they have been in Canada and so is more familiar with the various customs and cultures that exist in the place. The second reason is that the natives have lived on this land for tens of thousands of years, hence an incredible amount of diversity exists among the cultures here . The two cultures focused upon in this essay are the Cree and the Lakota.

     The Division of government for America is divided up into the Judicial, Executive, and Legislative Branches. In the Iroquois constitution it also splits up the Mohawk Council into three parties: the Tekarihoken, Ayonhwhathah and Shadekariwadeare the first party; Sharenhowaneh, Deyoenhegwenh and Oghrenghrehgowah are the second party, and Dehennakrineh, Aghstawenserenthah and Shoskoharowaneh are the third party. The Purpose of the third party is to monitor what the first and second parties are discussing to make sure they don’t make any mistakes. The way that there are 3 parties in the Iroquois

The Cherokee tribe is known as one of the earliest and largest Indian tribe in North America. They are federally recognized even today among several states(museum). While they slowly became Americanized by the Europeans who came over to America, some still practice their typical Indian rituals publicly today. Most converted to Christianity and their government in Oklahoma is based off the American government with three branches. One would believe that the Trail of Tears could have completely vanquished these Indians but many made it through the horrendous trial and kept the Indian bloodline going even present day (Conley).

I chose to write my research paper on the Blackfoot reservation which is home to the Blackfoot tribe. The Blackfoot tribe was sometimes known as the classic example of the Plains Indians. The Blackfoot reservation actually consists of four different tribes and those are the Blackfoot/Siksika, Blood/Kainai, Pikuni/Peigan, and North Peigan Pikuni tribes. The Blackfoot Indians initially migrated from the Great Lakes region and now live in Montana and some of Canada.

In Eastern Algonquian religion they believed that there was a spiritual world that interacted constantly with the physical world.

The Plains Cree Tribe lived in Canada, north and west of Lake Superior in Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta and the Northwest Territories. Women wore dresses made out of deerskins, Men wore animal skin leggings,a loincloth which is a small piece of cloth or skin worn between the legs and a belt to hold the loin cloth. They did not speak english, their language is called Montagnais. They lived in teepees.

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

To conclude, it can be seen that both colonies, had similar goals as to what needed to be done to make their colonies last, but the methods that were used were very different.From Virginia and Massachusetts it can be determined that two colonies with the same goal can come to two separate political systems based off of their economic

Along with the preservation of their autonomy, the First Nations women and communities did not want to convert to Christianity and the customs that came with it because they were attached to their traditions and did not want to give them up. The Huron and Algonquian communities maintained that they would not physically discipline their children because they feared that suicide would result from punishment. Therefore the Huron and Algonquian avoided discipline at all costs because nothing was more important to them than their children’s lives.

The Algonquins were a Native American people who settled from Maine all along the east coast down into Virginia. The Algonquin were very peaceful and docile people, when the pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts they helped to teach them how to live off their new lands and ultimately ensured the survival of Europeans in North America. Although there are smaller sub-sections of the Algonquin tribes, such as the Mohegans, the Pesquots, and the Narragansetts, they were all united through a central language. The Algonquins lived in a very patriarchal society where men ruled the homes and owned all the lands. Overall the Algonquins were the most widespread group of Native Americans, had a very advance cultural, and a social hierarchy.

The Algonquin Tribe was in Southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario along St Lawrence River and around the Great Lakes. They were in Canada the majority of the time, but also lived a little bit in pre New England. Being around the Great Lakes was something they wanted, because where there’s water, there’s more resources and food. Southern Quebec and Eastern Ontario is the same general area. That area was around the St Lawrence river and the Great Lakes. Originally, the Algonquin Tribe was in Michigan, but was driven up by other tribes.