HAUDENOSAUNEE HOUSING

• The Haudenosanee built longhouses for shelter.
• The longhouses were made out of poles, bark and wood.
• The longhouse was a large long house.
• In warm southern climates, people built houses with walls.
• These homes have just a roof.

LOCATION

• The eastern woodland forest once stretched.
• It stretched from the Atlantic Ocean, to the Mississippi River.
• It also stretched from the Gulf of Mexico, to the Great Lakes.
• Many pre-Colombian Indian nations lived in these woodlands.

REALATIONSHIP WITH THE LAND

SPECIAL CULTURAL EVENTS

• Mohawk iron workers are famous for their skills in building skyscrapers.
• They helped build the Golden Gate Bridge .

FOOD

• The woodland people's hunted deer, bears and rabbit for food.
• They also gathered the religions plants.
• In the north, they made syrup from the sap of the maple trees.
• Near the Great Lakes, people gathered the wild rice that grew there.

GOVERNMENT

• The league was governed by chiefs from the nation.
• The chiefs had voices at there league meetings .
• All five nations had to agree before the league would take any action.

HAUDENOSAUNEE TRADING

• The Haudenosaunee valued wampum highly
• They sometimes traded it with other Woodland Indians
• They used wampum to tell stories of important events or agreements