THE HAUDENOSAUNEE

LOCATION

• The Haudenosaunee lived in the eastern third of the United States.
• It has hills, mountains, plains, and valleys.
• The area receives enough rain to support the growth of many trees.
• The forest once stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River.
• Many pre-Colombian Indian nations lived in these woodlands.

FOOD

• Eastern Woodland Indians lived by farming, hunting, and gathering.
• The Woodland people's hunted deer, bear, and rabbits for food.
• Near the Great Lakes, people gathered wild rice that grew there.
• Corn, beans, and squash were the staple crops for most groups.
• " the three sisters" when the cornstalks grew it supported the vines of the beans plants and the squash leaves kept the weeds from spreading.

CLOTHING

• Woodland Indians made different kinds of clothing for different kind of weather.
• People made light clothing, woven from grass and other materials.
• They wore them for the hot weather.
• Farther north, American Indians needed protection from the cold.
• They wore clothing made from deerskin.

HOUSING

• In warm southern climates, people built houses without walls.
• They built longhouse's for shelter.
• A longhouse was a large house made with wood poles and bark.
• Which the Haudenosaunee lived in.
• The Haudenosaunee meant the " the people of the longhouse".

THE HAUDENOSAUNEE

• The Haudenosaunee also known as the Iroquois were a powerful nation.
• The five nations joined together ton join the Haudenosaunee.
• The five nations were the Mohawk, Oneisas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas.
• They felt very close to the nature around them.
• They believed that every part of nature-every animal-had its own spirit.

THE HAUDENOSAUNEE GOVERNMENT

• The league was governed by chiefs from each nation.
• All five nations had to agree before the League would take any action.
• Clan mother's, who were the oldest women in the clan, played a important part.
• They chose a chief who led the nations.
• They chose them for life.

THE NATION

• Without cooperation they knew that their people could not survive.
• Each tribe would always try to get even.
• They felt very close to the values around them.