Mohawk Indians

Location

• The Mohawk Indians lived where New York is today.
• Many wre forced onto a reservation near canada.
• Some of them fled into canada after the America Revolution.

Daily life

• In a tribe, everyone has something that they have to do.
• The men were in charge of hunting, trading, and war.
• The women were in charge of farming, property, and family.
• The children had chores to do before they could play.

Transportation

• The Mohawk used two types of canoes to traval places.
• One was made of elm bark, making it light and fast.
• The other was dug out of a hollow log, making it long and sturdy, it was able to carry many people.

Clothes

• Mohak men wore breech clothes with leggings.
• Mohawk women wore wrap around skirts with shorter leggings.
• They also usually wore moccasins on their feet.

Food

• The Mohawk mainly had foods such as corn, beans, meats, berries, ect.
• The women would usually plant crops such as corn and squash.
• The Mohawk men usually hunt deer, elk, and fish.

Housing

• The Mohawk Indians had big houses they were usually called longhouses.
• longhouses could hold a few family's and had some storage space for food and other things.
• The longhouses were about a hundred feet long.

Cultural Practices

• Story telling was very important to my tibe's culture because it reminded us about how we got there and who sent us there.
• we worshipped many gods but we worshipped only a few gods very strongly.

Extra Information

• We Mohawk girls liked to play with cornhusk dolls but the boys liked to play a game where you throw a dart through a moving hoop.