MOHAWK TRIBE

FOOD

• Corn
• Beans
• Squash
• Wild berries
• Herbs
• Cornbread
• Soups & Stews

LANGUAGE

• Mohawk language
• Nia:ian (nee-ah-wenh) means:Thank you
• She:Kon (shay-cone) is a friendly greeting

RELIGION

• No story's told in summer
• Own storey teller
• Some religions lost

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

• Tribal council chosen by clan mothers
• Subjects to decisions by Iroquois great council.

CLOTHING

• Men wore breech clothes and leggings
• Women wore skirts with shorter leggings and dresses
• Mocassins

ROLES OF MEN

• -Hunting
• -Trading
• -War
• -Booth took part in story telling.

LOCATION

ROLES OF WOMAN

• Farming property and family.
• Booth took part in story telling.

ROLES OF CHILDRENS

• Help around the house
• Hunt and fish with fathers
• More chores then play
• Girls liked cornhusk doll
• Boys threw darts through hoops
• Played lacrosse

TRANSPORTATION

• Elm bark canoe
• A hollowed out log boat
• Dogs as pack animals
• In winter sleds and snowshoes

HOUSING

• Longhouses covered with sheets of elm bark

INTERESTIN FACTS

• Their enemy's, Algonquin give them the name meaning man eaters
• Loved music
• Played drums filled with water

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