The Iroquois League
The five nations names:
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
The Iroquois league is made up of five nations.
But before the league existed the five nations were
always at war. The story of the beginning of the
league was told over hundreds of years. Some
believe the league was founded in the 1400s.
This is a picture of where each nation is located.
Geography: D aniel Serpa with
help from the rest of the group.
Religion: Daniel Serpa
Achievements: P aige Anderson
Po litics: Hannah Tate Arena
So cial structure: E velyn Brewer
I bet you don't know a lot about the Iroquois but today you will learn
all about the Iroquois and their Family Life. You will learn about
longhouses, jobs, what games they play and more.
Have you ever imagined the Iroquois time? Well pay close
attention because I will take you on a trip through the time
of the iroquois. Sit back and relax and enjoy the show.
This was a long time ago. I will tell you about food clothes
house and more! There will be Achievments.
Enjoy!
Iroquois Geography
The Iroquois Trail
The Iroquois Trail connected to all five nations. This trail ran through hills,
rivers, streams, and forests. The Iroquois had runners that delivered messages
people along the five nations. The runners carried wampum designs for special
messages.
L ocation of the Iroquois
The Iroquois were located in the Northeastern parts of the United States and
Canada. They lived in northern New York and up to Niagara Falls. The Iroquois also lived
within the boundaries of Quebec, Oklahoma, and North Carolina.
The Iroquois lived in places where water was plentiful and wood was all around
making them natural resources to the Iroquois people. They built their houses out of wood
and used the water to feed plants and people.
T he Three Sisters
Three crucial crops were the Three Sisters: corn, beans, and squash. Coincidently,
these crops grew very well together. The squash would spread across the soil and stop
weeds from growing. The beans and corn took advantage and emerged from the ground.
These crops were so popular that there was a myth explaining how the death of woman
sprouted the corn, bean, and squash from her body.
F un Fact: The Iroquois would bathe in a river or lake!
The Iroquois tribe flag/symbol. An Iroquois quote.
Iroquois Religion
By Daniel A. Serpa
I ntroduction
Like a quilt, re ligion was connected to everything in the
Iroquois lifestyle. The Iroquois celebrated six prime festivals: Maple
Festival, Planting Festival, Strawberry Festival, Green Corn Festival,
Harvest Festival, and New Year’s or Mid-Winter Festival. A ll of
these festivals were an offering to the Great Spirit . T he Iroquois
architecture, games, leaders, and creation myth come together and
explain the Iroquois belief system.
T he Big 6 (Festivals)
Iroquois festivals were the way that they showed thanks to the Great Spirit. A t different ceremonies,
sacred tobacco was burned in a message of thanks to t he Great Spirit. There were also naming ceremonies that happened
twice a year. Here are the 6 major festivals of the Iroquois:
Planting Festival Strawberry Festival
M aple Festival
- Early Spring - Late Spring - Early May or June
- For the return of - For coming back of - For the new ripened
maple syrup the planting season strawberries
- Ate maple syrup and - Ate strawberries
maple candies
Harvest Festival New/Year’s Festival
Green Corn Festival
- Early October (usually)
- Happened in August - Four days long
- An important festival - Took place in February
- Four days - The Iroquois crops were - The longest festival, 7
harvested, cooked, then days
- F or the giving thanks to the stored for future use in the - Two elders would visit
winter each household to announce
Three Sisters crops - They performed dances, New Year clothed in bear
songs, feasting, and games skins or buffalo robes, with
- Names were given to corn wreaths on their head,
around their arms and feet
children since Mid-Winter - The elders who led go into
Festival family’s long houses and
- You would eat corn soup stirred around the ashes of
and succotash the old fire, then tell people
to clean their home, and light
- Gave speeches, prayed a new fire
- Someone would perform
danced, sang, performed the
Thanksgiving Address
- P ost-festival, all played
the peach-stone game
the Thanksgiving Address
and the Dream-telling
ceremony, where you would
describe your dream in a
riddle
-Babies born since the
Green Corn Festival were
given names
Religious Freedom & Religious Games
We’re Free!
In the Iroquois tribe you were able to practice your own religion.
This was assured in the Great Law of Peace. Say if you were captured or taken in
war, you could practice another religion within the Iroquois League. The majority
of Iroquois believed in Christianity because the Europeans had a belief in
Christianity. The Iroquois had a prophet, Handsome Lake. Iroquois people
respected all religions.
Game On!
The Iroquois played lacrosse. This is a religious game because
of the myth that told of twins coming down from heaven to battle
for the Earth in the form of lacrosse. But it was a draw, so neither
of them got the Earth. That’s the Iroquois belief of how people
came to Earth. The Iroquois played lacrosse to replicate what
happened at the beginning of time.
I roquois playing lacrosse.
G ods, Spirits, and More!
G ods and Spirits
The Iroquois believed in one great power and many spirits. Souls live within everything in
the Iroquois religion. They believed in a G reat Spirit. There were also assistants to the Great Spirit.
Spirits looked after all things in nature. There was a Good and Evil Spirit.
Storytelling
Storytelling had a role in the Iroquois religion. The Iroquois only told stories in the winter
because in the spring and summer animals get lazy and don’t do their jobs when listening to the
stories. The stories explained many things and how things came to be.
Creation Story
Like all religions, there is a creation Story in the Iroquois religion. There are many versions,
but all have the same idea. There was a Sky-World before Earth, and below Sky-World there was a
huge body of water. The chief had become sick, and to help cure him, the great tree was pulled out.
When the chief’s wife looked through the opening, she fell through. During her fall, gulls picked her
up and held her while the otter, beaver and muskrat went to fetch soil at the bottom of the ocean.
Only the muskrat returned. They applied soil to the turtle’s back, and Earth was formed. The
Sky-Woman had a daughter who gave birth to two sons. One son S apling, or Good Spirit, and the other
son Flint, o r Evil Spirit. With every good thing Sapling created, Flint created an evil thing. When the
Sky-women died, the Three Sisters grew out of her head and tobacco grew from her heart.
Afterlife
The Iroquois also believed in an afterlife like many religions. The bad spirits would try to
block your chance with the Good Spirit. If you lived a good life, you would go stay with the Good
Spirit in a great place.
S pirit Quest
If you were a teenager in the Iroquois, sooner or later you would be going into the forest alone
for days, with no food or water. You would stay in a small hut. Say you had a special dream/vision
while on your quest, that dream/vision became your guardian spirit!
This guardian spirit would protect you through your life in the Iroquois League.
Follow the Leader!
The Iroquois had a leader, the Keeper of Faith. The Keeper of Faith
was in charge of the religious festivals/ceremonies. The Keeper of Faith was
a regular person that had no benefits, prizes, or a special outfit. Sometimes
the Keepers of Faith performed some of the rituals. The Keepers of Faith
also organized the festivals.
C onclusion
Religion was important to the Iroquois Culture. From leaders to
lacrosse, religion was integrated into their everyday life. All their
ceremonies involved giving thanks to the Great Spirit. Religion was
the oasis of the Iroquois League.
“The greatest strength is gentleness.”
-Iroquois proverb
Fun Fact: The Iroquois always started their houses in the east and extended to the west. That is
because the Sun rises in the east and sets in the west!
Iroquois Achievements
By:Paige Anderson
LONG HOUSE
Food
Food
“I’m hungry”
What they ate?
The three sisters were the
main food group. Other things they ate
was fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, meat. Three sisters down below.
What they would grow?
There were farms which surrounded the
village. There were over 150 corn recipes.
Corn would grow and so wouldn't beans,
strawberries.
Corn Squash Beans
The picture up there is the three sisters!!!!!
Corn
Corn=?
.Dried kernels=Beads
.Husks=mats to sit or sleep on.
Plus it made bandages and medicines.
It also made moccasins baskets,dolls,
kindalling.
All the types of corn
Corn comes in different colors.
Jewelry
Women made all the jewelry. The wampum was woven into picture patterns. They used
wampum for strings and belts and those belts held records on them. I know you might think
music records but it means Important things and memories.
Longhouse
a longhouse is 13 feet long,6 feet wide and 20 feet high.Made with logs
cross poles and saplings and covered in elm bark. There are fire holes
along the center of the roof.
STORIES
‘’Story time’’
They told the stories in the winter
because in the summer everyone was
working hard for the winter.In the winter not many
people were working.That's when they get to listen to
the stories. The storytellers we're always respected. They
had tons of stories to tell. Only the elder told the stories. The stories
We're educational.
1
2
In the winter you wore snow shoes
to hunt. The men usually wore the
snow shoes. The women stayed
to work in the house. Snow shoes
were 3 feet tall and 16 inches In the spring they wore
wide. moccasins. Everyone wore the
moccasins. They also wore
them in the spring.
The snowshoes they wore!
kid moccasin
They used deer bone as a needle. Sinew = thread also one seem =one piece of deer skin.
Made of bent hickory wood,netted deer leather.
The cloths
The woman wore long skirts with beads
and was down to there ankles. They were
hand made from deer skin.The men wore
kits that went to their knees plus blouses to their
knees and vests. The cloths took a rootin to make them .
First you need to tan them then scrape then cook
boil brain cake after you had to stretch it till dry,
next it was smoked over a corn cob fire but each side washed
smoked then ready to cut and stitch.
It took a long time to make the cloths.
The moccasins is a shoe they wore!
The cloths were stretched! Deerskin!
Constellations
1.7stars hunters watched.
2.They measured time by rising and setting sun.
3.The 7 stars⭐ called pleiades by Americans after first frost rose into the eastern sky.
4.When the Pleiades were over head the the time of frost was half over the midwinter festival
would begin in 5 days!!!
The stars the Iroquois imagined
Iroquois Politics intro
How does the Iroquois government work?
What were the different punishments for different
crimes?
Who would the boss be in your clan?
What nations made up the Iroquois League?
Fun Fact: another name for iroquois is Haudenosaunee
IF you want to learn about how the
iroquois politics worked read on.
Enjoy!
Government
The government had a law that was called
“The Great Law of Peace”. The Great Law of
Peace was the Iroquois constitution.
Each of the five nations had their own
government.
The governments had many meetings. When a
person spoke at a council meeting no one
interrupted with questions. If you wanted to
speak during a meeting you would hold the
wampum string and when you were done
you would give it to someone else who
wanted to speak.
The Iroquois League
The five nations names:
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca
The Iroquois league is made up of five nations.
But before the league existed the five nations were
always at war. The story of the beginning of the
league was told over hundreds of years. Some
believe the league was founded in the 1400s.
This is a picture of where each nation is located.
Who’s The BOSS?
The head of a clan was the oldest
and most respected woman. Chiefs
were respected because of their
wisdom.
The head women of the clan
consulted with other clan women and
chose the chief. The chief would make
decisions on government things. Just
like our government today.
This is a picture of
what an Indian chief might
look like.
Punishments
Two casual punishments were
getting dunked in a stream or
getting water thrown on you. You would receive
these punishments by breaking a small rule or dis
behaving
There was two very serious crimes which led to a
big punishment. The first one was murder. The
Iroquois tribe rarely had murder but when it did
occur the punishment was death. Another serious
crime was stealing. The Iroquois tribe did not like
the fact that someone stole. They dishonored
whoever stole and punished them with shame.
If you were a kid and were repeatedly
misbehaving Longnose would come after you.
Unless you promised to be good. Longnose was a
male or female in a mask with a long nose on it.
Games
the Iroquois loved betting games or games of
chance.they played them all the time.Some non
betting games are Lacrosse,ball games,running
and racing.this is one game they played in
winter it's called snow snake they have a 9ft
stick and they drag a log to make a track that
would soon turn to ice , then throw the stick
and whoever threw it farthest won.
Hair
Girls
The Iroquois girls wore their
hair into two braids until they
were married then after they
were married they would have
one braid and tie it with a ribbon
or an ornament.Boys 15 or older
would have only one strip of hair
it's called a mohawk hair cut men
would sometimes cut their hair
with clam shells they thought
they looked like a furry animal.
Extra Facts you might not
know
Did you know the iroquois moved every 10-20 years, or that in
summer t hey would sleep on mats on the floor to stay cool and in
winter they would sleep up high to stay w arm.
The oldest person in a clan was considered the mother and
everyone was related to her.
Hunting
“B errrrrrr”
Let's go
Who hunted?
Only the men hunted.
Sometimes the boys would
come along and watch the
father's hunt. The boys thought it
looked interesting.On the other hand
the woman stayed and worked around
the house.
What they hunted.
They would hunt deer,bear,
Beaver,rabbit,squirrels,trucks,
Pigeon. The Iroquois would use all
of the animal parts for different things. They
wouldn't want to waste a good animal. The cool
thing is that they would fish at night
and they had a special light to attract
the fish to the serfus!
Hunting skills!
Well they would use tools
weapons and hide behind
the bushes and then kill the
animal.
See the deer and beaver!!!
Deer
Beaver
Jobs Boys
Girls hunting
pick crops
pick s trawberries fishing
plant vegetables collect
make baskets,bowls bark
and instruments
Geography: D aniel Serpa with
help from the rest of the group.
Religion: Daniel Serpa
Achievements: P aige Anderson
Po litics: Hannah Tate Arena
So cial structure: E velyn Brewer
Jobs Boys
Girls hunting
pick crops
pick s trawberries fishing
plant vegetables collect
make baskets,bowls bark
and instruments
Naming
How a baby got its name depended on when they were born. There were
naming ceremonies twice a year at celebrations Midwinter festival and
green corn festival. Green corn festival was in august children born then
were given their names. Midwinter was in february. The mother of your
clan kept a bag of names and she would pick a name and that was the
name you were given.
School time!
The Iroquois had no school.They
Would pick up things by watching there
parents.they also learned by listening to
The elders stories.
The kids learned something every day. They loved to learn.
Glossary
1.Onertoka: April may moon
2.Saskekoka: September October moon
3.Totora: December January moon
4.Iroquois: meaning real snakes
5.Succotash: a dish made from corn, beans, and squash
6.Sapling: n ame of Good Spirit, good or straight mind
7.Flint: n ame of Evil Spirit, bad or crooked mind
8.Great Spirit: c reator
9.Three Sisters: c orn, beans, and squash
10.Longhouse: a place where people live or stored
11. Mohawk: as style of hair or a iroquois nation name
12. social structure: f amily life
1. mohawk- a way men wear their hair
2. longhouse - Iroquois houses
3. social structure - family life
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