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The Iroquois Confederacy
Haudenosaunee Tribes
Onondaga
Seneca
Cayuga
Tuscarora
Mohawk
Oneida
The Forming of the Iroquois.
Around 1570, Hiawatha (an Onondaga
chief) and Dekanawida (a Mohawk
Chief) decided to stop their tribes from
fighting.
The five nations formed the Iroquois
League.
Iroquois Principles
They would live in
peace with each other.
They would trade with
each other.
They would go to war
TOGETHER.
Each tribe elected
Sachems to run the
Confederacy.
“We bind
ourselves together
by taking hold of
each other’s hands.
… Our strength
shall be in union. …
Carry no anger and
hold no grudges”
Long Houses
100 foot long
houses that held
10-20 families.
Each family had a
section of the
house.
Women owned the
longhouses and a
husband would
move into his wife’s
mother’s longhouse.
Iroquois Culture
The “THREE
SISTERS” of corn,
beans and squash
were farmed by the
women.
Deer, beaver, and
moose were hunted
by the men.
The effect of
ENVIRONMENT
No grazing land for herds.
The forest provided wood
Forest animals gave the Iroquois food
and clothing
They needed crops they could store for
the long winter in a temperate climate.
A short growing season allowed for the
3 sisters to grow.