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Lenni Lenape
By. Juliana, Madison,
Ashlei, Tieseah, and
Steffanie.
•The Algonquians believed that all the things in
nature, animals, plants, mountains, rivers and had
spirits that could do no harm as well as good .They
called these spirits or deities, manitous. The maitous
taught them how to build houses and grow corn and
start cooking and making fires.
•They led boys and girl ceremonies, called rites of
passage, when they reach adult hood. Ceremonies
were celebrated with singing, drumming, and
dancing. Shamans led members of the community in
religious ceremonies.
• The Algonquians lived in wigwams.
• They looked like little huts. The doors are about 6 feet
tall. The entire structure is about 7 to 8 feet tall, 7 feet wide
and 15 feet long.
• It will only hold a single family.
• They were made from bending saplings which are young
trees into a arch.
• Tying them together with string made from animal
muscle, or plant fiber.
•The Algonquians caught deer. The Algonquians
hunted deer for meat. The Algonquians fished
for there meat.
•, wild turkeys, and ducks.
• Sometimes the Algonquians caught fish with
their bare hands. The women and girls grew
corn, pumpkin, and squash in there gardens.
• The Algonquians gathered nuts, berries, and
wild honey.
• Adults and children worked very hard.
• The fathers taught there sons how to hunt, fish,
skin animals, and cut up there meat for food.
• Food and water were stored in clay pots.
• Men dressed in deer skin the women wore the deer
skin around there waists only in the warm weather
• In the cold weather both men, children, and women
wore leggings and covered themselves with animal
fur (deer, beavers, bear)
•For special occasions, they wore brightly-colored
mantles or capes made from feathers of turkey and
other birds
•They wore necklaces, earrings, and other ornaments
made from stone, bone, and purple and white shells.
Joseph Brant
Famous Mohawk chief who lived in New York.
Interpreter and secretary for the British
supertiendent of the Indian affairs. Met the king and
queen in England. Fought with the English, before
and during the American revolution, gaining the
rank of colonel. Fought of the cherry valley
massacre. Founded a Mohawk Episcopal chapel and
translating prayer book. Joseph also met with
President George Washington.
Bibliography
Book
Stewart Mark. New York Native Peoples
Chicago, Illinois 2003
Website
“Native Language ”.com