Transcript eastern woodland housing
Slide 1
Eastern
Woodlands
Luke, Hannah, Nathan,
Sholeh
Slide 2
Introduction
•There are 2 different groups of tribes
in the Eastern Wood
•In the Iroquoi group there are the
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Coynga,
and Seneca
•The Iroquoi group is also called the
Five Nations
• In the Algonquians group there is the
Delaware, The Wampanoag, The
Powhaten, The Ottava, The Chippewa,
and the Miami
Slide 3
Geographic Location
•The Eastern Woodlands
Indians were east of the
Mississippi
•The Iroquois lived near
the great lakes
•The Algonquians lived on
the coastal plains and by
the great lakes
Slide 4
CULTURAL ACTIVITES AND
BELIFS OF EASTERN
WOODLAND NATIVE
AMERICANS
•Iroquois created a crop growing
method called Slash and Burn and a
game called Lacrosse
•Eastern woodland Native Americans
called earth the turtle
•They believed that pepole called sky
women fell through the sky and the
turtle would catch them
•Deganwidan, Itawatha, and Tadodaho
were myths or real pepole
•Deganwidan was a peace maker
•Itawatha and Tadodaho were evil
myths and had snakes coming out of
their hair
•Sachems were leaders and wisdom
keepers
Slide 5
Eastern
Woodland
Hunting and Food
•While the men were hunting their wife's
would such food as Corn, squash, grapes,
nuts, and clams.
• As a tradition and a good way of
camouflage, the hunters would use some
deer’s antlers on their head so the could
hide more easily.
• They would use spears and nets that
that they made to hunt fish.
• The way to hunt deer for them is they
would get into a old skin hide from the
deer's, that includes the antlers, then the
would walk toward the deer and shot the
deer with arrows.
• While the men were hunting for food
the women would prepare meals from
the food the gathered and sometimes
even the food that their husbands
brought back.
Slide 6
EASTERN WOODLAND
HOUSING
•Eastern Woodland houses were made out of trees
•In the Iroquois tribe they had several houses
•They had long houses
•All long houses had differences
•Each house could fit up to 20 families
•The long house’s frame was made out of young trees, and
covered with bark
•Long houses were divided into sections
•Each section was home to 1 or 2 families
•Some Algonquians similar long houses that the Iroquois
•Others made round bark shelters called Wigwams
•Wigwams were made very similar to the long houses
•The trunks of small trees were bent and tied together to form a
dome shape
•After words they covered it with bark
Eastern
Woodlands
Luke, Hannah, Nathan,
Sholeh
Slide 2
Introduction
•There are 2 different groups of tribes
in the Eastern Wood
•In the Iroquoi group there are the
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Coynga,
and Seneca
•The Iroquoi group is also called the
Five Nations
• In the Algonquians group there is the
Delaware, The Wampanoag, The
Powhaten, The Ottava, The Chippewa,
and the Miami
Slide 3
Geographic Location
•The Eastern Woodlands
Indians were east of the
Mississippi
•The Iroquois lived near
the great lakes
•The Algonquians lived on
the coastal plains and by
the great lakes
Slide 4
CULTURAL ACTIVITES AND
BELIFS OF EASTERN
WOODLAND NATIVE
AMERICANS
•Iroquois created a crop growing
method called Slash and Burn and a
game called Lacrosse
•Eastern woodland Native Americans
called earth the turtle
•They believed that pepole called sky
women fell through the sky and the
turtle would catch them
•Deganwidan, Itawatha, and Tadodaho
were myths or real pepole
•Deganwidan was a peace maker
•Itawatha and Tadodaho were evil
myths and had snakes coming out of
their hair
•Sachems were leaders and wisdom
keepers
Slide 5
Eastern
Woodland
Hunting and Food
•While the men were hunting their wife's
would such food as Corn, squash, grapes,
nuts, and clams.
• As a tradition and a good way of
camouflage, the hunters would use some
deer’s antlers on their head so the could
hide more easily.
• They would use spears and nets that
that they made to hunt fish.
• The way to hunt deer for them is they
would get into a old skin hide from the
deer's, that includes the antlers, then the
would walk toward the deer and shot the
deer with arrows.
• While the men were hunting for food
the women would prepare meals from
the food the gathered and sometimes
even the food that their husbands
brought back.
Slide 6
EASTERN WOODLAND
HOUSING
•Eastern Woodland houses were made out of trees
•In the Iroquois tribe they had several houses
•They had long houses
•All long houses had differences
•Each house could fit up to 20 families
•The long house’s frame was made out of young trees, and
covered with bark
•Long houses were divided into sections
•Each section was home to 1 or 2 families
•Some Algonquians similar long houses that the Iroquois
•Others made round bark shelters called Wigwams
•Wigwams were made very similar to the long houses
•The trunks of small trees were bent and tied together to form a
dome shape
•After words they covered it with bark