723+Iroquois,+The+Northeast

** Nekayla Duke (723) **
= Map of the Iroquois =

=** Native Longhouses **= = = =** Wampum Belt **= == =** False Face Masks **=

=Buckskin moccasins =

=__Why is the study of Native American (The Iroquois) History so important? __= ===** The Iroquois have established the government and lifestyle of today. They invented lacrosse, singing, and mask making. Furthermore, the Iroquois developed democracy, which is significant in our lives today. **===

=__How and why did the Native Americans (The Iroquois) form their first governments and communities; how were they like? __= ===** The Iroquois were governed by the Iroquois Great Council, which was formed by six tribes. Each Iroquois tribe sent some leaders to the Great Council, where they agreed on decisions through discussion and voting. Each separate tribe also had its own council to agree on local decisions. **=== =__How did and/or how could Native Americans and Europeans get along? __= ===The Europeans and Iroquois got along well. This is because the Iroquois traded their beaver furs for metal pots, knives, saws, fish hooks, and other European goods. ===

=__Iroquois Life Perspective:__ = = An Iroquois child is welcomed into the world with a feast at the mother's family home. Until the baby is able to walk, he/her spent days secured to a cradle board, which his mother would hang from a tree branch playing with toys, games, and lacrosse. When grown to a child, Iroquois children attending private schools not only learn the subjects taught at non-Indian schools, but study their tribal culture and history. Puberty marked the time a child turns into an adult. As a man, time is spent in physical activities such as running, swimming, and bathing in icy water. Women would work in the fields gathering materials for the family. As time passed, the Iroquois needed a fair way to agree. Thus was created voting. This is an example of a revolutionary method that even our Democracy uses. This method lets people express their ideas equally. Being such a civilized tribe, many people had went their separate ways to such locations: New York, Wisconsin, and Canada, but the majority of the people live off the reservations. =

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