The Eastern Woodland Native Americans Chapter 2- lesson 1 SS textbook pgs. 76-80

A tribe is a group of ____________ bound together under a single ________________. Many different tribes lived in this region, but they all had similar _________________, that used the __________________ of their environment. What is a resource? families leadership cultures resources

Thick forests offered endless supplies of _____________________. Living in the Woodlands Thick forests offered endless supplies of _____________________. People hunted animals that were plentiful in the area deer, bear, elk, and beaver for food and used their ________and ___________ for clothes. They used the lakes, rivers, and streams for ____________ and ____________. They grew crops such as ___________, ____________, and _______________. wood skin fur water fish corn beans squash

The Iroquois The Iroquois lived in the ______________________ part of the Eastern Woodlands. They were among the most powerful tribes of the region. The Iroquois were not ________ tribe, but a group of _______________tribes that lived near each other and spoken similar ______________________. northeastern one five languages

For many years, the tribes that made up the Iroquois fought with each other. The fights usually were started over ______________. Finally after many battles with each other, one tribe chief, _____________, decided to go to the other tribal chiefs to ask for peace. The other chiefs were tired of fighting too, so they decided to work together in what became the ____________ _____________. A league is an __________________ that people form which ______________ them for a particular purpose. land Hiawatha Iroquois League organization unites

The five tribes sent 50 representatives, all men, to a ____________ _____________. The council made decisions for all of the League members. Each member had only one vote. All of the members had to agree before a decision was made. (This is similar to how our government works today.) The older women of the tribes could _______________ or __________________ the representatives, but could not be a representative herself. Great Council choose remove

The Iroquois lived in _________________ The Iroquois lived in _________________. Which were long wooden houses where several Iroquois families lived together. They could be as long as half of a football field! One Iroquois village could have as many as ________________ longhouses. longhouses 150

Iroquois used trees to make ___________ Iroquois used trees to make ___________. They used needles made from __________ to sew bark together for the canoe. They used __________ ______ to make the canoes watertight. canoes bone tree gum

Using the woodlands deer Men hunted for _________________. They used the animals hides for _________________ and the meat for food. Women tanned the hides and sewed them into ________________ and pants. They cleared trees to make fields for crops. They also gathered _____________ for maple syrup. clothing shirts sap

Iroquois Beliefs and Customs The Iroquois felt a deep spiritual connection to __________________, ________________, and other resources around them. When an Iroquois hunter killed a deer, he knelt beside it and spoke to it. He __________________it for the food and clothing it would provide for his family. During harvest time the Iroquois gave ___________________ for their crops. Iroquois Beliefs and Customs trees the animals thanked thanks