The Eastern Woodlands

 The Eastern Woodlands cultural region stretched east of the great Mississippi River. The region’s name came from the large forests that covered this land. The people of the Eastern Woodlands built villages along the banks of the many rivers and streams flowing through the forests.

1: The Five Nations: The Five Nations are also called the “Iroquois League” and the League consisted of the: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and the Seneca (A 6 th tribe later joined the league). 2: Algonquian: There are 6 tribes of the Algonquian, 3 that live inland around the “Great Lakes” (Ottawa, Chippewa and Miami) and 3 live on the coastal plains (Delaware, Wampanoag and Powhatan).

Hiawatha left his village and met another Iroquois named Deganwida, who became known as the “Peacemaker”. With time the 2 men persuaded the five nations to unite and work together as a group Iroquois Legend Hiawatha was a statesman, lawgiver, shaman and unifier who lived in the 1570’s. He was born in the Mohawk (1 of the 5 nations) and was a refuge among the Onondaga when his tribe first rejected his teachings. He tried to unite the Iroquois tribes but was opposed by chieftain, Wathatotarho, he eventually defeated and killed Hiawatha’s daughter for revenge… this is the legend.

 Division of labor: When male and female both do equal amount of work or labor.  Palisade: Walls of tall wooden poles that would protect villages from strangers and wild animals.  Wampum: Beads cut from seashells to make beaded designs that showed events, important decisions and stories.  Confederation: A loose group of governments working as one.  Longhouse: Long wooden buildings that could hold as many as 50 people. Every longhouse was divided into sections, each section held at least 1 family.  Wigwams: Round, bark-covered shelters.

They built palisades around and in their villages for shelter The men set out to hunt and the women cooked meat.Children and women gathered wild berries, fruit, leavesand spices. The 5 nations groups that made the Iroquois are:Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca. Like the Algonquian the Iroquois used spears to hunt andused animal hide to make clothes

The Algonquian tribe had 1-20 villages They built longhouses The tribe used Wigwams to cross clans Each village had 2 chiefs that had equally important jobs, 1 chiefhelped keep peace between the other native tribes, kind of likeour president. The other chief was the chief of war. He helped gettheir villagers ready for war. If the Algonquian warriors wereoutmatched he would round the villagers up to a safe place, kind-of like our general.

Geography Soil was moist and good for farming in the Algonquian. The soil was rock and farming was difficult for the Iroquois Forests, streams and rivers were everywhere. Climate Rain was common for the Algonquian but for the Iroquois weather was cold Humidity was high for both of the tribes

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