1. The Eastern Woodlands Iroquois Indians
Chapter 2 – Native Americans
of North America

2. The Iroquois League Made up of five tribes Seneca Cayuga Onondaga
Oneida
Mohawk
The Iroquois lived in the Eastern Woodlands Cultural Region
“People of the Longhouse”

3. Living in the Woodlands
Forests -
Supply wood
Hunting for food and clothing
Shelter (wood for longhouses)
Transportation (birch bark canoes)
Fertile Soil –
Corn, beans, squash
Lakes and Rivers
Water, fish

4. Longhouses

5. Longhouses

6. Gender Roles Men – Women – Hunted Tanned hides and made clothing
Tapped maple syrup
Cleared fields

7. Customs and Beliefs Believed in the Great Spirit
Nature is important to religion
Wampum belt – used for gifts or to trade

8. Where they are today.. 50,000 live in New York reservations
Mohawk are skilled builders
Hiawatha’s Belt now forms the symbol for the flag representing the 5 Iroquois nations.