Iroquois+Tribe

__ The Iroquois Tribe __ By:Cassy,Alissa,Alexa,michell,ryan

Cassy: Homes Alissa : Clothing Alexa: Tansportation Mitchell: Weapons and Tools Ryan: Foods

=__Table of Contnets__=
 * 1) Homes 2. Food 3. Clothing 4. Transportation 5. Weapons and Tools

=__ Homes __=

The Iroquois Tribe did not live in Teepees. They lived in long-houses due to the fact that they diden't move offten.The Iroquois moved every 10-20 years because the soil where they grew there crops would eventully dry out and got worn and dry.They would build there long-houses on top of hills so they were able to have the higher advantage in case another tribe attacted. Around the village they would have an 18ft wooden fence made by 3 rows of wooden poles with sharpened tops woven together.More then one famliy lived in the long-house.

The longe-house was practicly on large hallway and down in the center there was a fire pit. If you were to lok up in the long-house there would be beds attatched to the walles. The long house had two doors one an each end, and on the roof was a smoke hole for each fire pit. The long house was covered in elm bark to protect them from diffrent weather conditions.during the winter they would cover the door with animal pelts. To keep the heat in there where no windows and the men always built by the longhouses. = = =__Food__= == The Iroquois have very interesting foods that they eat. The Iroquois beans were dried up and kept in bark. They went hunting fishing. The corn stocks are grown to also accommodate the climbing beans as the squash. Food components include roots, berries, greens and nuts. The Iroquois also hunted deer, wild turkey, muskrat and beaver. The Iroquois also caught fish such as salmon, trout, perch and bass. The Iroquois grew sun flower seeds. The sun flower seeds are also used for cooking and for rubbed on their bodies for protection from the sun or cold. The Iroquois also grew pumpkin, squash, wild plums, grapes, cherries, berries and crab apples. The Iroquois picked nuts, chest nuts, walnuts and hickory. The Iroquois mainly hunted wild turkeys, geese, ducks, herons, pigeons, and partridges. Lots of Iroquois families ate only one large meal a day.

=__Clothing__=

Do you know what the Iroquois Tribe use to where? The Iroquois Tribe wore clothing that was made from natural materials. For their clothing they would use: Dear-hide, Elk, and many other furs. They would also weave fabric from corn husks and plant fibbers. What they wore usually depended on what time of year it was or the season.In the winter women would were a deerskin dress, or a long deerskin blouse with a shirt. Women would also were knee high leggings and moccasins. They would decorate their clothing with pine needles, Feathers, Shells, and glass beads to create designs on their clothing or on woodland designs. The Men would were a tanned leather breechcloth (Pronounced- Bree-ch-cloth) which hung down of the front and back along with wearing black or brown leggings. Men also wore deerskin shirts and hide moccasi ns and were decorated with a woodland design.

Both Men and Women wore or had winter robes. The fur on them would usually be: Bear, Buffalo, or elk hides. The men wore a special hat called a gustoweh. The gustoweh was made from curved wood splints. On the top the hat was covered with split feathers. The number of feathers on the gustoweh told what Iroquois tribe it was from. The men’s jewellery was made of bear’s teeth and claws, and beads made of shells or carved bone.

Now the children would wear similar clothes that the adults would. The babies wore dippers made from the end fat of a cattail. Today, the clothing styles are about the same. They still use leather and animal fur’s and the men still wear gustowehs but now cotton is used for shirts and dresses. Women would were there hair there hair in long brades down there back while men would were there hair in many diffrent styles.

=__Transportation__= Transportation was very important to the Iroqouis because they had to travel alot and also they have to travel on water. The Iroquois did not have cars, trains, air planes or buses like us today but did make canoes and toboggans that were very important if they wanted travel on snow or water.The Iroquois used dogs as pack animals to pull them on toboggans or walked on snow shoes in the winter.Toboggans were used to transport items like furs, foods or tools. Toboggans were made out of thin wooden boards. They made canoes becuase traveling by water was faster than by land. They usually made canoes in the early summer becuase wood was easy to work with.One of the most popular canoes were the birch bark because they were fast on water, not too heavy and great for lond-distance traveling. Also they sometimes these people used elm-bark canoes or dugout canoes for fishing. The elm canoes were short-term boats because they had to travel fast. Elm canoes were mostly built when the Iroquois were in a hurry. The dugout canoes were the earliest boats used. Its great for hunting because it doesn’t make a lot of noises. It was built near the water because it was heavy. The Iroquois also use Kayaks for hunting. The kayak was designed for one person and is waterproof. Kayaks have points at the front of the canoe and back. And they used 2 paddles so it moves a lot faster than other boats and kayaks are very light. They made this canoe out of animal skin and bone. These are what they used for transportation and all of these are very important because they had to travel fast!



=**__Weapons and Tools__**= The Iroquois tribe consisted of 5 tribes Mohawks, Seneca, Oneida, Cayuga and the Onondaga. They used a variety of weapons including spears, tomahawks, bow and arrows, lances, war clubs and knives ex. The Iroquois used their weapons for hunting for their tribe to eat and they also used their weapons for going into war so their tribe could gain more land.

=__Websites__= 1. Book- : Iroquois by: Richard.M.Gaines 2. Websight-: Iroquois Trib Clothing 3.Websight-: Iroquois tribe what clothes for what season (These TOP 3 are for the Clothing section!)

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