Iroquois Confederacy

Haudenosaunee means

• People of lake ontario

• People of the longhouse

• People of the forest

• People of the log house

What is a clan

• People who speak the same language

• The decions makers of the Haudenosaunee

• A group of people related to each other

• People who select chiefs

What is a democracy

• A type of goverment where all the decisions are made by a king

• A type of goverment where all the decisions are made by a queen

• A type of government where the people get a say in how things are done

What does Haudenosaunee mean

• people of the forest

• people of the longhouse

• people of the water

• people of the log house

What does Hoyaneh mean

• People of peace

• Gaurdians of the peace

• Caretakers of the peace

• Defender of the peace

What was the name that the french gave the Haudenosaunee

• Haudenosaunee

• Iroquois

when was the Iroquois confederacy formed

• Around 1790

• Around 1550

• Around 1570

• Around 1772

Who are the 5 nations that made up the Iroquois confederacy

• Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga nations

• Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, Onondaga, and Tuscarora nations

What does the Iroquois flag represent

• Happiness

• Unity

• Kindness

• fairness

what do the symbols on the Hiawatha belt represent

• Love, honesty, equity, and unity

• The tree of peace

• The 5 nations coming together and the tree of peace

• The 5 cheifs of the Cayuga nation