Native American Words List # 3 and 4

North American Indian people that lived in downstate New York.

• Haudenosaunee

• Deganawida

• Algonquians

• Hiawatha

A spiritual leader who helped the sick and believed he or she could control the spirits.

• Sachem

• Powwow

• Council

• Shaman

Three important crops grown by the Iroquois.  The crops are corn, squash, and beans.

• Three Sisters

• Three brothers

• Three Parents

• Three Iroquois

A leader of the Iroquois who was chief of the Onondaga tribe of the Iroquois Confederacy.  He also helped organize the confederacy with The Peacemaker.

• Deganawida

• Hiawatha
• Pocahontas
• Geronimo

A tall wooden fence that was built to surround and protect an Iroquois village

• moat
• trench
• barrier
• palisade

a leader of an Algonquian Village

• president
• captain
• mayor
• sachem

A leader of the Iroquois in the 1500’s who helped organize the Iroquois Confederacy.  He’s also known as “The Peacemaker.” Today, members of the Iroquois believe that they shouldn’t speak his name aloud.

• Geronimo
• Deganawida

• Pocahontas
• Hiawatha

The Mohawk, the Oneidas, the Onondaga, the Cayuga, and the Seneca. 

• Six Nations

• The Iroquois

• Five Nations

• The Haudenosaunee

A group of people who meet to talk about and solve problems

• council

• school

• tribe

• committee

A council meeting held to solve a problem or make a decision

• Party

• Council

• Powwow

• Meeting