Native Americans

The Native Americans that lived in the Eastern Woodlands of New York

• Iroquois

• Hiawatha

• longhouse

• wampum

An Onondaga Chief who was a co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

• 3 sisters

• Hiawatha

• longhouse

• iroquois confederacy

A long, open-ended house that Iroquois lived in. It was made of wood and houses extended family

• Deganawida

• government

• longhouse

• trade

A string or belt of polished beads or shells, usually telling a story

• wampum

• council

• environment

• five nations

Natural surroundings or area in which you live

• council

• environment

• wampum

• 3 sisters

Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk

• Haudenosaunee

• confederacy

• sachem

• 5 nations

A group of people who join together to help each other

• five nations

• sachem

• council

• confederacy

A Native American who traveled to villages, trying to make Iroquois be at peace with each other

• sachem

• confederacy

• Deganawida

• longhouse

A group of people who meet to discuss and solve problems

• sachem

• 3 sisters

• council

• longhouse

"People of the Longhouse"

• environment

• haudenosaunee

• Deganawida

• Iroquois