a written plan for government

a group in which members remain independent but are loosely joined for a certain purpose

dome-shaped permanent dwelling that housed one family; covered in bark during the winter, and grass during the summer

rectangular-shaped permanent dwelling that could house several families; made from logs and bark, and used as meeting places and ceremonial locations

native; original to a place

the belief that animals, plants and even inanimate objects have spirits

Northeast Indigenous people lived in what is now the _________ U.S. and ____________ _______________.

The cultural territory of the northeast indigenous people spread from the _______________________ to the _______________________.

The region where the northeast indigenous people lived included many lakes, rivers and thick forests, as well as the ___________ Mountains.

Cold winters and warm summers occur each year within the _____________ region.

There are _________ temperature changes from time to time. The climate is ____________ along the coast of the _____________ _______________.

The ___________ __________ are _________ large freshwater lakes along the border of the _______ and _________.

The Appalachian Mountains extend from __________ all the way to __________.

The Mississippi River is the ________- longest river in __________ America.

The two main language groups of the northeast region were _________ and ___________.

Algonquian Speakers

Iroquoian Speakers

Each Indigenous Northeast civilization had a ______ culture.

Cayuga People are known as ________________________. They lived between two other civilizations, the ___________and ______________, on the northern shores of the _________ Lake in what is now the state of ___________.

The Mohawk Tribe is known as the ___________________, the Mohawk people originally lived in the __________ region of ________________. they are traditionally known as the ________________ of the ___________ Confederacy because they defended the confederacy from early conflict with ________________.

The Oneida Nation once occupied _____________ acres between the _______________ River and the _______________ River. The Oneida Nation had an _______________ government with recognized borders long before ___________ contact.

The Pequot Nation were a relatively ________ group compared to other Indigenous civilizations. They had about _________ members and lived in about ___________ square miles of Mashantucket which is now southeastern ___________.

The Wampanoag Tribe once had ________ tribal communities spread over southeastern _______________ and eastern _______________. They were expert _____________ and ___________ on the island of Noepe, known today as _________________.

What were the names of the five Indigenous Iroquois civilizations?

The five indigenous Iroquois civilizations (Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca) lived close together in what is now _____________.

The five indigenous Iroquois civilizations (Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca) founded the ____________________ around _____.

The Haudenosaunee Confederacy is sometimes called the ____________.

The __________Nation later joined the confederacy, and it expanded to be the _________ after they joined the confederacy.

The confederacy still exists today, making it one of the oldest existing democracies in the world.

The ____________Confederacy has a political structure that is very special. _______ from each civilization meet to solve problems facing their tribes and nations together. This group of leaders is known as the _____________. No decision is made until each chief of the Grand Council _________. This allows each civilization to have an _____ say in the decision-making process.

Haudenosaunee means ____________________.

Mohawk means _____________________.

Oneida means _____________________.

Onondaga means _____________________.

Cayuga means _____________________.

Seneca means _____________________.

Tuscarora means _____________________.

Number the Steps in the decision-making process in order they occur in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy....A decision is made, An issue arises, Each chief of the Grand Council agrees, Chiefs from each civilization meet.

Well before contact with __________settlers, the _____________Confederacy established the Great__________________, also known as the Iroquois ______________.

The Great Law of Peace established rules for how the ______________________works.

Some rules of the Great Law of Peace Include:

1. -Each tribe or nation within the Haudenosaunee Confederacy has an _________amount of power

2. -Leaders can be _________ if they are not doing their job well

3. -No person can have more than ________ job within the confederacy

Each civilization in the Haudenosaunee Confederacy teaches its people to ________ the world in which they live because they are ___________ it from ___________ generations.

Chiefs and the Grand Council regularly consider how their present-day __________ will affect the lives of people not yet born who will _______ the world.

Chiefs and the Grand Council regularly consider how their present-day decisions will affect the lives of the people not yet born who will inherit the world. This core value of the confederacy is called the _______________.

The three sisters - ________________ - were grown by all the Indigenous _____________ civilizations.

________ was the main source of food in the Northeast Indigenous culture. _________ was also widespread among villages on the ____________ and near other _____________.

Much like Indigenous civilizations in the Great Plains and Southeast cultures, responsibilities were divided between ______________.

_____ were tasked with fishing and hunting deer, elk, wild turkeys, and other woodland animals.

__________ were responsible for planing and harvesting of crops. _________ not only farmed the three sisters, but they also gathered wild berries, flowers, herbs, nuts and roots for food and ________.

Many Indigenous Northeast civilizations practiced ____________. Indigenous people knew that small _________could increase the ___________of the soil.

Indigenous Northeast civilizations purposely lit ____, controlled ______ to influence the _________ they relied on for food, clothing and other items. In the fall they would burn sections of ___________ to drive herds of deer and elk into the ____ nearer to their villages. This meant that they did not have to go as far to _____ during the cold winter months. In spring, new grasses in the extra-______ soil drew the deer and elk out of the woods and into the open _________. Indigenous people also set controlled fires in the woods to _____ animals to leave the forest and go back to the grassland.

Many Northeast Indigenous people lived in _______villages along rivers, lakes or the Atlantic coast. Most lived in one of two different styles of homes: ___________.

__________were huts made from an arched framework of poles that was covered with bark, hides or woven mats.

_____________ were long, rectangular homes with dome-shaped roofs covered in bark.

Longhouses ranged from _______________feet long and were generally about __________feet wide. Often, several _________lived in one longhouse. Longhouses were symbols of ____________and family ________. They _________ as homes, meeting places and ceremonial locations.

Both _______________________were built to be permanent dwellings for long periods of time. However, they could still be taken down and rebuilt in a new location if the soil or animal supplies in the surrounding area were _________.

Clothing was very similar among civilizations of the Northeast regions. _______hide was the most common animal hide used for clothing. Men wore ___________ in warm weather and animal hide __________ when traveling through the forest or in _______ weather. Women wore _____ in warm weather and attached animal hide leggings at the _____ when traveling through the forest or in cold ___________. Both men and women wore _____or robes in cold weather conditions. ___________were also worn by men and women.

Indigenous people decorated everyday clothing with _________________. Accessories such as ___________ were also comon in Northeast culture. Ceremonial clothing was considered highly personal and sacred. Ceremonial clothes were often decorated with the ________colored shell to celebrate ______ identity and individual _________.

Hiawatha Wampum Belt.....________made it, it was made of _____________, and its cultural significance in the past and present represented ______________.

Northeast Indigenous civilizations created ______trade networks. The regularly traded surplus items like ___________for items they needed. They also traded for _______ such as decorative seashells or tobacco leaves. Trading helped them get the goods they needed or ______, and it also promoted peace by building relationships with other _________.

Northeast Indigenous civilizations were highly ______. They believed that everything happened for a _______. They also believed that both living and ______ have a spirit.

the latter belief gave them a stron connection to _________. They tried to live in ______ with nature and with one another. __________ and community gatherings took place throughout the year in time with natural events such as the ________ of the seasons.

___________ were considered very significant. Many Northeast peoples believed dreams to be __________of the future or metaphors for human daily _____. Often, interpretations of dreams were shared through ___________.

Because the ___________ were not connected to the rest of the world, _____ of the major world religions were present.

_________ made of shells, became a form of ____________.