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• Explains how the world was created
• Iroquis- refers to five separate Native
American peoples-Seneca, Cayuga,
Oneida, Onondaga, and Mohawk
• Lived in woodlands of New York State
(Hudson River/Great Lakes)

• Iroquois groups spoke similar languages, held similar beliefs, and followed similar ways of life
• Long houses. Build fences for protection
• Women cultivated three sisters (squash, beans and corn) gathered berries and nuts
• Men: hunted, fished, and fought with Mahican people
• Warfare was important: gave men power and prestige.
• League was created to end fighting among the nations that formed the alliance

• Myth-traditional story , passed down through generations that explains why thje world is the way it is
• Creation Myth-explains how the universe, earth and life began.

• There were more than __________ different kinds of Native American Tribes?
• There were over _________ different languages spoke by Native Americans
• A myth is a _____________________
• The Iroquois were from what part of North
America_______________
• Were the Iroquois nomadic?____________________

• The World on a Turtle’s Back
• From what tribe do we get The World On a Turtle’s Back?___________
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Where in the modern United States would you have found this tribe? _____________
• According to The World on a Turtle’s Back, in the beginning there was the ocean, a great void of air, and far above the unpeopled world was _____________.
• How does the Sky Woman end up in our world?
• ___________________________________________________________________________________________
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________________________________________________________________________7. What animal is responsible for bringing the _________ to the woman so she could plant the ______________ and ___________ she was able to grasp during her fall? _____________
• 8Who gives birth to the twins? ________________
• 9What are the twins’ names?_______________________ and ___________________
• How is the twins mother killed? _______________________________
• What springs from the mother’s head? _________________________
• Where does tobacco come from according to this Iroquois myth______________
• What is the major difference between the twins?
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• When one twin makes the deer, the other twin made the ______________.
• Which twin is killed and how?_______________________________________________________________________________________
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• What happens to the dead twin’s body?
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Which twin reigns the day?________________________
• Which twin reigns the night? __________________________
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What happens to the grandmother ?____________________________ and
_____________________________________________.