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The Eastern Woodlands cultural region stretched east of the great Mississippi River.
The region’s name came from the large forests that covered this land. The people of the
Eastern Woodlands built villages along the banks of the many rivers and streams flowing through the forests.

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1: The Five Nations: The Five Nations are also called the “Iroquois League” and the League consisted of the: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and the
Seneca (A 6 th tribe later joined the league).
2: Algonquian: There are 6 tribes of the Algonquian,
3 that live inland around the “Great Lakes” (Ottawa,
Chippewa and Miami) and 3 live on the coastal plains
(Delaware, Wampanoag and Powhatan).

Hiawatha left his village and met another Iroquois named
Deganwida, who became known as the “Peacemaker”. With time the 2 men persuaded the five nations to unite and work together as a group
Iroquois Legend
Hiawatha was a statesman, lawgiver, shaman and unifier who lived in the 1570’s. He was born in the Mohawk (1 of the 5 nations) and was a refuge among the Onondaga when his tribe first rejected his teachings. He tried to unite the Iroquois tribes but was opposed by chieftain, Wathatotarho, he eventually defeated and killed
Hiawatha’s daughter for revenge… this is the legend.

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Division of labor: When male and female both do equal amount of work or labor.
Palisade: Walls of tall wooden poles that would protect villages from strangers and wild animals.
Wampum: Beads cut from seashells to make beaded designs that showed events, important decisions and stories.
Confederation: A loose group of governments working as one.
Longhouse: Long wooden buildings that could hold as many as 50 people. Every longhouse was divided into sections, each section held at least 1 family.
Wigwams: Round, bark-covered shelters.

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They built palisades around and in their villages for shelter
The men set out to hunt and the women cooked meat.
Children and women gathered wild berries, fruit, leaves and spices.
The 5 nations groups that made the Iroquois are:
Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga and Seneca.
Like the Algonquian the Iroquois used spears to hunt and used animal hide to make clothes

WAYS OF LIFE: ALGONQUIAN
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The Algonquian tribe had 1-20 villages
They built longhouses
The tribe used Wigwams to cross clans
Each village had 2 chiefs that had equally important jobs, 1 chief helped keep peace between the other native tribes, kind of like our president. The other chief was the chief of war. He helped get their villagers ready for war. If the Algonquian warriors were outmatched he would round the villagers up to a safe place, kindof like our general.

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Geography
Soil was moist and good for farming in the
Algonquian.
The soil was rock and farming was difficult for the Iroquois
Forests, streams and rivers were everywhere.
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Climate
Rain was common for the Algonquian but for the Iroquois weather was cold
Humidity was high for both of the tribes

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