Ms Pakkar SS 9 The Iroquois Confederacy Flag Six Nations in Union The Six Nations An Iroquoian Legend Source for the legend and images httpwwwsixnationsindianmuseumcomlegendshtml ID: 759464
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The Iroquois of the Easter Woodlands
Ms.
Pakkar
SS 9
Slide2The Iroquois Confederacy Flag
Six Nations in Union
Slide3The Six Nations
Slide4An Iroquoian Legend
Slide5Slide6Slide7Slide8Slide9Slide10Slide11Source for the legend and images:
http://www.sixnationsindianmuseum.com/legends.html
Slide12“
'Haudenosaunee' “
retrieved from:
http://mysite.verizon.net/richvitto/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/Longhouse.gif
Slide13Made with poles covered with flat sheets of bark~ 11metres wide and 45-55 metres longThe inside: long open building with a central corridor – where fire pits burnedWhere did families live? Areas separated by partitions on each side of the fire. They were like small apartment blocks where extended families livedOther purposes: religious buildings and storage
What is a longhouse?
Slide14“The longhouse symbolizes a way of life where the Six Nations Confederacy live under one common law, think with one mind and speak with one voice. That law is called ‘Gien na sah nah gonah’ the Great Law of Peace.”Source: http://iroquoisnationals.org/1.7/index.php/about-us/history
Slide15How did they do it?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amvv4P4DzJU
Slide16What did they eat?
3 sisters (corn, beans, squash), seeds, nuts, and berries, milkweed, skunk cabbage, mustard grass,deer, bear, beaver, elk, geese, ducks, pigeons, fish
Slide17Governing
Several families in one longhouse
chose one female elder as headFamilies of 2 more longhouses “clan” (related through common female ancestor)The “clan mother” chose male sachems to represent clan interests at tribal councilsMet at least once a year to discuss general mattersA chief’s decisions were often influenced by the clan mother.
Slide18“In
1987, the Congress of the United States unanimously passes Concurrent Resolution S.76, recognizing the
contribution
of the
Haudenosaunee
(Iroquois) to the
democratic
principles of the Constitution of the United States
.”
Slide19Source:
http://secondaryellinsurrey.files.wordpress.com/2012/05/adapted-ss9-crossroads-ch-7-canadas-first-people1.pdf
Slide20Lacrosse: The “Little War” (Cherokee)
An Iroquoian Invention
Slide21How it was played
An Iroquoian invention as early as the 12
th centuryOriginally played to give thanks and pray to the gods and for medicinal purposes still done todayOriginal version – possibly hundreds of people could play at a time; mile-long field; played for days“Before the game, the team gathers around their spiritual advisor who leads a traditional tobacco-burning rite, among other rituals that prepare the players to take the field.”
Slide22http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJJmnnsKDNk