Iroquois Flashcards
(27 cards)
Clan mother
Female leader of the clan
Clan
The word for family
Three sisters
Corn, beans and squash
Sachems
People who get chosen by the clan mother to go to the grand council meeting
Council
Meeting
Grand council
Meeting where 50 sachems from each village go to represent their people and make decisions for their tribe
Ancestor
Someone who lived before us
Wampum
Beaded belt
Degwanida
Peacemaker
Reservation
Land set aside for native Americans to live on
Six nations
Another name for Haudenosaunee
Hiawatha
CO-founder of the Iroquois confederacy and follower of Deganawida
Mohawk
One tribe of the Iroquois nation
Oneida
Tribe in the Iroquois nation
Onondaga
Tribe in the Iroquois nation
Cayuga
Tribe in the Iroquois nation
Tuscarora
Tribe in the Iroquois nation
Seneca
Tribe in the Iroquois nation
Iroquois Confederacy
Another name for the Iroquois
Iroquois League
Important northeast Native American confederacy
Algonquian
Another Native American nation of tribes that often fought the Iroquois
Agriculture
Another word for farming
Haudenosaunee
Nation of six different Native American tribes in the northeast, another name for Iroquois
Iroquois
Word that means red snakes and given to the native Americans by the algonquins
