iroquoian1500 Archives - Page 2 of 2 - Societies and Territories

Fun and games

We, the Iroquoian people, follow the rhythm of the seasons. Nature can be unpredictable and sometimes we must fight to […]

Life in a longhouse

Living with one’s extended family Imagine living with your entire family: your parents, your brothers and sisters, your grandparents, your […]

Objects for every need

If someone gave you dried corn husks, would it occur to you to use them to make a doll? How […]

Iroquois Women

Women played a very important role in Iroquoian society. Children belonged to their mother’s clan. This is called a matrilineal society. Children lived […]

Iroquois Men

Among the Iroquoians, tasks were divided by gender. Men’s work and women’s work complemented one another. For example, men cleared […]

We know almost nothing about the personal history of members of the Iroquoian Language FamilyA language familyA language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language... is a group […]

Around 100 000 people

There were about 100 000 Iroquoian people in Iroquoia around 1500. This was before the Europeans arrived in North America. We […]

Iroquois territory

Iroquoia The territoryA territoryA territory is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say "belongs"... is an area of land, or sometimes of sea, that we can say “belongs”… of the […]

A territory rich in natural resources

A land and climateClimate is the average and normal weather in a specific place or region. for farming The Iroquoian territoryA […]

Iroquoians around 1500

Before beginning this section, it is important to note that the term Iroquoian refers to a language familyA language familyA language family is a group of languages related through descent from a common ancestral language... […]