Daily life
FOOD
- The people of the long house village hunted animals, gathered plant foods, and planted several kind of food.
- Dried cherries, some fruits& herbs were made into juices or teas.
- They grew corn, beans, and squash.
- Soup or stew, with deer or bear meat added for flavor.
HUNTING/ FISHING/ AGRICULTURE OR FARMING
- The peoples of the Eastern woodlands were among the few aboriginal groups who grew food crops as well as fished, hunted and gathered.
- Practised slash and burn agriculture.
- The main crops were (maize) corn, beans& squash.
SHELTER
- The other name of the Iroquois shelter are longhouse or bark longhouses.
- These houses were big enough to house 30 - 60 people.
- The Iroquois were also known as Haudenosaunee, People of the Longhouse, and the Six Nations.
CLOTHING & ADORNMENT
Men clothing:
- Breechcoth & moccasins
- A long strip of soft deer hide
- wrapped between the legs, then up and under a belt or sash, with the edges hanging over the belt in the front & back.
- in cooler weather, men wore a hide shirt, leggings and a kit, or short skirt
- They were not really different from men
- In warm weather, women wore only a leather skirt& moccasins lade of corn husk or hide.
- Young children worn little or no clothing
- When it was cooler, they added skin tunics or jackets, leggings,and robes made of animal fur.
TRANSPORTATION
- Canoes and their feet.
- Dogs might have carried items but there were no horses or large beast of burden.
TRADE/ECONOMY
- Iroquois exchanged extra corns, tobaccos, and quahog shells with furs from another tribes living in the northern part.
- After Europeans arrive in America, Iroquois started to trade with Europeans. Europeans required furs. So, Iroquois supplied their furs and got goods from factories. However, the trade was unfair.
- British people showed a lot of convenient stuffs from factories, and made Iroquois feel comfortable with that kind of things. Not only Furs but also, alcohol, lead, and power was traded among Europeans and Iroquois.
- Many people were lived together, and their community was based on the agriculture and hunter gatherer system.
- The property was held by women.