Mohawk Indians The Word Mohawk comes from the cognate with the Narragansett Mohowauúck‚ they eat animated things‚ hence “man-eaters”. (accessgenealogy) The Mohawk clan was member of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was a group of five (later six) tribes that were united with the purpose of doing strategies against the invasion of the French and the British during the fight for the upper states of the country. The form of hierarchy was what they called the longhouse of representatives and was the
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Jacques Cartier was born on December 31‚ 1491 in St. Malo. St. Malo is an island seaport on the coast of Brittany. He grew up around the water‚ and was most likely fishing. Jacques spent very little time at home‚ as he was often sailing. In 1520‚ Cartier married Catherine Des Granches. They did not have any kids though. Cartier spoke Portuguese which leads us to think that he may have been on a portuguese ship that explored the coast of South America. Some claim that in 1532‚ Cartier was a master
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The Creation Story The Iroquois story and the Judeo-Christian story are very similar stories but they also have very different concepts. Both stories explain how the earth was created and who it was created by. They talk about different beliefs and share their opposing thoughts about certain topics. In the story about the Iroquois it mentions that the earth was started on a turtle’s back and that there was no all-powerful God. Yet the other said that earth was created by an omniscient being called
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Part 1 1-1 1. What aspects of Marco Polos description of the orient might early readers have found alluring? -The aspects of Polo’s description like the infinite number of villages‚ creatures that yeild musk‚ rice‚ tilted fields. Another alluring part is how there are multiple places represented by different people ‚ because there are either many monarchs or just none. I think that all the different imagery might make them think that he is lying or just crazed. 2. Skeptics question the
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geography‚ cultural traits and common historical experience ties the people of Appalachia together. The Appalachian Mountains were inhabited by a diverse population of Native Americans. They included the Iroquois who were the dominant group in the region. They later split into the northern Iroquois and southern Cherokees. The counties of Virginia‚ East Tennessee‚ western North Carolina and eastern Kentucky were the strongest areas of unionist sentiment in Appalachia. The people involved in social
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MOHAWK INDIANS Native Americans are people who are local to the Americas. They are also known as American Indians. They tend to have light brown skin‚ brown eyes‚ and dark straight hair. The name Indian was first applied to them by Christopher Columbus‚ who mistakenly believed that the mainland and the islands of the Americas were part of the Indies‚ in Asia. The Native Americans of North America are believed to be descendants of the Mongoloids‚ early hunters and gatherers The Last Of The Mohicans
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The three cultural regions of North America directly preceding colonization would be the Iroquois‚ the Algonquian‚ and Narragansett’s. The Iroquois are a melting pot. League traditions allowed for the dead to be symbolically replaced through captives taken in the "Mourning War." They also were a mix of farmers‚ fishers‚ gatherers and hunters‚ though their main diet came from farming. The main crops they farmed were corn‚ beans and squash‚ which were called the three sisters and were considered special
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Example: 1. The Iroquois are American Indian peoples originally from New York State. The Iroquois are American Indian peoples originally from New York State. Simple 1. Members of the Iroquois – which include the Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Cayuga‚ Tuscarora and Seneca – have an ancient history of storytelling. 2. In the early days‚ professional storytellers went from house to house‚ and they were paid for their storytelling with small gifts. 3. Most of what is known today about the Iroquois folk tales
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taught us that you have to be kind to other cultures and peoples. Moctezuma II welcomed the Spanish explorers even though they thought the Europeans dirty. The Iroquois later referred to the explorers as “dog people”. Another example would be the the Pilgrims.. They could not have survived without the help of surrounding native tribes. The Iroquois taught us that democracy can work‚ that we do not have to resort to communism or socialism. They set up a
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Seminole in Florida‚ the Bungi in Manitoba‚ the Cherokee in Tennessee‚ and the Passamaquoddy in Maine (Source B). The game was called Baggattaway‚ meaning they bump hips by the Algonquin tribe‚ and Tewaarathon‚ meaning little brother of war‚ by the Iroquois tribe (Source B). In the earliest times of American Indian lacrosse‚ the game had few rules‚ if any. Lacrosse games would last for days‚ stopping at sunset and continuing the next day at sunrise. The fields had no boundaries‚ and goals were usually
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