significance of animism is that it gave the Native Americans structure for their values. 4. Hiawatha Hiawatha was a leader in the Iroquois nation (specifically Mohawk) who was transformed by a spirit after the death of his family due to the battles of the nations. His values were modified so that it was more about peace and power‚ changing the values of the whole Iroquois nation. The significance is that the Five Nations became much more peaceful with the new confederacy. 5. Chattel
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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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| Tribe #1: Cherokee | Tribe #2: Iroquois | Government | This government consists of the Tribal Council and the Executive Department. The Tribal Council has 12 members which are elected for two-year terms. The Executive Department consists of a Principal Chief‚ a Vice Chief‚ and an Executive Advisor. The Principal Chief and Vice Chief are elected for four-year terms by those Tribal members 18 years of age and over. The Executive Advisor is appointed by the Principal Chief and his appointment is
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Champlain convince Louis XIII that a colony could serve the convert the Aboriginals and give France a trade advantage Chose Quebec because it was advantageous to trade and was defensible and was uninhabited at the time Stadacona‚ Donnacona and the Iroquois were gone Champlain made a deal with the Montagnais and Algonkian to trade and settle on Montagnais land‚ but not to have title to the lands By the end of 1609 only 8 of the original 28 settlers were alive mostly due to scurvy The English Kirke
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b. Why did the French want to attack the Iroquois and not the English colonies? - The English employed the Iroquois and excited all other Indians against the French . “They sent those last year to attack the Hurons and the Outawas.” The English also sent the Iroquois to attack the French allies the Illinois and the Miamis. The Iroquois killed a great number fo them and this hurt the French. c. The Marquis suggested that if they were to defeat the Iroquois‚ the French could expand their empire to
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Relationships Between Native Americans and European Explorers/Settlers The indigenous Native Americans and the European explorers of the 16th and 17th century were two very different and distinct groups of people. The Native Americans were usually peaceful until threatened. Although they did not have much technology‚ they knew the land well and used their resources very efficiently. On the other hand‚ the European settlers‚ though more advanced as a civilization‚ proved a bit more violent
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their own languages and culture -all along the whole eastern seaboard -Northeast -New York‚ New England‚ etc. -Iroquoian and Algonquian Language Families -Cultivated corn‚ beans‚ squash‚ and sunflowers -Iroqois are more farm based -Iroquois Confederacy 15th century -Already have a
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in the far south inhabited the east of North America which was affected. After the war there were no longer any French dominate areas on the maps I viewed. This was a political change. In document 2 Canassatego‚ Chief of the Onondaga Nation of Iroquois Confederacy showed his outrage against the settlers moving into their lands and taking their resources. He is angered because his tribe and others were there first and the settlers feel entitled to this land even though it is not rightfully theirs
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first voyage he explored parts of Newfoundland and discovered new species of birds. On May 19 He set his second voyage with three ships and 110 men and two natives. They discovered the St. Lawrence River. During this voyage‚ he met the friendly Iroquois Indians who had scurvies then passed the scurvies to the crew. After‚ the Iroquoians gave them white spruce tree boiled in water that cured them. On October 17‚ 1540 Cartier was assigned chief navigator on the voyage to set up a colony in Canada
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Flanders describes Mohocks attacking people at a market. In the historical novel Manituana by Wu Ming‚ a 1770s incarnation of the Mohock gang tries to contact Joseph Brant‚ a Mohawk leader in visit to the king‚ and they apply to become the seventh Iroquois nation. The Charlie Trees A Jacobite Novel by B. Dew Roberts Published by Chatto & Windus 1951 (page 10: ’Set upon? By those damned Mohocks‚ I suppose? ’) G. K. Chesterton ’s short story The Hammer of God centres on the Bohuns‚ a fictional aristocratc
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