Iroquois Kinship Susan Pierson ANT101 Cultural Anthropology Kristin Akerele May 13‚ 2013 Iroquois Kinship This paper is going to introduce the Iroquois kinship. Kinship can best be defined as a system of social relationships‚ or in simpler terms a system of family. Kinship can be seen in our everyday lives within our own circle of family and friends‚ and how we classify them in regards to importance and how we treat them based on our classifications of them. Kinship can best be defined
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Kinship of the Iroquois Christine Garcia ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Benjamin Wright March 12‚ 2012 KINSHIP OF THE IROQUOIS Kinship can best be defined as a system of social relationships‚ or in simpler terms a system of family. According to our text‚ “kinship involves how people classify each other‚ the rules that affect people’s behavior‚ and people’s actual behavior.” (Nowak and Laird‚ 2010‚ 4:5) Kinship can be seen in our everyday lives within our own circle
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The Iroquois‚ or Haudenosaunee‚ which means “people of the longhouse”‚ were a great nation that was made up of six smaller nations‚ the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Mohawk‚ and the Tuscarora (The Canadian Encyclopedia). The Iroquois was formed when five nations‚ the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Mohawk signed a Great Law of Peace‚ which is considered to be both a political foundation and the root for the Iroquois society in general (The Canadian Encyclopedia). It was not until 1722‚
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The Iroquois myth‚ “The World on the Turtle’s Back‚” is a piece that has been passed down from one generation to the next since 1800. It introduces a story of the world; good and bad‚ male and female roles‚ a great god‚ the solar system‚ growth‚ etc. This text not only challenges stereotypical views of gender roles‚ but it also introduces a different perspective on superiority. As the male population is classically seen as dominant‚ fearless‚ and powerful souls; while the female population is seen
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Ethnography Research 10/10/2014 Iroquois Indians The book I used for some of my ethnographic research was the League of the Iroquois by Lewis H. Morgan. The Iroquois were people of the longhouse. Longhouses are long and narrow bark covered homes‚ which contained one large extended family. Within the Iroquois tribe there were five sub clans that made up the Iroquois League which were the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Seneca. These sub clans made up the Iroquois League or league of peace and
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The Iroquois Nation was made up of five nations‚ all of whom believed that the Earth began with “one of the Ancient Ones.” The creation story continues to explain the existence of land‚ humans‚ and food. The Iroquois were a deeply spiritual people‚ and this spurned Mourning Wars. Their spirituality supported their belief that any member of their tribe that died a violent death‚ such as a warrior‚ could not be buried with their family‚ as their spirit was destined to wander the Earth in search of
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Creation Story The selection "The Iroquois Creation Story" is very much similiar to the bibles version of how the Earth was created. In "The Iroquois story" there was a woman who gives birth to two boys and shorty after falls to her demise. She gave birth to a good and evil son. The good son is the creator of good and uses his parents remains to creat the sun‚ moon and stars. He also goes along to create insects and animals to inhibit and live in the different habitats he created such as rivers
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The Iroquois Tribe The culture of the Iroquois people had much to do with their environment‚ ways of living‚ and food. They had many things in common with other tribes‚ while also having some differences. These small differences are what made each and every tribe unique. The Iroquois lived in the eastern woodlands near the Great Lakes and in the Ohio River Valley. Because of the abundance of water‚ they were able to grow their crops well there. The Iroquois Confederacy consisted of 6 separate nations
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and the Iroquois The Cree and the Iroquois have a lot in common. Both the Cree and the Iroquois have gone through the routine Native American problems of self-determination and land controls‚ yet the Cree‚ possibly because of their sheer numbers‚ have weathered these problems much better. The Cree language is one of the few North American languages likely to survive into the next century‚ while the Iroquois Indians have been much more assimilated into the American world. The Iroquois Indians
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stories have not only differences‚ but also similarities. African and Iroquois cultures seem on the surface to have nothing in common‚ especially because they are from different parts of the world. However‚ they both share fundamental values. The myths “The Golden Chain” from Africa and “The World on the Turtle’s Back” from the Iroquois culture‚ are similar in the fact that they both value simplicity and a deity figure. Iroquois and African myths both include the presence of basic forms of nature
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