the mighty iroquois nation

The Mighty Iroquois Nation

This is where the Iroquois lived… Iroquois lived in longhouses.

Strong trees and young trees were cut for poles for the longhouses.

Tree poles were used to shape the frame of the longhouses.

Then the poles were covered with tree bark.

Longhouses had two doors.

Holes in the roof let the smoke out.

Inside the longhouse

Fences or stockades sometimes surrounded the longhouse villages.

This is what the Iroquois wore… Iroquois wore feathers in their hair.

Iroquois wore moccasins.

This is what the Iroquois ate… Iroquois ate corn, beans and squash.

Women tended the fields.

Three Sisters

Iroquois were hunters and fishermen.

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