Iroquois

John Lawson was an English explorer and writer credited for playing an important role in exploring North and South Carolina. He wrote “they are really better to us, than we are to them; they always give us Victuals at their Quarters, and take care we are arm’d against Hunger and Thirst: We do not so by them (generally speaking) but let them walk by our Doors Hungry” as he spoke about the Tuscarora tribe. The Tuscarora were a Native American tribe who lived in present day North Carolina.Their…

The Jesuit Relations are a collection of accounts, as told by missionaries, in their quest to convert Native Americans from their ancestral beliefs to that of Christianity. Allan Greer’s interpretation of these events are well written and in a format which makes available decades of documents. Allan Greer’s readers are provided with this text to study the past as historians do. The major focus is the cohabitation between French missionaries and Montagnais, Hurons and Mohawks. Many of the…

One major cause for the French and Indian War was the creation of the Albany Congress. The Iroquois Confederacy was a strong coalition of several Indian tribes. This made them a valuable asset towards the British as having them as an ally could result in an easier victory over the inevitable war against the French. This coupled along with issues over governance produced the assembly. Overall this assembly was a complete bust as Britain was scared the committee would overpower the royal…

New France was the first major French settlement in what is now the country of Canada. Prior to French settlement in the early 17th century, various aboriginals tribes lived in the region for millenniums. The encounter between the French and the aboriginals during the establishment and development of New France affected the aboriginal population in several ways. In the following, the establishment, government, trade, and the following developments of New France will be described with specific…

For many years Indigenous populations have been greatly admired for their holistic cures and approaches. They are not only respected for their incredible knowledge, but also for their utilization of available natural resources. For example, it was common knowledge amongst the Iroquoians that by concocting a tea made from needles of the White Cedar tree, a person could ward off scurvy. Scurvy, a crippling disease caused by lack of vitamins, plagued Europeans upon arrival to the Americas. In…

Today I am going to be talking about the Mohawk tribe and their daily life. Next I am going to talk about their traditions and what they do every day. Now what I am going to be writing about their present day facts and what they basiclly do every day in their daily life. Where the Mohawk Tribe Indians live. There are a lot of Mohawk Indians That live in Canada city. Some other Mohawk Indians live in New York city. Most Mohawk Indians live in North America for us. They live in North…

community of the Six Nations of the Grand River is the largest First Nations reservation in Canada, “with a current population of approximately 13,000.” In English, this means “People of the Longhouse” but the Haudenosaunee go by many names such as the Iroquois or Six Nations. The Past The Haudenosaunee people are a confederacy of the Kanienkahaka (Mohawk), Oneida, Onondoga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora nations. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia “archeological evidence places…

Many American Indian nations had been affected by cultural differences from surrounding groups of people. However, the Haudenosaunee people generally remained unaffected and their governing system unchanged. The Haudenosaunee, or the Iroquois, consist of six nations: Mohawk, Onondaga, Oneida, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora. These six nations formed a peaceful and stable group of people. American colonists came in contact with many American Indian nations and learned a lot about their…

constitution. However, six hundred years prior to that creation, a group of native tribes came together and forged the America’s true first constitution. Through this creation, a powerful nation, known as the Haudenosaunee, or known as to Europeans the Iroquois Nation, became an important part in the shaping of the Americas. The creation of this constitution would serve as a model for the need and creation of the United States’ own constitution. This will be shown by examining the why it was…

Hi I’m Onatah. My family lives in the northeastern part of the US, and I’m 11. Fun fact is my name means daughter of earth. The Iroquois had made a confederacy with different tribes that went through a lot. From what I’ve heard from stories they’ve split into different sides multiple times. Actually before I start telling you anything about when they’ve split I guess a good place to start is when it the confederacy was formed in the late 1400’s. It was made up of Mohawk, Seneca, Oneida,…