The Iroquois or the Haudenosaunee were from upstate New York and southern Ontario. The five Iroquois nations warred against themselves and the Algonquin for a long time. Two men called Deganawida and Hiawatha helped bring the five nations to peace. Despite this peace, the Iroquois still quarreled with the Algonquin. After the confederation, the Iroquois became one of the greatest powers on the continent. Agriculture was their main source of food (iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu). The Iroquois were not nomadic meaning they only moved from their villages for defensive purposes or if the soil was no longer adequate for farming. They lived in Longhouses and surrounded their communities with palisades. In the fall and through Mid-Winter, Iroquois men
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Children were automatically considered to be of their mother’s clan (iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu). After marriage, the husband moved into his wife’s Longhouse. If a woman wanted to divorce, she had the right to keep the children. She also had the right to ask her husband to leave her Longhouse and take his properties with him (commdiginews.com). Iroquois society was also matrilineal meaning lineage was traced through the mother (wikipedia.org). Women also performed normal domestic tasks, such as taking care of the children, preparing food, and cleaning (iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu). They also “made many household objects, such as baskets, pottery, and clothing” …show more content…
First of all, they controlled the means of production in the community and they made most of the major decisions, such as sending men to war. Secondly, women had a lot of political and social influences, and they were responsible for maintaining the Haudenosaunee culture. Thirdly, family was precipitously influenced by women. For instance, children belonged to their mother’s clan, and the children’s descent was traced through the mother. Although women had much more significant roles to play in the past than the present-day, there was still equality and cooperation between men and women
Children were automatically considered to be of their mother’s clan (iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu). After marriage, the husband moved into his wife’s Longhouse. If a woman wanted to divorce, she had the right to keep the children. She also had the right to ask her husband to leave her Longhouse and take his properties with him (commdiginews.com). Iroquois society was also matrilineal meaning lineage was traced through the mother (wikipedia.org). Women also performed normal domestic tasks, such as taking care of the children, preparing food, and cleaning (iroquoisdemocracy.pdx.edu). They also “made many household objects, such as baskets, pottery, and clothing” …show more content…
First of all, they controlled the means of production in the community and they made most of the major decisions, such as sending men to war. Secondly, women had a lot of political and social influences, and they were responsible for maintaining the Haudenosaunee culture. Thirdly, family was precipitously influenced by women. For instance, children belonged to their mother’s clan, and the children’s descent was traced through the mother. Although women had much more significant roles to play in the past than the present-day, there was still equality and cooperation between men and women