Believe it or not back then Iroquois women had the possession of the Iroquois land until things changed and everything became male dominate (Iroquois Confederacy, 2017). In my opinion, it’s pretty cool that the Iroquois women had some sort of power since its unlikely nowadays. Anyways, the Iroquois lived in a very different rectangular house named “The long house” (Iroquois Confederacy, 2017). Men would go out hunting for food and women would stay home and raise corn, squash, tobacco, and beans (Iroquois Confederacy, 2017). The Iroquois were very traditional and took care of each other like family. When the US government had to give the Indians money, the Iroquois weren’t too happy because they preferred the head of each family getting the money instead of the head chiefs (Iroquois Confederacy, 2017). The reasoning to this is that the head chiefs would have to take money for the expenses they had as a whole.
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Other than all of that, the Iroquois are very smart people.” An increasing number of young Iroquois men and women complete high school and go on to colleges and universities, where they often study such professions as teaching, social work, law, and medicine” (Iroquois Confederacy 2017, p,
Other than all of that, the Iroquois are very smart people.” An increasing number of young Iroquois men and women complete high school and go on to colleges and universities, where they often study such professions as teaching, social work, law, and medicine” (Iroquois Confederacy 2017, p,