This activity is one of the traditional games the Iroquois would play. The snow snake game was played in the winter, in an area with enough space, after the hunting men came back. The game would be a large celebration that the women and kids would get into as well. It could be comparable to football and baseball games because all the families and friends would come to cheer on their favorite player.
Each player carved a piece of wood into a spear shape with a curved end. Then, the player would put in notches to make it easier to throw. The shape and size would differ with the age and skill level of the player. This spear would be the “snake”.
The two teams would drag a log through the snow to form a trough for the “snakes” to slide through. …show more content…
There are two Iroquois legends of how Maple syrup was discovered. Charles and Andrew Flint tell the two legends. “Iroquois of America’s Northeast says that one of their youths watched a squirrel run up a maple tree and bite off a twig and then lick sap off the twig’s broken end. When the Iroquois youth tried the same, he found the sap was sweet. Red squirrels have been observed running around from maple tree to maple tree nipping and creating deep wounds. Once the wounds have exuded some sap and it is able to dry, the squirrels return and eat freshly formed sugar …show more content…
He didn’t notice the deep gash his blade had left in the tree, but a colorless liquid had trickled from it all day and collected in a birch bark bowl that leaned against the tree. The next day, his wife took notice of the full bowl and, thinking it was water, used it to cook a venison stew.” The early Native Americans would go to a spot where plenty of Maple trees were and cut V-shaped openings in the tree that the sap would slowly trickle out of. They would then set large birch bowls under the cut to collect the sap. After that, the Natives would pour the sap into hollow birch logs or clay pots, and then put hot stones until most of the water boiled away. Then as they grew more knowledgeable, They would pour the sap into great clay or iron kettles over a campfire.
Native Americans would use it for marinades, maple sugar, maple syrup, and they would make other little sweets. In a lot of Native tribes, maple products made up almost 12% of their diet. Maple season is in the spring and they would call it the “sugar month” or “maple moon”.
Activity 3:____Trading with
Each player carved a piece of wood into a spear shape with a curved end. Then, the player would put in notches to make it easier to throw. The shape and size would differ with the age and skill level of the player. This spear would be the “snake”.
The two teams would drag a log through the snow to form a trough for the “snakes” to slide through. …show more content…
There are two Iroquois legends of how Maple syrup was discovered. Charles and Andrew Flint tell the two legends. “Iroquois of America’s Northeast says that one of their youths watched a squirrel run up a maple tree and bite off a twig and then lick sap off the twig’s broken end. When the Iroquois youth tried the same, he found the sap was sweet. Red squirrels have been observed running around from maple tree to maple tree nipping and creating deep wounds. Once the wounds have exuded some sap and it is able to dry, the squirrels return and eat freshly formed sugar …show more content…
He didn’t notice the deep gash his blade had left in the tree, but a colorless liquid had trickled from it all day and collected in a birch bark bowl that leaned against the tree. The next day, his wife took notice of the full bowl and, thinking it was water, used it to cook a venison stew.” The early Native Americans would go to a spot where plenty of Maple trees were and cut V-shaped openings in the tree that the sap would slowly trickle out of. They would then set large birch bowls under the cut to collect the sap. After that, the Natives would pour the sap into hollow birch logs or clay pots, and then put hot stones until most of the water boiled away. Then as they grew more knowledgeable, They would pour the sap into great clay or iron kettles over a campfire.
Native Americans would use it for marinades, maple sugar, maple syrup, and they would make other little sweets. In a lot of Native tribes, maple products made up almost 12% of their diet. Maple season is in the spring and they would call it the “sugar month” or “maple moon”.
Activity 3:____Trading with