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Iroquois Confederacy
- Roles of Men
- Served as chiefs
- Hunted and fished
- Built
longhouses
and canoes
- Organized
team
sports-Lacrosse
- Fought
in wars
- Moved into
woman's
house
when
married
- Nations
- Onondaga
- Oneida
- Cayuga
- Mohawk
- Seneca
- Tuscarora was the
last nation to join. It
is the sixth nation
- Roles of Women
- Raised corn,
beans and
squash-Three
Sisters
- Took
care of
children
- Owned property
and homes
- Children
belonged to
mother's clan
- The Longhouse
- Center of Iroquois society
- People living in
same longhouses
were part of the
same clan
- Extended by
building onto the
end
- Measured
by
campfires
- Sometimes
called birchbark
houses
- Clan Mothers
- Leaders of the clan
- Title passed on to female relatives
- Had ownership of Chief title
- Selected chiefs
- Gave/took away title
- Role of Chiefs
- Teach and guide people
- Took care of
Great Law of
Peace
- Cared for
welfare and
affairs of clan
- Upheld rule of law
- Wampums
- Told stories
- Made by women
- Made of purple
or white shells
- Narrated
Haudenosaunee
history, traditions
and laws
- Vocabulary
- Confederacy-a
league or
alliance
- Haudenosaunee-Iroquois
league of nations
- Clan-close group
of people
- Collective
Identity-a group
that derives from
the people's
common
interest
- Consensus-a way of decision making
where all have to agree
- Hiawatha
Wampum-forms
the basis of the
flag of the
Haudenosaunee
Confederacy.
- White
symbolizes
purity and good
mind
- 5
symbols
for
5
nations
- 2 Row Wampum
- Peace
treaty
between
Europeans
and
Iroquois
- Purple rows-Iroquois and
Europeans separate paths
- White
Rows-Peace
and
Friendship
- Tree of Peace
- Eagle sits on top
of tree to look
for danger
- Roots
spread
North,
East,
South,
West to
invite
others
to join
- Weapons buried
under to end fighting
- Peacemaker
- Wanted to unite tribes
- Carried
message of
Peace
- Helped by Hiawatha
- Process of Decision
Making:
- Issue arises
- Mohawk and
Seneca discuss and
come to consensus
- Oneida and Cayuga
discuss and come to
consensus
- If all come to same decision:
- Onondaga confirm
- Mohawk announce
- Action is taken
- If all come to different decision:
- Onondaga refer to Mohawk
- Process starts again
- Issue set aside until
chiefs get advice
from clans
- Clan meeting was
held; men, women,
children and elders
were given a chance to
speak
- Clan mothers
informed
their chief
what decision
was made
through
consensus
- Clan chief carried
the decision to the
Council of the
Chiefs of the
nation
- The Council of the
Chiefs of the nation
brought the decision
to the Grand Council
- Consensus
- Pros
- Everybody
gets what
they want
- Stronger
decisions
- Cons
- Time consuming
- Not always easy
- Seventh Generation
- The decisions we
make today
should result in a
sustainable world
seven generations
into the future.