Kinship of the Iroquois Christine Garcia ANT 101: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology Prof. Benjamin Wright March 12‚ 2012 KINSHIP OF THE IROQUOIS Kinship can best be defined as a system of social relationships‚ or in simpler terms a system of family. According to our text‚ “kinship involves how people classify each other‚ the rules that affect people’s behavior‚ and people’s actual behavior.” (Nowak and Laird‚ 2010‚ 4:5) Kinship can be seen in our everyday lives within our own circle
Premium Family Marriage Iroquois
The Iroquois‚ or Haudenosaunee‚ which means “people of the longhouse”‚ were a great nation that was made up of six smaller nations‚ the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ Mohawk‚ and the Tuscarora (The Canadian Encyclopedia). The Iroquois was formed when five nations‚ the Seneca‚ Cayuga‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Mohawk signed a Great Law of Peace‚ which is considered to be both a political foundation and the root for the Iroquois society in general (The Canadian Encyclopedia). It was not until 1722‚
Premium Iroquois Native Americans in the United States United States
Ethnography Research 10/10/2014 Iroquois Indians The book I used for some of my ethnographic research was the League of the Iroquois by Lewis H. Morgan. The Iroquois were people of the longhouse. Longhouses are long and narrow bark covered homes‚ which contained one large extended family. Within the Iroquois tribe there were five sub clans that made up the Iroquois League which were the Cayuga‚ Mohawk‚ Oneida‚ Onondaga‚ and Seneca. These sub clans made up the Iroquois League or league of peace and
Premium Iroquois
The World on the Turtle’s Back is an origin story created by the Indians about the formation of Earth and how life came to exist on it. It states that before Earth existed‚ there was just Water‚ and the Skyland. A women falls from the Skyland only holding a handful of seeds after the chief uproots the Great Tree. As the women is falling the birds living below in the water‚ all agree to do something to help the women. They then fly up to her as she is falling and catch her and lower her down to the
Premium English-language films Fiction Earth
The Iroquois are an association of several tribes of indigenous people of North America. The African Bushmen‚ are the indigenous people of southern Africa. They have completely different religions‚ and completely different traditions. The African Bushmen and the Iroquois both believe that their people lived somewhere else before they came to earth. The African Bushmen believed that they were deep underground. Their god is named Kaang (Käng)‚ and he is the Great Master and Lord of All Life. Iroquois
Premium North America Indigenous peoples of the Americas Caribbean
stories have not only differences‚ but also similarities. African and Iroquois cultures seem on the surface to have nothing in common‚ especially because they are from different parts of the world. However‚ they both share fundamental values. The myths “The Golden Chain” from Africa and “The World on the Turtle’s Back” from the Iroquois culture‚ are similar in the fact that they both value simplicity and a deity figure. Iroquois and African myths both include the presence of basic forms of nature
Premium Earth Universe Creation myth
The Iroquois Nation was made up of five nations‚ all of whom believed that the Earth began with “one of the Ancient Ones.” The creation story continues to explain the existence of land‚ humans‚ and food. The Iroquois were a deeply spiritual people‚ and this spurned Mourning Wars. Their spirituality supported their belief that any member of their tribe that died a violent death‚ such as a warrior‚ could not be buried with their family‚ as their spirit was destined to wander the Earth in search of
Premium Iroquois War
They symbols that contributes to the theme of “The World on a Turtle’s Back” (an Iroquois legend) include the turtle‚ the great tree‚ and the twins. These symbols contributes to the theme because they all represent one form or another in the story of creation. According to the myth the culture values all that is living‚ and due to the similarities to the story of creation in Christianity they do believe that only one person created the world and all we know about it. However‚ it was two twins‚ a
Free Earth Life Creation myth
Creation Stories Iroquois Creation Story according to David Cusick is a history of the establishment of the Iroquois Confederacy (par. 4); is a story of beginnings and good vs evil. The Book of Genesis within the Holy Bible is believed by many‚ inspired by God; is a story of beginnings and good vs evil. Throughout the creation stories of both the Iroquois and of the Holy Bible there are many similarities and differences. The Iroquois have belief that the formation of land occurred in an
Premium
Creation Story The selection "The Iroquois Creation Story" is very much similiar to the bibles version of how the Earth was created. In "The Iroquois story" there was a woman who gives birth to two boys and shorty after falls to her demise. She gave birth to a good and evil son. The good son is the creator of good and uses his parents remains to creat the sun‚ moon and stars. He also goes along to create insects and animals to inhibit and live in the different habitats he created such as rivers
Premium Universe Creation myth Earth