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
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The Iroquois Tribe The culture of the Iroquois people had much to do with their environment‚ ways of living‚ and food. They had many things in common with other tribes‚ while also having some differences. These small differences are what made each and every tribe unique. The Iroquois lived in the eastern woodlands near the Great Lakes and in the Ohio River Valley. Because of the abundance of water‚ they were able to grow their crops well there. The Iroquois Confederacy consisted of 6 separate nations
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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
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Assignment The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse Prepared for: Victor Gulewitsch TA: Cecibel Rodriguez ANTH*1150*02 Prepared By: Ellen Griffin Student ID: 0726506 Date: March 17‚ 2011 The Iroquois: People of the Longhouse Introduction The Iroquois are considered a branch of North American Indians‚ also known as Haudenosaunee or the “People of the Longhouse”. The Iroquois have greatly contributed to society through initiating the Iroquois confederacy also called the Iroquois League formed in
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Iroquois The next group of people I chose to research on was the Iroquois. The Iroquois are part of the woodland Indians and are also known to be one of the most recognized in that group. For thousands of years‚ they have lived near the lower Great Lakes in Ohio‚ Pennsylvania‚ New York and also further north into Canada. The Iroquoians were very smart and learned how to use the forests around them as a source of what they needed. They also grew corn‚ beans and squash on fields which then became
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The Iroquois people are a very historically powerful tribe in the northeast Native American confederacy. The Iroquois tribe originally called their confederacy Kanonsionni‚ which means "people of the longhouse" but today they go by the name Haudenosaunee. The Iroquois are a tribe made up of six nations. Their creation story uses an unique perspective that is uncommon and not as well known. The creation myth of the Iroquois people was built off of the Native American culture‚ made more realistic with
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– Unit 1 Makers of America – The Iroquois I found the article Makers in America – The Iroquois an interesting read. I remember learning about them somewhat back in grade school and some in high school. I didn’t remember that Hiawatha and Deganawidah were the two leaders that founded the Iroquois that were bound together by five Indian nations. The five nations included the Mohawks‚ the Oneidas‚ the Onondagas‚ the Cayugas‚ and the Senecas. The Iroquois fought against neighboring Indians for
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Iroquois Indians and Lacrosse Lacrosse is a sport played worldwide and is centerpiece of the Iroquois Indian culture. This sport involves using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse (aka lacrosse stick) and because this is a contact sport‚ it requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh that is designed to catch and hold the lacrosse ball. The object of the game is to score by shooting the call into the opponent’s goal. The stick can be used to
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Despite countless numbers of stories told about how women were disrespected and unappreciated‚ although that might be true in some cases‚ it isn’t for the Iroquois. The Iroquois women were very well respected and honored and loved in their society. They had skills and wisdom that were valued in their communities and always were given a lot of power in decision making in what goes on in their society. Females had the right to vote for which men they want to see in “The Great Council”‚ which is a
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Lessons Learned From the 1903 Iroquois Disaster Rebekah Beach March 02‚ 2010 The Iroquois Theatre Highly advertised as being “absolutely fireproof”‚ The Iroquois Theatre was as fireproof as the Titanic was unsinkable. On December 30th‚ of the year 1903‚ five weeks after The Iroquois opened‚ The Iroquois Theatre did indeed burn. The fire was so bad that in just under 8 minutes it roared through the theatre claiming 602 lives and injuring at least 250 others (Foy‚ 1995). According to the
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