For thousands of years humans have divided people into two genders—male and female. And based upon these gender classifications‚ labor has been assigned‚ families structured‚ and powers divided in various ways from culture to culture. At times‚ the roles of women throughout history can be harder to pin-point. This is because the vast majority if societies where (or later became) strictly patriarchal and thus the power and focus remained on men‚ often disregarding the experiences of women. That said
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Mohawk Indians The Word Mohawk comes from the cognate with the Narragansett Mohowauúck‚ they eat animated things‚ hence “man-eaters”. (accessgenealogy) The Mohawk clan was member of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was a group of five (later six) tribes that were united with the purpose of doing strategies against the invasion of the French and the British during the fight for the upper states of the country. The form of hierarchy was what they called the longhouse of representatives and was the
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| Tribe #1: Cherokee | Tribe #2: Iroquois | Government | This government consists of the Tribal Council and the Executive Department. The Tribal Council has 12 members which are elected for two-year terms. The Executive Department consists of a Principal Chief‚ a Vice Chief‚ and an Executive Advisor. The Principal Chief and Vice Chief are elected for four-year terms by those Tribal members 18 years of age and over. The Executive Advisor is appointed by the Principal Chief and his appointment is
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The three cultural regions of North America directly preceding colonization would be the Iroquois‚ the Algonquian‚ and Narragansett’s. The Iroquois are a melting pot. League traditions allowed for the dead to be symbolically replaced through captives taken in the "Mourning War." They also were a mix of farmers‚ fishers‚ gatherers and hunters‚ though their main diet came from farming. The main crops they farmed were corn‚ beans and squash‚ which were called the three sisters and were considered special
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b. Why did the French want to attack the Iroquois and not the English colonies? - The English employed the Iroquois and excited all other Indians against the French . “They sent those last year to attack the Hurons and the Outawas.” The English also sent the Iroquois to attack the French allies the Illinois and the Miamis. The Iroquois killed a great number fo them and this hurt the French. c. The Marquis suggested that if they were to defeat the Iroquois‚ the French could expand their empire to
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Champlain convince Louis XIII that a colony could serve the convert the Aboriginals and give France a trade advantage Chose Quebec because it was advantageous to trade and was defensible and was uninhabited at the time Stadacona‚ Donnacona and the Iroquois were gone Champlain made a deal with the Montagnais and Algonkian to trade and settle on Montagnais land‚ but not to have title to the lands By the end of 1609 only 8 of the original 28 settlers were alive mostly due to scurvy The English Kirke
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Relationships Between Native Americans and European Explorers/Settlers The indigenous Native Americans and the European explorers of the 16th and 17th century were two very different and distinct groups of people. The Native Americans were usually peaceful until threatened. Although they did not have much technology‚ they knew the land well and used their resources very efficiently. On the other hand‚ the European settlers‚ though more advanced as a civilization‚ proved a bit more violent
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webbed feet. I don’t think she can live in the water.” This is also another form showing love and friendship because Native Americans are extremely caring toward one another‚ even if that life form isn’t even of the same species. Also in the myth “Iroquois Constitution” we see quotes such as‚ “Your heart shall be filled with peace and good will and your mind filled with yearning for the welfare of the people of the confederacy.” If Native
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their own languages and culture -all along the whole eastern seaboard -Northeast -New York‚ New England‚ etc. -Iroquoian and Algonquian Language Families -Cultivated corn‚ beans‚ squash‚ and sunflowers -Iroqois are more farm based -Iroquois Confederacy 15th century -Already have a
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in the far south inhabited the east of North America which was affected. After the war there were no longer any French dominate areas on the maps I viewed. This was a political change. In document 2 Canassatego‚ Chief of the Onondaga Nation of Iroquois Confederacy showed his outrage against the settlers moving into their lands and taking their resources. He is angered because his tribe and others were there first and the settlers feel entitled to this land even though it is not rightfully theirs
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