• The Iroquois live in present day New York State.
• They lived in long houses. – bark covered homes that held up to ten families.
• The Iroquois were a matriarchal society.
matriarchal – a group or society ruled by women.
patriarchal – a group or society ruled by men.
• Women….
owned all property in the long houses.
were in charge of all of the crops.
were in charge of choosing the sachems. – tribal chiefs
• The League of the Iroquois (1570) was formed as an alliance between the five Iroquois nations.
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Iroquois mask
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Hiawatha, a member of the Mohawk tribe, helped to create the League of the Iroquois. |
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