The Eastern Woodlands Native Americans

•Eastern Woodlands•Kristine Liu/ Ariya Klumprasert• Period 6

Tribes of the Eastern Woodlands

– Delaware– Chippewa– Massachusetts– Micmac– Pequot– Cayuga– Mohawk– Oneida– Onondaga– Seneca

Mohawk Pequot

Foods in the Eastern Woodlands

• Include the following– Corn, squash, beans (the three sisters)– Fish (using Powhatan fish trap)– Maple sugar(maple sugar maker)– Deer, fish, birds, small mammals– Pumpkins– Sweet potatoes– Root berries– Nuts– sunflowers

Clothing of the Eastern Woodlands

• Include the following– Moccasins- made of deerskin or cornhusks– Flat, large shoes- for walking in the snow– Pequot- deerskin, bearskin, and beaver skin

Homes of the Eastern Woodlands

– Longhouses– Wigwams– Longhouses- wood, stick, and logs– Wigwams-string, hay, and wood

Native American Religions

– The Pequot tribe believe in spirits inheriting the undead

– This picture describes the spirits being released at a graveyard

Tradition or Ceremony of the Eastern Woodlands

• Some ceremonies are a day long• Some ask for blessings on crops and good

harvest• The Pequot-tell stories of green corn and

dance to it

Arts/Crafts of the Eastern Woodlands

– Mohawk rattles- made of horn, elm bark, turtle shell, and dried out gourd

– Wampum beads- Quahog clam shells– Beaded bags

Canoe decorations

Board Game

Decorative Mask

A Famous Mohawk

• Joseph Brant was famous because he got the British to promise goods and clothing

Interesting Facts from the Eastern Woodlands

– Snow snake is a common winter game– Lacrosse is the creator’s gift– The landscape of northern North America is varied– Wild turkeys is a national symbol– Longhouses are the symbol of Iroquois– Mohawk means eaters of men– 17,106 were in Mohawk tribes– Once lived along the St. Lawrence River– Some groups supported the British during the

American Revolution

Lacrosse

Wild Turkey

Works Cited

– connie ann, kirk. Native Americans Mohawk. learner publications company, 2002. Print.

– boone, daniel. "american history." ABC-CILO. N.p., 17 2012. Web. 19 Oct 2012.

– "Daily Life in the ohio Valley and the Great Lakes." ABC-CILO. American History, 16 2012. Web. 19 Oct 2012.

– Harmon, Justin. "John Fredrick Kensett." ABC-CILO. N.p., 16 2012. Web. 19 Oct 2012.

– "beadwork." ABC-CILO. N.p., 16 2012. Web. 19 Oct 2012. – Murdoch, David. Native Americans. North America

Indians: Dorling Kindersley Limited, 1995. Print

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