Read about theHistory and Founding of the Iroquois Confederacyand discover interesting facts and information aboutthe founders Deganawida the Great Peacemaker and his spokesman Hiawatha, the tribes of the league, where they were located with a map for reference, the People of the Longhouse, the Hi...
The Iroquois lived inlonghouses, large houses up to 100 feet in length usually made of elm bark. As many as 20 families shared the longhouse, with dozens of individuals and their dogs occupying the space. What native tribes lived in teepees? Tipis were used mainly byPlains Indians, such ...
Iroquois Confederacy (or Haudenosaunee Confederacy), confederation of five (later six) Indian tribes across upper New York state that participated in the struggle between the French and British in North America. The Iroquois nations are the Mohawk, Oneid
the Iroquois were semisedentary agriculturists who palisaded their villages in time of need. Each village typicallycomprisedseveral hundred persons. Iroquois people dwelt in largelonghousesmade of saplings and sheathed withelmbark, each housing many families. Thelonghousefamily was the basic unit of ...