North America in the 17th-and-18th-centuries was a clash European and Native cultures in many ways – ways of life, ways of trade, ways of war and ways of faith. Faith for all people in this era was not an abstract but a truth that informed every part of their existence. Finding way...
Explore the Iroquois culture and facts. Learn about the Six Nations tribes, discover their location, and understand the Iroquois traditions and lifestyle.Updated: 11/21/2023 Who Are the Iroquois? TheIroquois peopleare Native Americans who belong to a tribe speaking a language in the Iroquois lang...
Even today, dreams are allowed to control the choice and occasion of curing ceremonies, membership in the secret medicine societies, the selection of friends, and even the degree of confidence in life. At the New Year’s ceremony, Iroquois still ask that their dreams be guessed, and ...
The women ran the longhouses, and owned all the normal things of everyday life such as blankets (skins), cooking utensils, and farming tools. A longhouse was usually occupied by one clan, with the eldest and/or most respected woman of that clan ruling it as Clan Mother. Land Ownership ...
No alien could become a member of the tribe except by formal adoption into a clan, and as the right of adoption rested solely with the women as mothers of the clan, the fate of captives for life or death depended upon the will of the women. As the cultivators of the ground, the ...
, made ofbison hide or buckskin, consisted of breechclout, leggings, and moccasins for men, and fringed skirt, poncho-style blouse, leggings, and moccasins for women. Buffalo robes provided protection from cold weather. But it was the horse that most clearly defined the Comanche way of life...
The Iroquois Club has an impressive amenity package presenting and enriching community living environment to compliment every lifestyle. MySocial Spaces Controlled Private Access Heated Indoor/Outdoor Swimming Pool with Retractable Roof and Sundeck ...
It is the annual gratitude tradition for entrepreneurs to look back on their year, celebrate their progress and appreciate the people in their life, by delivering hundreds of thank you messages in real-time. One of his current passion projects is called “Dad Making History” as a way to ...
The twins create life on the earth. One creates human beings and a set of rules for the people in a story which gives form to the Iroquois ceremonials of thanksgiving.;The ancient communal bark longhouses evoked a way of life which modern society might learn from. Society was structured ...
The Iroquois call themselves Haudenosaunee ("The people of the longhouses") in reference to their communal lifestyle and the construction of their dwellings. Originally the Oneida inhabited the area that later became central New York, particularly around Oneida Lake and Oneida County. They broke wit...