Joseph Brant was born in 1742 and his Indian name was Thayendanegea. Thayendanegea meaning he who places two bets. Joseph’s father was a sachem of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was to where the Mohawks belonged. Whereas Brant’s mother was not a Mohawk like his father. Brant did become a war chief but never rose to the rank of sachem. His parents were said to live at the Canajoharie castle in New York. Even though his family would have been a consideration and he was the grandson of one of the
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Algonquin lived in villages of small round buildings called wigwams. With tribes originally numbering in the hundreds The Algonquin were semi-nomadic hunter-gatherers‚ collecting food primarily from fishing and hunting. The Algonquin were first encountered by the French explorer Samuel de Champlain in 1603. "Algonquin" was the French name for the tribe. The French were probably trying to pronounce elehgumoqik‚ the Maliseet word for "our allies‚" or Algoomaking‚ a Mi’kmaq place name. The Algonquins
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between the French and the English colonies because it prevented the English from expanding westward. The French shared the land with the Natives and allied with them. The Natives were the Iroquois Confederacy. This possession of land by the French led to much bloodshed between the French‚ English‚ and Natives. Iroquois Confederacy: They were the most powerful native group. It consisted of 5 different tribes that created a defensive alliance. They defeated their one enemy forged trading relationships
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small settlement‚called the colony of Quebec. Soon discovering the native tribe‚ the Huron‚ they respected their culture and religion‚ and respond without violence‚ and they even helped the tribe fight against the Iroquois tribes‚ even though the Colonists were threatened by the Iroquois. They also engaged in trade with the tribe‚ trading goods‚ such as knives and beads‚ for the ever growing fur trade‚ which was high in demand in France. Doing so also indirectly boosted the economy of the Native Americans
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education; she treated me horribly. At one point in the school year‚ we studied the Iroquois Confederacy‚ five Native American nations local to upstate New York. For one project‚ we had to create a toy or tool used by the Iroquois and provide background information. Another girl‚ Jasmine‚ and I were assigned to create corn husk dolls. According to the research I had done‚ corn husk dolls did not have faces because of an Iroquois legend about vanity. I explained this to the class in my presentation‚ and immediately
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Part 1 1-1 1. What aspects of Marco Polos description of the orient might early readers have found alluring? -The aspects of Polo’s description like the infinite number of villages‚ creatures that yeild musk‚ rice‚ tilted fields. Another alluring part is how there are multiple places represented by different people ‚ because there are either many monarchs or just none. I think that all the different imagery might make them think that he is lying or just crazed. 2. Skeptics question the
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The Northern Native Americans were known as “savages” by the European settlers‚ but actually they created some of the greatest civilizations in history. The lands and social cultures that European explored thought they “discovered” had in fact been developed way before they had arrived. When the European settlers arrived in North America they found an unknown continent largely populated by around 350 Native American civilizations. The Northern Native Americans ways of life may have differed but
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more closely involved in colonial trade tended to side with the revolutionaries‚ although political factors were important as well. Although there was limited participation by Native American warriors except for those associated with four of the Iroquois nations in New York and Pennsylvania‚ the British provided Indians with funding and weapons to attack American outposts. Some Indians tried to remain neutral‚ seeing little value in joining a European conflict and fearing reprisals from whichever
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GENERALIZATIONS How would you describe the Iroquois people before Hiawatha? After Hiawatha? Before Hiawatha‚ the Iroquois lived in longhouses. The men haunted and were warriors who protected the community. Women owned the dwellings‚ gathered wild plants‚ and grew crops. They also cooked‚ made baskets‚ and cared for the children. Wars were common. After Hiawatha‚ an alliance was created of five groups called the Iroquois League. There was a council or representatives. Every Iroquois group was made up of clans. The
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and sturdy houses‚ considerable economic specialization‚ ranked societies that sometimes included slavery‚ chiefdoms dominated by powerful clan leaders or “big men” and extensive storage of food. Agricultural Village Societies: The Igbo and the Iroquois Igbo Society – East of the Niger River‚ in the heavily forested region of W. Africa. Rejected kingship and state-building efforts of their neighbors. “the Igbo have no kings” – relied on other institutions to maintain social cohesion beyond the
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