z7+Eastern+Woodlands

__**// Eastern Woodlands //**__ Most of the Eastern woodlands was covered with Maples, Beeches, Pines, and Birches. The earliest people depended on hunting, fishing, and foraging for nuts and berries to stay alive. By 1000 A.D. most of them were farmers. Two groups dominated the Algonquian and the Iroquois. The Algonquian were spread out through southern Canada, the Great Lakes, and along the coast to Virginia. The Iriquois lived in what is now New York. The Iriquois had five different nations. They were the Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and the Seneca. The Iriquois had many wars with each other. There was a time when the Leaders got together and made peace. They then formed a union called the League of the Iriquois. Most of the indians had wood or wood products as the basic raw material for their lives. Most of them also lived in long houses. Another was the bark covered wigwam. Farming was the main focus of their lives. There were two ways to cook, boil and roasting. Most meals also had soup or stew. There were responsibilities when farming. The men would clear the land and then go hunt. The women would then plow and and pant the seed with their children. The women and children would be in the fields most of spring and summer. During that time the men would hunt. Most of the tribes planted corn, beans, and squash which they called the three sisters. The women were the ones who came up with the agricultural techniques to keep them alive. by- cody and ben

1. Deer 2. Rabbit 3. Bear 4. Squirrel 5. Beaver 6. Fish 7. Oysters & Clams 8. and other animals found in the region by-cody
 * __What They Hunted__**:

An indian hunting. An indian with a musket. __**Different Tribes**__: 1. Algonquian 2. Iroquois 3. Huron 4. Pequot 5.Miami 6. Leni-lenape 7. montagnais 8. Shawnee 9. Mohawk 10. Seneca 11. Cayuga 12. Oneida 13. Onondaga by- joel A map of the EasternWoodlands

__**Climate**__: Over 40 centimeters per year of rain, very fertile soil, long and hard winters, long growing crops, hot summers.by-ben



A musket A tomahawk __**Religion**__: They honored the natural world. They also honored spirits from the animals they killed. The Eastern woodland Indians strongly believed that every thing in Nature had it's own spirit that dwelled inside it. The Indians believed that if a tribe member disrespected the spirits, that pesron whould be punished for their actions. by-joel A religious mask
 * __Weopons__**: The Easternwoodland Indians had many weapons. They had the bow and arrow, knives, the tomahawk, and the musket when English men came. by-ben

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