FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICAN HISTORY ORIGINS OF EARLY PEOPLE IN THE AMERICAS
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Inuit
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Iroquois
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Lakota
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Pueblo
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Detailed explanation-1: -Iroquois Society The Iroquoi Tribes, also known as the Haudenosuanee, are known for many things. But they are best known for their longhouses. Each longhouse was home to many members of a Haudenosuanee family. The longhouse was the center of Iroquois life.
Detailed explanation-2: -Iroquois people dwelt in large longhouses made of saplings and sheathed with elm bark, each housing many families.
Detailed explanation-3: -The resulting confederacy, whose governing Great Council of 50 peace chiefs, or sachems (hodiyahnehsonh), still meets in a longhouse, is made up of six nations: the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora.
Detailed explanation-4: -Since the Iroquois inhabited an area filled with woodlands, they used wood and bark to make their hallmark dwelling, the longhouse. The Iroquois became proficient at cultivating the forests around them via controlled burning. They were then able to farm corn, beans, and squash.