USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

NATIVE AMERICANS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
What was the Great Council formed in the Eastern Woodlands?
A
to make laws and decisions for all the tribes
B
to grow crops
C
to form schools
D
to lay around and do nothing
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A confederation formed between the Iroquois tribes to stop fighting and make peace. A confederation is a loose group of governments working together. Members of each tribe joined the Great Council, which the League set up to settle disputes among people peacefully.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Hall of Eastern Woodlands Indians focuses on the traditional cultures of the Native American peoples, including the Iroquois, Mohegans, Ojibwas, and Crees, living in the Eastern Woodlands of North America through the early 20th century.

Detailed explanation-3: -Zitkála-Šá, along with her husband Raymond Bonnin, founded the National Council of American Indians. They both were Yankton Sioux Indigenous people.

Detailed explanation-4: -Most of the Eastern Woodlands Indians relied on agriculture, cultivating the “three sisters”-corn, beans, and squash. All made tools for hunting and fishing, like bows and arrows and traps, and developed specialized tools for tasks like making maple sugar and harvesting wild rice.

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