Iroquois People of the Longhouse and Their Sustainable Ways
Discover how the Iroquois people of the Longhouse utilized the environment in New York to meet their needs, from building homes and canoes to transitioning from hunting to farming. Explore their villages, longhouses, and seasonal activities that respected the environment and ensured their survival.
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Iroquois used the environment of NYS to satisfy their needs used wood to build homes and canoes used bark and wood for bows and arrows, bowls, baskets respect environment animals and plants provided diet change from hunting and gathering to farming
Villages were located near food and water and were well-protected moat around village pointed log stockade fence built on a hill wooden platform
Lived in longhouses Made from poles covered with bark Firepits down center each shared by two families Smoke hole in roof Slept on shelves on walls
Activities fit the seasons Early spring women collected sap, planted crops using pointed sticks and fish as fertilizer. Three sisters (corn,beans,squash), berries, vegetables, fish and meat were basic diet In summer women made baskets and pottery. Men worked on canoes, repairs and war parties In autumn men hunted deer with bows and arrows In winter women cooked and sewed, men made new tools and weapons
