Iroquois Indians

Iroquois originally lived near Lake Ontario and along the Mohawk River in New York State. About 1600, five tribes of Mohawks, Onidas, Ondanda Gas, Cayugas, Senecas cooperated to form an alliance. The sixth tribe, Tuscaroras, joined in 1722. These people call themselves "Haudenosaunee" or "Long House People". The name "Iroquois" is the French version of "Hurons" to give these people "snakes". Other tribes also speak similar languages, but they are not part of the league. For example, the indigenous people of the Ili people are related to Iroquois. They live on the east coast of Lake Erie in New York and Pennsylvania. Iroquois allies regard them as enemies and destroy the entire tribe

By 1650, Iroquois began to enter wealthy Ohio between the Great Lakes and the Ohio River. They conquered and expelled the various Native Americans living in the area. The resulting war was called the Beaver War (1650 - 1700 BC), as the Iroquois wanted more land to hunt and capture beavers and deer. The Iroquois joined the Netherlands with fur trade and then joined the UK. Unlike many other tribes east of the Mississippi River, Iroquois generally does not like French people than British. A small group of Mohawks and Oneda Gas converted to Catholicism and helped the French, but most Iroquoans helped the British against the French. During the American Revolutionary War, many Iroquois allied with Britain showed a confrontation between British settlers and British.

A few Iroquois live in contemporary Ohio. There may be only hundreds of Iroquo who live in Ohio at any time. They came there mainly for hunting. Some Iroquois who stayed in Ohio developed their own political regime and separated themselves from the Irokoi living in the east.

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The Iroquois Indians live in the northeast of the forest culture. Today we call this country New York. The Iroquois Indians are actually Indian "states" consisting of five tribes. These tribes are Senecas, Onondagas, Oneidas, Cayuga and Mohawks. These tribes are hostile or careful with each other until united to become a "five-country alliance". After the formation of this country, there are still some battles among the five tribes. Iroquo Indians live in huts and tenement houses. The hut is made by bending young trees to form a family circle. In this form, the bark overlaps to protect the Indians from bad weather. Add a layer of scum or hay to the bark. Small holes from above allow smoke to escape from the fire. The bed is covered with animal skin

Iroquo Indians were not wearing a long head dress like Sue. The Iroquois were wearing Gustow, a feather hat, with different badges for each tribe (The man with the head with the three eagle feathers in this picture is the man of the Mohawk ). I am wearing special bead headdress. Iroquois warriors often shave their heads except the upper part of the scalp and the center of the head (called 蟑螂 or "Mohawk"). Sometimes they use open feathers or artificial enamel, made of vividly dyed porcupine to increase the hairstyle. And deer hair. Below is a picture of these different kinds of American Indian headdress. Iroquo Indian women only cut their hair when they mourn, when they wear for a long time, or when knitting them to raise lice. Men sometimes decorate their face and body with tribal tattoos, but Iroquois women generally do not paint themselves or tattoo themselves.

Iroquo Indians sometimes use Eucalyptus bark and canoe for fishing trips but usually prefer land travel. This is a website with pictures of Indian fishing boats. The Iroquois originally used dogs as packaging animals. (There were no horses in North America until the settlers brought them from Europe.) In winter, Iroquois used a lace-up shoe and ran in a sled with a sleigh. The Iroquois are farmers. Iroquois women do most of the agriculture, corn, beans, pumpkin planting, and the harvest of wild fruits and herbs. The Iroquois played most of the hunting, hunting deer and elk, and fishing in the river. Iroquo's Indian cuisine includes cornbread, soup, stew cooked with stone fireplace and so on. This is a simple Iroquo girl slide introducing the traditional Cornbread recipe, and there is a website that provides more information about local food.