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Native Americans: The Iroquois League

The Iroquois League is a group of Native American tribes in the northeastern United States and Canada. The tribes joined together between 1450-1600 based on a common language and traditions. Once they united, the ghting between the tribes stopped and they became a powerful group. In the begininng, ve tribes joined the League: the Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Onondaga and Cayuga. In 1722 the Tuscarora joined the Iroquois League and the group was known as the Six Nations. The tribes of the Iroquois League had An Iroquois fort in 1615 similar traditions and lifestyles. They lived in longhouses, which were large houses covered in bark. Several families would live in a longhouse. The members of the tribe would hunt but would also farm beans, squash and corn. During the American Revolution, the tribes of the Iroquois League divided their Iroquois longhouse support. Some tribes, such as the Mohawk and Seneca, sided with the British. Other tribal members of the Oneida and Seneca supported the colonists. Red Jacket, a Seneca chief, Today, there are about 80,000 Iroquois members living mostly in wearing a silver medal presented to him by George New York, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Canada. Of the Six Nations, the Washington in 1792 Mohawk is the largest, with over 29,000 members.

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What are the six tribes of the Iroquois League? __________________________________________ __________________________________________ __________________________________________ What kind of houses did the Iroquois live in? __________________________________________ What did the tribes grow as crops? __________________________________________ Where do most of the Iroquois live today? __________________________________________ __________________________________________

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MOHAWK ONEIDA SENECA TUSCARORA

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Native Americans: The Iroquois League

The Iroquois League is a group of Native American tribes in the northeastern United States and Canada. The tribes joined together between 1450-1600 based on a common language and traditions. Once they united, the ghting between the tribes stopped and they became a powerful group. In the begininng, ve tribes joined the League: the Seneca, Oneida, Mohawk, Onondaga and Cayuga. In 1722 the Tuscarora joined the Iroquois League and the group was known as the Six Nations. The tribes of the Iroquois League had An Iroquois fort in 1615 similar traditions and lifestyles. They lived in longhouses, which were large houses covered in bark. Several families would live in a longhouse. The members of the tribe would hunt but would also farm beans, squash and corn. During the American Revolution, the tribes of the Iroquois League divided their Iroquois longhouse support. Some tribes, such as the Mohawk and Seneca, sided with the British. Other tribal members of the Oneida and Seneca supported the colonists. Red Jacket, a Seneca chief, Today, there are about 80,000 Iroquois members living mostly in wearing a silver medal presented to him by George New York, Wisconsin, Oklahoma and Canada. Of the Six Nations, the Washington in 1792 Mohawk is the largest, with over 29,000 members.

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What are the six tribes of the Iroquois League?

Circle each of the words on the list in the puzzle. Words can go across, up, down, backwards or diagonally.
M W N T G R W Y U J J D L F X C H O P L L W K R U Z V O R V U O F N E R W L N A Y K N Y U A L R A O A O C V D G V G C N W C G N H N I B T I V I H X Q R U E O Y Y D U T E S H O Z N E N M N Y B S A F N S U U Y L T D Y Z E C K Z G O N K S I T S L V V A S O Q S A O U E O Q X D C R L I R O Q U O I S H R I L O D M E R Q U E D R L M T O R U V D U M H A C R O I R Q A A G U Y A C A S E D R Y Y O D U O L R V Z W H A I T Z A K K U H E N F F G Y V C V X S F

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Mohawk, Oneida, Seneca, __________________________________________ Tuscarora, Onondaga __________________________________________ and Cayuga __________________________________________
What kind of houses did the Iroquois live in?

longhouses __________________________________________
What did the tribes grow as crops?

beans, squash and corn __________________________________________

Where do most of the Iroquois live today?

New York, Wisconsin, Oklahoma __________________________________________ and Canada __________________________________________

MOHAWK ONEIDA SENECA TUSCARORA

ONONDAGA CAYUGA IROQUOIS LONGHOUSE

LEAGUE CORN SQUASH