Mohawks People of the place of flint
The history of the Mohawks in the northeastern part of the United States has been traced back more than 3,000 years. Their ancient ancestors were hunters and gatherers who moved often in order to follow their animal prey. They probably migrated to northeastern New York between 1700 B.C. and 1200 B.C Around 1000 B.C. they began developing a central base area where they lived between hunting and fishing trips, and they traded with people from all over the continent. Among some of the items found atthe sites once inhabited by known as the Early Woodland Period of the Indian peoples of the Northeast are conch shells from the Gulf of Mexico, copper from Lake Superior, silver from Ontario, and Canadian grizzlybear teeth from the Rocky Mountains. The Middle Woodland Period began around A.D. 200. The people began to build larger, more permanent villages near rivers. Individual house were made from earth and woods were big enough for several families to live in. as travel through the dense wood of their homeland the often difficult an
The Iroquois tradition began around A.D. 1300. The Iroquois were several different groups of people, separated geographically, who spoke similar languages and had social customs and religious beliefs in common. Their home, called longhouses, were large, rectangular structures with doors at each end. corn, beans, and squash to the people. Because woman performed the farm work, they were considered the owners of their families fields, and they were also in charge of the distribution of food, when a man and a woman married, food was exchanged between their families as a symbol of the mutual cooperation that a married couple and the entire community needed in order to prosper. Each person in the community was clan. Mohawk clans were named after animals the Bear, the Wolf, and the Turtle. Two people of the same clan could not marry each other. Kanienkehaka, or the Mohawks, formed their own nation. Kanienkehaka means "People of the Place of Flint." Flint is a hard kind of stone used by the Mohawks and other Indians to start fires and as arrowheads. The Mohawks liv
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