Iroquois: The Past and Present of the Haudenosaunee
Fact Finders AMERICAN INDIAN LIFE The Iroquois The Past and Present of the Haudenosaunee by Danielle Smith Llera Consultant Brett Barker PhD Associate Professor of History University of Wisconsin Marathon County CAPSTONE PRESS a capstone imprint
Giving Thanks Every morning and afternoon soft voices recite a prayer in Iroquois community classrooms Speaking in native languages they give thanks to all of nature for plants animals people water stars and sunshine The children might feel thankful for strawberries they ate for a snack They might remember the butterfly on the playground They might feel thankful for a teacher's help Iroquois ancestors have passed this thanksgiving prayer down through thousands of years The Iroquois weave their history and traditions into every part of their lives today ancestor family member who lived a long time ago tradition custom idea or belief passed down through time
An illustration depicts the prayer of thanksgiving
