Contents Homelands 4 Society 6 Homes 8 Food 10 Clothing 12 Crafts 14 Family 16 Children 18 Sky Woman 20 War 22 Contact with Europeans 24 The Peacemaker 26 The Iroquois Today 28 Glossary 30 Online Resources 31 Index 32
CHAPTER 1 Homelands The Iroquois are also known as the Haudenosaunee ho-dee-no-sho-nee It is their preferred name for their people The original Iroquois homelands covered parts of present-day Ohio Pennsylvania New York Quebec and Ontario Forests covered Iroquois land The woods were home to deer bear turkey rabbit squirrel beaver and porcupine Many streams and rivers flowed into the lakes especially Lake Ontario These waters contained trout pike perch bass salmon turtles and eels Swans geese and ducks swam in the lakes Today the Iroquois live in New York Wisconsin Oklahoma Quebec and Ontario In addition there are many thousands of Iroquois living in cities and towns across the United States and Canada 4
The Iroquois homelands include Lake Ontario It is one of the Great Lakes
