Iroquois

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison (Unabridged)

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Twelve-year-old Mary Jemison took for granted her peaceful days on her family's farm in eastern Pennsylvania. But on a spring day in 1758, something happened that changed her life forever.

Author:

Lois Lenski

Grade Level:

Middle

Lexile:

800L

Length:

07:18

Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison (Unabridged)

America's Great Indian Nations

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This documentary profiles six of the major Native American tribes that were defeated and subdued as part of the settling of the United States.

The Constitution of the Iroquois Nations: Great Binding Law

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Text of the Great Law of Peace of the Haudenosaunee.

The Learning Longhouse

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Page includes links to Iroquois art, terminology, clothing, shelter, music, language, clans, and other topics about the Iroquois.

Main museum page: www.iroquoismuseum.org

The Iroquois traditionally lived in what is now upstate New York, subsisting on wild plant foods, game, and fish from the area's fertile forests and teeming waterways, along with corn, beans, and squash. Long ago the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes formed the League of the Five Nations. Despite its ideal of cooperation, the League was fearsome in war as it attempted to extend its rule. In the 16th century, the League challenged other Indian groups for access to European traders and their goods, siding first with the French, then with the Dutch and English.

Author:

Barbara Graymont

Iroquois Indian Museum Kit

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This small kit provides students a look at Iroquois artifacts.

Kit contains:
1 Hand-Crafted Horn Rattle
1 Hand-Crafted Water Drum and Drum Stick
1 Cassette tape of Iroquois social dance songs
1 CD of Digital Images
1 CD of songs inspired by the story of Hiawatha composed by Joanne Shenandoah titled Peacemaker's Journey
Additional media below.

Content Area:

Social Studies

The Iroquois

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Their history, beliefs, way of life, and situation today.

Author:

Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Hiawatha: Founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

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For some 600 years, Hiawatha has been revered among the Iroquois people as a hero of mythic proportions. His greatest accomplishment lay in founding the Iroquois Confederacy, a league of nations that stresses cooperation, peace, and unity.

In the time of Hiawatha, the Iroquois--comprising the Onondaga, Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, and Seneca nations--were embroiled in numerous conflicts, both internal and external. Saddened by the violence, Hiawatha used his great oratory skills to try to convince his people to stop warring. ...

Author:

Nancy Bonvillain

Hiawatha: Founder of the Iroquois Confederacy

The Iroquois of New York

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The Iroquois Confederacy was formed when five Native American nations agreed to unite in peace and accept a constitution that guaranteed each nation equal representation in government and the freedom to preserve its own traditions. Later expanding to six nations, the Iroquois Confederacy was an inspiration to the founders of the United States. This book details their religion and culture, while telling the story of their journey from ancient times to today.

Author:

Greg Roza

...If You Lived With the Iroquois

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This book describes what life was like for the Iroquois hundreds of years ago. By putting the reader in the empathetic position of posing the information as questions, the reader is drawn into the subject matter in a realistic and exciting way. The reader discovers the rich culture of the Iroquois from their festivals, religion, education, work, and beliefs.

Author:

Ellen Levine

Lexile:

810L

Iroquois

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