Jacob

=__**124/150**__= = = =__**Mohawk Indians:**__=
 * **Language-** Spoke the language of the Iroquoi or there own created language called Kanien'keha which was related to the languages of the Seneca and Oneida tribes.
 * **Gender Roles-** Men were the hunters and warriors. Women took care of the children, cooked, prepared the food, and made the clothing for the whole family.
 * **Family Structure-** Male has no real authority over his spouse. All the families lived together in am large house called a long house. Wife had most of the power over the family. If children were born then they were part of they're mothers clan not the fathers.
 * ** Food Gathering/Production- ** Men hunt and gather food for there families while females stay in the longhouse and prepare the food.
 * ** Religion- ** They have indigenous beliefs with a Christianity influence. They're religion is based off of the conflict between good and evil or Teharonhiawako(good) and Sawiskera(mischievous or evil). Shamanism plays a large rule in they're beliefs. The shamans rule is to interpret dreams and visions which they believe are direct messages from the spiritual world.
 * ** Art- ** Known for mask carving. Used lots of different colored beads. Used porcupine quills to thread beads and clothing also used to paint. A belt that was beaded with different colored beads is a wampum, the picture they made represented there family or it told some kind of story.
 * ====** Entertainment- ** played lacrosse for a sport. Danced and played games for entertainment. They played the sacred bowl game on new years which is a game where the put six nuts in a bowl the flip it if five of the six are the same color when they land then that's a point. They also played darts but in they're version u had to throw the dart threw a hoop and whoever has the most points wins. ====
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http://www.bookunitsteacher.com/indians/reports1/iroquois2.htm
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