1. Eastern Woodlands Caleb Roberts Mark Hawkins Kayla McCoy Robin Lafler Abby Cobb “Import Clips;” Find your picture in your file. Include site in this box. Created by J. Morrison, Instructional Coach, Monaview Elementary

2. Eastern Woodlands Tribes • Over a thousand years ago, the Iroquois tribe moved into what is now the state of New York. • Five tribes made up The League of the Iroquois. They were the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca tribes. • The Cherokee Indians moved into the Great Smokey Mountains about two thousand years ago. • They first lived in what are now the states of Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Keetoowah_seal.gif/150px-Keetoowah_seal.gif

3. Food The Cherokee grew corn, beans, and squash to eat. The Cherokee hunted squirrels, rabbits, turkeys, bear, and dear for food. They also fished in the many rivers of the woodlands. The Iroquois also planted and corn, beans, and squash to use for food. Like the Cherokee, the Iroquois hunted wild game. They often dried their meat to last through the cold winters. The “Three Sisters,” corn, beans, and squash http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/h-seeds.html

4. Homes • The Cherokee built their homes with mud they put on thatched walls. • The roofs of Cherokee houses were made from bark or thatched grass. • The Iroquois made their houses of wooden poles covered with bark. http://www.thecommentatorjm.com/juncommon/a_cherokee_home.jpg Created by J. Morrison, Instructional Coach, Monaview Elementary

5. Location • The Cherokee’s first lived in the eastern woodlands of North America. • They were forced to move from their homes to Oklahoma. • The Iroquois Indians lived in the northeast area of North American in what is now New York. http://www.tngenweb.org/maps/eastribe.jpg http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/cherokee/ch-map.jpg Created by J. Morrison, Instructional Coach, Monaview Elementary

6. Other Information • The Cherokee men wore a breech cloth. The breech cloth is a piece of deerskin passed through the legs and tied with a belt. • Cherokee women wore deerskin tops and skirts. • The Iroquois wore made from deerskin too. To stay warm in the winter, the Iroquois men and women wore robes made of moose, buffalo, or bearskin. http://sherpaguides.com/north_carolina/mountains/nantahala_mountains/graphics/cherokee.jpg Created by J. Morrison, Instructional Coach, Monaview Elementary

7. Works Cited Bial, R. (1999). The Cherokee. Lifeways. Tarrytown, New York: Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish Corp. Bial, R. (1999). The Iroquois. Lifeways. Tarrytown, New York: Benchmark Books, Marshall Cavendish Corp. Lund, B. (1997). The Cherokee Indians. Native Peoples. Mankato, Minn.: Capstone Press. http://www.evergreen.ca/en/lg/h-seeds.html http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/44/Keetoowah_seal.gif/150px-Keetoowah_seal.gif http://www.thecommentatorjm.com/juncommon/a_cherokee_home.jpg http://mcclungmuseum.utk.edu/specex/cherokee/ch-map.jpg http://www.tngenweb.org/maps/eastribe.jpg