| Iroquoian Culture
Iroquoian Cultural Traits
1.
Sedentary hunter/farmers
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. Dry farmed
corn, beans, and squash |
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. Hunted and
fished |
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2.
Practiced Animistic religion
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. Strict
incest taboos
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.
Puberty rites of passage:
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.
Polygamous |
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. Shaman
based |
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. False
face society |
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| 3.
Near constant state of war including coup counting |
| 4.
Communal with women owning all property |
| 5.
Wove baskets and made pottery |
| 6.
Usually lived in large longhouses housing more than one or an
extended family |
Iroquoian Culture languages
and tribes:
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Phylum / Stock / Family /
Language |
Tribe |
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Macro-Siouan / Iroquoian /
Northern Iroquoian / Huronian |
Neutrals |
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Tionontati |
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|
Wenrohronnom |
|
|
Wyandot (Huron) |
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Macro-Siouan / Iroquoian /
Northern Iroquoian / Iroquoian |
Eria |
|
|
Honniasont |
|
|
Iroquois |
|
|
Susquehannock |
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Macro-Siouan / Iroquoian /
Northern Iroquoian / Nottoway-Tuscaroran |
Coree |
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|
Meherrin |
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Nottoway |
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|
Tuscarora |
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