Today, we can get pretty much everything we need in stores — food, clothing, books, and so on. But the Eastern Woodland Indians had no stores. How did they get the things they need? Kids will find the answer in this behind-the-scenes glimpse at life among a diverse group of people.
First, kids find out about the Eastern Woodland Indians in general — where they lived, how they shared the work of survival, how they kept peace among themselves. Then they dive into in-depth narratives about the Iroquois and the Algonquins. Carefully researched illustrations and primary-source images shed light on many aspects of Indian life. Highlights include a detailed cutaway view of an Iroquois longhouse and an Algonquin fishing scene.
Kids who crave facts about everyday life among the Indians will be fascinated to find out how they made watertight canoes, how they used resources in their environment to make everything from clothing to homes, and how they traded for goods from far away places. Kids focused on government and civics will be interested in finding out about the Powhatan Confederacy of independent clans and the Iroquois League, an alliance designed to promote peace among several Iroquois nations. Kids interested in indigenous literature will be delighted to read a complete retelling of an Iroquois myth. And budding anthropologists will be able to compare these two groups of Eastern Woodland Indians with confidence.
8 Topics in this unit
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Sweet Land of Plenty
As their ships approached the coast of Carolina, early English settlers detected enchantin ...
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Living Off the Land
Perhaps you have heard the expression, “It takes a village to raise a child.”& ...
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Native Economies: Shopping the Eastern Woodlands
Eastern Woodland Indians survived on foods they could hunt, gather, and cultivate. Still, ...
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The Iroquois League
Some nations of the eastern woodlands banded together to form confederacies. The goal of a ...
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Life in an Iroquois Village
Many American Indian groups in the eastern woodlands spoke one of the Iroquoian languages. ...
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An Iroquois Myth
Myths are stories that are told to explain how the world began, where people came from, th ...
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The Algonquians
Along the Atlantic coastline from Canada to the Carolinas, the ocean teemed with fish and ...
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Life in an Algonquian Village
In Algonquian villages, life followed the four seasons. In spring, after planting the crop ...
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