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Map Of Pennsylvania Tribes and their Locations 

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Map Of Pennsylvania Tribes and their Locations 

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The Delaware tribe lived in Eastern Pennsylvania. The women in the tribe were in charge of growing crop for the tribe while men hunted and fished. They lived in both longhouses and wigwams (pictures of each). They constructed tools for protection, hunting, and farming. The Delaware tribe was separated into clans of 25 and family was very important to them!

The Homes of the Tribes:

Wigwams shown below were summer homes for the Delaware Indians.
Longhouses shown below were the winter homes for the Delaware tribes. They kept heat in better and protected the tribes from the winter weather. https://www.warpaths2peacepipes.com/indian-tribes/lenapi-tribe.htm

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The Susquehannock tribe lived in Southern Pennsylvania. The tribe was made of a strong group of people who believed in fighting for themselves an being fearless warriors. The Susquehanna River was actually given that name because of this India Tribe living alongside it. This waterway allowed them to always have food and water. They were also able to take part in trading goods by traveling down the river in canoes. Through the years, war and disease lowered their population to almost 0.

Books: This book tells us about the amazing story of Jacob, a man who is a fur trader who meets the Susquehannock Indian Tribe. He has a pretty interesting story he tells through journal entires. This book is on our reading center. Don't be afraid to give it a try! :)

Book Title: Annals of the Susquehannocks and Other Indian Tribes in Pennsylvania 1500-1763

Websites:
All of the websites below offer information about the Susquehannock tribe. Don't forget, you're on the lookout for economic characteristics: have fun searching!
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Susquehannock

http://www.departments.bucknell.edu/environmental_center/sunbury/website/historyofsusquehannockindians.shtml

https://www.brighthubeducation.com/history-homework-help/120261-history-of-the-susquehanna-indians/

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The Shawnee tribe took up a large part of the central and western portions of Pennsylvania. The tribe was against fighting which lead to them migrating. This tribe often hunted buffalo which was useful because all parts of the buffalo were used for clothing, tools, food, etc. They produced foods by farming and they also took part in trade, especially in fur trade.

Fur Trade

The link below is a video that gives you a quick sound of what the Stomp Dance was like.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOB1HxRuzgo

Book: This book gives us a little preview of the tribes history, social aspects, and who the Shawnee are today.

Remember to check it out in our reading center!

Websites:

Below is the link to the short video we watched at the beginning of today's lesson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lieJG2vIr4g
The website below contains tons of interesting facts about the Shawnee Tribe, take a look!

http://www.softschools.com/facts/us_history/shawnee_tribe_facts/2585/

http://native-american-indian-facts.com/Northeast-American-Indian-Facts/Shawnee-Indian-Facts.shtml

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Shawnee Native American Indian

This article contains interesting facts, pictures and information about the life of the Shawnee Native American Indian Tribe of the Great Plains.

The Shawnee Tribe
Summary and Definition: The Shawnee tribe were a nomadic tribe of hunters and farmers who migrated across many areas in the Northeast and Southeast. Many of the Shawnee adopted European style clothes and favored cloth turbans or bandana style head wear. The names of the most famous chiefs of the Shawnee tribe included Chief Cornstalk, Tecumseh (1768 - 1813) and Chief Blue Jacket (c1743 - c1810).

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This article contains fast, fun facts and interesting information about the Shawnee Native American Indian tribe. Find answers to questions like where did the Shawnee tribe live, what clothes did they wear, what did they eat and who were the names of their most famous leaders? Discover what happened to the Shawnee tribe with facts about their wars and history.

Map showing the Tennessee homelands
of the Shawnee Tribe

Where did the Shawnee tribe live?
The Shawnee tribe originated in the Tennessee region around the Cumberland River but they migrated to many other parts of America. The Shawnee Home Tribal Territories were Tennessee, South Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

The Shawnee tribe adopted the lifestyles that were best suited to the climate, geography and natural resources of the different regions that they lived in. Due to the semi-nomadic life of the Shawnee they came into contact with the tribes of various Native Indian cultures. The Shawnee tribal groups included the Northeast and Southeast Native Indian and even the Plains cultures. Following the American Civil War, many Shawnee in Kansas were blended into the Cherokee Nation and were known as Cherokee Shawnee.

What did the Shawnee tribe live in?
Many of the nomadic Shawnee tribe lived in Wigwams, aka wetus or wikkums, which are also known as birchbark houses. This type of temporary shelter was used by Algonquian speaking Native Indian tribes who lived in the woodland regions.

Shawnee tribe - Wigwams
Wigwams, or wetus, are small cone-shaped houses with an arched roof made of wooden frames that are covered with woven mats and sheets of birchbark which are held in place by ropes or strips of wood. Some Shawnee wigwams were covered with buffalo hides if this was a major resource in the area Wigwams were usually about 8-10 feet tall and 10 - 15 feet wide at the base.

What language did the Shawnee tribe speak?
The Shawnee tribe spoke in the Algonquian language.

What food did the Shawnee tribe eat?
The food that the Shawnee tribe ate depended on the resources that were available to them in the area they lived in

The food of the Shawnee people who inhabited the Great Plains region was predominantly buffalo but also they also hunted deer, bear and wild turkey. Their diet was supplemented with roots and wild fruit and vegetables

The food of the Shawnee Woodland people were fish and small game including squirrel, deer, raccoon, bear and beaver. Corn (maize), pumpkin, squash and beans were also available

The food of the people who inhabited the Southeast included meat from animals such as rabbits, wild hogs, turkeys, eagles, opossums, raccoons and deer. Many farmed crops of corn (maize), beans, dried fruit, pumpkins and nuts

What weapons did the Shawnee use?
The weapons used by the Shawnee tribe included bows and arrows, a variety of different clubs, hatchet axes, spears, lances and knives. The rifle was added to their weapons with the advent of the white settlers.

What clothes did the Shawnee tribe wear?
The clothes worn by the Shawnee tribe were dictated by the climate. In warm climates they wore breechcloths in the summer and in cold climates they wore fringed tunics or shirts and leggings. Warm robes or cloaks were also worn to protect against the cold and the rain. The Shawnee tribe also adopted the types of clothes worn by the white settlers and that were available through trade. Shawnee men wore cloth shirts made of cotton or calico, and European style trousers or pants. Their jackets were often in the style of frock coats. Cloth turbans or a type of bandana were a popular form of headwear. Their turbans were made of a woolen shawl, sometimes covered with a piece of calico or even silk. The turbans were occasionally encircled by a band of metal (tin or siver) and adorned by feathers.

Who were the most famous leaders and chiefs of the Shawnee tribe?
The most famous leaders and chiefs of the Shawnee tribe included Chief Cornstalk, Tecumseh (1768 - 1813) and Chief Chief Blue Jacket (c1743 - c1810).

Shawnee History Timeline: What happened to the Shawnee tribe?
The history of the Shawnee people dates back to the ancient Adena culture. The following history timeline details facts, dates and famous landmarks and battles fought by the Nation. The Shawnee timeline explains what happened to the people of their tribe.
Shawnee History Timeline

1000: Woodland Period including the Adena and Hopewell cultures established along rivers in the Northeastern and Midwestern United States which included trade exchange systems

1677: French trader Claude-Charles Le Roy Bacqueville de la Potherie made the first white contact and established good relations with the tribe

1670's: The Shawnee trade extensively with the French

1689: The French and Indian Wars (1689-1763) erupted between France and Great Britain and their respective Indian allies. The Shawnee tribe, led by Chief Cornstalk, sided with the French

1763: Shawnees joined the Ottawa and other tribes in Pontiac's Rebellion against the British

1778: Daniel Boone was captured by the tribe and warned to leave "Kentucky", he managed to escape

1774: The tribe were defeated in Lord Dunmore's War along the Ohio River

1774: The Americans defeated the Shawnee in the Battle of Point Pleasant (October 6, 1774) and Chief Beanstalk was killed. Blue Jacket emerged as a strong Shawnee leader

1775: The American Revolutionary War (1775 - 1783). The Shawnees fought with the British against the American forces

1783: The 1783 Treaty of Paris ended the American Revolutionary War the British abandoned their native allies and ceded the land between the Appalachian Mountains and the Mississippi River to the United States (the Northwest Territory)

1782: The Shawnee joined by the Western Confederacy of tribes including the Delaware, Wyandot, Miami, Ottawa, Chippewa, and Mingo. Their objective was to keep the Ohio River as a boundary between Indian lands and the United States and to remove settlers from Kentucky and Ohio

1785: The Northwest Indian War (1785-1795) aka as Little Turtle's war erupted

1790: "Harmar's defeat" - General Josiah Harmar was defeated in his attempts to subdue Native Indians in the Northwest Territory

1791: Battle of the Wabash on November 4, 1791. American Indians were led by Little Turtle and Blue Jacket won a major Native Indian victory against Americans led by General Arthur St. Clair.

1794: Battle of Fallen Timbers on August 20, 1794. Major General Anthony Wayne defeated Blue Jacket and the Native Indians

1795: The Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795 following the Battle of Fallen Timbers in which the Native Indians were forced to cede much of present-day Ohio to the United States

1795: The Treaty of Greenville was made on August 3, 1795 that ended the Northwest Indian War

1805: The Treaty of Fort Industry was signed on July 4, 1805 in which Blue Jacket and Tecumseh relinquished even more of Ohio

1810: The Death of Blue Jacket. Chief Tecumseh continued the Shawnee fight during Tecumseh's War in a final attempt to reclaim Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country.

1811: Tecumseh's War (1811-1813): The Battle of Tippecanoe (1811), the Battle of Fallen Timbers, the War of 1812 and the Battle of the Thames in which Tecumseh was killed

1815: Shawnee are moved into Arkansas and in 1820 moved to Texas

1830: The Indian Removal Act was passed calling for the relocation of all tribes to "Indian Territory" west of the Mississippi River.

1831: August 8, Treaty at Wapaghkonnetta and Hog creek in Ohio. Land ceded and removed to land west of Missouri

1832: The Treaty of 1832 called for the removal of all Shawnee to the west

1832: Wapakoneta Shawnee leave Ohio and removed west of the Missouri River, into Kansas

1833: Hog Creek Shawnee removed to Kansas

1861-65: supported the Union during the Civil War
1867: Shawnee located on three reservations in Indian Territory. The Absentee Shawnee from Texas settled with the Potawatomi, the Kansas Shawnee moved to the Cherokee reservation. Other tribe members settled in Ottawa County, Oklahoma

the The Story of Shawnee
For additional facts and information refer to the legend and the Story of Tecumseh and Wars with the Western Indians.

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This tribe was made up of Five Nations the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and Senecas. This tribe had a very strong political and military basis behind it, which was unlike any other tribe. This lead to this tribe having a large amount of power over other tribes and caused them to start many wars. Although they were aggressive to other tribes, within the Five Nations they got along great. Following their customs, this tribe always wore specific clothing to make themselves unique. This tribe had leaders who made overall decisions for the group, but no one was seen as above someone else. This tribe chose to live off the land hunting and gathering, as well as being farmers.

Books:

The book below tells about the ways of life, religion, homes, hunting, land of the Iroquois tribe. The book above asks and answers some questions about the life, customs and life of the powerful Iroquois tribe. This is in our reading center, check it out!!

Websites:
Below is the video we watched about the Iroquois tribe, watch it again and see if you can pick out any of hose political characteristics.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C9fbXmnQYQ

The links below provide a large amount of information on the Iroquois tribe, but also information on their political characteristics.

https://www.departments.bucknell.edu/environmental_center/sunbury/website/HistoryofIroquoisIndians.shtml

http://www.watertown.k12.ma.us/cunniff/americanhistorycentral/02indiansofnorthamerica/The_Iroquois.html