Iroquois

Three Wishes
https://archive.org/details/deetkatoonativea00bier/page/n8/mode/1up

https://archive.org/details/storiesiroquoist00lcpowe/page/n11/mode/1up

The Iroquois (/ˈɪrəkwɔɪ/ IRR-ə-kwoy or /ˈɪrəkwɑː/ IRR-ə-kwah), also
known as the Five Nations or the Six Nations and by the endonym
Haudenosaunee (/ˌhoʊdɪnoʊˈʃoʊni/ HOH-din-oh-SHOH-nee;[3] meaning
"people who are building the longhouse"), are an Iroquoian-speaking
confederacy of Native Americans and First Nations peoples in northeast
North America and Upstate New York.

Mohawk
The Mohawk people (Mohawk: Kanienʼkehá꞉ka[2]) are the most easterly
section of the Haudenosaunee, or Iroquois Confederacy. They are an
Iroquoian-speaking Indigenous people of North America, with
communities in southeastern Canada and northern New York State,
primarily around Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. As one of
the five original members of the Iroquois League, the Mohawk are known
as the Keepers of the Eastern Door – the traditional guardians of the
Iroquois Confederation against invasions from the east.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk_people

Ohsweken (/oʊʃˈwiːkɛn/) is a dispersed rural community located within
the Six Nations of the Grand River, in the County of Brant, Ontario,
Canada.[2][3] Approximately 300 of the 2,700 homes on the reserve are
in Ohsweken, and it is the site of the reserve governmental and
administrative offices.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohsweken,_Ontario

Six Nations (or Six Nations of the Grand River, French: Réserve des
Six Nations, Seneca: Ye:i’ Níónöëdzage:h) is demographically the
largest First Nations reserve in Canada. As of the end of 2017, it has
a total of 27,276 members, 12,848 of whom live on the reserve.[2]
These nations are the Mohawk, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Seneca and
Tuscarora. Some Lenape (also known as Delaware) live in the territory
as well.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_Nations_of_the_Grand_River

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyendinaga_Mohawk_Territory

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohsweken,_Ontario

Mohicans
In his history of the Indians of the Hudson River, Edward Manning
Ruttenber described the clans of the Mohican as the Bear, the Turkey,
the Turtle, and the Wolf. Each had a role in the lives of the people,
and the Wolf served as warriors in the north to defend against the
Mohawk, the easternmost of the Five Nations of the Iroquois.

Their cornfields were located near their communities; the women also
cultivated varieties of squash, beans, sunflowers, and other crops
from the Eastern Agricultural Complex. Horticulture and the gathering
and processing of nuts (hickory, butternuts, black walnuts and
acorns), fruits (blueberries, raspberries, juneberries among many
others), and roots (groundnuts, wood lilies, arrowroot among others)
provided much of their diet. This was supplemented by the men hunting
game (turkeys, deer, elk, bears, and moose in the Taconics) and
fishing (sturgeon, alewives, shad, eels, lamprey and striped bass).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohicans

By about 1800 BCE the Native Americans of the woodlands were
cultivating several species of food plants, thus beginning a
transition from a hunter-gatherer economy to agriculture.
After 200 BCE when maize from Mexico was introduced to the Eastern
Woodlands, the Native Americans of the eastern United States and
adjacent Canada slowly changed from growing local indigenous plants to
a maize-based agricultural economy. The cultivation of local
indigenous plants other than squash and sunflower declined and was
eventually abandoned. The formerly domesticated plants returned to
their wild forms.
The first four plants known to have been domesticated at the Riverton
Site in Illinois in 1800 BCE were goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri),
sunflower (Helianthus annuus var. macrocarpus), marsh elder (Iva annua
var. macrocarpa), and squash (Cucurbita pepo ssp. ovifera).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Agricultural_Complex
Three sisters
https://gardencollage.com/wander/gardens-parks/mohawk-legend-three-sisters/

Aboriginal folklore and archaeological evidence suggest that the First
Nations people of Canada brought maple syrup production into the
mainstream. According to the Canadian Encyclopedia, Historica Canada,
the indigenous peoples of eastern North America were producing maple
syrup long before the arrival of European settlers.
The Sugar Moon
As the snow melted and spring inched closer, the First Nations people
would leave their hunting grounds and “set up camp in a sugar bush,”
Historica Canada notes. “The men cut notches into the tree trunks, and
small hand-carved wooden troughs were stuck into the bark.”
https://gardencollage.com/nourish/farm-to-table/understanding-cultural-significance-great-canadian-maple/

Mohawk People
The Mohawks had extended their own influence into the St. Lawrence
River Valley, which they maintained for hunting grounds. They are
believed to have defeated the St. Lawrence Iroquoians in the 16th
century, and kept control of their territory. In addition to hunting
and fishing for centuries the Mohawks cultivated productive maize
fields on the fertile floodplains along the Mohawk River, west of the
Pine Bush.

 St. Lawrence Iroquoian people
The Iroquoians occupied their villages for ten or more years until
their longhouses deteriorated and the fertility of the soil for their
crops declined. Then, they built a new village and cleared land for
crops, usually only a few miles from their previous home.[17] The
frequent changes of location has given problems to archaeologists in
estimating the numbers on the St. Lawrence Iroquoian people. Dating
techniques may not be precise enough to determine whether villages
were occupied simultaneously or sequentially.[18]
In addition to the characteristic villages, the St. Lawrence Iroquoian
peoples had "a mixed economy, in which they drew their subsistence
from growing maize, squash, and beans, hunting, fishing, and
gathering. These nations also had in common a matrilineal, clan-based
social organization, and a political system sufficiently structured to
permit confederation at times. Most of them engaged in guerrilla
warfare, grew and used tobacco, and produced pottery
vessels."[19]Sunflowers were also grown for their oily seeds.
Investigations at several former settlements have indicated that their
most important foods were maize and fish. They hunted white-tailed
deer and other game.
In 1535, French explorer Jacques Cartier commented on cultural
differences between the people of Hochelaga (Montreal area) and
Stadacona (Quebec area). Cartier described the large and productive
maize fields surrounding Hochelaga, and said its inhabitants were
sedentary, as compared to the people of Stadacona who were
migratory.[22] The Stadaconans were closer to the salt-water resources
(fish, seals, and whales) of the lower St. Lawrence River and the Gulf
of St Lawrence and ranged widely in their birch bark canoes in search
of marine animals. Moreover, the Quebec area was the most northerly
location in northeastern North America in which agriculture was
practiced, especially during the cooler temperatures of the Little Ice
Age in the 16th century.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Lawrence_Iroquoians
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longhouses_of_the_Indigenous_peoples_of_North_America

The Eastern Agricultural Complex in the woodlands of eastern North
America was one of about 10 independent centers of plant domestication
in the pre-historic world.
The first four plants known to have been domesticated at the Riverton
Site in Illinois in 1800 BCE were goosefoot (Chenopodium berlandieri),
sunflower (Helianthus annuus var. macrocarpus), marsh elder (Iva annua
var. macrocarpa), and squash (Cucurbita pepo ssp. ovifera).
The plants are often divided into "oily" or "starchy" categories.
Sunflower and sumpweed have edible seeds rich in oil. The seeds of
erect knotweed and goosefoot are starches, as are maygrass and little
barley,[19] both of which are grasses that yield grains that may be
ground to make flour.
Another plant species at Riverton that can confidently be identified
as domesticated was sunflower (Helianthus annuus). This is based on
the larger size of the seed in the domesticated than in the wild
varieties. Remains of plants that were used, but may or may not have
been domesticated at Riverton, include bottle gourd (Lagenaria
siceraria), squash (C. pepo), wild barley (Hordeum pusillum) and marsh
elder (Iva annua)
Maize was first grown as a supplement to existing local indigenous
agricultural plants, but gradually came to dominate as its yields
increased.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Agricultural_Complex

Little People
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Little_people_(mythology)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Deities
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Native_American_deities
https://glitternight.com/2013/01/28/the-top-fifteen-deities-in-iroquois-mythology/
Books
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Children%27s_books_about_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
Canadian Encyclopedia
https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/folklore
Oneida
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oneida_Indian_Nation
Mohicans
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohicans

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adirondack_Mountains

https://ammsa.com/publications/windspeaker/kanata-17th-century-iroquois-experience


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