Southeastern Ontario was, and still is, the home of the peoples who speak different dialects of the Iroquoian language. They lived in settled villages, and they hunted, gathered and cultivated crops. They were skilled farmers, and they developed a complex government known as The League of the Six Nations.
The peoples lived in longhouses, with sometimes five to six families in each. A large village might have up to 100 longhouses. Around the outside of the village there was a wall made of pointed posts called palisades. This was to protect the village from attacks.
The crops that were most common were maize (corn), beans and squash. Lacrosse was the game played by the people and was considered to be a gift from the creator. Lacrosse is now Canada's national sport.
Iroquoians of the Eastern Woodlands include:
- Erie
- Wendat (Huron)
- Neutral
- Tionontati (Petun)
- Haudenosaunee (Iroquois), which included the Cayuga, Ganiengehaga (Mohawk), Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca
Creation story: www.cs.williams.edu/~lindsey/myths/myths_12.html
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As the easternmost member of the Iroquois Confederacy Mohawk people also inhabit the territory of Kahnawake, Quebec province on the south shore of the St Lawrence River, across from Montreal. For many years, people of this reserve are especially known as expert high steel workers particularly at New York City.
Kanesatake is also a Mohawk settlement in southwestern Quebec, located on the shore of Lake of Two Mountains. ("Oka Crisis") People who reside in Kanesatake are referred to as Kanehsata'kehro:non. THere's another Mohawk Indian Reserve in the Laurentides region of Quebec designated as Doncaster 17. It belongs to the Mohawk people of Kanesatake and Kahnewake.
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