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Native Americans
Onondaga
Central NYPart of
Iroquois Confederatio
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NavajoArizona,
Utah, New MexicoLargest Native
American Nation in US
ModocOregon, N CaliforniaVillages
individual, banded
together in times of war
IroquoisNE United
StatesFormed Iroquois
Confederation
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Iroquois Constitution• Dekandawidah proposed a constitution to the 5 Iroquois
nations. • Made ritual for when candidate lord was installed. • Said the leaders should be thick skinned – not easily
offended. • Said not to ignore warnings of others.
The Earth on Turtle’s Back
• Skyland chief’s wife expecting. • Dream depicted removal of Great Tree- husband followed
dream• Wife fell through hole left by tree with seeds in hand• Caught by swans; other marine animals determined she
needed land. • Duck, Beaver, Loon, Muskrat tried to dive and get ground
from ocean floor.• Only Muskrat succeeded; placed dirt on turtle’s back
which became whole world. Woman planted seeds which grew into grass and trees.
When Grizzlies Walked Upright• Carved hole in sky and pushed all snow and ice below til
was Mount Shasta. • Walked down mountain – from footsteps rivers formed.
Where finger touched grew a tree. • Broke giant stuck – longer became beaver and otter,
smaller were fish. Largest were bears – walked upright. • Brought family to earth, daughter disobeyed him and
poked head out of smoke hole – wind dragged her away. Grizzlies found her and raised her. She had a family with the grizzlies who became Indians.
• Chief of Sky Spirits outraged- made bears walk on all fours.
Navajo Origin Legend
• 12th day : dried selves with cornmeal. Blue & Black Body carried bucksin. White Body carried white and yellow corn.
• Bucksin head to west : on top, corn with tips to east Beneath, eagle feather of corresponding color. Another bucksin on top with head to east. White wind blew from east, yellow from west, through the skins.
• When buckskin lifted, corn was gone and a man and woman were there instead. White into man. Yellow into woman. Fingerprints are from the wind blowing through buckskins.
Christopher Columbus• Sailed in 1492• Wanted Queen Isabella to Finance Voyage• Landed on the Bahamas – Mistaken for India
▫ Named the island San Salvador
• Wrote to try and impress the Queen to keep her funding
John Smith• Egotist• Lead first successful colony in North America
▫ Jamestown▫ President for One Year
• Embellished his stories to make himself look good• Befriended Pocahontas
▫ Life saved by her when Indians tried executing him▫ Treated Indians Harshly
• The General History of Virginia
William Bradford• Helped to found Massachussetts Bay Colony
▫ Re-elected as governor 30 times
• Signed peace treaty with the Indians• Of Plymouth Plantation• More humble and realistic• Faced many hardships
▫ Disease, starvation, etc.
Olaudah Equiano• Prince in Benin• Sold into Slavery • 11 when enslaved
▫ Wasn’t shackled
• Became ill so kept on deck• Later bought his freedom• Ship crowded and unsanitary
Bradstreet• Woman who wrote about her husband
▫ Expressed great love for her husband▫ Frowned upon because it wasn’t about god
• Angered the people• Lived in Massachusetts Bay Colony
▫ Puritan
Taylor• Westfield Massachussetts• Harvard College• Minister• Physician• Regarded as one of best colonial poets• Huswifery
▫ Praised god