Food

1. What are the “three sisters”?

 

2. Who was responsible for the farming in an Iroquois community?

 

3. List three Iroquois uses for the non-edible parts of the corn plant.

 

4. What did Iroquois men hunt most for food, and how many did they need to feed their clan?

 

5. How did a “fish drive” work?

 

6. What tasty food did Iroquois love to hunt in the spring?

 

7. What purpose does it serve to paint your bow?

 

8. Look at a picture of Iroquois cooking and speculate: why are the pots pointed on the bottom?

 

9. When do the Iroquois gather cherries and what are they used for?

 

10. How would an Iroquois make a hoe (farming implement)?

 

 

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