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Iroquois Compare And Contrast

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3 different groups, 3 different regions, 3 different lifestyles all survived by using the resources around them. This paper will look at the 3 tribes of Canada - the Haida, Inuit and the Iroquois. Compare and contrast the 3 groups and how their regions played a part in housing, hunting styles and transportation. Housing is very important and all 3 tribes built their houses by the climate they were in. The Haida lived in longhouses made out of cedar and could hold many families. They used the wood of their region to build their houses into permanent villages. Each village is marked with a totem pole. The Iroquois also lived in longhouses made out of maple. These longhouses were used for extended families and they put the clan symbol on …show more content…

The Inuit lived in tents and igloos. Because the Inuit had to move from place to place their housing had to be easy to set up and take down. All 3 groups used the resources of their region and climate to build houses that made sense for them. Gathering food is also very important to staying alive. These 3 groups lived in very different areas and that helped them figure out what they could eat. The Haida lived by the water and would fish and hunt for elk and deer. They cooked their food on heated rocks or dried the fish. They made their tools out of stones. The Iroquois lived on good farming land . They used farming as their main source of food with corn, beans and squash being the main crops. They also hunted small woodland animals like rabbit and fox. They used stone axes and arrowheads and would grind the corn into meal on large rocks. The Inuit lived off of the Arctic and their food was mainly sea mammals such as the whale, seal, walrus. They also hunted fox and polar bear when it was available. Their climate was too harsh to grow any crops. The tools used were made out of bone from the animals and most of their meat was eaten raw. Hunting for food and the tools used to hunt were very different in the 3 groups and based on where they

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