Iroquois

- settled in woodlands east of the Mississippi River

- 5 main nations, ( Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca)

- worked together to capture other Native American tribes and European immigrants 

- settlements were surrounded by wooden palisades 

- longhouses were very important & housed multiple related families 

- women were very prominent in their culture & had the responsibility of supervising the cultivation of fields and running the household 

- men took care of things outside of the village - hunting, fishing, & war