-Large scale agricultural societies in woodlands of Mississippi River

-Cultivated Maize and Beans

-Communities surrounded by wooden defensive walls

-Iroquois Confederation developed from Owasco Society comprised of Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca peoples

-Women were in charge of villages, long houses, and cultivation of fields

-Men were in charge of hunting, fishing, and war

Iroquois Peoples