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We are learning about Native American tribes of New York State. We learned the legend of the Spirit Bride. We also went to the Museum of Natural History and learned about the Iroquois and Algonquin tribes.

Students will be introduced to Native American tribes of New York. Here are some words for us to think, talk and define:

Woodlands wigwam

Forests longhouse

Iroquois Algonquian

Rivers Hodenosaunee

The Three Sisters

Corn Squash beans

Fishing hunting canoe

We went to the museum of natural history, and we saw the Native American part of the museum. We got to see the different types of clothing, we saw tools they used, we saw the canoe.

We also saw different musical instruments. We saw something about the Iroquois. We saw the thing they used to hold the babies.

We got to see the models of the longhouses; we saw what they used to make their food. They ate vegetables, like squash, fish. They used spears to catch the fish. They also ate deer and other animals. They didn't eat the fur, they made jackets and also blankets.

They lived in longhouses. Longhouses could have more than one family in it; they could hold eight families.