Articles for tag: Confederacy, Iroquois, Six Nations

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The Top Family Trip in Howes Cave New York Howes Caverns

Howes Cave New York is surrounded by interstate highways, which makes this region of upstate New York convenient to travel to and from. Howes Cave is a sure-fire hit for a fun family vacation because of the natural beauty of this city’s landscape and the lovely gift shops and antique stores and charming restaurants. Howes ...

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The Tragedy of Chicago’s Iroquois Theater

The Iroquois Theater opened in downtown Chicago in November 1903. Located at 28 West Randolph between State and Dearborn, the theater’s opening had been long heralded in the press. The theater sat 1,724 people and its opening attraction was a vaudeville stage show called “Mr. Bluebeard” with citywide advertisements advising parents to “Don’t fail to ...

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Free Things to Do in Sault Sainte Marie

Vacations are outrageously expensive! Once you pay for the hotel and food for your family, there’s not much leftover for fun activities. Wouldn’t it be great if you could enjoy free activities on your vacation that were worth the money you’re not paying for them? In Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan you can. The main attraction ...

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Female Roles in Native American Society

The roles of women in Native American societies differed greatly between tribes. Women had a more predominate role in stationary agrarian based societies than in nomadic hunter-gather societies. This was based on the importance of women in the agriculture environment. The Iroquois were the extreme in Indian culture. They were the only matriarchate in North ...

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Canada’s Agawa Native American Pictographs

The war was on and it was time to make a stand. The tribes of the Iroquois had expanded too far. They had all of the lands towards the rising sun, now their greed seemed to drive them towards the Great Lakes, particularly Gitchee Gummee. No more. As Myeengun stood at the sacred rock, he ...