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The
Iroquois lived in Northwestern New York State What was the land like when
the Iroquois lived there? Why?
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The
Iroquois lived in Longhouses.
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Why
was a longhouse made from bark and wood?
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The
Iroquois Indians are famous for the style of house they developed.
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| The house was a long and narrow building that could be 50 to 150 feet long and from 18 to 25 feet wide. The roof was arched. The walls, formed from curved poles, were covered with sheets of bark. The longhouse had no windows. Over the bark a layer of thatch, or dried grass, was added. A central hallway ran the length of the longhouse. Small fires burned at many sites along the open space. Smoke from these fires curled upward and out of the building through smoke holes in the roof. | ||
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Who
lived in the Longhouse?
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Many
families of one clan lived in each longhouse.
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