The document provides information about the Algonquian and Iroquois Native American tribes that lived in New York. It describes how the Algonquians lived nomadically, following seasons and game. They built seasonal dwellings, canoes, and traded goods. Men hunted and fished while women maintained homes and prepared food and tools. Animal parts were used for clothing, tools, and needles. In contrast, the Iroquois lived in permanent longhouses and spent more time farming within defended villages.

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3. How Did Algonquians live? About 3,000 years ago, people who spoke Algonquian languages lived throughout New York State. They lived in houses made of a wood frame and covered with hides or woven reeds, The Algonquian families had raised platforms for sleeping and a stone fireplace for keeping warm and cooking. In the summer, they camped near rivers or lakes to fish for tout, bass, and other fish. They would hunt birds and collect plants for food. They also farmed. In the winter, they moved from one place to another to follow the beaver, otter, moose, bear, and other animals that they hunted for food.

6. How did they use the animals they hunted? Furs and animal hides were made into clothing for the Algonquians to wear. Bones were made into tools. Fish bones were used to make sewing needles and deer antlers were used to make holes in animal skins.

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8. Another Native American group was the Iroquois. They were made of five groups called the Mohawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Cayugas, and the Senecas. They called themselves Haudenosaunee which means “people of the longhouse”.

9. How did Iroquois live? They lived in longhouses. A longhouse is a long narrow house that many families live in.

10. What was the daily life of an Iroquois? They spent more time faring than the Algonquians. They did not move from place to place to find food. They settled in villages that had tall fences to protect them from enemies.