For her Little House on the Prairie class at co-op, our daughter had to choose an Indian tribe or person to do a project on. She chose the Iroquois, and rather than write a report she opted to make a longhouse. This consumed hours and hours of her time last week and she loved every minute of it! Here is the whole longhouse, with part of the stockade fence behind it. Did you know that the Iroquois built their villages inside stockades? You can see smoke curling out of the hole in the top, and a bear skin stretched out to dry in front.
Here the flap is opened to see the inside. An Iroquois longhouse would hold a whole clan of relatives, each family unit would have the space between two side "ribs" of the longhouse. They had benches built along the walls for sleeping and sitting, including an upper bunk for children. In this picture you can also see a red pipe cleaner in the center, twisted to look like fire.
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
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way to go G! i'm glad you had so much fun too.
i'm curious what's for dinner tonight? i don't have enough leftovers from monday and tuesday to feed everyone tonight....
maybe grilled cheese and soup?
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