Ch. 3 – L. 2 - “Algonquian People” - p. 88
1) Native American groups that lived in New York
 Algonquian groups – spoke the same language (Lenni Lenape were
one group)
 Iroquois groups
2) What do we know about the Algonquian and Iroquois groups that
lived in the Eastern Woodlands?
 lived in different parts of New York
 spoke different languages
 both built villages in the forest
 both hunted in the forest
 both cleared areas of the forest to farm
 both used the natural resources of the forest
3) Algonquian villages
 usually built near rivers, lakes, or oceans
 families lived in wigwams
 often moved villages deep into the forest for the winter to be
closer to the animals they wanted to hunt – the snow on the
ground helped to make this the best time to hunt the animals
4) wigwam
 dome-shaped homes Algonquian families lived in
5) How did Algonquian people travel?
 along trails in the woods
 in birch-bark canoes on rivers
 on foot while carrying birch-bark canoes between rivers and lakes
that were not connected together by water
Ch. 3 – L. 2 - “Algonquian People” - p. 88
6) Algonquians gave a special name to each full moon
 such as the Harvest Moon when children helped pick ripe
vegetables
7) What do present-day Algonquians do?
 some live on reservations in New York state
 some teach people about their culture through storytelling
 the Shinnecock group opened a museum and hold a pow-wow each
year
8) reservations
 land set aside by the government for Native Americans to live on