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The Iroquois men carried out hunting and fishing, trading, and fighting, while the women took care of farming, food gathering and processing, rearing of children, and housekeeping. This gendered division of labor was the predominant means of dividing work in Iroquois society. [ 8 ]
The name Iroquois is purely French, and is formed from the [Iroquoian-language] term Hiro or Hero, which means I have said—with which these Indians close all their addresses, as the Latins did of old with their dixi—and of Koué, which is a cry sometimes of sadness, when it is prolonged, and sometimes of joy, when it is pronounced shorter. [24]
Indigenous cuisine of the Americas includes all cuisines and food practices of the Indigenous peoples of the Americas.Contemporary Native peoples retain a varied culture of traditional foods, along with the addition of some post-contact foods that have become customary and even iconic of present-day Indigenous American social gatherings (for example, frybread).
In Haudenosaunee or Iroquois farming, the fields were not tilled, enhancing soil fertility and the sustainability of the cropping system by limiting soil erosion and oxidation of soil organic matter. [5] A modern experiment found that the Haudenosaunee Three Sisters polyculture provided both more energy and more protein than any local ...
During the Middle Ontario Iroquois stage, rapid cultural change took place near the beginning of the 14th century, [8] and detectable differences between the Glen Meyer and Pickering cultures disappeared. The Middle Ontario Iroquois stage is divided into chronological Uren and Middleport substages, [9] which are sometimes termed as cultures. [10]
Cardamine diphylla, infusion of the whole plant taken to strengthen the breasts. [8] The Iroquois also chew the raw root for stomach gas, apply a poultice of roots to swellings, take a cold infusion of the plant for fever and for "summer complaint, drink a cold infusion of the roots for "when love is too strong", and use an infusion of the roots when "heart jumps and the head goes wrong."
By Keri Lumm, Buzz60 In a newly released memoir, "Jackie's Girl," written by Kathy McKeon, Jackie O.'s personal assistant of 12 years reveals shocking details about the former first lady's diet ...
Agrimonia gryposepala, used by the Iroquois to treat diarrhea. [12] Also used by the Cherokee to treat fever, [13] by the Ojibwa for urinary problems, [13] and by the Meskwaki and Prairie Potawatomi used it as a styptic for nosebleeds. [13] Allium tricoccum, used as both food and medicine. Please see the article for full information.