Life in a Longhouse Village

Combines images and easy-to-follow text to describe the Native nations that have lived in parts of North America for thousands of years.

Life in a Longhouse Village – The people who lived in the northeastern woodlands belonged to many nations and spoke many languages. This region’s two major language groups were Iroquoian and Algonkian. Some of the nations were friends, and some were not, but they all shared a common way of life—Life in a Longhouse Village. All these nations lived in permanent homes and grew crops. They all belonged to clans and each longhouse was the home of a clan.