While Iroquois sachems (chiefs-leaders) were men, women nominated them for their leadership positions and made sure they fulfilled their responsibilities.

Women had many important jobs in the Iroquois tribe such as planting and harvesting the crops, collecting wild nuts and berries, making clothes, clay pots and ...

Unlike many North American societies, that of the Iroquois was based on a matrilineal organization, that is, kinship was traced through the female line. Thus ...

Men were the chiefs of the clan. They were appointed by women and were still less powerful than the mother clan. The Iroquois works on a mother clan system, ...

19 июл. 2019 г. · The power relations in their society pre-colonization were closer to egalitarian, with women holding higher status and authority than they do in patriarchal ...

Men were the warriors, tradesmen, and hunters (Kalman 18). From a young age boys were taught to be brave and refuse fear and pain. They were responsible for ...

In the Iroquois community, women were the keepers of culture. They were responsible for defining the political, social, spiritual, and economic norms of the ...

The Iroquois men granted the women the power to veto the decision to go to war. They succeeded in gaining more power in relation to war and peace. Case Study ...

Iroquois women had greater social and political power compared to European women at the time. They were involved in decision-making processes within their clans ...