- Spring and summer was the time for hunting and fishing, as well as foraging, when wild foods become ripe
- •Trade generally occurred during summer months
- Fall was time for harvesting and processing fruits, nuts and other foods for use during late winter and early spring
- Following the harvest they would embark on a winter hunt
Disappearance:
Works Cited
The Cat Nation
Location
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Erie is an abreviation of Erielhonan meaning "long tail"
Wildlife and Available Game:
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Fish
Wild Turkey
Deer
Beaver
Raccoon
Birds
Foraging Included American Chestnut, Thistles and Varieties of Native Squash
Fruit
Nuts
Berries
Maize
Beans
- Peace conference should have ensured survival of Erie, but they turned sour.
- All 30 Erie delegates were killed after an Erie killed an Iroquois in an argument.
- The Iroquois made peace with the French, then set about destroying the Erie.
- Erie lack of firearms was a serious disadvantage and major contributor to their demise.
- 1656- Erie finally defeated.
- Most Erie survivors incorporated into the Seneca.
- 1680's- Iroquois still tracking down remnants of the Erie tribe. (western Pa.)
- May have hidden on the Lake Erie islands
- 1720's- Erie descendants in the Seneca returned to Ohio Valley and became known as the Mingos
- Later displaced by US government to reservations in Oklahoma (1840's)
American Indians Lifeways: Erie
Shawn Doliboa
Amanda Gutierrez
Jillian Linn
Andrew Reed
Conflict:
- Practiced warfare with surrounding tribes. (Algonquin, Iroquois)
- Known as fierce warriors.
- Involved in wars with the in late 1500's - early 1600's that lead to downfall.
- 1630's-Western Villages: Conflict with Algonquin may have occurred as a result of overlapping beaver hunting territories. (early 1600's)
- 1651- Iroquois Conflicts Begin
- Demanded refugees being harbored by Erie.
- Erie refused.
- After years of skirmishes/raids a peace conference was held.
Surviving Village/Division Information:
Population : 4,ooo-15,000 at height
1. Kentaientonga (Gentaguehronon, Gentaienton, Gentaguetehronnon)
2. Honniasont (Black Minqua, Honniasontkeronon, Oniassontke)
3. Rigué (Arrigahaga, Rigueronnon, Rique, Riquehronnon).
European Contact:
The Jesuit Relation
- mentioned briefly in conflicts with other nations and outlining territory periodically between 1639-1656
Hunting and Gathering
Typical Village:
Kinship and Government:
- established permanent villages in conjunction with seasonal subsistence
- high surrounding walls
- shared long houses for multiple families
- communal fires
- designated work areas for breakdown/preparation of animal and plant products
- lack designated men's areas
- matrilineal or matrilineal patrilines
- village life run by women and older men
- young men belonged in the forest and on the water
- Government may have broken down like Iroquois because of trade
- Iroquois attacking other nations created a slave-like class in Erie society
- Women were in charge of gathering fruits and nuts
- Hunted with bow and poisned arrows, knives, and hatchets
- Lived in animal skin shelters during hunting trips
- •Canoes and snowshoes were used for travel
- Caught fish with bone hooks, spears, and weighted nets