As well as agriculture, hunting was one of the main methods of procuring food for Haudenosaunee people. The traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee people provided ample opportunity for hunting and trapping with its many forests, mountains and marshy flatland.

Corn, beans and squash are commonly referred to by the Onondaga as well as all of the Haudenosaunee as the 3 sisters. These foods were the three foods first given to us from our mother earth. The corn can be dried to then made into soup, ground into flour to make a “mush” and boiled to make a bread.

For the Haudenosaunee, cultivated foods are a cultural inheritance, originally gifted to humans at the time of Creation. Three primary food crops are corn, beans and squash. They are seen as three sisters who stand over the growing fields.

Dec 19, 2017 · The Three Sisters have been some of the main Haudenosaunee food staples since before European contact and their creation is found in our traditional, oral origin stories.

Mar 30, 2022 · Haudenosaunee communities maintained their traditional food ways well into the 20th century, despite centuries of occupation by colonists and settlers who systematically dispossessed them of 95% of their traditional lands; facilitated almost complete loss of …

Rick has created three videos of his power point presentations to introduce us to the history, philosophy and food legacies of the Haudenosaunee, also known as the Iroquois Confederacy (French) or (in English) the Six Nations (Mohawk, Oneida, …

Nov 25, 2020 · Whether it is eaten for ceremonial purposes or for brunch on Sunday morning with steak, eggs and gravy, boiled cornbread continues to be an important part of Haudenosaunee culinary culture.

To lead meaningful Traditional dietary practices, Haude- nosaunee community members mobilized to develop and promote a 90-day challenge called ‘Healthy Roots.’. The Healthy Roots Program prioritizes Traditional Haudenosaunee foods found in territories during pre-contact times.

Students will explore agricultural and food-related objects to appreciate how Haudenosaunee foodways are part of a web of connections between the Haudenosaunee peoples, their lands, communities, and celebrations in New York State today.

Overall, we had responses from sixty-two participants who identified as Haudenosaunee people living in or outside of Six Nations of the Grand River. For the interviews, Haudenosaunee people who have experience with Indigenous foods, planting, seed keeping, and …