Four hundred years ago, Mohawk Haudenosaunee villages were usually located on the tops of steep-sided hills. The steep slopes formed natural defenses for the village; a palisade or "stockade" was commonly built along the edge of the hill for added protection.

Three dioramas in this exhibit depict life in a Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk) Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) village about 1600, before European influence greatly changed Haudenosaunee culture.

It was the intention of the French to use the Catholic Haudenosaunee in the St. Lawrence valley as a buffer to keep the English-allied Haudenosaunee tribes, in what is now upstate New York, away from the center of the French fur trade in Montreal.

Haudenosaunee culture, like all cultures, is dynamic and has changed over time. Together, these four themes are reminders that the Haudenosaunee worldview is guided by specific principles that have endured through the generations.

Collectively referred to as "The Three Sisters," corn, beans, and squash were the principal crops of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) and other Native American groups in the northeastern United States, at the time Europeans arrived here about 1600.

Longhouses were the typical dwelling unit of the Haudenosaunee People, from Ontario through New York State. They usually housed a number of families within the same clan. A large village might contain as many as 120 longhouses.

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A typical Haudenosaunee village was made up of about 200 to 3,000 people. Villages were often surrounded by tall wooden fences. Although the Haudenosaunee have not lived in longhouses since more than 200 years ago, tribes still use them …

Iroquois Museum Virtual Tour: Who are the Haudenosaunee? The Iroquois Museum uses contemporary Iroquois/Haudenosaunee art as a window into understanding Iroquois culture, history, and traditions. How to Explore the Tour (Tour is best viewed full screen and optimally on a desktop or laptop.)

The sense of community valued among the Haudenosaunee nations is mirrored most perfectly in the long house. Long houses, sometimes called bark houses, were a distinctive form of communal housing. The long cylindrical structures were built to accommodate large extended families often measuring up to 200 feet long and 18 feet wide.