Erie
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: New York
The Erie were a powerful sedentary tribe closely related to the Hurons, occupying lands south of Lake Erie down to the Ohio River in the early seventeenth century. With an economy based on horticulture, the women produced the crops of corn, beans, squash, and sunflowers, while men hunted and fished, thereby creating a varied and stable diet. Consequently, the Erie people numbered as many as fourteen thousand in the early seventeenth century, living in palisaded villages. They were matrilineal and matrilocal. Known as excellent warriors, they frequently clashed with the Iroquois tribes...
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