Democracy and the Iroquois Confederacy

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Across
  1. 1. They had special skills or interest in local affairs.
  2. 2. Responsible for gathering warriors for battle
  3. 5. An important part of Haudenosaunee society. Each clan would live in their own. They could be added to as the clans grew
  4. 7. A leader of a clan. They selected the chiefs
  5. 9. 50 chiefs who representation the nations of the Iroquois Confederacy
  6. 11. Something used to represent something else
  7. 13. A big group of related families
  8. 14. Historically referred to as the "Iroquois", this is the name that the people of the Six Nations call themselves
  9. 15. Beads threaded onto strings or belts. Each string contained a message
Down
  1. 1. Shows you the locations of countries, cities, and borders
  2. 3. A group of countries working together towards world peace. Most countries belong to this group
  3. 4. One age group of a family
  4. 6. Shows you how an area used to be
  5. 7. A system of shared language, beliefs, attitude, or values held by a group
  6. 8. A leader in Haudenosaunee society
  7. 10. Shows you the physical features of an area (elevations, bodies of water, etc.)
  8. 12. When everyone agrees on a decision
  9. 13. An agreed upon partnership by nations or groups of people. Some First Nations groups belong to their own confederacy. The country of Canada is a confederation of provinces, too!