How Do Iroquois People Meet Their Needs

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The Iroquois people used nature and natural resources around them to meet their needs and wants to survive. They chopped down trees and used parts of the trees to make their houses, clothing, and other useful things in their life. The Native Americans have used turtle’s back as a sort of calendar to explain the moon cycles in every year. The thirteen large scales on the turtle’s back shows the thirteen moons in each year, and the twenty-eight smaller scales stand for the twenty-eight days between each new moon. This reminds the Iroquois people that they must try to live in balance and that all things all connected. Additionally, the Iroquois people have used animals to meet their needs. They have used buckskin to make men’s summer clothing,

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