Native Culture Prior To Contact With Europeans

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Indians of the Northeast Woodlands.
The Northern tribes of the Woodland Indians, west of the Hudson Bay, spoke Athabaskan tongue. However the main group is termed Algonquins of the Ottawa -- St. Lawrence region, Micmac of the Maritimes, Montagnais of Québec and Cree and Ojibwa of Northern Ontario and Manitoba. They were above all, nomad hunters, moving over their tribal hunting grounds in search of animals that would supply them with food and clothing. They lived in wigwams constructed of birch-bark, and used this paper-like, but strong bark to cover their canoes, in which they traveled. In the winter they traveled by snowshoes, while fur robes replaced the deerskin summer garments. Their weapons consisted of wood, bone, and stone.
The St. Lawrence Valley consisted of a group of Indians known as the Iroquois. The Iroquois were farmers, unlike the Algonquins. They hunted and fished as well, but depended mainly on their fields and crops. The Iroquois lived in villages with ...

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