Learning from Longhouse
Learning from Longhouse

Author: Jack Lenor Larsen

Publisher:

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781938461347

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* LongHouse Reserve was founded by Jack Lenor Larsen, internationally known textile designer, author, and collector * Its collections, gardens, sculptures, and programs reflect world cultures and inspire a creative approach to contemporary lifeLarsen's home, LongHouse, located on 16 acres in East Hampton, NY, was built as a case study to exemplify a creative approach to contemporary life. He believes visitors experiencing art in living spaces have a unique learning experience - more meaningful than the best media. Inspired by the famous Japanese shrine at Ise, LongHouse contains 13,000 square feet, 18 spaces on four levels. The gardens present the designed landscape as an art form and offer a diversity of sites for the sculpture installations.

Children of the Longhouse
Children of the Longhouse

Author: Joseph Bruchac

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 1998-08-01

Total Pages: 178

ISBN-13: 0140385045

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When Ohkwa'ri overhears a group of older boys planning a raid on a neighboring village, he immediately tells his Mohawk elders. He has done the right thing—but he has also made enemies. Grabber and his friends will do anything they can to hurt him, especially during the village-wide game of Tekwaarathon (lacrosse). Ohkwa'ri believes in the path of peace, but can peaceful ways work against Grabber's wrath? "An exciting story that also offers an in-depth look at Native American life centuries ago." —Kirkus Reviews

Life in a Longhouse Village
Life in a Longhouse Village

Author: Bobbie Kalman

Publisher: Crabtree Publishing Company

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780778703709

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The people who lived in the northeastern woodlands belonged to many nations and spoke many languages including Iroquoian and Algonkian. Life in a Longhouse Village was a way of life all of the nations shared. Children will learn about the fascinating lifestyle of these hunters and farmers and discover what life was like in a longhouse clan.

Wigwams, Longhouses and Other Native American Dwellings
Wigwams, Longhouses and Other Native American Dwellings

Author: Bruce LaFontaine

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2004-04-01

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9780486433271

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From adobe pueblos in the Southwest to a Chippewa birch bark wigwam in the Northeast — this carefully researched coloring book spotlights a wide array of Native American dwellings. Fact-filled captions accompany each detailed drawing. 30 black-and-white illustrations.

The Wigwam and the Longhouse
The Wigwam and the Longhouse

Author: Charlotte Yue

Publisher: University of Hawaii Press

Published: 2000

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780395841693

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Describes the history, customs, religion, government, homes, and present-day status of the various native peoples that inhabited the eastern woodlands since before the coming of the Europeans.

Longhouses
Longhouses

Author: Karen Bush Gibson

Publisher: Capstone

Published: 2005

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9780736837248

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A brief introduction to longhouses, including the materials, construction, and people who lived in these traditional Native American dwellings.

Iroquois
Iroquois

Author: Michael Johnson

Publisher:

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781770852181

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An authoritative illustrated study of the People of the Longhouse. In this handsome book, Michael G. Johnson, the author of the award-winning Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes and its companion, Arts and Crafts of the North American Tribes, looks at the people of the Iroquois Confederacy. The tribes were the Mohawk, Oneida, Cayuga, Onondaga, Seneca, and -- admitted into the Iroquois as a sixth nation by 1722 -- the Tuscarora. Iroquois: People of the Longhouse details their story up to the present day, when perhaps 50,000 people of Iroquois descent still live on, or near, their reserves in Canada and the U.S., with that many again living in cities. Rich with archival, contemporary and modern photographs, maps and illustrations, Iroquois: People of the Longhouse contains certainty: The Origins of the Iroquois Confederacy The Six Nations and Incorporated Tribes History 1500-1750 The French and Indian War 1754-1766 New Wars in the Old Northwest The American Revolution and the Aftermath Disintegration, Reformation and Perseverance 1783 to the Present Iroquois in the West Iroquois Social & Political Warfare Food and Flora Religion and Rituals Material Culture: Longhouses, Dress, Wampum, Masks, Decorative Art, Beadwork Important People in Six Nations History. An Iroquois gazetteer, bibliography and list of Iroquois reserves and reservations and their populations complete this authoritative reference.

Longhouse
Longhouse

Author: Cynthia Breslin Beres

Publisher: Rourke Publishing (FL)

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 36

ISBN-13: 9781559162470

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Describes the way of life of the tribes that made up the League of the Iroquois, focusing on their longhouses, unique dwellings they built for shelter and ceremonies.

People of the Longhouse
People of the Longhouse

Author: W. Michael Gear

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Published: 2011-02

Total Pages: 420

ISBN-13: 9780765359797

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Captured as slaves when their village is attacked, Odion and his little sister are pursued by their tribe's war chief and other rescuers who are unaware that an evil witch-woman is responsible for the abductions.