INDIANS OF THE WOODLANDS 



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SOUTHWEST WING 



Indians of the Woodlands 



The first hall to the west contains the collections pertaining to the 

 Indians of the Woodlands. 

 Indians of Thege Indians include all tribes 

 . , east of the Mississippi and are 



therefore those connected with 

 the very early history of the country. In 

 the eastern section of this hall are the New 

 York State Indians of whom the Iroquois 

 are the most important because of their 

 superiority in organization and power. 

 The League of the Iroquois, or the Five 

 Nations, comprised the Mo- 

 Iroquois h& ^ Seneca> 0neida) Onon- 



daga and Cayuga, later the Tuscarora, when it was styled the Six Nations 



Carved birch bark kettle of the 

 Penobscot Indians. 



Cherokee mask, Indians of the Woodlands, North Carolina. Such masks were 

 worn by members of "False Face" Societies supposed to be able to counteract the 

 work of evil spirits and to heal sickness 



