What plants did the Iroquois tribe plant?

Answer 1

The Iroquois ate a variety of foods from the forest. They had berries, such as wild cherries, strawberries, currents and huckleberries. They also collected many types of nuts. For instance, chestnuts, beechnuts, hickory nuts, butternuts, acorns and black walnuts were eaten by the Iroquois. Also, maple sap was one of the few sweeteners that the Indians had. The sap was collected from maple trees in the forest The maple sap was used for making maple sugar to put in breads. They also boiled the sap and made a syrup and even made a type of snow cone candy treat for the children. A very important part of the forest was the plants used for medicine. The medicines were used to cure sicknesses that could cause deaths. Foods from the forest were an important part of the Iroquois diet.

Planted crops were very important to the Iroquois diet. Women grew many crops. The most important crops were the Three Sisters; corn, beans and squash. The corn was used in many different ways. They had cornmeal, corncake, soups and puddings. The Iroquois ate many different kinds of beans like kidney and lima beans. They also ate sunflower seeds. The Iroquois enjoyed eating the crops they planted.

The Iroquois ate many different kinds of meat. The different kinds of meat were deer, bear, rabbit, squirrel and raccoons. They also ate many kinds of fowl. Fowl includes several types of large bird used for food such as wild ducks, turkeys and passenger pigeons. Men always did the hunting, but the women cooked the meat for them and smoked the meat to save it. The Indians were grateful for all the meat they caught.

Answer 2

Iroquois people planted corn, beans, squash, potatoes, carrots and many other foods. They were NOT hunter/gatherers. The Iroquois would build their longhouses in an area and stay there for about 10 - 15 years. Yes, the men hunted, but only in the wintertime. The women were the farmers.