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A wall surrounding a village made of sharpened tree trunks.
Palisade
A method of clearing fields and growing crops.
Slash and Burn
Bark covered shelters
Wigwam
Strings of beads that were cut from seashells.
Wampums
A long wooden building in which several related Iroquis familes lived together.
Longhouse
Loose group of governments working together.
Confederation
A group that makes laws.
Council