Ganonh'sees

The villages iroquois were made up of tents covered with bark with a base of 20 x 6m. and a height of 6 m. They were called ganonh'sees, Where " communal house ", in which several families were staying. The common house was divided into family compartments of about three meters on each side of the corridor; for each of the two families, a fire was used which was lit inside the house. On the roof, there were chimneys so that the smoke could escape and give light inside; the holes could be closed with bark tiles.

They were built on a structure of vertical poles nailed to the ground on a rectangular surface. On top of the masts, flexible sticks were placed, which were bent to produce the roof effect. The men were responsible for building the communal houses, although they were owned by the women.

The communal house was a characteristic of Iroquois villages. Each of them constituted a microcosm of the entire community and became a symbol of its identity. This is how they usually referred to themselves as "The village of communal houses". At the end of the 17th century, the town hall was gradually abandoned in favor of single-family houses.

They lived on agriculture. They cultivated corn, beans and pumpkins, considered the three sisters of the Creator, as well as several kinds of dried fruits, sunflowers and tobacco.