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| Primary source | a record made by someone who saw or took part in an event |
| Secondary source | a record of an event made by someone who did not see it. |
| Opinion | a statement that tells what the person who makes it thinks or believes. |
| Fact | a statement that can be checked and proved to be true. |
| Native American Indians | the first people in the area known as New York. |
| The Algonquians | were the earliest Native American Indians to settle in areas along the Hudson and Delaware Rivers and on Long Island. |
| Iroquois Tribes | lived in what is now northern and western New York. |
| Haudenosaunee | the Iroquois’ own name for themselves meaning “People of the Longhouse.” |
| Wigwam | a round, bark covered shelter used by the Algonquians |
| Longhouse | a long, narrow Iroquois home made of wooden poles covered with bark or grass mats. |
| Iroquois Confederacy | a loose group of governments working together. This confederacy contained Five Iroquois tribes (Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, and Mohawk). |
| Heritage | a way of life that has been passed down from one’s ancestors. |
