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New York; It’s location

It’s origin;Native Americans

of New York State

Native AmericansNative Americans• Before the United States

was settled by the European explorers it was inhabited by a large number of Native American tribes. Indiginous to the land we now know as New York State, was a powerful and close knit tribe known as the Iroquois Confederacy..

The six aboriginal nations which united to form the confederacy are: The Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk and Tuscarora. Each is a separate political and geographical entity with it’s own government, land base and membership. In addition to the Iroquois Nation, several Algonquin tribes also occupied territory in New York State

Native Americans

MohawkMohawk

• Tribe in the Iroquois Confederacy. One of the five original tribes

• They occupied the Mohawk River Valley.

The women farmed and the men fished or hunted, depending on the season

Mohawk

OniedaOnieda•Tribe in the

Iroquois Confederacy. One of the five original tribes.

OnondagaOnondaga• The territory they

occupied centered about Onondaga Lake in central New York and extended North to Lake Ontario and south to the Susquehanna River.

CayugaCayuga• They originally occupied

area on Cayuga Lake, in New York, but when the American Revolution broke out many members of the tribe took the side of the British and moved to Canada.

SenecaSeneca• The Seneca (Sen'-uh-kuh)

was a very interesting tribe. Their name means "people of the big hill" (Wolfson, 1988).

• They lived in the Northeast in what is now north central New York.

It’s FamousIt’s Famous People People

• Henry Hudson found the Hudson River for the Dutch.

It’s It’s LandmarksLandmarks

• In New York there is some interesting landmarks. For instance The Statue of Liberty.

ManufacturingManufacturing

• In New York they have a lot of manufacturing buildings.

State FactsState Facts

• New York’s state animal is the beaver.The population is 18,976,457!

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Ellis Island Liberty State Park

It’s attractionIt’s attraction

My My … … workplace workplace

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Where I can…Where I can… relax relax

WhereWhere I can… I can… think. think.

WhereWhere I can…I can… enjoy. enjoy.

WhereWhere I can…I can… see New York’s see New York’s real beauty. real beauty.

WhereWhere I can…I can… feel the busy street. feel the busy street.

A city that A city that never sleeps never sleeps like Shanghai. like Shanghai.

Shanghai is the progressive city of China.

Shanghai is the progressive city of China.

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