Title: Facts for Kids: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Indians
Headings: Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Indian Fact Sheet
Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Indian Fact Sheet
Content: Did Iroquois people wear feather headdresses and face paint? Iroquois clothing
Iroquois moccasins
Iroquois men wore breechcloths with long leggings. Iroquois women wore wraparound skirts with shorter leggings. Men did not originally wear shirts in Iroquois culture, but women often wore a tunic called an overdress. Iroquois people also wore moccasins on their feet and heavy robes in winter. In colonial times, the Iroquois adapted European costume like long cloth shirts, decorating them with fancy beadwork and ribbon applique. Here is a webpage about traditional Iroquois dress, and here are some photos and links about American Indian clothes in general. The Iroquois Indians did not wear long headdresses like the Sioux Indians. Iroquois men wore a gustoweh, which was a feathered cap with different insignia for each tribe (the headdress worn by the man in this picture has three eagle feathers, showing that he is Mohawk.) Iroquois women sometimes wore special beaded tiaras.