Title: Facts for Kids: Cayuga Indians (Cayugas)
Headings: Cayuga Indian Fact Sheet
Cayuga Indian Fact Sheet
Content: Most Cayugas live in modern houses and apartment buildings, just like you. What was Cayuga clothing like? Did they wear feather headdresses and face paint? Cayuga headdress
Cayuga warrior
Cayuga men wore breechcloths with leggings. Cayuga women wore wraparound skirts with shorter leggings. Men did not originally wear shirts in the Cayuga culture, but women often wore a poncho-like tunic called an overdress or kilt. Cayuga Indian people usually wore deerskin moccasins on their feet. In colonial times, the Cayugas adapted European costume such as cloth shirts and blouses, decorating them with fancy beadwork and ribbon applique. Here is a webpage about traditional Iroquois dress, and some photographs and links about American Indian clothes in general. The Cayugas didn't wear long headdresses like the Sioux.