What were the beliefs of the Tuscarora Tribe?

Answer 1

Yes here are some:
The Iroquois people had many ceremonies, like all the other tribes. Here are some of them. The most spectacular celebrations were mainly held in the winter. Lots of celebrations were held to give thanks to nature. In some ceremonies they would dress up as birds, animals and monsters to entertain the crowd. They also used whistles, drums and rattles to make music for the audience. Speaking tubes were used to make ghostly sounds to scare everybody. They would make fantastic masks to pretend that they were some kind of god. They carved special wooden dolls for sacred ceremonies. Dancers would sometimes swing through the air on ropes. There were special paintings used to mark important ceremonies and traditions.
The Huron and Iroquois believed in many different things. For example, stories were very important to their culture. Two of their stories were titled, "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky" and "The Story of Handsome Lake". In the story, "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky", the Huron and Iroquois people spoke of a world above the clouds. In "The Story of Handsome Lake", the character, Handsome Lake, had a vision. The Huron and Iroquois people placed great importance on dreams or visions.
They believed that the visions were sent to them to give them direction in their life.
The Huron and Iroquois also believed in many spirits. For example, they believed in the sky spirit who took the form of wind and the land spirit who took the form of rocks.

The False Face Society was an important part of Huron and Iroquois beliefs. They were a group of people whose job was to heal the sick. The False Face Society held a yearly combat with evil spirits that were believed to make people sick. If a sick person had a dream about someone wearing an ugly mask, then the False Face Society was called to perform healing ceremonies. The society members came into the longhouse of the sick person wearing large, ugly, carved masks. The members carried noisemakers made of turtle shells filled with pebbles. The society members danced around the sick person, chanted, rattled their noisemakers and sprinkled tobacco ashes over the sick person. Once the sick person was healthy, he became a member of the False Face Society. His first task was to carve the mask that he had seen in his dream.
A Member of the False Face Society

An important tradition of the Huron and Iroquois was to play the game Lacrosse. They prepared for the game by praying and fasting. The game was taken very seriously and players played with all their strength. Both adults and children played this game. It was played between opposite teams. The game lacrosse required a deerskin ball filled with fur. To hit or catch the ball, they used a long, bent wooden stick with a small net at one end. Teams could be made up of a small clan or family or teams could be made up of hundreds of players. Nations sometimes played against each other. The games sometimes carried on into the night accompanied by singing and drumming to cheer on the players. Lacrosse has become Canada's national sport.
Lacrosse Stick and Ball

Two other traditions of the Huron and Iroquois were tobogganing and the game, snowsnake. In winter, children made toboggans out of bark and liked to race them down hills. Snowsnake was another winter sport. In this game, the people had to throw a snowsnake, which was a long, skinny, wooden poll, down a trench which was hollowed out of the snow. The object of the game was to try to get his or her snowsnake to go the farthest. Others tried to break the throwers concentration by yelling and cheering.


The Huron and Iroquois people had many festivals. These festivals followed the farming seasons. The festivals began in March with the Maple Festival. During this festival, people danced, played games, burned sacred tobacco and had a feast. This festival honors the coming of spring with the making of maple syrup which flows in the spring. The festival would also be a chance for the people to celebrate making it through another winter.
Following the Maple Festival was the Planting Festival in which they cleared the land and planted many vegetables. This festival takes place in April or May. The people offered prayers for good growing weather with sunshine and soft rain. Feasting also occurred in this festival to celebrate placing the sprouts in the ground.
In late May or early June, the Strawberry Festival was held to celebrate the first wild strawberries of the season. During this festival, it would be time to plant corn and beans.
A Ceremonial Dancer

In August, the Green Corn Festival occurred. It was held when the green corn stood tall in the fields. They honoured the Creator who had given them life. It was held for four days in which meetings, speeches, prayers, dances, games and tobacco offerings took place. At the end of the festival, there was a great feast of hot corn soup.
An important festival was the Harvest Festival. During this festival, all of the vegetables would be harvested. They hung brightly coloured ears of corn on the walls of the longhouse. All of the vegetables would be put away for the winter.
A final festival occurred in early January or February called the Midwinter Festival. In this festival there would be the greatest feast of the Huron and Iroquois people. For seven days they prayed that the Master of Life would grow strong. In one month after this festival, the year would begin again.
Yes here are some:
The Iroquois people had many ceremonies, like all the other tribes. Here are some of them. The most spectacular celebrations were mainly held in the winter. Lots of celebrations were held to give thanks to nature. In some ceremonies they would dress up as birds, animals and monsters to entertain the crowd. They also used whistles, drums and rattles to make music for the audience. Speaking tubes were used to make ghostly sounds to scare everybody. They would make fantastic masks to pretend that they were some kind of god. They carved special wooden dolls for sacred ceremonies. Dancers would sometimes swing through the air on ropes. There were special paintings used to mark important ceremonies and traditions.
The Huron and Iroquois believed in many different things. For example, stories were very important to their culture. Two of their stories were titled, "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky" and "The Story of Handsome Lake". In the story, "The Woman Who Fell From the Sky", the Huron and Iroquois people spoke of a world above the clouds. In "The Story of Handsome Lake", the character, Handsome Lake, had a vision. The Huron and Iroquois people placed great importance on dreams or visions.
They believed that the visions were sent to them to give them direction in their life.
The Huron and Iroquois also believed in many spirits. For example, they believed in the sky spirit who took the form of wind and the land spirit who took the form of rocks.

The False Face Society was an important part of Huron and Iroquois beliefs. They were a group of people whose job was to heal the sick. The False Face Society held a yearly combat with evil spirits that were believed to make people sick. If a sick person had a dream about someone wearing an ugly mask, then the False Face Society was called to perform healing ceremonies. The society members came into the longhouse of the sick person wearing large, ugly, carved masks. The members carried noisemakers made of turtle shells filled with pebbles. The society members danced around the sick person, chanted, rattled their noisemakers and sprinkled tobacco ashes over the sick person. Once the sick person was healthy, he became a member of the False Face Society. His first task was to carve the mask that he had seen in his dream.
A Member of the False Face Society

An important tradition of the Huron and Iroquois was to play the game lacrosse. They prepared for the game by praying and fasting. The game was taken very seriously and players played with all their strength. Both adults and children played this game. It was played between opposite teams. The game lacrosse required a deerskin ball filled with fur. To hit or catch the ball, they used a long, bent wooden stick with a small net at one end. Teams could be made up of a small clan or family or teams could be made up of hundreds of players. Nations sometimes played against each other. The games sometimes carried on into the night accompanied by singing and drumming to cheer on the players. Lacrosse has become Canada's national sport.
Lacrosse Stick and Ball

Two other traditions of the Huron and Iroquois were tobogganing and the game, snowsnake. In winter, children made toboggans out of bark and liked to race them down hills. Snowsnake was another winter sport. In this game, the people had to throw a snowsnake, which was a long, skinny, wooden poll, down a trench which was hollowed out of the snow. The object of the game was to try to get his or her snowsnake to go the farthest. Others tried to break the throwers concentration by yelling and cheering.


The Huron and Iroquois people had many festivals. These festivals followed the farming seasons. The festivals began in March with the Maple Festival. During this festival, people danced, played games, burned sacred tobacco and had a feast. This festival honors the coming of spring with the making of maple syrup which flows in the spring. The festival would also be a chance for the people to celebrate making it through another winter.
Following the Maple Festival was the Planting Festival in which they cleared the land and planted many vegetables. This festival takes place in April or May. The people offered prayers for good growing weather with sunshine and soft rain. Feasting also occurred in this festival to celebrate placing the sprouts in the ground.
In late May or early June, the Strawberry Festival was held to celebrate the first wild strawberries of the season. During this festival, it would be time to plant corn and beans.
A Ceremonial Dancer

In August, the Green Corn Festival occurred. It was held when the green corn stood tall in the fields. They honoured the Creator who had given them life. It was held for four days in which meetings, speeches, prayers, dances, games and tobacco offerings took place. At the end of the festival, there was a great feast of hot corn soup.
An important festival was the Harvest Festival. During this festival, all of the vegetables would be harvested. They hung brightly coloured ears of corn on the walls of the longhouse. All of the vegetables would be put away for the winter.
A final festival occurred in early January or February called the Midwinter Festival. In this festival there would be the greatest feast of the Huron and Iroquois people. For seven days they prayed that the Master of Life would grow strong. In one month after this festival, the year would begin again.