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The Southwest and Northeast of North America

Most Amerindian societies in North America lived by hunting, fishing and gathering. In this immense region, three cultural groups have been selected: the Pueblos Indians (Hopi or Zuñi), who mainly occupied the states of Arizona and New Mexico, the Indians of the Great Plains of North America, scattered between Canada and the United States and, further east, the Haudenosaunee, grouping six Iroquois nations.

The Iroquois and the False Face Society

The False Face Society is an initiation society in the Great Lakes region of North America which gathered for sacred activities, such as the midwinter celebrations or healing rituals. Nobody knows exactly when the masked dances used during healing rites began to be performed, but the Jesuit missionaries reported their existence in Huronia in the first half of the seventeenth century. This mask and the turtle shell rattle come from an Iroquois group, the Haudenosaunee, and were probably used by a masked celebrant. Given to the Academic Museum in 1825, they are considered to be the oldest catalogued specimens of this type.