This area is the northeastern part of the United States, also known as the Woodlands. This area is in the rich and beautiful lands of northern New York . This land is fertile, thick and green with different types of trees such as oak, elm, fir and maple. Today, this is the area we know that surrounds Lake Ontario, Eerie, Huron, Michigan, Superior, the five finger lakes, and the Saint Lawrence River. These lakes and rivers had plenty of fish. For these tribes, hunting and fishing were important around the freshwater lakes and along the Atlantic coast. They also farmed corn, squash, and beans when the growing season was long enough. Because animal and plant life was plentiful, big groups could live together.

Trees also offered a good source of food for these Indians. The sap from sugar maple trees was made into maple syrup and sugar. There were many fruit trees like apple and peaches.

The Indians in this area traveled by walking over land, or they could canoe down the lakes, rivers or streams.

The woods offered different kinds of game. It was a great location. Other tribes that lived around the Iroquois were the Algonquian, Delaware, Tuscarora, Mohican, and Penobscot. The Seneca and the Mohawk tribes were the most fierce in the Iroquois Nation.