Native American Homes
Other native american homes.
Native american homes. Native americans in us canada and the far north. Native american homes in olden times. It is often made of clay and straw that are bound into hard bricks.
It is in high contrast to the common american indian homes that are made of wood and cloth alone. An illustrated guide to native american houses and homes of various indian tribes with pictures and videos. Wigwam is the word for house in the abenaki tribe and wetu is the word for house in the wampanoag tribe.
Plank house built by the natives in the northwest near the coast these homes were made from planks of a wood called cedar. They were built to survive the cold winters. The native american houses homes and shelters section includes interesting facts and information about tepees wigwams brush shelters wickiups and chickees.
Igloo igloos were homes built by the inuit in alaska. Native americans for kids. Early people of north america during the ice age 40 000 years ago northeast woodland tribes and nations the northeast woodlands include all five great lakes as well as the finger lakes and the saint lawrence river.
Over a dozen types of native american houses exist and in this lesson we will look at. Native american homes wigwam homes wigwams or wetus are native american houses used by algonquian indians in the woodland regions. The creativity and industrious nature of native americans can be witnessed in the design of their homes.
Wigwams are small houses usually 8 10 feet tall. Igloos are small domed homes made from blocks of ice. Native american homes chickees native american homes adobe pueblo.