NATIVE AMERICAN HOUSINGNATIVE AMERICAN. HOUSINGcollected by Dee Finney This page is for students for school projects. If you need more information or a different tribe than listed below,e- mail Dee. I will attempt to locate what you need LONGHOUSE. PHOTOSPIT HOUSINGTEPEE. PHOTOSBUILDING A STURDY TIPI /. TEPEE/ TEEPEETIPI. PHOTOSNATIVE HOUSING In and north of the United States there were some twenty well- defined. In the eastern United States and adjacent parts of Canada the prevailing. The dating of the Monte Verde site undercut archaeological theories that had not been seriously challenged for decades, and so engendered a bitter controversy. Long known as the "Queen of Gems," pearls possess a history and allure far beyond what today's wearer may recognize. Throughout much of recorded history, a natural. Algonkian name of wigwam, of wagon- top. Doorways at each end served also as windows, and openings. Not even pueblo architecture had. In general the houses were communal, several closely related families. The Iroquois houses were sometimes one hundred feet in length, divided. Navajo Indian Working Silver in 1940. Photos Courtesy of Denver Museum Digital Archive and Library of Congress. Although Native Americans were taught to work in. Raised platforms around the sides of the room were covered. The houses of a settlement. In the Gulf states, every important settlement had its . The tipi (the Sioux name for house) or conical tent- dwelling of the upper. It was easily portable, and two women. On ceremonial occasions the. The semi- sedentary Pawnee Mandan, and other tribes along the Missouri. The Wichita and other tribes of the Texas border built large circular. The Navaho hogan, was a smaller counterpart of the Pawnee . The Piute wikiup of Nevada was only one degree above the brush shelter. Apache. California, with its long stretch from north to south, and. Along the whole north- west coast, from the Columbia to the Eskimo border. On the Yukon we find the subterranean dwelling, while the Eskimo had both. Besides the regular dwellings, almost every tribe had some style of temporary. When de Soto first encountered the Cherokee. The nation was composed of a confederacy of red. The chiefs of the. The white towns were regarded as places of sanctuary where those who. A normal Cherokee town. Cherokee homes were.
Wattle is twigs, branches, and stalks woven together. Daub is a sticky substance like mud or clay. This created the look of. Later, log cabins with bark roofs were used for homes. These were replaced in later years with log structures. Each village. had a council house where ceremonies and tribal meetings were held. Ukrainian Americans - History, Modern era Sr-Z. THE FIRST WAVE OF UKRAINIAN IMMIGRATION TO AMERICA Although individual Ukrainians had come to the United States.The council. house was seven- sided to represent the seven clans of the. Cherokee: Bird. Paint, Deer, Wolf, Blue, Long Hair, and Wild Potato. EARTH LODGEhttp: //www. CHEYENNETraditional clothing and diet once depended heavily upon the buffalo, but. American/European influence. Though they still wear. Cheyenne have begun to make use of. Buffalo hides. are also used for their traditional dwelling, the three- poled tipi. These. dwellings are highly adaptable to the weather, being rain- proof and. Each of. the Mississippian period towns, like Chucalissa, was arranged in a common. In the center was a large open area or plaza, which was a focal. Chucalissa Indian. Village. A Comanche camp in 1. George Catlin. Choctaw. The word for a Choctaw dwelling is 'chukka'Listen to. They lived in mud- and- bark cabins with thatched roofs. The Choctaw Indians cabins were also made from mud, cane, and straw. Dwelling description: The Choctaw Indian, dwelling with his family, in a. It was in the form of a bee- hive, or. The covering was made of a long, tough grass, that. A post in the. center supported the fabric, which was shaped by delicate curving poles. A hole. in the top admitted the light, and allowed the smoke to pass out; and the fire. The attire of the family was partly that of the one condition. The man himself was a full- blooded Indian, but his. He complained that . To the east they. Carrizo Plain of present- day Kern County. To the. west, the Chumash territory spread to the coast and further, out to the Channel. Islands, west of today's Santa Barbara. Their land comprised 7,0. They were very important because you could not travel far north/south in. California without encountering their territory, and they were a highly. Structures were rectangular and framed with sturdy poles. The walls. were plastered with mud and straw. The roofs were of cypress- bark shingles. Outside the town. Each family possessed its own plot in the common field. When the time arrived, each family harvested its own plot and. Surplus crops could be donated to. Corn, beans, squash, pumpkins. The Lower Creeks also grew rice. Hickory. nuts and acorns were a source of sustenance. Hunting deer and bear and fishing. Each town had its own hunting range. Creeks were careful not to trespass on other towns' preserves. Each. town council carefully regulated hunting to prevent the depletion of game. European influence extended. Indians' homes and affected the. By the mid- 1. 70. Cherokees. erected only one rectangular dwelling for year- round use. In some places. though, dual housing persisted until the end of the century. The Cherokee. also ceased building walls of upright posts arranged side by side, and. European method of placing logs. They also adopted fireplaces and wooden floors, and stopped. In the traditional. Creek village, dating from the Mississippian ancestors of the Creeks. This central area consisted of several. A smaller square with open shelters called . The most dominant. Council House or . The. Chokofa had thick walls of thin poles or bark lashed to a framework of. The walls were filled inside and out with clay and grass. The. cone- shapedroof with an opening. The walls. & floors were covered with mats woven of cane or flexible twigs. A. single fire in the center provided light and ample heat even in the. Early English traders who described the interior as. It might include a smaller version. Chokofa which would have been used as the. The center fire of the winter house was also. It provided a very warm winter dwelling. The. winter house might also have been used for summer guest quarters. The walls were covered with woven mats which. Both the winter and summer houses had. The size of these sturdy buildings ranged from. The size of the structure. Each family. occupied a distinct portion of the house. Rush mats hanging from the. At the center of. Sleeping platforms were set up along the walls, and food hung. Summer tipi. As autumn. In the summer, the tipi. The permanent winter lodge was of somewhat similar. Longhouses are almost rectangular, but are more rounded at the ends. They burned them at. They would pack wet mud around the tree trunk about a meter off. Then they would pile sticks around the base of the tree trunk. They would let the tree trunk burn until they could. They might have used a stone. Remember. longhouses like the one shown here, were built before the Europeans came. Once the Huron had the trees they needed, they. Bark was stripped off bigger trees in sheets and stacked on the ground. Once the. bark was dry, it was placed over the frame of the longhouse and tied down. These. were used for sitting or sleeping. Although similar to the Haida house, the longhouse did not need a smoke. They. were rectangular frames that were covered by a sheet of bark or an animal. The Huron slept on platforms made from the same trees as the house. The Huron. slept on platforms made from the same trees as the house. You can see examples. Compartments or dividers. Compartments. or dividers were put up so each family's sleeping and living quarters were. Fur, hides, reed mats and sheets of bark were all materials. One fire was shared between two families. Some. longhouses had up to six fires. Each family did their own cooking on their. Lawrence River. and the Great Lakes, particularly Lake Huron. This area is called the Eastern. Woodlands region of Canada. The Huron built their longhouses as year round. They had to be on good soil so that they could plant their crops. They were usually close to a water source like the St. Lawrence River. or Lake Huron. Then they would move their fields to new areas. Wigwams were made. Over this shape. pieces of tree bark were overlapped to protect the Indians from bad weather. A small hole. from the top allowed smoke from the fires to escape. Beds were matting covered. The Iroquois built log walls all around their villages. They could quickly close this opening if their. IROQUOISJatibonicu Taino. Tribal Council Longhouse. Lenape Indian. Village. Lumbee Museum. Miami. Principal Dwelling Type: Domed bark, thatch or hide house. The Piankashawswere thought to be part of the Miamitribe at one time. The roof was carefully laid in a certain fashion. The first. layer had willow brush laid sideways on top of the horizontal roof. Over it was placed at a right angle a second layer of willow. After it a layer of thick shrub then a layer of earth. And after it. was all finished it must measure 5inches thick. The structure was built. Painting. of Cliff House - Mancos Canyon, Colorado. Mound Example. Mound Example. Village Example. Construction Example* These prehistoric Native Americans, who are called Mississippian Indians. Ceremonial buildings on large four sided flat- topped mounds. The villagers gathered in the plaza for important events. The. earthen mounds were built over a period of years. Perhaps they began as a. After a time, the building. Maybe the people set it on fire because it had become infested with. Whatever the. cause of the fire, the people brought basketful after basketful of dirt to. When they were satisfied, they built a new building on top. The most. widely accepted ideas are that these buildings were either religious structures. Mound builders were Indians who built large mounds, or hills. There were two types of mounds, flat- topped and conical. Flat- topped. mounds were flat on the top. These mounds were used as the base for temples. Conical mounds were rounded on the top like a steep hill. They had no horses or oxen or other forms of. Many of these mounds have several hundred. MOUND BUILDERS BY. BUILDINGScroll down to lower portion of page. NATCHEZ DWELLINGThe Natchez lived comfortably in. The straw hut at the right is a reconstruction of a Natchez dwelling. Women wore white dresses woven of nettle and mulberry- bark fibers, and the. The men wore deerskin leather jackets.
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