2. • The Pueblos Indians were cliff dwellers and lived in
the southwest of America.
• These homes are very simple homes sculptured in the
sides of cliffs and mountains of adobe brick.
• They were very clever with stacking houses on top of
each other. This meant that they could then fit many
people into the small area available.
• The Indians would get to their homes by ladders if
they were in the higher house.
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3. • These homes were very simple but ingenious for their surroundings
and climate. These were built by the Seminole Indians down in
Florida. This area was mainly swamps and water based.
• The chickee homes made living there easier in this damp climate.
For example they were built on stilts about 3 feet off the ground to
keep them out of the water and from animals.
• The roof was slanted to keep the rainwater sliding off and not
pooling.
• Inside the chickees they put up rafters so that things like utensils
and blankets could be hung from them to keep them dry and safe.
• At night they could sleep without worrying about animals getting to
them on the ground like alligators and snakes.
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4. Hogan
This type of house is called
hogan its made of wood, and
compacted mud and soil. They
were usually round and the
door always faced east to
welcome the sun / sunrise.
These houses were insulated
and would keep you very
warm during the night.
Hogans were mostly used by
the Navajo tribe.
By Aidan
5. Teepee's
This type of native home is
called a teepee, tepee, tipi
these are the different
spelling. It kept you very
warm during winter and dry
during heavy rains.
Teepees were easy to set up
and take down you could do it
in 30 minutes. that’s why they
were usually used bye
nomadic tribes They were
made of animal skins and and
wooden poles.
By Aidan
6. By Jamie
* WITCHITA
GRASS HUT in
SW USA (Texas
area) - Lindy
Most housing like this there where 7+ family's in
there
The houses were sometimes 5 - 10 metres across.
It was built this exact shape for heat space and so they can have a
fire in them
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7. Native American Housing
Tipi
There We A lot Of Different Houses For The Native Americans.
The main and most common one is the tipi.
The Tipi Is Traditionally Made up of animal skin hunted by the owner of
the tipi to keep it sheltered and warm, and long wooden poles to hole
the tipi up right. Tipi’s Would Keep You warm At night cool in summer
hot in the winter and dry and safe when it rains. Tipi’s were also very
good at folding away and setting back up when the tribe had to move to
another spot.
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8. Wigwams
Wigwam’s Are A Type Of house from the native
American time. They are small domed dry houses
That Protect you at night from the rain. The
wigwam or as some people call it the wickiup, is a
small but spacious little house constructed of hay,
straw, mud and leafs. They keep You dry at night
warm in winter, cool in spring, cool in summer
and warm in autumn.
By Lowan
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9. Wattle And Daub Houses By Lucas
Also known as asi, the cherokee word for them.
These were Native American houses used by Southeastern
tribes.
Made by weaving rivercane, wood and vines onto a frame
then coating with plaster.
The roof was either thatched with grass or shingled with
bark.
They were permanent structures.
They required a warm climate to be built, to dry the plaster.
10. Chickees!
Chickees are houses that are sometimes built in swamps and are
built for people who live in a hot climate. They are used by tribes
like the Seminole Indians in Florida. The long posts hold the
Chickees up when they are built in swamps.
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11. Earth Lodges!
Earth lodges are for people who want to stay there for a long time.
They form a basement type of house which is covered over the top
with dirt weeds and other things like that. They are for people
who live in very hot weather because they don’t have any
windows or anything by having no windows that traps the warm
air out of the lodge and the cold air into the lodge there for
keeping it cooler in the lodge.
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12. Native Americans-grass houses
by Sîoned
• Grass houses were used by the Wichita tribe who were the
original people of southeren Oklahoma and Texas.
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13. By Sîoned
They were also used by other tribes such as the
Caddos who lived on the Southeren plains.
The grass houses looked like large wigwam but are
made with a wooden frame bent into a beehive shape
and thatched with the long praire grass. They could be
as high as 40 feet and more.
They made god and comfortable homes for people in
a warm climate like the Southeren plains. The modern
day Wichita still live mostly in Oklahoma.
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14. Longhouse
Longhouses were built by
the Eastern native
amaricans. Many families
lived together in one
longhouse. Each were
given their own section.
Long houses were
measured by campfires.
Longhouses were about 10
to 12 campfires long. Long
houses could be 200 feet
long, 25 feet wide, and 25
feet high.
By Sufyan
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15. Wigwams
Not all native Americans
built longhouses. Some
built wigwams. A
wigwam was a round
building with a round top
covered with mat or
hide. Some were quite
large, about 6 feet long.
By Sufyan
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16. A Chickee and a palmetto tree
by William
• In the centre of the village was a
great house made up of four bark
covered houses and this was used for
meetings. One large house in the
village was used as a cook house.
• The Seminole Indians were farming
people and also made flat dugout
canoes from hollowed out cypress
logs to fish. The warriors used bows
• The Seminole Indians lived in
and arrows and also tomahawks.
houses called chickees.
• The word Seminole comes from the
• Everything was made by hand. The
Spanish word meaning wild, they
chickees were platform houses
spoke two different languages called
made of logs from the palmetto
Miccosukee and Creek although
tree and canvas curtains were used
today they mainly speak English.
to keep them warm and dry.
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