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Traditional Native American Homes

Traditional Native American Homes

_{Many people have heard of cone-shaped tepees. They are probably the most well-recognized traditional Native American home. However, traditional Native American houses came in many other shapes and sizes. On the Northwest coast, tribes lived in slant-roofed houses. These houses were built out of cedar planks. The houses were huge - around 40 feet wide and 10 feet high.}

The Iroquois built even bigger houses. They were called longhouses. Longhouses were about 100 feet long. There was enough room in them for a large extended family. Parents, children, grandparents, uncles, aunts, and cousins all lived together. No one was left out. In California, most tribes dwelled in simpler houses. Small shelters were covered in earth or brush. Other California tribes built redwood plank houses. Farming tribes in the Southwest built pueblos. Pueblos looked a lot like apartment houses. They were made out of stone or adobe. Adobe is a clay mixture. It is usually made into bricks. The bricks are dried in the sun. In the Midwest, around the Great Lakes, women were in charge of building wigwams. Even the young girls made tiny wigwams for their dolls. Wigwams are tent-like houses.

They have frames made of wooden poles. A lot of these tribes moved from place to place. Everyone had to carry their belongings on their backs. When they moved, all they left behind were the frames of their wigwams.

Multiple Choice

Which is the largest house mentioned in this passage?

• A. wigwam

• B. long house

• C. redwood plank house

• D. slant-roofed house

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