Shelter of the American Indians

Made igloo homes made of ice and snow in the winter; used tents when nomadic

• Arctic

• Plains

• Northwest

• Southeast

Build permanent shelters; used bent poles; bark, plants and longhouses.

• Plains

• Northeast

• Southwest

• Arctic

Used coastal-plank houses from cedar bark.

• Northeast

• Arctic

• Plains

• Northwest

Early tribes built mud or earth covered homes. When nomadic they built tepees.

• Arctic

• Southwest

• Plains

• Northeast

Used thatch roofs, wattle and daub, and chickees

• Plains

• Southeast

• Arctic

• Northwest

Mostly lived in permanent villages called pueblos

• Southwest

• Arctic

• Plains

• Northwest