THE DESERT SOUTHWEST

• Pueblos
• hogans

Pueblos were multi-layer homes made by the Hopi and Zuni tribes. Pueblos were made out of mud and stones or adobe.

Hogans were made by the Navajo out of bark and mud with a wooden door frame. Hogans were miles apart from one another, unlike pueblos.

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

• Longhouses

Longhouses were made by tribes such as the Kwakiutl and Makah. They were made out of removable wooden boards and frames of wooden poles.

THE PLAINS

• Teepee
• Lodges

Tepees were built by tribes such as the Cheyenne. Tepees were often built by women, and are made from wooden poles covered with animal skins.

Lodges were built by tribes such as the Mandan, Pawnee, Wichita, and Sioux. Lodges were large circular homes built over a shallow pit. One lodge could fit up to sixty people. In the northern prairies, lodges were covered with sod.

THE EASTERN WOODLANDS

• Longhouses
• Wigwams

The Eastern Woodland tribes like the Iroquios lived in Longhouses like the Pacific Northwest. These Longhouses were smaller, but they could still fit up to twenty families. These longhouses were divided into sections, and one or two families lived in each section.

Wigwams were round, bark covered shelters built by the Algonquians. They were made very similar to longhouses apart from their shape.

THE ARCTIC

• Igloos
• Alutian houses

Igloos were built by the Inuit out of blocks of ice and were winter homes. Igloos had at least two layers, ground level and a basement.

The Aleut tribe lived in large houses made with frames of whalebone and walls of sod. Many people could live in one house.