Shelter and Housing
The Algonquians lived in wigwams made oust of grass, bark and hides. Other tribes lived in different houses like earth lodges, wikiups, hogans, chickees, pithouses, grass houses and more. The wigwams made by tribes were about 8-10 Ft tall, covered in birch bark, grass, and hides, and circular with a domed roof or they were rectangular with an arched roof. When the climate got colder and the tribes migrated to warmer places they took the bark, grasses, and hides off their wigwams and left the frames to migrate to a warmer climate, where they put the materials back on their wigwam frames left during previous migrations. The Algonquians built giant wigwams to host social occasions.
The Algonquians lived in wigwams made oust of grass, bark and hides. Other tribes lived in different houses like earth lodges, wikiups, hogans, chickees, pithouses, grass houses and more. The wigwams made by tribes were about 8-10 Ft tall, covered in birch bark, grass, and hides, and circular with a domed roof or they were rectangular with an arched roof. When the climate got colder and the tribes migrated to warmer places they took the bark, grasses, and hides off their wigwams and left the frames to migrate to a warmer climate, where they put the materials back on their wigwam frames left during previous migrations. The Algonquians built giant wigwams to host social occasions.