What kind of houses did the native Americans live in?

Answer 1

The Native Americans made homes of the resources available to them in the part of the country they were located in. For instance, in New England, they had an abundance of resources available for use in building shelters. There was wood to be cut, logs to put together, mud for cement, limbs for roofs, etc. The first white settlers found the Natives living in large lodges made that way.

In the West and Southwest, there were some living in caves in the desert (see the remains of cave dwellers in National Parks of New Mexico and/or Arizona). Those living on the plains usually had buffalo hides for building shelters, forming what we call Teepees. Those that followed the buffalo herds were wandering people with homes they could pick up and take with them quickly. Those that stayed in permanent areas built homes from the available resources, including mud huts put together with mud and grasses.

After the white man began his Westward settlement, the Native Americans could not form many permanent settlements. They were forced to be wandering, homeless people, using the immediate resources of the surroundings for their shelters.

To learn more specific information about the homes they built, you should choose a certain area where Native Americans were known to live for extended periods, and look up the history of that area.

Answer 2

The native Americans lived in many different kinds of houses. Some tribes lived in tipis, while others lived in longhouses and still others lived in houses made of brick and stone.