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It's easier and much quicker to take apart, move and reconstruct, because it doesn't have a separate roof - the walls slope inwards and meet at the top, plus all that is needed to build such a home are some long poles made from trees and tanned hide they got from hunting wild game like bison.
Answer:
Not all First Nations people use tepees as dwellings, this was limited to the Plains Tribes who had need of an easily moved and readily erected dwelling made of locally available materials. Eastern Woodlands tribes used bark and branches to build longhouses which resembled Quonset huts, tribes on the west coat built timber homes, south western American tribes built hogans and some lived in adobe dwellings or homes carved from cliffs.
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Did plains Indians live in longhouses?
The plains Indians prefereed the cone shaped teepee tents as they were nomadic and the teepee was portable while a longhouse was essentially a permanent structure tha reuired considerably more construction time.
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Well if your talking about Native American Indian's it really depends on which Indians your talking about because they have different types shelters. :) Wigwam: a wigwam is a dome-shaped shelter that is made of bark. Made by north American Indians Longhouse: A long house is a traditional Iroquois shelter tepee: is a cone-shaped tent.
What type of homes did the adena Indians live in?
The Adena Indians mostly lived in circular or rectangular-shaped homes called "earthwork enclosures." These enclosures were made by constructing low earthen walls and incorporating wooden posts for support. Inside, these homes often had a central hearth for fire and were typically used for both living and burial purposes.
What Indian tribe lived in the cone-shaped redwood house?
the yuroks
Is mt Kilimanjaro a cinder cone shaped volcano?
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tepees
Simple homes with a cone shaped roof?
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How Sioux homes were constructed?
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What kind of homes did the Achumawi live in?
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What type of homes did plain Indians have?
what type of homes did the plains indianzhave
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What is the name of a cake shaped like a cone?
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Why are cereal boxes are not shaped like a cone?
Cause the volume a box is wider than the volume of a cone and when we use shaped cone the cereal wont fit in
What type of homes did cahuilla Indians live in?
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