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As part of the League of Iroquois the Cayuga lived in typical longhouses of elm bark over a framework of poles.

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Which native americans built long structures before the arrived of the eurpeans?

Longhouses were built by the Iroquois in New York along with the five nations Mohawk, Onandaga, Oneida, Seneca and Cayuga. The Lenni Lenape in the Delaware Valley also constructed such dwellings, along with some Northwest tribes.


Who built the longhouses?

Iroquois (native americans)


What is the name of the mohawk tribes shelter?

longhouses


How longhouses where built?

The longhouses were built in northern New York state and southern Canada.


What are all the Indian tribes?

The tribes are moocs which are mohawks,onadaga,onieda,cayuga,and seneca


Who invented longhouses?

Long houses were built by North Eastern tribes in the US. They were also built by indigenous peoples in Asia and Europe.


What native Americans lived in a longhouse?

All the Iroquoian tribes made longhouses, not only the Iroquois league (Cayuga, Seneca, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Tuscarora) but also the Huron, Petun, Neutral, Erie and others. The Virginia Algonquian tribes (Powhatan, Pamunkey and more), the Delaware or Leni Lenape, the Susquehannock or Sasquehanna and a few more eastern groups; the Sauk and Fox, Kickapoo, Winnebago and the Dakota Sioux tribes (Mdewakanton, Wahpeton and Sisseton) all lived in longhouses as well as other types of dwelling. The plank houses of the northwest coast could also be classed as longhouses, but of a completely different construction.


What are the names of the six tribes that make up the Iroquois nation?

The Onondaga,the Seneca,the Cayuga,the Oneida,and the Mohawk.


What tribes are in the Iroquois?

Cayuga, Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, and Seneca


Who made the longhouses?

The aboriginals, Asians and North Americans usually make the longhouses. The longhouses are about 25 to 30 meters long. The longhouses are made 6 to 9 length and weight. Each longhouse can live up to 6 families including the parents, the children, the aunts, the uncles and the grandparents.


What shelter did the eastern woodlands tribes wear?

They lived in longhouses.


What are longhouses built for?

To have meetings and ceremonies :)