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Long Houses or Plank houses.
No, the Miwok people did not live in plank houses. They traditionally constructed dome-shaped dwellings made of thatched grass, bark, and other natural materials, which were well-suited to their environment in Northern California. These structures were often temporary or semi-permanent, reflecting their semi-nomadic lifestyle and seasonal resource gathering. Plank houses are more commonly associated with coastal tribes of the Pacific Northwest.
Well, first of all, they're not called plank houses. They era called pit houses. They used them because
they lived in plank houses.
Plank houses were everyday houses.
they made plank houses
people
plank houses
wooden plank houses
plank houses
native Americans lived in plank houses because they had no choice and that was the only thing they knew how to build.
The Alsea Indians lived in plank houses made from cedar planks, not gingerbread houses or treehouses. These plank houses were rectangular in shape with a slanted roof and were large enough to fit multiple families inside. So, no, they didn't live in igloos or castles, just practical cedar plank houses.