CONTENTS Home Is Shelter 4 Hides Earth Snow and More 6 Tepees 8 Longhouses and Wigwams 10 Wattle-and-Daub Houses 12 Chickees 14 Earth Lodges 16 Pueblos 18 Hogans 20 Pit Houses 22 Plank Houses 24 Igloos 26 Native American Homes Today 28 Glossary 30 For More Information 31 Index 32 Words in the glossary appear in bold type the first time they are used in the text
HOME IS SHELTER What does home mean to you It likely means many things It’s the place you share with your family It’s where you eat meals and sleep It’s the place you celebrate special occasions It’s where you find shelter in bad weather and comfort after a bad day Home was all these things to Native Americans as well But not all Native American homes looked alike Different groups of Native Americans built different kinds of homes depending partly on the natural resources around them 4 MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK IN COLORADO
Swiss artist Karl Bodmer traveled through the American West in the 1830s creating pictures of the land and Native Americans This print copies a picture Bodmer made of the inside of a Mandan Indian home 5
