What did these native american (indian) tribes live in?
The Chinooks, like many of the west coast tribes, lived in long timber houses covered with planks. It is this kind of dwelling that was fronted among neighbouring tribes by very large totem poles with a doorway cut through. See http://www.wshs.org/wshm/lewisandclark/c… The Apache were not one single people but a collection of tribes, some – like the Jicarilla and Lipan – using plains-style tipis and others – like the Tonto Apaches – using the wickiup (a brushwood shelter covered in dry grass and mats of woven grass). See http://www.sonofthesouth.net/american-in… The Chippewas (or Ojibwas) and neighbouring tribes lived in true wigwams, from the Chippewa word “wigwassi” or birchbark. These were either longhouses covered in birchbark sheets or small cone- or dome-shaped lodges covered in the same bark, which al
