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Shoshone-Bannock History in Idaho
PART I OF II: 2008's historic Idaho Democratic Convention, held in Boise, ID, June 12-14, invited Idaho Native American Tribal members from the Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall, Shoshone-Paiute/Duck Valley, Nez Perce, and Coeur D'Alene tribal communities to take an active part in the convention activities. On June 12th, the Idaho AFL-CIO hosted a Democratic picnic for convention goers. Mr. Ted Howard, Cultural Resource Director, Duck Valley, spoke to picnic participants about the Shoshone-Paiute-Bannock history in the Boise Valley area. 9:49 minutes.

Part II-Grand Entry, Flag Ceremony and Recessional
All convention tribal members participated in the grand entry at the beginning of the June 13th Idaho Democratic Convention gathering followed by a flag ceremony and presentation by Mr. Lee Juan Tyler, Council Member, Shoshone-Bannock/Fort Hall community. Fort Hall and Duck Valley singers and drummers played songs for the grand entry, flag ceremony and recessional.
9:59 minutes

Native American Prophecy
Narrated by the late Floyd RedCrow Westerman 6:36 minutes

7 Generations
Elder Orin Lyons talks about preparing for the next 7 generations. 8:43 minutes

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Culture-> Lodges: Wigwams are domed shelters
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:57:46 CDT (32168 reads)

A favorite of the Algonquin speaking tribes of the northeast was the wigwam.

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Culture-> Lodges: Indian Housing - Wickiups
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:55:27 CDT (20688 reads)

Wickiups were a simpler form of a wigwam.

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Culture-> Lodges: Wattle and Daub Indian Houses
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:53:28 CDT (21955 reads)

Wattle and Daub was a type of construction using a frame work of poles intertwined with branches and vines covered with mud.

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Culture-> Lodges: Tipis are cone shaped tents
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:51:38 CDT (19953 reads)

A tipi is a frame work of poles covered with hides.

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Culture-> Lodges: Pueblos are the apartment like buildings
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:49:31 CDT (9384 reads)

They were made from a frame of logs covered with adobe, a clay mixture which was allowed to dry in the sun.

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Culture-> Lodges: Some Pacific Northwest coast indians lived in plank houses
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:47:17 CDT (49599 reads)

Plank houses are square or rectangle shaped dwellings made by the Native Americans living on the Pacific Northwest coast.

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Culture-> Lodges: Pithouses are semisubterranean dwellings
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:44:47 CDT (18600 reads)

Pithouses were used by most Plateau, some far north, as well as some California tribes.

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Culture-> Lodges: Igloos were not year around homes
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:42:40 CDT (17956 reads)

Igloos are dome shaped dwellings that are made from packed snow cut into blocks with a large knife.

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Culture-> Lodges: .Hogans of the Apache and Navajo
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:40:25 CDT (12361 reads)

Hogans were made with a frame of logs and sticks and usually covered with mud.

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Culture-> Lodges: Earth lodges are dome shaped dwellings
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:38:14 CDT (15433 reads)

Earth lodges are dome shaped dwellings similar to pithouses but generally much larger

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Culture-> Lodges: The Longhouse
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:36:23 CDT (12290 reads)

Many Native Americans lived in homes that were long enough to house several families.

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Culture-> Lodges: The Caddo and the Wichita built grass homes
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:34:26 CDT (13079 reads)

The long grass that grew on the Midwest and southern plains was used to make grass houses.

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Culture-> Lodges: Lean-to shelters were used as temporary shelters
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 21:30:58 CDT (7923 reads)

Lean To's were temporary shelters made from brush, leaves and twigs covering sloping single pitched roofs.

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Culture-> Lodges: Index of Native American Homes
Posted on Friday, September 23 @ 20:35:24 CDT (40898 reads)

Native American Homes

Native Americans lived in a variety of homes depending on what area or region that they lived in. Many Native American groups also had more than one home. The Navajo for instance, who lived in the desert Southwest, were sheep herders and each family had several homes within their land to stay in as the sheep moved about over their land which could cover several miles. Other Native American groups had winter and summer homes.

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Culture-> Lodges: The Hooghan of First Man
Posted on Monday, January 14 @ 23:57:56 CST (2695 reads)

Source: Navajo Legend

The construction of the conical hooghan is based upon the description of the hooghan of First Man related in the Origin Myth as told in Blessing Way [Hózhójí].

In this home, the poles were made of jewels, white shell [yoogaii], abalone [diichii], turquoise [doot'izhii] and jet [bááshzhinii].

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