Native American Houses
Seminole Indians and other South Eastern tribes lived in a home called a Chickee. A chickee was a house built on stilts usually about three or four feet above the ground. A chickee was usually about nine feet wide and sixteen feet long, with a wooden platform which served as the floor and a thatched roof.
This native american video shows a collection of Native American houses sometimes called “Indian homes”. These are extremely rare to see today, as most (almost all) Native Americans live in modern houses and apartments. These are recreated based on information from various tribes.
If the door is open, a friend may enter the tipi directly. But if it is closed, he should announce his presence and wait for the owner to invite him to come in.
A favorite of the Algonquin speaking tribes of the northeast was the wigwam.
Wickiups were a simpler form of a wigwam.
Wattle and Daub was a type of construction using a frame work of poles intertwined with branches and vines covered with mud.