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  2. Plank house - Wikipedia

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    Canadian anthropologist Wilson Duff quotes Simon Fraser, who (upon observation of the Coast Salish homes on the banks of the now-named Fraser River) wrote in his 1800 journal; "as an excellent house 46 × 32 and constructed like American frame houses; the planks are three to 4 inches thick, each plank overlapping the adjoining one a couple of inches; the post, which is very strong and crudely ...

  3. Longhouses of the Indigenous peoples of North America

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    Later day Iroquois longhouse (c.1885) 50–60 people Interior of a longhouse with Chief Powhatan (detail of John Smith map, 1612). Longhouses were a style of residential dwelling built by Native American and First Nations peoples in various parts of North America.

  4. Indigenous architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Taos Pueblo from Taos, New Mexico. Pueblo architecture is a lasting aspect of Indigenous architecture in the American Southwest.The original Pueblo style was based on the Anasazi people, [1] who began building square cliff dwellings around 1150 CE, featuring subterranean chambers and circular ceremonial rooms.

  5. Indigenous architecture - Wikipedia

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    The longhouse, pit house and plank house were diverse responses to the need for more permanent building forms. Tipi outside the Royal Military College of Canada. The semi-nomadic peoples of the Maritimes, Quebec, and Northern Ontario, such as the Mi'kmaq, Cree, and Algonquin generally lived in wigwams '. The wood-framed structures, covered with ...

  6. American historic carpentry - Wikipedia

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    Plank-framed barns [22] are different than a plank-framed house. Plank framed barns developed in the American Mid-West, such as the patente in 1876 (#185,690) by William Morris and Joseph Slanser of La Rue, Ohio, shows (several other patents followed). Sometimes they were also called a joist frame, rib frame and trussed frame barns.

  7. Umpqua people - Wikipedia

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    The Native Americans who lived in the Umpqua region prior to European settlement. were highly dependent on the annual cycle of nature. Their cultures were rich and complex, with distinct rituals, rites and responsibilities. In winter, the people lived in cedar plank houses in permanent villages.

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  9. Twana - Wikipedia

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    Native Americans of the Coast Salish region resided in semi-permanent villages. They usually moved between summer and winter locations over the course of the year in accordance with fishing and crop seasons. The people constructed permanent plank houses in winter locations. In the summer they lived in temporary tent-style dwellings.