Architecture: Northwest Coast
At a glance:
- Series: American Indians Ready Reference
- Categories: Architecture, Social Science, Geography
- Subcategories: Native Americans, American Indians
- Curriculum: American Indian History
- Geographical Location: Oregon, Washington
Article abstract: The abundance of the environment and the ready availability of wood enabled groups in the Northwest Coast area to construct large, permanent plank buildings
Primary living quarters for Northwest Coast Indians accommodated large extended families up to fifty or more persons. Family houses served also as meeting halls for clan events as well as theaters for annual performances. Houses faced the shoreline, with a lineage leader’s house in the middle and less important family homes on the perimeter. Houses varied in size depending upon the wealth...
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