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House

House. Pit house ( sque’me’l ). Type : Pit house is built by Sto ’:lo’ people. The people of the southern interior developed a unique winter home that is usually called a pit house. Pit house : insulation from earth. They built in under grown.

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House

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  1. House

  2. Pit house (sque’me’l)

  3. Type: • Pit house is built by Sto’:lo’ people. • The people of the southern interior developed a unique winter home that is usually called a pit house. • Pit house : insulation from earth. They built in under grown. • Pit house is comfortable and easy heated. Pit house cool in summer and warm in winter so people use pit house also incase of conflicts.

  4. How built • Circular with conical root built of beams and posts. • Excavated out of deep soil. • 30 people live in. • Entered through central smokehole, held a ladder made from s log. => Side entrance for elders/ baby. Fire/ smoke cause wood not to dry; earth is moist.

  5. Material Pit house were excavated out of the deep soil, covered with a sloping roof of timbers and grass, bark, or pine boughs and topped off with a thick layer of earth. -> rope -> tide wood together.

  6. Longhouse

  7. Type: • -important cultural entity • -named and decorated with crests • -used as living space, held ceremonies and potlatches, gatherings • -located along rivers for good transportation and water access

  8. Materials of a longhouse • -cedar logs and planks • -also used ash and elm • -rope • -dirt floors • -mats were put on walls for privacy (made of bullrush)

  9. How a longhouse is built • 1.) base is set • 2.) doors, walls and roof are put together • 3.) vertical posts are put up and planks put horizontally • 4.) ropes are used to tie together to secure longhouse

  10. Tee pee(Tipi)

  11. Tee Pee Materials: • Wooden poles, the poles were made from long slender trees like pine trees • Skin: animal hides like moose or buffalo hides, or canvas • Ropes

  12. Tee Pee Structure: • Smoke flaps on the top, smoke can be bowed away by wind. • Function in different seasons, inside is warm in winter and cool in summer.

  13. How to build a teepee:

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