Wigwam
A wigwam, wickiup, wetu (Wampanoag), or wiigiwaam (Ojibwe) was a type of home for Native Americans. The homes were often shaped like domes and were round.[1] It is different than a longhouse or tipi. Wigwams were common in the Northeastern Woodlands. They were also in the Southeastern Woodlands and the Western United States. Wood was used for the frames. Materials to make roofs included bark, hides, grass, brush, rushes, mats, reeds, or cloth. The homes were good against many types of weather conditions. Wigwams were built by bending young trees and placing them along a circle.[2] Different native groups had different names for the wigwam. Wigwam was used in the Northeastern Woodlands. The term wickiup was used in the Southeast and Western regions.[3]
- ↑ "Definition of WIGWAM". www.merriam-webster.com. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
- ↑ "Wigwam | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
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Apache wickiup, by Edward S. Curtis, 1903
View of two Native American Apache women outside their cloth covered wickiups in a camp in Arizona. They wear print skirts, blouses and shawls and hold baskets. A basket, pitch covered basket jar, metal coffee pot, cup, can, and a horse show in the camp.
Dakota-style tipis and Ojibwe wigwam, White Earth, Minnesota, 1928
Ojibwe wigwam, from an 1846 painting by Paul Kane
A traditional Somali nomad's hut (aqal) near en:Boorama. Image taken by Charles Fred on flickr. The creator has granted GFDL licensing and permission for use in the wikimedia project.
Frame of Apache wickiup
Chiricahua medicine man and family in wickiup
View of a man and a horse standing near Native American wickiups which are constructed of tree boughs in a tepee-like fashion.
Frame of Crow sweat lodge in snow
"Wigwam - New World Encyclopedia". www.newworldencyclopedia.org. Retrieved 2022-07-31.
