wigwams
Domed bark shelters
Wigwams are domed dwellings traditionally built by certain Native American peoples, particularly in the northeastern United States.
The frame consists of bent wooden poles covered with bark, hides, or woven mats.
Though often confused with tipis, wigwams are distinct—rounded rather than conical, and meant for more permanent settlement: The village had several wigwams arranged in a clearing.
Rounded vault forming roof
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- polesLong sticks or extremities
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
- shelterProtected place or structure
Native American · birchbark · mats · framework · smoke hole · family · village · encampment
Algonquian-speaking indigenous nation
- AbenakiAlgonquian-speaking northeastern nation
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
ancestral · tribal · woodland · Great Lakes · heritage · ceremonies · elders · storytelling
Fastened with bindings
- tiedFastened by knotting
- layeredHaving multiple levels
- insulatedShielded from heat loss
- waterproofImpervious to moisture
conical · arched · frame · woven mats · overlapping · anchored · sewn · stripped
Foreign territorial takeover
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- frontierEdge of settlement
- first contactHumanity's alien introduction
- PilgrimsPlymouth's founding English colonists
Plymouth · treaties · displacement · anthropology · archaeology · artifacts · excavation · documentation
dome
Rounded vault forming roof
- barkSharp canine vocalization
- polesLong sticks or extremities
- AlgonquianNorth American language family
shelter · Native American · birchbark · mats · framework · smoke hole · family · village · encampment · seasonal
Ojibwe
Algonquian-speaking indigenous nation
- AbenakiAlgonquian-speaking northeastern nation
- WampanoagAlgonquian-speaking northeastern tribe
- indigenousOriginating in a region
traditional · ancestral · tribal · woodland · Great Lakes · heritage · ceremonies · elders · storytelling · clan
lashed
Fastened with bindings
waterproof · conical · arched · frame · woven mats · overlapping · anchored · sewn · stripped · flexible
colonization
Foreign territorial takeover
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- frontierEdge of settlement
- first contactHumanity's alien introduction
Pilgrims · Plymouth · treaties · displacement · anthropology · archaeology · artifacts · excavation · documentation · preservation
- OjibweOjibwe, Chippewa, wild rice, birchbark canoes, birch bark canoe
- play spacesplayground, play areas, sandbox, play spaces, playpen
- Native Americanateepees, moccasins, totem poles, dreamcatchers, tomahawks
- primitive dwellingshuts, igloos, tepees, tipis, yurts
- Native AmericansCherokee, Apache, Navajo, Sioux, Mohawk
- Pequot
wigwamsskyscrapers
Extremely tall urban buildings
mansions · castles · brick houses · palaces · fortresses
wigwamscontemporary architecture
Current-era building style
smart homes · condominiums · industrial buildings · prefabricated homes