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The Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) people lived in villages
and farmed. Their houses were called longhouses because they were longer
than they were wide. The houses were made from elm
bark
. They had door openings at both ends and no doors or windows. During
the winter, the doors would have been covered with skins.
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Longhouses were long rectangular homes. Longhouses
were made by building a frame from saplings, or young trees. They were
then covered with bark
sewn together
. There was a long hallway with rooms on both sides. Sleeping
platform
s, covered with deerskin, lined each wall. There were also
shelves
for storing baskets, pots, and pelts. Pelts are the skins of animals
with the fur attached. Several families would live in the long house, but
the families were related to each other.
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GLOSSARY OF TERMS
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a tough woody covering on a root or
stem
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a type of tree
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a horizontal flat surface that is
usually higher than the ground
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held together with stitches
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plural for shelf, a thin platform
on which items can be stored
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