South Puget Sound Indians-
What kinds of houses did they build?

Indian girls with baskets

Winter home
Two Puget Sound Indian girls standing in front of a summer dwelling house, about 1900.  Their home, garments, and baskets are made of cedar. 
MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries, NA690.
Two Puget Sound Indian elders in front of a typical winter dwelling, around 1898.
Photograph by Anders B. Wilse, MSCUA, University of Washington Libraries NA1347.

The Indians stayed in villages during the winter. They built large dwelling houses. These houses were made out of large cedar planks. Several families lived in each house.  In the summer they traveled to hunt, gather berries, and fish. Summer homes were portable shelters made of four long wooden poles covered with mats made of woven cedar bark. They could be easily taken apart and moved from campsite to campsite.

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