NORTHWEST HOUSES
The Northwest Indians used the red
cedar trees to build their houses. The Big-Houses, as they were called,
were from 20 to 60 feet wide and from 50-150 feet long. The richest
and most important families had the largest houses.
They built the houses with logs
and wood pegs, they did not have nails.
Inside and out, the Big-House was
often decorated with painting and carving. Some tribes liked to paint
the outside walls white and then make them beautiful with large designs
and totem crests.
This house is beautifully decorated and painted,
just like many totem poles
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