USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -A wigwam was a type of house used mainly by Algonquian peoples but also other Indigenous peoples in the eastern half of North America in precolonial days. (See also Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands in Canada.)

Detailed explanation-2: -The Algonquins and Great Lake tribes lived in villages which usually had eight or nine hundred Indians. In the village the Indians built dome-shaped wigwams which they made from saplings covered with birch, chestnut, oak, or elm. The Indians placed bark and animal hides over the roof of their wigwams.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Algonquin are Indigenous peoples that have traditionally occupied parts of western Quebec and Ontario, centring on the Ottawa River and its tributaries.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Algonquin (Omamiwinini) farmed and lived in settled villages and built entire villages of wigwams. Unlike teepees, wigwams were not portable. As the region was covered in trees, wigwams were built from wooden lumber and branches, with wood or stretched tree bark used for the walls.

Detailed explanation-5: -Mi’kmaq people and other Algonquin peoples lived in cone-shaped wigwams like these. Wigwams are simple to make, and are easily portable.