Thousands of years ago the native people of North America had to build houses that fit their life. One kind of house was a tipi. The Plains people lived in tipis. Tipis were easy to put up and take down. In fact, it only took about half an hour to build a tipi. This was perfect for the Plains people who spent their time hunting and hunting animal. The Inuit, who lived in the cold Artic region, spent part of the year living in Igloos. Igloos were temporary homes like tipis. However, they were built for the cold winter months whereas a tipi could be used year round. Both tipis and igloos had one main room that the family lived in and were usually made for a single family. Tipis and igloos were made of very different materials. Igloos were made from blocks of snow stacked on top of each other, while tipis were made of buffalo hide, tree branches or grass. The shape of tipis and igloos were also different. Tipis were cone-shaped, using three or four poles for support, in contrast, igloos were dome-shaped. One similarity between igloos and tipis was that both....
Contained one main room for the family to use
Were made with sticks
and mud
Served as temporary
housing
Were used only during
the winter months