Each culture area had their own type of home. Indians used the natural resources around them to make their homes.
Natural resources are the things found in nature that people use.
For instance, if they lived in or near the forests, they would use wood for their homes. This is why different cultures of Indians had different types of homes. Below are different types of Indian homes and descriptions of each. The Indians in the Northwest Culture lived in wooden lodges. These buildings were rectangular buildings that each held several families.