Question

Contrast the American Indians groups who used tepees and those who used longhouses as shelters.

Answer 1

Tepees were used by Native Americans situated in the Great Plains, where mobile, small, and made with the skins of buffalo and other animals they hunted.

Ex: Sioux

Longhouses were used by Native Americans who lived more in the North, were permanent, made of wood, and housed large amounts of people.

Ex: Iroquois