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Traditional Indigenous houses come in many different shapes. They include igloos in the Arctic, long-houses with several generations living together in the northeast, cedar plank-houses on the northwestern coast, adobe structures made with mud and straw in the southwest, elevated houses called chickees in the southeast, and tipis on the Great Plains.
Indigenous peoples built homes that were suited to the local climate with the materials available around them. As a case in point, adobe houses are so well adapted to arid environments that some buildings today are more than 1,000 years old. Igloos provide homes for people who live in the Arctic, where there are strong winds and low temperatures all year round.