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plank house

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plank house
A large house, generally rectangular, constructed of planks; used and built by Indians and, less frequently, by Eskimos.
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He was later asked to build a scale model of a cedar plank house for the UO's Museum of Natural and Cultural History.
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A chapter on shelter provides in-depth information on historical Native-American dwellings including the teepee of the Plains Indians, Navaho hogans, plank houses of the Northwest Coast Indians, Navaho hogans, plank houses of the Northwest Coast Indians and other shelter architecture.
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