Indian Gates (Book Two, Card 22) A palisade, also known as a stake wall or a paling, is a defensive structure or enclosure consisting of iron or wooden stakes or tree trunks. Palisades can be used to create a stockade. The Iroquoian peoples, who formed tribes around the Great Lakes, used palisades to defend their …

Pow-Wow Lodge or Canoe Shelter (Book Two, Card 21) Many tribes utilize brush shelters. Brush shelters, like camping tents, are usually quite small. Brush lodges are exclusively used for sleeping, therefore people can’t generally stand up straight within them. A brush shelter is constructed of a simple wooden structure that is covered in brush (branches, …

Indian Couch (Book Two, Card 20) The majority of modern Western furniture has more Native American influences than you might think. Native Americans have a deep bond with the ground they live on and the environment they live in. This is represented in their own artwork, which includes their acceptance of the Earth as a …