Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones

Download or read book Houses of Snow, Skin and Bones written by Bonnie Shemie and published by Tundra Books (NY). This book was released on 1989 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A look at the fascinating shelters that Native communities in the Far North built, using only materials their environment provided: snow, stone, sod, skin, bones, and any driftwood picked up along the shores. Black-and-white and color drawings show the tools used, and how the snow house, the quarmang, the Alaskan sod-house, and the tent or tupiq were built. And of course, there’s information on the classic snow igloo which could be constructed in a few hours for emergency shelter.