People did have personal possessions, but they were few in number. Northwest Coastal Native Americans, valued talent and knowledge above wealth. But the Plateau Inland Native Americans, unlike the Native Americans bragged about their wealth. This is not so just the opposite actually. On the web that the Plateau Native Americans spent their winters bragging about their Baskets were used to store clothing and a Placed at one end of the house to get in and out. Or more holes in the roof to allow the smoke to escape. There were two families for each fire, one on either side. Which was used as a passageway and as a place for winter campfires. Into compartments down each side, with an open living section down the middle, (Baskets and mats were also made out of reeds.) Then you added some wooden posts to support aДЇrom planks to woven reeds. But construction of all pit-houses started by digging a pit that The small ones were usually oval in shape. But some were much larger - as much as 60 feet wide and 100 feet long. Pit-houses were built for a small family group and perhaps were only 20 feet inДiameter. Some were little round houses with dirt roofs. Well established winter villages built on the banks of a major waterway. They needed a temporary shelterДЇor short trips for collecting certain items. Needed a semi-temporary place to use for seasonal hunting,ДЇishing, and gathering sites. They needed a warm place for the winter months. Homes: The people of the Plateau had three basic needs for

A native game pit