TheAbenaki spent some of the year in the main village. Here there were many bark houses with fires inside and holes inthe top for the smoke to come out. Their furniture consisted of woven mats, braches covered with hides, andmany furs for bedding. The longhouseswere large multiple family dwellings which housed 30-60 people. They used someof the special buildings for rituals, the shaman's hut, and the sweat lodge.They would spend winter here, and would hunt and gath

Thespecialized areas in the village were the council house, the dance ground, theshaman's hut, the sweat lodge, the cemeteries, fields, and rock chambers. The council house usually faced the dancingground. Outside the house was the chief'spole which symbolized his power. Whenthe council would meet, messages would be delivered, they would share theceremonial pipe, information, and the records would be kept here. The dance ground was usually in the middleof the village. It was a cleared areawhere different ritual dances were to be performed. General meetings and games of the village occurred here. This was also a place of discussion andcelebration during wars with Europeans. The shaman's hut was where the shaman's rituals and trances would t

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