The Wichita grass Hut was shelter to the Wichita Indian of the Great Plains, and of Caddoan stock. There are numerous accounts, as well as photographic evidence and museum exhibits that give a clear picture of what these grass houses looked like, how they were built, and what significance they held for those that lived in them.
Features:The grass house is a dome-shape structure made of thatched grass laid over a framework of poles. The main structure was made of a framework of logs planted upright in the ground, which supported cross-pieces of the same size. Over these cross-pieces,flexible timber was bent to form the top .These pieces were brought to a tapering at the top and bound. Beds were placed within the grass house, raised several feet off the ground on posts tied together to support a buffalo hide. The structure’s openings included a central smoke-hole and doors placed at opposite sides to allow a cross current (detached doors, also made of grass over a frame, were present as well). Earth was pushed up around the house’s base for further structural support.
Size: 18 and 30 feet in diameter. The number of beds within would have numbered roughly between four and 12