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How to make a Haida House

First you find a yellow or red cedar tree. Then you check the place around the tree. Cut a piece of the wood off the tree to see if it’s rotten. Then you should have a ceremony and ask the tree if it’s ok to cut it down. Next you cut off little twigs and branches. You put mud on the trunk of the tree. Then cut planks of other trees. Then you move the trees to the village. Then dig a hole as deep as a man’s waist. Carve the crest into the clan. Then you set planks on side like shingles. Fill in the holes with dirt.