Long+House+by+B.S

How To Make A Coast Salish Long House Or Big House First you’ll need to find a tree in a clear spot you must have yellow or red cedar tree. Next you will have to cut a bit of bark off the tree to check if it’s rotten. Next you’ll have to have a ceremony to get the tree’s permission,so you can cut it down. Next you’ll have to break/cut off the twig’s and branches. Next you’ll have to rub mud near the trunk of the tree then you have to burn the bottom of the tree. Next you will have to cut the tree into planks. Next you must bring the tree to the village.Dig a hole as high as a man’s waist then you need to put the log into the hole. It take’s allot of strong men to put the log in the hole. Carve the post’s then pack in the gap’s with the extra dirt. The plank’s are set on there side’s and tied to poles. On the roof’s they were covered with rock’s and sticks. And they left holes in the roof just in case of a fire.