You got it! People who lived in the warm southeast lived in chickees. The Seminole tribe in Florida built chickees. The frame was made of logs and the roof was covered in palmetto leaves or grasses. It is called a thatch roof. There were no walls in chickees because they weren't needed in the warm southern areas and breezes could blow through. The floor was built up off the ground in case it was wet and soggy and to protect from snakes.
	Tribes such as the Cherokee and the Creek lived farther north in the region where it was colder in the winter. They needed warmer shelter in the winter. Each village had a circular-shaped council house where ceremonies and tribal meetings were held. It was built with clay walls and a cone-shaped bark roof. Rectangular houses grouped in clusters of four around the council house. The packed mud walls kept the people warm.
After the European settlers came, many of the tribes built log cabins instead of the traditional homes.

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