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A barabara or barabora (Russian); ulax̂, ''ulaagamax'', ''ulaq'', or ''ulas'' (plural) (
Native American Architecture
'. New York: Oxford University Press, pg. 205. as present-day Aleuts live in modern houses and apartment buildings.
File:Native barabaras, or sod huts, probably Eskimo, Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 6).jpeg, Barabaras in
Beard, D. C. ''Shelters, Shacks and Shanties.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. pg 100-03.Alaska's Digital Archives, keyword search "barabara"
{{Architecture in the United States Aleut culture House types Traditional Native American dwellings Semi-subterranean structures Vernacular architecture
A barabara or barabora (Russian); ulax̂, ''ulaagamax'', ''ulaq'', or ''ulas'' (plural) (Aleut
Aleuts ( ; (west) or (east) ) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleuts and the islands are politically divided between the US state of Alaska ...
); and ciqlluaq ( Alutiiq ~ Sugpiaq)Jeff Leer (introduction) 2007 (eighth printing). Nanwalegmiut Paluwigmiut-llu Nupugnerit / Conversational Alutiiq Dictionary (Kenai Peninsula Alutiiq) arabara (now usually used to mean "shed"): ''ciqluaq''/ref> were the traditional, main or communal dwelling
In law, a dwelling (also known as a residence, abode or domicile) is a self-contained unit of accommodation – such as a house, apartment, mobile home, houseboat, recreational vehicle, or other "substantial" structure – used as a home by ...
used by the Alutiiq people
The Alutiiq (pronounced in English; from Promyshlenniki Russian Алеутъ, "Aleut"; plural often "Alutiit"), also called by their ancestral name ( or ; plural often "Sugpiat"), as well as Pacific Eskimo or Pacific Yupik, are a Yupi ...
and Aleuts
Aleuts ( ; (west) or (east) ) are the Indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleuts and the islands are politically divided between the US state of Alaska ...
, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands ( ; ; , "land of the Aleuts"; possibly from the Chukchi language, Chukchi ''aliat'', or "island")—also called the Aleut Islands, Aleutic Islands, or, before Alaska Purchase, 1867, the Catherine Archipelago—are a chain ...
. They lay partially underground like an earth lodge or pit-house, and most of the house was excavated from the dirt so as to withstand the high forces of wind in the Aleutian chain of islands. Barabaras are no longer used,Nabokov, Peter & Robert Easton (1989). Native American Architecture
'. New York: Oxford University Press, pg. 205. as present-day Aleuts live in modern houses and apartment buildings.
Overview
The roof of a barabara was generally made from sod and grass layered over a frame of wood or whalebone, and contained a roof doorway for entry. The main room had two rows for cots, less-excavated and higher than the rest of the room. The bottom of the room had one or more holes for an "inhouse". The entrance typically had a small wind envelope, or "Arctic entry", to prevent cold wind, rain or snow from blowing into the main room and cooling it off. There was usually a small hole in the ceiling from which the smoke from the fire escaped.Gallery
Karluk, Alaska
Karluk (''Kal’uq'' or ''Kal’ut'' in Alutiiq language, Alutiiq; ) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, Kodiak Borough, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. The population was 37 at the 2010 United States Census, ...
with steeple in background
File:Native barabaras, or sod huts, Karluk, Kodiak Island, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 5).jpeg, Barabaras in Karluk
File:Group of Native men, probably Eskimos, Karluk Village, Alaska, June 1906 (COBB 4).jpeg, Group of men in front of structures including a barabara at center, Karluk Village, 1906
File:Eskimo barabara, or sod hut, and food cache, Nushagak, Alaska, 1917 (COBB 134).jpeg, Food cache and barabara sod hut in Nushagak, 1917
See also
* Qargi *Quiggly hole
A quiggly hole, also known as a pit-house or simply as a quiggly or kekuli, is the remains of an earth lodge built by the First Nations people of the Interior of British Columbia and the Columbia Plateau in the United States. The word ''quiggly' ...
* Vernacular architecture
Vernacular architecture (also folk architecture) is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. It is not a particular architectural movement or style but rather a broad category, encompassing a wide range a ...
References
External links
Beard, D. C. ''Shelters, Shacks and Shanties.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. pg 100-03.
{{Architecture in the United States Aleut culture House types Traditional Native American dwellings Semi-subterranean structures Vernacular architecture