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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"
{{Native american styles 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
The Aleuts ( ; russian: Алеуты, Aleuty) are the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands, which are located between the North Pacific Ocean and the Bering Sea. Both the Aleut people and the islands are politically divided between the ...
); 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 used by the Alutiiq people
The Alutiiq people (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 so ...
and Aleuts, the indigenous people of the Aleutian Islands
The Aleutian Islands (; ; ale, Unangam Tanangin,”Land of the Aleuts", possibly from Chukchi ''aliat'', "island"), also called the Aleut Islands or Aleutic Islands and known before 1867 as the Catherine Archipelago, are a chain of 14 large v ...
. They lay partially underground like an earth lodge
An earth lodge is a semi-subterranean building covered partially or completely with earth, best known from the Native American cultures of the Great Plains and Eastern Woodlands. Most earth lodges are circular in construction with a dome-like ...
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. Inside of the barabara was a main room, and a secondary room used for parental purposes. 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; russian: Карлук) is a census-designated place (CDP) in Kodiak Borough, Kodiak Island, Alaska, United States. The population was 37 at the 2010 census, up from 27 in 2000.
Geography
Karluk i ...
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 is building done outside any academic tradition, and without professional guidance. This category encompasses a wide range and variety of building types, with differing methods of construction, from around the world, bo ...
References
External links
Beard, D. C. ''Shelters, Shacks and Shanties.'' New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1916. pg 100-03.
{{Native american styles Aleut culture House types Traditional Native American dwellings Semi-subterranean structures Vernacular architecture