- quiggly hole
- Canadian Slangremains of First Nations underground houses in the Interior of British Columbia
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Quiggly hole — A quiggly hole, also known simply as a quiggly or kekuli, is the remains of an underground house built by the First Nations people of the Interior of British Columbia and the Columbia Plateau in the U.S.. The word quiggly comes from kickwillie or … Wikipedia
Canadian English — (CanE, en CA) [en CA is the language code for Canadian English , as defined by ISO standards (see ISO 639 1 and ISO 3166 1 alpha 2) and Internet standards (see IETF language tag).] is the variety of English used in Canada. More than 26 million… … Wikipedia
Dugout (shelter) — Dugout home near Pie Town, New Mexico, 1940. A dugout or dug out, also known as a pithouse, pit house, earth lodge, mud hut, is a shelter for humans or domesticated animals and livestock based on a hole or depression dug into the ground. These… … Wikipedia
Architecture of Canada — The architecture of Canada is, with the exception of that of the First Nations, closely linked to the techniques and styles developed in Europe and the United States. However, design has long needed to be adapted to Canada s climate and geography … Wikipedia
Chinook Jargon use by English-language speakers — British Columbian English and Pacific Northwest English have several words still in current use which are loanwords from the Chinook Jargon, which was widely spoken throughout the Pacific Northwest by all ethnicities well into the middle of the… … Wikipedia
Native American long house — Longhouses were and are built by native peoples in various parts of North America, sometimes reaching over 100 meters long (330 ft) but generally around 5 to 7 meters wide (16 23 ft). The construction method was also different: the dominant… … Wikipedia
Interior Plateau — physiographic division.ubdivisionsIt has several subdivisions, these being:*The Fraser Plateau **The Chilcotin Plateau **The Cariboo Plateau ***The Bonaparte Plateau (part of the Thompson Plateau in some definitions, and also known as the… … Wikipedia
Kekuli Bay Provincial Park — Kekuli Bay Provincial Park,formerly Kalamalka West Provincial Park, is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada, located on the west shore of Kalamalka Lake on BC Highway 97 south of Vernon.ee also*Quiggly hole ( kekuli ) *List of Chinook… … Wikipedia
Fountain, British Columbia — Fountain is an unincorporated rural area and Indian Reserve in the Fraser Canyon region of British Columbia, Canada, located at the ten mile mark from the town of Lillooet on BC Highway 99, which in that area is also on the route of the Old… … Wikipedia
Longhouses of the indigenous peoples of North America — Later day Iroquois longhouse housing several hundred people … Wikipedia
