Keep in mind that what is stated below are often generalizations. The houses that Native Americans built would also vary if the tribe was migratory, and some regions would be influenced by the structures of neighboring regions. This is not all-inclusive. I hope for further input and disucssion, as well.

Igloos: blocks of ice or hard packed snow, or of sod or wood. The main feature is the dome shape. Eskimo.

Lean-to: temporary by nature, it has a single-pitched sloped roof, formed from wood and shrub, and is made to lean against another structure (rock, etc.) Western Subarctic natives would make double lean-to's with gabled ends.

Tipi/Tepee: tent in conical form, with either animal skin or tree bark over a frame of poles. Usually a smoke hole would be present. Great Plains, Northeast, Subarctic, Southwest.

Wickiup: conical or domed with a pole frame that would be covered by reeds, grasses, or brush. Southwest, Great Basin, and California. The Apache have a strong association with this.

Wigwam: Arched frame of poles, covered with animal skin, bark, or woven mats (out of reeds). Great Lakes Algonquian.

Wattle and Daub: pole frame, branches and vines for support, and a mud plaster to seal it. Southeast.

Pueblo: Multistoried stone or clay (adobe). Flat roofs, receding terraces, and often, wooden ladders. Pueblo Indians.

Plank House: Hand split planks over a log frame, typically but not always cedar. Usually rectangular. Northwest coastal Indians.

Longhouse: Communal dwelling, which could be gabled or vaulted. Log frame, coverings similar to that of the Wigwam. Iroquois, Hurons.

Hogan: Log and stick frame, shaped either as a cone, a hexagon, or a octagon. It would be sealed by mud, sod and clay, and sometimes stone. The opening would always face to the east. Navaho.

Chickee: built on stilts by the Seminole who live in the marshy lands of Florida. There would be a platform and a thatched roof, using logs and palmetto leaves.