historically, the long wooden dwelling of the Haudenosaunee in which several families of the same clan would live; in today's Haudenosaunee communities, the building where people gather for social and spiritual activities.
A communal dwelling of the Iroquois and other American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden framework up to 30 meters (100 feet) in length and covered with sheets of bark or reed mats.
A kind of home built by the Lenni Lenape Native Americans. It usually was in the middle of a village and used for meetings and special occasions. Wigwams usually surrounded the longhouse.