 In the winter villages, occupied each year from approximately November to March, each family had two houses — an oval dugout lodge covered with earth that was used for sleeping and a rectangular dwelling built above ground which was covered with mats and used for cooking and other daytime activities.In the summer months, generally April through October, the band would relocate to the river, where families would construct rectangular temporary dwellings with poles and mats.These were divided, with half used for sleeping while the other half was used as a covered area for the processing of salmon for later use.