These nations lived in palisaded villages in dome-shaped dwellings (earth lodges) built of large posts, beams, straw and earth. There might be 100 to 400 people in the villages, sometimes twice that. Sedentary peoples subsisted almost exclusively on the edible plants they cultivated, including corn, squash, beans and sunflowers. In the spring, the women prepared and seeded the fields. Once or twice a year, in the summer and fall, the men and women left the villages for a brief period to hunt buffalo.  
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