Bear Quiver Home - July 2001

Northern Cheyenne Reservation

Two tribal members and their four children were living in a small HUD rental unit when they discovered straw bale construction during a trip to the neighboring Crow Reservation where they toured a Red Feather/University of Washington project. The family then procured a mortgage for materials through the USDA Rural Development Program, and Red Feather, the University of Washington, and Penn State University provided the volunteer team, students and technical support that helped them build this four-bedroom, two-bathroom house. This, Red Feather’s largest residential project to date, is also the first straw bale home to be financed by the USDA, and the first straw bale home built in the Northern Cheyenne Nation.