Food and tools are stored at the settlement

There were usually a number of storage sheds around the settlement. Meat and other items were stored here, a bit above the ground, out of reach from predators.

Njalla, a shed on a long pole, and juelkiebuvrie, a shed on 2-4 stilts or legs, are two characteristic types of storage sheds. The sheds were put on high stilts to prevent predators from reaching the food. The sheds could be placed up high, on the trunk of a tree after its branches had been cut down.

The sheds were generally erected a bit away from the settlement, so that they wouldn’t be too easy to find. Sijhtie is a simple type of storage place, in the foreground of the picture. It is a platform erected on four high poles for storing meat and other things. It is basically a raised floor with no roof. In addition to the gåetie we live in, there have also been different types of gåetie used for storage and even for housing animals.