- Tipi - Wikipedia
A tipi or tepee ( ˈtiːpi TEE-pee) is a conical lodge tent that is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure, and historically made of animal hides or pelts or, in more recent generations, of canvas stretched on a framework of wooden poles
- Tepee | Native American, Tipi, Tent | Britannica
Tepee, conical tent most common to the North American Plains Indians Although a number of Native American groups used similar structures during the hunting season, only the Plains Indians adopted tepees as year-round dwellings, and then only from the 17th century onward
- Tipi - New World Encyclopedia
A tipi (also teepee, tepee) is a conical tent originally made of animal skins or birch bark and popularized by the Native Americans of the Great Plains
- Native American Teepee - Native Americans Today
The teepee —correctly spelled tipi in many academic sources—served as an all-weather, quick-erect home for tribes across the Great Plains Its aerodynamic cone, adjustable smoke flaps, and collapsible pole system made it the perfect companion to a nomadic buffalo-hunting lifestyle
- TEPEE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of TEPEE is a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains
- Tipi - Colorado Encyclopedia
The tipi, or tepee, is an iconic form of Native American housing It has a long history of use throughout Colorado and the western plains of North America Sturdy and secure yet portable, the hide-covered tipi has been an ideal shelter for millennia among mobile human groups
- TEPEE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
ˈti·pi Add to word list a type of round tent made from animal skins and supported by a frame of poles, used by some American Indians (Definition of tepee from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
- The Tepee: A Portable Home for the Plains Hunters
Long before the Sioux, Cheyenne, and other Plains tribes came to the grasslands, the tepee had been developed by the Indians of the northern forests They used a pole frame to create the conical shape and then covered the skeleton with birch bark, caribou hides, and other materials
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