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Tipi

The conical tent of hides or canvas of the Plains peoples of North America.

A pattern drawn for this page, not a picture of Tipi.

Also: tepee

A tipi is a conical tent of poles covered with buffalo hide, later canvas, used by the Plains peoples such as the Lakota, Cheyenne and Blackfoot. It was ideal for people who followed the bison, being quick to put up and take down, warm in winter, with a smoke flap that could be adjusted to the wind, and cool in summer when the sides were raised. Women owned and set up the tipi, and the paintings on it told a family's stories. The door faces east, to the rising sun. Tipis are still raised at powwows and ceremonies, and are made with great skill by Native craftspeople.

Region: North America

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