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  2. Tipi - Wikipedia

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    An Oglala Lakota tipi, 1891. A tipi or tepee (/ ˈ t iː p i / 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.

  3. Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters - Wikipedia

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    Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters is a reference book that documents the history and construction, as well as culture and spiritual significance of the tipi to the Plains Indians. The material is covered at both the large and small scale; offering information on the Plain Indians in general as well as individual tribes (including ...

  4. Smoke hole - Wikipedia

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    In Native American plains style tipi, the smoke hole consisted of one easily accessible smoke flap vent which was positioned around the apex of the interior beams and the flaps were extended outward on poles to open the vent. In modern ceremonial tipis this vent is in the traditional fashion.

  5. Indigenous architecture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    A flap in the animal skins serves as a doorway, and a hole in the center of the tepee’s roof allows smoke and heat to escape. In Lakota culture, the four sides of a tepee represent both space and time. The tepee itself symbolizes the world, with each corner embodying one of the four cardinal directions. [6]

  6. Category:Tipis - Wikipedia

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    The Tepee; Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters; W. Wigwam Motel This page was last edited on 30 October 2021, at 17:40 (UTC). Text is available under ...

  7. Longhouses of the Indigenous peoples of North America

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    Later day Iroquois longhouse (c.1885) 50–60 people Interior of a longhouse with Chief Powhatan (detail of John Smith map, 1612). Longhouses were a style of residential dwelling built by Native American and First Nations peoples in various parts of North America.

  8. Concrete Interstate Tipis of South Dakota MPS - Wikipedia

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    The tipis have since become a prominent symbol of travel across South Dakota [1] and are one of the most photographed rest area features in the United States. [ 8 ] In 2005, the tipis were listed on the Federal Highway Administration 's "Final List of Nationally and Exceptionally Significant Features of the Federal Highway Interstate System ...

  9. List of pre-Columbian inventions and innovations of ...

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    Tipi – a cone-shaped, portable dwelling popularized by Plains Indians (Native Americans and First Nations) of the Great Plains and the Canadian Prairies. Tipis were warm, durable, comfortable, and could be easily disassembled and packed. A settlement could be ready to move in about one hour.