teepee

By KendrickLamar

  • THE START OF THE TEEPEES

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    The exact origin of the teepee is unknown. Teepees were widely used throughout the American West by the Native American tribes of the Great Plains. Among these tribes were those of the Sioux nation, Arapaho, Crow, Cheyenne, Omaha, Osage, Blackfoot, and many others. Origin of the Word Teepee
    Teepee, also spelled tipi, comes from the Lakota language of the Sioux. "Thipi" in Lakota is a verb which means "they dwell." Just as in English, the verb can be used as a noun. T

  • NATIVE AMERICANS USE OF THE TEEPEE

    There were many different types of American Indian houses in North America. Each tribe needed a kind of housing that would fit their lifestyle and their climate. Since North America is such a big continent, different tribes had very different weather to contend with. In the Arizona deserts, temperatures can hit 120 degrees Fahrenheit, and in the Alaskan tundra, -50 is not unusual. Naturally, Native Americans developed different types of dwellings to survive in these different environments. Also,

  • war use

    they also used the tipi for war or battled over territory

  • down fall of the teepee

    started to lose the alue and use

  • desiner teepee

    In the early 70s the teepees where used for people with money , and to show how fashinable they where in there time

  • what are tipi used

    now adays peole just use them to go caping or to show off to there friend s or whatever