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The Tipi: Traditional Native American Shelter Paperback – March 5, 2006

by Adolf Hungry Wolf (Author)
This amazing collection of over 120 vintage photographs and historical texts presents an in-depth view of tipi life among the various Native Peoples of the North American continent. Many of the photographs are from the late 1800s and early 1900s and were gathered over a 40-year period. From the painted tipis of the Blackfoot and Shoshone in the Southwest to Ojibwa hunting lodges in Canada, over 16 tribes are featured. These pictures provide a cultural context for the people and their distinctive dwellings. A section on how to make your own tipi, with patterns and illustrations, is included.
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  1. Print length
    224 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Native Voices
  4. Publication date
    March 5, 2006
  5. Dimensions
    9 x 0.44 x 8 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    1570671745
  7. ISBN-13
    978-1570671746
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A prolific Native author, Hungrywolf now presents his extensive and historically significant collection of photographs of tipis, a structure used by many North American tribes, some as early as the 1500s. The fruits of 40 years of research, these extraordinary photographs are accompanied by commentary by Natives, anthropologists, and Indian agents explaining how these traditional dwellings were built and used by different tribes. A Hidatsa woman born in 1840, for instance, relates her vivid memories of how her people set up their tipis in a new camp to accommodate different terrains and wind directions, describing which hides were used for summer and winter tipis and how these hides were painstakingly processed. Included are photographs of medicine and peyote tipis, burial tipis, Ojibwa bark lodges, Ute tipis, and traditional and intricately painted tipis of diverse tribes, including the Sioux, Kiowa, Plains Cree, Cheyenne, Apache, and Blackfoot. Hungrywolf concludes with instructions on how to construct a tipi, including plans drawn by a researcher who spent time with the Hidatsa in the early 1900s. Deborah Donovan
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