tipi

What a better way to experience the great outdoors than in a tipi? Not to be confused with a Wigwam, which is a rounded structure and usually assembled into the ground, a tipi is portable and conical. The structure was usually assembled from tree poles that would have buffalo hides or cloth stretched across their boughs. The tents would have a smoke flaps at the top that would allow for heat to rise out of the tent when a fire was lit in the center. Surprisingly these early homes were incredibly dry during rainstorms and very warm in the winter months. Usually huts were unadorned though many plains tribes, chose to beadwork or paint the tipis in beautiful colors that were either reds, oranges, browns, and occasionally blue (when it was available). Today, there are many places that allow you to continue the great plaines adventures of the Native Americans; Arapaho Outdoors, Wagonhammer Campground, and Pine Near just to name a few.