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Definition of Tipis
1. tipi [n] - See also: tipi
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tipis
Literary usage of Tipis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico V. 3/4 by Frederick Webb Hodge (2003)
"They live, by preference, in tipis or brush shelters; only a few of those at
Ignacio have houses of adobe. The furnishings of the dwelling are of the rudest ..."
2. The Ghost-dance Religion and the Sioux Outbreak of 1890 by James Mooney (1896)
"In obedience to instructions the Indians had pitched their tipis on the open
plain a short distance west of the creek and surrounded on all sides by the ..."
3. The Cheyenne by George Amos Dorsey (1905)
"This set of warriors goes to the two good men and borrows their tipis, ...
The rule in getting the poles and the two tipis to be used for the sacred lodge ..."
4. A History of the Dakota Or Sioux Indians: From Their Earliest Traditions and by Doane Robinson (1904)
"Shortly after 8 o'clock in the morning the warriors were ordered to come out from
the tipis and deliver their arms. They came forward and seated themselves ..."
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