This traditional house style is called a tipi. Travel by horse is a traditional method of transportation. This kind of tipi has a circular frame. This frame is made of long, thin, wooden poles and the covering is 14 bison or elk hides.
Women traditionally make, build and own the tipi.
Plants, like berries, roots, bark, fruit and flowers can be used for paint to decorate the tipi. Back to Houses Design, graphics and HTML by Carollyne Yardley Produced by Digital Collections Team under contract to Industry Canada.