USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -tepee, also spelled tipi, conical tent most common to the North American Plains Indians. Although a number of Native American groups used similar structures during the hunting season, only the Plains Indians adopted tepees as year-round dwellings, and then only from the 17th century onward.

Detailed explanation-2: -Beds inside tipis were no more than buffalo hide mats and blankets layered on top of piles of grass and hay-very light weight and easily packed up for traveling. A small fire in the middle of the tipi was used for cooking and to provide warmth. Smoke escaped through a hole at the top of the tipi.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Plains Indians lived in tipis because they are easily disassembled and so allow a lifestyle of following game. The tipi was durable, provided warmth and comfort in winter, was dry during heavy rains, and was cool in the heat of summer.

Detailed explanation-4: -Historically, the tipi has been used by some Indigenous peoples of the Plains in the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies of North America, notably the seven tribes of the Sioux, as well as among the Iowa people, the Otoe and Pawnee, and among the Blackfeet, Crow, Assiniboines, Arapaho, and Plains Cree.

Detailed explanation-5: -Teepees were the homes of the nomadic tribes of the Great Plains. A teepee was built using a number of long poles as the frame. The poles were tied together at the top and spread out at the bottom to make an upside down cone shape. Then the outside was wrapped with a large covering made of buffalo hide.