tepee
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As Sitting Bull spoke, his younger wife entered the tepee and threw sticks on the fire before reclining in its glow.
From Slate • Oct. 25, 2021
To commemorate their return, the tribe raised a traditional tepee longhouse on the crest of the property.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 30, 2021
Curtis’s mother was a Native American who belonged to the Kaw Nation, and he was raised on a reservation by his maternal grandparents, where he spoke the Indigenous language and lived in a tepee.
From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2020
He covered the box of mementos with water-drenched bedding and blankets, made a kind of tepee over it out of three wheelbarrows, and then fled for his life.
From New York Times • Oct. 15, 2017
It was easy to find twigs for kindling and he soon had a tepee of twigs built over his leaf pile.
From "Earthquake Terror" by Peg Kehret
Vocabulary lists containing tepee
Native American History - Introductory
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Native American History - Middle School and High School
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Civilizations of the Americas, Lessons 3–4
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