Arthur Johnson Memorial Library

Laubin, Reginald

Indian tipi its history, construction., and use. The Indian tipi Reginald and Gladys Laubin - Oklahoma University of Oklahoma Press 1977 - xviii, 350 p.

Contents
Foreword
Acknowledgments
1. The history of the Tipi, by Stanley Vestal
2. Utility and beauty
3. The Sioux Tipi
4. Pitching the Tipi
5. Living in the Tipi
6. The sweat lodge
7. Other types of tipis
8. Transportation
9. Camp Circles
10. Modern Indian camps
11. Visitors
Appendix
Bibliography
Index

An account of the tipi, an invention both practical and artistic, as used and constructed by the Plains Indians of North America. Also included is a a history of the tipi contributed by Stanley Vestal, biographer of Sitting Bull. Of interest both to students of Indian life and to campers.

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--Indians of North America--Dwellings--History of the tipi

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