A tipi is distinguished from other conical tents by the smoke flaps at the top of the structure. Historically, the tipi was used by Indigenous people of the Plains in the Great Plains and Canadian Prairies of North America, as well as by indigenous peoples of northern Europe and Asia under other names. Tipi lodges are still in use by these peoples, though now primarily for ceremonial purposes.
Tipis are stereotypically and incorrectly associated with all Native Americans in the United States and Aboriginal people in Canada, despite their usage being unique to the peoples of the Plains. Native American tribes and First Nation band governments from other regions have used other types of dwellings.
The tipi is durable, provides warmth and comfort in winter, is cool in the heat of summer, and is dry during heavy rains. Tipis can be disassembled and packed away quickly when people need to relocate and can be reconstructed quickly upon settling in a new area.
Hi, Becca! Great question! We encourage you to keep researching at your library and online. It's always fun learning about cultures! Great, Connor! We love when we're learning and having fun! Did you know there are more than 1, Wonders of the Day to explore?
We're glad you're having fun exploring Wonderopolis! Welcome back, Mattski! We're glad you found this Wonder interesting. What is the most interesting fact you learned? We would love to hear! Hello, Jordan! We encourage you to continue researching at your library. Maybe you class could do a project about wigwams. Thanks for sharing what you learned with us, Holly! Perhaps your librarian can help you find images on the Internet or in books!
That's really cool, Jaclyn! If so, we'd love to see it! If you'd like, upload a picture of it by clicking on the blue button under Wonder Gallery that says "Share Your Own Media. We definitely agree, Ravyn, we can learn a lot from past civilizations!
Thank you for sharing what you're currently learning about in history class! It sounds like the Minoans were pretty fascinating! That's really cool, Jordan! When you finish your project, we hope you'll share a picture of it on our Facebook page! We'd love to see what you come up with! That's a great Wonder, hunterg! Do you think they covered the interior walls with a material, or would they leave it bare, where you could see the saplings used for the structure?
Do you think it would be light inside or dark? Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Sydney! It may seem strange to us, considering how we live these days, but perhaps it was a shelter that worked very well for their way of life. We hope to hear from you again soon, Sydney! Thanks for sharing your comment, Jada!
According to this tutorial on making a wigwam, you need fresh saplings! That's a lot of wood! It's great to hear you learned something new from the video, Natalie! Great question, Giovanni! We're not sure how the names were derived, but Wigwam is the word for "house" in the Abenaki tribe, and wetu is the word for "house" in the Wampanoag tribe.
That's a great question, Francisco! The poles aren't permanently set in the ground, so they can be removed. We imagine the builders reversed the assembly of a teepee in order to remove it, taking off the covering and then taking down the poles. Hello there, Damian! Thanks for dropping by Wonderopolis for a quick hello! We hope to hear from you again soon! You've got it, Alexis! There are similarities between wigwams and teepees and also differences in how they're built! Thanks for sharing your comment with us, Wonder Friend!
You're right, Melissa! Wigwams are built from wood and bark. That depends on the tribe of Native Americans, Brook D! Certain tribes would stay in one place for a fairly long time, so they could invest more time and energy into creating their homes wigwams. Other tribes traveled from place to place often, so they used a more portable type of shelter teepee.
Thanks for hanging out with us in Wonderopolis, Brianna W! Wigwams were not considered to be portable because they took a lot more time to assemble and disassemble than teepees and the materials used to cover the wigwam might not have been easy to travel with, as compared to the materials of the teepee.
That's a great question, Emilie C! During the farming season, some Native Americans would live in villages with many different families.
When winter would come, each family group would move to their own hunting camp. They'd return to the village for farming the next season.
That's an interesting thought, Nick V! We aren't sure if they slept in bunk beds. It would certainly maximize the amount of people that could sleep in a wigwam though! Thanks for sharing your comment, Joe B! We're not sure how long it would take, but we imagine it probably took a good amount of time! They had to find saplings that were just the right size and make sure they were evenly spaced in the circle.
Plus it would take time to find the materials used to cover the whole structure and place them in the right spot! It was probably several days or maybe even weeks! That's a great question, Gavin!
There were many tribes of Native Americans with many different lifestyles. Those who were nomadic often built teepees because they were easier and faster to assemble and disassemble; while those tribes who lived in the same place for longer periods of time built wigwams and other structures that took longer to assemble but were sturdier and more protective.
Thanks for asking, Gavin! It was a good guess, Derpy! We think it'd be pretty neat! We're really glad you stopped by Wonderopolis today to learn about wigwams, Amarea! We agree, it would be really neat to see a wigwam in person! Do you think you'd want to spend the night in one? That's a great question, Coleton P!
Thanks for hanging out with us here in Wonderopolis! Hi, Abby T! We suppose it depends on the tribe. Some Native Americans were nomadic, meaning they didn't have a permanent residence and instead moved from place to place often. Many tribes of the Great Plains Native Americans followed the migratory pattern of American buffalo in the spring, summer and fall, and then settled for the winter in camps. Thanks for sharing your question!
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Although most Apache people were not farmers, the Apaches still used to eat corn frequently. What does a longhouse look like? Unlike your house, which probably has nails holding it together, a longhouse was built of wooden poles and stakes that were tied together with leather strips.
The roof was rounded, and the entire longhouse was covered in tree bark, like some of today's houses are covered in shingles or siding. When was the first longhouse built?
The Neolithic long house type was introduced with the first farmers of central and western Europe around BCE— years ago. These were farming settlements built in groups of about six to twelve and were home to large extended families and kinship.
How tall is a teepee? The life-sized tipi you will be modeling is a pole tipi with a height of 18 feet to the cross pole, and has a perimeter of 48 feet 4 feet between poles.
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