Post #103718 by Sabu The Coconut Boy on Fri, Jul 23, 2004 1:54 PM

I picked up this book at a garage-sale several years ago. Hardback copyright 1957, paperback in 1971. In my humble opinion, it has to be one of the most worthwhile paperbacks ever published.

Packed to the covers with info and illustrations on how to build, erect, and live in authentic Indian Teepees. It has detailed patterns to sew the Cover, Lining, Door Flap, and 'Ozan', inside rain cover. The author at the time suggested using Canvas or Heavy Muslin, but also provided instructions for using hides.

The typical pattern is based on the Sioux Tipi, but there are also detailed patterns for Crow, Cheyenne, Blackfoot, and Yakima tipis, among others.

I keep this book around because I say that one day I'm actually going to build one of these suckers. I don't know where I'm going to store twenty pine poles each 25' long, but I'll find a place.


How else are you going to go camping, but with a fire inside your tent instead of outside? Bring your Tipi along - that's how.

Near where I live in Carson, there's a Junior Highschool with a grass football field on 223rd Street that hosts a large gathering of Tipi enthusiasts every few years. Overnight, the field is dotted with the most magnificent tipis you've ever seen. Then, at the end of the weekend, they're gone, just as mysteriously as they came.

Sabu

[ Edited by: Sabu The Coconut Boy on 2004-07-23 13:59 ]