Tipis were made from wood and animal skins. Lodgepole Pines or Red Cedar was the preferred wood. The cover was made from tanned buffalo hide, although elk was also used. Ropes made from sinew and wooden pegs were also used.
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Tipi's were used for shelter by the Plains Indian tribes such as the Blackfoot, Crow, Sarsi, Hidatsa, Omaha, Comanche, Teton-Dakota, Assiniboin, Cheyenne, Gros Ventre, Arapaho, Kiowa, Plains-Cree, Mandan, and Pawnee. Tipi's were easily moved, were warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and the opening at the top allowed the use of a fire inside the tipi.
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To make pancakes! And unicorns! And rainbows!
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