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
Here, the layout is divided into discrete picture-taking stations, including a sleigh — fit for two to four people — and a Christmas tree, hollowed out like a tepee.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 9, 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
He was looking at his hands, which he’d folded into each other like the top of a tepee.
From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green
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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