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
Above the handprint — a symbol of solidarity for missing and murdered Indigenous women — the figure’s sunglasses reflect a cityscape and tepee.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2021
To commemorate their return, the tribe raised a traditional tepee longhouse on the crest of the property.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 30, 2021
On a recent Friday, he was constantly in motion, sporting torn green coveralls and a sweat-stained hat, hugging visitors and pulling wagons and directing people to a tepee past the hay bales.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 30, 2018
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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