wickiup

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Honorary chairman was none other than Vice President Charles Curtis, whose grandmother was a Kaw and who shows his interest in Indian art by decorating his imposing office with beaded moccasins and a tribal wickiup.

From Time Magazine Archive

Giving up corporation law in New York for a squalid miner's wickiup, Matt Devlin soon stops digging and turns to honest usury instead, buying out the claims of desperate miners.

From Time Magazine Archive

She could see her family's wickiup, but Owl Carver was no longer standing outside watching.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

Entering the wickiup she saw, silhouetted against the light of the low fire in the center, a figure rising up big as a buffalo, her half brother, Iron Knife.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert

Its bark had been stripped to cover a wickiup.

From Shaman by Shea, Robert