The essential book for tipi owners. Enlarged second edition, well illustrated with photos, color photos, diagrams, and plans. Soft cover, 6 x 9" format, 343 pages.

Includes detailed information on tipi construction, its furnishings and decorations, living in a tipi, and much more!

The Table of Contents includes the following:

• Foreword by Stanley Vestal
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 The History of the Tipi, by Stanley Vestal
• Chapter 2 Utility and Beauty
• Chapter 3 The Sioux Tipi
• Poles
• Materials
• Covers
• Chapter 4 Pitching the Tipi
• Chapter 5 Living in the Tipi
• Linings
• Furnishings
• Making Buckskin
• Making Moccasins
• Dedicating the Lodge
• Tipi Etiquette
• Child Care and the Family
• Sioux Cradle Pattern
• Fire and Fuel
• Food and Cooking
• Household Hints
• Year-round Camping
• Chapter 6 The Sweat Lodge
• Chapter 7 Other Types of Tipis
• Hide Tipis
• Tribal Types
• The Shoshoni Tipi
• The Cheyenne Tipi
• The Crow Tipi
• The Blackfoot Tipi
• The Yakima Tipi
• The Cree Tipi
• Old Photographs
• Children's Tipis
• Chief's Tipi
• Warrior Society Tipis
• The Council Lodge
• Burial Lodge
• Memorial Tipis
• Medicine Tipis
• Symbolism of Sioux and Cheyenne Tipi Designs
• Painting the Tipi
• Chapter 8 Transportation
• Chapter 9 Camp Circles
• Chapter 10 Modern Indian Camps
• Chapter 11 Visitors
• Appendix: Tipi Letters, Questions and Answers
• Bibliography
• Index

ISBN: 0-8061-2236-6