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: a conical tent usually consisting of skins and used especially by American Indians of the Great Plains
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Harney confiscated tepees and buffalo meat for his expedition.
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Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Custom sheets, blankets and pillows are placed immaculately onto twin-sized air mattresses underneath tepees.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024
These aren’t ‘tepee rings,’ these are vision quest circles.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
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Tim Madigan, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Oct. 2024
Custom sheets, blankets and pillows are placed immaculately onto twin-sized air mattresses underneath tepees.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 11 Aug. 2024
There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 10 Feb. 2024
These aren’t ‘tepee rings,’ these are vision quest circles.
—Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2024
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“Tepee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tepee. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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