tepee

/ ˈtiːpiː /

noun

1. a cone-shaped tent of animal skins used by certain North American Indians

Word History and Origins

Origin of tepee¹

C19: from Siouan tīpī, from ti to dwell + pi used for

Example Sentences

Flanking the entrance are a collage of color photos of Indigenous youths running in the annual Sand Creek Massacre Healing Run, stretching 12 feet high, and an image of a tepee at Sand Creek at dawn, flying a United States flag and a white flag.

From New York Times

Instead of examining the recent and historic abuse and betrayal perpetrated on the tribes, The Times described that day’s occupation of the Army post at Fort Lawton as “only a demonstration with a tepee set up on a pleasant, sleepy military reservation.”

From Seattle Times

Instead of a steel column stiffly supporting a billboard the avant-garde designer created a tepee of irregularly shaped, leaning vertical planes programmed with digital art and ads, all specifically designed for irregular screens.

From New York Times

He has to wonder whether people will ask him if he lives in a tepee, because people have asked him that.

From Los Angeles Times

They used to have a tepee in their ballpark — and, emerging from it, a man in Native American dress called Chief Noc-A-Homa.

From Los Angeles Times

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