- Sioux Indians designed their tepees out of buffalo hide. Legends of America reported that women carefully sewed and cut 18 to 20 dry buffalo hides with thongs. They wrapped the finished hides around three to four poles that supported the structure and a gap at the top ventilated inside the home. Other tribes adopted the same methods of making their tepees. Sioux Indians moved their tribes every two to three months, and because they moved so frequently, the women learned how to take down and set up their tepees in less than 15 minutes.
- Initially, Cheyenne Indians lived in birch bark wigwams. Sassafras and sweet birch wood provided structure for the shelter; cattail mats covered the roof and surrounding exposed areas. Cheyenne Indians settled in Colorado, Kansas, Wyoming, Nebraska, and North and South Dakota where they adopted the nomadic ways and followed buffalo herds. Buffalo-hides helped with the construction of tepees --- as it did for other tribes. Cheyenne tribes could move their whole village within an hour. The women were responsible for packing the tepee and dragging the heavy posts to the destination where the herds stopped.
- The Crow Indians occupied areas near Yellowstone River Valley, located in northern Wyoming and southern Montana. Buffalo herbs were their primary source of clothes, food and shelter. Crow Indians were skillful horseback riders who possessed between 9,000 or 10,000 horses. Because they had so many horses, they could move quickly. they were known to have the tallest tepees of all the other Indian tribes.
- Arapaho Indians settled in Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas and Wyoming. They were skilled hunters who hunted buffalo, deer and elk. Arapaho Indians used every bit of the animal for tools, clothes and shelter. They were nomadic people who followed herds and lived in tepees. According to Learner, Arapaho Indians dismantled their tepees and placed them on sleds, called "travois," which dogs and horses pulled.
Sioux Indians
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