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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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Visitors without camping gear can rent an equipped tent or tepee.
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Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
Because of the policy shift, the library has moved its after-school kids’ program to outdoor tepees to comply with the law.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
Nearby stood the skeletons of tepees, which were originally hung with elk and buffalo hide, dyed and stitched by Native artisans.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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Jack Schnedler, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
There’s a twilight canoe outing on Bow River for a quintessential Canadian moment, white water rafting that ends with a night in Anishinaabe-style tepees, excursions on float planes, and even a day of wine tasting in the Okanagan valley.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2025
Because of the policy shift, the library has moved its after-school kids’ program to outdoor tepees to comply with the law.
—Nicole Blanchard, Idaho Statesman, 4 Feb. 2025
Nearby stood the skeletons of tepees, which were originally hung with elk and buffalo hide, dyed and stitched by Native artisans.
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Tepee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tepee. Accessed 22 May. 2025.
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