Tipis (tepees) were generally used by Plains tribes, including the Lakota, Crow, and Blackfoot.
They were primarily used by tribes engaged in migratory hunting, as of the buffalo. The tribes included these:
Arapaho, Assiniboine, Blackfoot, Cheyenne, Comanche, Crow, Gros Ventre, Kiowa, Lakota, Lipan, Plains Apache (or Kiowa Apache), Plains Cree, Plains Ojibwe, Sarsi, Nakoda (Stoney), and Tonkawa.
They were less frequently used by sedentary tribes, which included these:
Arikara, Hidatsa, Iowa, Kaw (or Kansa), Kitsai, Mandan, Missouria, Omaha, Osage, Otoe, Pawnee, Ponca, Quapaw, Wichita, Santee Dakota, Yanktonai and Yankton Dakota.
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