My ex and I lived in a tpi for about 8 months each year for several years! I love living in tipis! Ours withstood a massive wind storm in Idaho, where the winds reached over 100 mph! We did have to keep pushing out the poles as the wind was so strong it kept pushing them inward! But with some very minor damage to the flaps, it survived quite well! There is nothing like waking up to the sun peeking into the lodge in early morning, through the smokehole and when the moon is just right, it shows through the smokehole! Perfect for making love with your partner! Living in a tipi is a blessing everyone should experience!
They don’t make instructional videos like this anymore. This is from the late 70s or 80’s, and is the best most complete Video on this subject that I have ever seen
But the video starts with "...now you're ready to set up the tripod...lay the poles on the ground...." as if it's already told you about the poles, straightest, strongest, weakest...it makes it sound like this is part 2. Am I missing something?
I have seen a replica of the canvas teepee cover that Hudsons Bay Co was trading at Lower Fort Garry (which is north of Winnipeg on the Red River). It differs with your's in one respect, the means of fastening the inner skirt to the poles. A single rope was used. A clove hitch on a door pole including one end of the skirt started it. Then the rope was strung thru a hole in the skirt near each pole and once only around each pole. But also a twig was inserted under the rope on the lower side of every pole; this was to allow condensation to run all the way down the pole instead of dripping on the skirt.
SERIOUSLY, this is just an Excellent instructional video. Very clear but a bit rushed. Still. Thank you for posting. This is my "go to" for my "someday I will have land and my teepee" Born Again Christian loving home. With the greatest of all respect for every native home that has ever existed since the beginning. About teepee portocol: *. The man traditionally has always sat at the back of the teepee; he brings his friends here and conducts important business there also. *. The woman's area/her personal space plus ~ more or less, what could be called "the kitchen" ~ also exists within her domain. *. As you enter the teepee, to your immediate left is the "other" area. Possibly older children sleep and have their personal space there; or it is suitable for guests or "other". Things like wood storage - for the indoor fire - is stored in this area. All of this info hails from my experience in real life, plus authentic Native American works such as "HANTA YO" by Ruth Beebe Hill plus other authentic manuscripts.
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@Desmond Wade i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im in the hacking process atm. Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
I'm working on a miniature tipi and I want it to be as authentic as possible. Your video helped me a lot. I'm still working on how to measure and cut the cover but I'll eventually get there. Thanks!
Thank you for your video. There is a fairly old and pretty well known book about teepee (tipis) written by Reginald and Gladys Laubin, considered to be a very reliable source for the construction, history and making of authentic plains Indian tipis. My wife uses a Bernina Artista. Do you think that it will sew through 10-12 ounce cotton canvas fabric?
Two questions: what size cover for two people and how long the poles? Would this be a practical tent for a modern hunting camp, considering transport etc.
Tips's can be purchased in many sizes. Most people go with an 18' Tipi as it allows lots of interior room. It is also a great size for a family of four. An 18' Tipi requires 17 poles. The length of the poles is 22-24' on average.
@@wiredog8888 If you really like to show off with an 18 footer, use 30 foot poles! It really shows off the top cone of the poles and is quite beautiful! However, you are right, if you just want to get by!
Thanks. This is very good. Does it matter on what kind of canvas you use? I see some listed as fire certified and some listed as marine treated canvases, and not sure which go with which type of terrains.
It's helpful to use the best canvas available to you! Fire rated is nice but, if you are at all careful, it isn't needed! The fire is in the rear center and a long way away from the canvas! The most waterproof canvas you can get is a good thing! However, any GOOD canvas will tighten up when wet! Good luck and best wishes!!
+Juan Fernando Páez Casas . It really depends upon the size of the Tipi. We recommend reaching out to www.whitebuffalolodges.com. They will take good care of you.
I recently inherited a canvas tepee......however the poles have been left out in the weather and have rotted. How can I tell how long I should make the new poles? Any help is appreciated......none of the old poles are intact enough to determine length
Jody, lay out your canvas on the ground like in the video then measure your tipi from top to bottom then add about six inches for the bottom of the poles and three to five feet for the top of the poles to extend above the canvas. the longer tips will give your tipi a nice looking bonnet. Make sure to get at least 18 poles a few extra would be good in case a couple get broken. best of luck and enjoy!
contact my friends at nomadics tipi makers. they made all the tipis in Dances With Wolves. OR purchase The Tipi Book written by friends Reginals and Gladys Laubin. Its a GREAT book! can get on amazon
The video starts with "...now you're ready to set up the tripod...lay the poles on the ground...." as if it's already told you about the poles, straightest, strongest, weakest...it makes it sound like this is part 2. Am I missing something?
Just one problem. I didn’t see any fire in your tipi. You have a smoke hole at the top but no fire. You have a canvas bottom for the floor. How you gonna burn a fire on the canvas floor? 🔥
'Snot a problem! There's no canvas "bottom." Where did you see that?! Ya must not've been watchin'. There IS a "skirt" that goes around the inside of the cover. It helps to insulate from wind, keep moisture out, etc. I did note they said the skirt was "about 5 feet high," but unless that guy was unusually tall, it only came up 3'. There was also about a foot around the bottom that draped inward on the ground to seal off the wind that comes under the outside canvas. So about 4-41/2' wide. I might use one 5' wide, like the narrator said. Maybe that draped part of the skirt is what YOU thought was "the bottom." Dumkins. There's plenty of room for a fire, but I'd keep it in the middle, so's ya don't catch the canvas on fire, y'know. Wouldn't be pretty if yer tipi catches fire, 'specially if yer init. Y'know? Hmmm?
My ex and I lived in a tpi for about 8 months each year for several years! I love living in tipis! Ours withstood a massive wind storm in Idaho, where the winds reached over 100 mph! We did have to keep pushing out the poles as the wind was so strong it kept pushing them inward! But with some very minor damage to the flaps, it survived quite well! There is nothing like waking up to the sun peeking into the lodge in early morning, through the smokehole and when the moon is just right, it shows through the smokehole! Perfect for making love with your partner!
Living in a tipi is a blessing everyone should experience!
They don’t make instructional videos like this anymore. This is from the late 70s or 80’s, and is the best most complete
Video on this subject that I have ever seen
But the video starts with "...now you're ready to set up the tripod...lay the poles on the ground...." as if it's already told you about the poles, straightest, strongest, weakest...it makes it sound like this is part 2. Am I missing something?
Grainy quality with a nice narrator and background music... What a great video
Excellent.
The first video on assembly I’ve seen that actually makes sense.
Thank you! I set mine up once a year and refer to your video every time, huge help. Really appreciate your making this available!
This video was very good, the North American natives had it totally figured out, so intelligent. Thanks.
Great video Zack! Brings back memories of setting up our Tipi as a kid.
I have seen a replica of the canvas teepee cover that Hudsons Bay Co was trading at Lower Fort Garry (which is north of Winnipeg on the Red River). It differs with your's in one respect, the means of fastening the inner skirt to the poles. A single rope was used. A clove hitch on a door pole including one end of the skirt started it. Then the rope was strung thru a hole in the skirt near each pole and once only around each pole. But also a twig was inserted under the rope on the lower side of every pole; this was to allow condensation to run all the way down the pole instead of dripping on the skirt.
I love that you know "the stick in the liner tie" trick. Not many do. It helps with rain water running doen the poles also.
Thank You so much! Really helpful Video! :)
SERIOUSLY, this is just an Excellent instructional video. Very clear but a bit rushed. Still. Thank you for posting. This is my "go to" for my "someday I will have land and my teepee" Born Again Christian loving home. With the greatest of all respect for every native home that has ever existed since the beginning.
About teepee portocol:
*. The man traditionally has always sat at the back of the teepee; he brings his friends here and conducts important business there also.
*. The woman's area/her personal space plus ~ more or less, what could be called "the kitchen" ~ also exists within her domain.
*. As you enter the teepee, to your immediate left is the "other" area. Possibly older children sleep and have their personal space there; or it is suitable for guests or "other". Things like wood storage - for the indoor fire - is stored in this area.
All of this info hails from my experience in real life, plus authentic Native American works such as "HANTA YO" by Ruth Beebe Hill plus other authentic manuscripts.
this video is great,well done.best i have seen.
help's a lot.
no other explains the set up,as good as you folks.
well done.
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I stupidly forgot my password. I would appreciate any assistance you can offer me
@Lucca Chandler Instablaster :)
@Desmond Wade i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site thru google and im in the hacking process atm.
Seems to take quite some time so I will get back to you later when my account password hopefully is recovered.
@Desmond Wade It worked and I now got access to my account again. I'm so happy!
Thanks so much, you really help me out!
@Lucca Chandler happy to help :D
Marvelous!!! real good idea!!!
what style is the tipi?
These guys covered it i love this method 😊 im gunna do a wilderness survival version.
Any suggestions on where to buy the canvas cover?
Спасибо! Все понятно!
I was looking for this info to help me plan for this winter's tipi project. Thank you!
Very well done! Thank you.
I know this is a video. I hope you get this. How do you find out how much fabric you need for a tipi
a very good video.
I'm working on a miniature tipi and I want it to be as authentic as possible. Your video helped me a lot. I'm still working on how to measure and cut the cover but I'll eventually get there. Thanks!
Where did you get your canvas and poles? I'm trying with 25 foot bamboo for poles
Now i can set up a tipi for a rave in the forest. Thanks
Thank you for your video. There is a fairly old and pretty well known book about teepee (tipis) written by Reginald and Gladys Laubin, considered to be a very reliable source for the construction, history and making of authentic plains Indian tipis. My wife uses a Bernina Artista. Do you think that it will sew through 10-12 ounce cotton canvas fabric?
Of course, you have probably figured this out by now but, it takes a pretty stout machine to sew a proper felled seam through all that canvas!
Wow an art!
Thanks for this!
We use 4 poles to start not 3. This type belongs to the Sioux and Crow, the Blackfeet use 4 as the start.
congrats on drinking mouth wash and selling all the copper in your free government house for meth!
@@LupusMechanicus You sir, need to just quit the internet.
@@wiredog8888 I'm part Cherokee fuck off
@@LupusMechanicus Choctaw and Chikasaw here. lol
Two questions: what size cover for two people and how long the poles? Would this be a practical tent for a modern hunting camp, considering transport etc.
Tips's can be purchased in many sizes. Most people go with an 18' Tipi as it allows lots of interior room. It is also a great size for a family of four.
An 18' Tipi requires 17 poles. The length of the poles is 22-24' on average.
@@wiredog8888 thanks for the reply.
@@wiredog8888 If you really like to show off with an 18 footer, use 30 foot poles! It really shows off the top cone of the poles and is quite beautiful! However, you are right, if you just want to get by!
@@kimcurtis423
Show off?
How 'bout just making a lodge to live in for a season?
Thanks. This is very good.
Does it matter on what kind of canvas you use? I see some listed as fire certified and some listed as marine treated canvases, and not sure which go with which type of terrains.
It's helpful to use the best canvas available to you! Fire rated is nice but, if you are at all careful, it isn't needed! The fire is in the rear center and a long way away from the canvas! The most waterproof canvas you can get is a good thing! However, any GOOD canvas will tighten up when wet!
Good luck and best wishes!!
@@kimcurtis423 Thank you.
How many dollars worth that kind, that brand is, and where can I buy, thanks
+Juan Fernando Páez Casas . It really depends upon the size of the Tipi. We recommend reaching out to www.whitebuffalolodges.com. They will take good care of you.
were can buy,how much cost and shipping to finland ??????
Did you get your teepee?
Brilliant
Thank you!
Where did you get that Nice piece of canvas?
Is it possible to buy it on internet?
I would recommend www.whitebuffalolodges.com. They are out of Montana but can ship anywhere.
Zack Wessels Thanks!
Do you know what the term 'Google it' stands for?
Should I paint designs before uv coating it or the other way
Reminds me of David Carradine
So beautiful
I recently inherited a canvas tepee......however the poles have been left out in the weather and have rotted. How can I tell how long I should make the new poles? Any help is appreciated......none of the old poles are intact enough to determine length
Jody, lay out your canvas on the ground like in the video then measure your tipi from top to bottom then add about six inches for the bottom of the poles and three to five feet for the top of the poles to extend above the canvas. the longer tips will give your tipi a nice looking bonnet. Make sure to get at least 18 poles a few extra would be good in case a couple get broken. best of luck and enjoy!
MARTIN KERKER thank you very much! Happy new year
You inherited a canvas
Justin Foster ....yes My Uncle died and I got his tipi, his Gibson Les Paul, and his Marshall amplifier
@@justinfoster8963 ...Told YOU, didn't he, hahahahaha!
I would love to have a teepee.they are so amazing.I need to find where one can buy one
WWW.whitebuffalolodges.com
contact my friends at nomadics tipi makers. they made all the tipis in Dances With Wolves. OR purchase The Tipi Book written by friends Reginals and Gladys Laubin. Its a GREAT book! can get on amazon
UA-cam;Moj prywatny Majdan
Looks like a size 18 tipi
Need a traditional made video... they forgot a key component... yet yes Thank you.
munki204 what is the key component they forgot?
Exactly notice he didnt mention the key component so there must not be one. 😊
Agreed
Yeah, really dumb. 😢
The video starts with "...now you're ready to set up the tripod...lay the poles on the ground...." as if it's already told you about the poles, straightest, strongest, weakest...it makes it sound like this is part 2. Am I missing something?
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I Believe it was the women's job to setup the Ti Pi .
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TFW no hot ass 80's squaw to help me set up my teepee
Just one problem. I didn’t see any fire in your tipi. You have a smoke hole at the top but no fire. You have a canvas bottom for the floor. How you gonna burn a fire on the canvas floor? 🔥
'Snot a problem!
There's no canvas "bottom."
Where did you see that?!
Ya must not've been watchin'.
There IS a "skirt" that goes around the inside of the cover. It helps to insulate from wind, keep moisture out, etc.
I did note they said the skirt was "about 5 feet high," but unless that guy was unusually tall, it only came up 3'. There was also about a foot around the bottom that draped inward on the ground to seal off the wind that comes under the outside canvas. So about 4-41/2' wide. I might use one 5' wide, like the narrator said.
Maybe that draped part of the skirt is what YOU thought was "the bottom."
Dumkins.
There's plenty of room for a fire, but I'd keep it in the middle, so's ya don't catch the canvas on fire, y'know.
Wouldn't be pretty if yer tipi catches fire, 'specially if yer init.
Y'know? Hmmm?