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

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.

Thank You so much! Really helpful Video! :)

Marvelous!!! real good idea!!!

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.

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.

These guys covered it i love this method 😊 im gunna do a wilderness survival version.

Very well done! Thank you.

a very good video.

I was looking for this info to help me plan for this winter's tipi project. Thank you!

what style is the tipi?

Спасибо! Все понятно!

Any suggestions on where to buy the canvas cover?

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

Thanks for this!

Now i can set up a tipi for a rave in the forest. Thanks

We use 4 poles to start not 3. This type belongs to the Sioux and Crow, the Blackfeet use 4 as the start.

Wow an art!

I know this is a video. I hope you get this. How do you find out how much fabric you need for a tipi

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?

Thank you! Where did you get that Nice piece of canvas? Is it possible to buy it on internet?

Brilliant

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.

were can buy,how much cost and shipping to finland ??????

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.

How many dollars worth that kind, that brand is, and where can I buy, thanks

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

Should I paint designs before uv coating it or the other way

So beautiful

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Need a traditional made video... they forgot a key component... yet yes Thank you.

I would love to have a teepee.they are so amazing.I need to find where one can buy one

Looks like a size 18 tipi

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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?

TFW no hot ass 80's squaw to help me set up my teepee

I Believe it was the women's job to setup the Ti Pi .

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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? 🔥