A BLACKFOOT TIPI, OBTAINED IN MONTANA, 1903 



Tlie interior shows the family life of a Blackfoot Indian. The man and women are "engaged in house- 

 hold tasks, a tobacco board and pii)e are in place for guests; on the family altar, just back of the Qre, some 

 incense may be seen burning as a religious rite. Tipis were originally made of buffalo hide, but this animal, 

 having been practically exterminated, they are now made of duck or cotton cloth. This tipi was made about 

 1871 and used for more than a year by Heavy-runner, a noted Hlackfoot Indian 



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