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Great Plains Weather: cold winters hot summers Natural Resources: mountains surrounding edges treeless grasslands in the center east more water and softer soil west drier dense grass Buffalo and smaller animals Culture: Tools: bow made of buffalo tendon, arrows, V shaped stone trap, fire, bone knives, shields, Clothing: Buffalo robes and hides Shelter: Houses called tipis

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Unravel within the comfort of domes, bell tents, and "threepi" tipis and feel soothed by wholesome countryside sounds while you snuggle into the beanbag on the outside decking or unwind with a trip to the woodland sauna.

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St. Paul's, pictured below, was renamed Marty Indian School when the tribe took it over in 1975; 2008 graduation tipis are shown in the foreground.

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American Indians invented more than twenty kinds of housing—wigwams, tipis, brush huts, plank houses, pueblos, grass houses and pit houses.

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St. Paul's, pictured below, was renamed Marty Indian School when the tribe took it over in 1975; 2008 graduation tipis are shown in the foreground.

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Food is vegetarian or vegan and rooms range from tipis to chalets and rooms in the house.• kaliyoga.com; dynamic retreats from €695 per week, including food, teaching and accommodation

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But then I think of my ancestors, living in tipis and surviving.

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Open all year; tipis from £110 a night, yurts/bigger tipis from £150 a night, Airstream caravans from £170, based on two people, + £18-£30 per extra person per night; 01580 292992Alde Garden is a peaceful, electricity-free sanctum deep in Suffolk wildflower territory.

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But then I think of my ancestors, living in tipis and surviving.

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Mar–Oct; £13-£15 per pitch per night (two adults), £3-£4 per child (over 4), under-4s free; 01409 211507Over its 140-acre estate, Loch Tay Highland Lodges offers wooden lodges, wigwams or heated wooden tipis – or you can pitch your own tent on the small campsite overlooking the loch.

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