For 10 days, the Treaty 7 First Nations of Southern Alberta will raise tipis and re-enact life as it once was for their communities. |
In our mind's eye we can see the tipis scattered along the sheltered areas with always a few sentinels at the tops of the hills. |
Although these cultures centred on settled agricultural life, they also partook of seasonal buffalo hunts during which they lived in mobile tipis. |
Inside their tipis, Plains Cree people slept on beds made of dried grass covered with buffalo robes. |
Other than water and poles for their tipis, the buffalo met all their needs. |
Simon and Ruth's kitchen garden secrets Hazel tipis: Train indeterminate tomatoes up hazel tipis, growing four plants against each tipi. |