Setting Up A Tipi

[nakoamunc]

awsome

[chr1st1an20061]

how do you guys move sooo fast ?

[AlanMolstad]

at :50 sec you wrap the fort 3 sticks.

How did you decide that one spot was the correct spot to connect them?

[revjoecool]

@AlanMolstad This is the way set up is described in the book: The Indian Tipi.

[AlanMolstad]

@revjoecool yes, but what system do you use?

I have a teepee i got from a friend and i dont know where to connect the sticks?

How do you know where to connect the first 3 sticks?

[revjoecool]

@AlanMolstad It's been a while, so I'm not sure. But I think you just measure your canvas from the top to the bottom on the back edge. Your canvas should look like a half circle when it is laid out flat. Measure from the middle of the flat edge down to the middle of the arc in the half circle. If you can find the book in the library, it would be really helpful.

[porn1978]

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[HalluciNation99]

haaaaaaaaa u built it Wrong........ first u have to tie each post after the firts three this is to insure strangth. then u start clock wise to make sure rain stays out and doesnt leak in as well for the smoke to clear to the top 13 poles plus 2 for flaps niece try thoe haaaa

[revjoecool]

@HalluciNation99 We built it and set it up according to the instructions in Gladys Laubin's book: The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use. Excellent book - available on Amazon.

[johnwoog]

@HalluciNation99 please learn to spell.

[jdhobbes]

How much canvas material did you need to make the tent?

[revjoecool]

@jdhobbes  I don't remember precisely. Gladys Laubin's book: The Indian Tipi gives you detailed instructions and tells how much material you need.

[jwc1480]

Sir: I was under the impression that plains tepees had an inner layer of fabric (buffalo skins) as insulation and that a convection current of air was formed between the two, the inner and outer. I enjoyed the video, thanks for making it.

[revjoecool]

@jwc1480 That's true. We also have an inner liner that we used in the winter along with an inner "roof" called an osan. 

[bdrlgin]

holy shti that was bad ass.  im making one for Coachella this year, maybe ill post a video, not quite a teepee tho, more of a volcano!

[gerbildig123]

good video l

[captainchronic100]

AMAZING!

Where did you get the materials to build this (price range)? I really would love to set up a tipi of my own this summer. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.

[revjoecool]

I spent several hundred dollars building it myself. Read the book The Indian Tipi by Gladys Laubin for details on building your own.

[benjamin0077]

Great video!!! where can I buy one of this?? or did you made it???  how??

and is it water / fire proof ??

[Jasonvc95]

THAT......WAS......AWESOME!!!! It's like "Indian in the Cupboard" - excepts the actual!

[Cherrystem121]

what did u use to cover it

[akumabito2008]

Hiya, great video! How long does it take to set it up, start to finish? I'm guessing about 30 mins or so?

[mycomama]

This is one of the best vids I've seen in a while! Great quality , great subject , great execution and PERFECT music! Hats off to you friend!

[trishmcd86]

this was so much fun to watch :) and the music was perfect. It definatly helped me out on a few questions i had. Thanks!

[zebrahmedia]

great video! I'd like to build a tipi myself - where did you get the fabric? Is it plain canvas? Thanks!

[bluindian2006]

roscio maledetto

[duckletshut]

love this video ! nice teepee !

[Dojocho]

Great! Can 2 people put up a 18 ft tipi?

[dancerfreak171]

how long are the poles?

[dancerfreak171]

hey lov da video but i wanted to no if its possible to make a tepee on cement ause im havin a parte and the cement in my backyard is big enough but not my grass

[jenn011754]

Great Job, Very informative. 5 Stars too!

[stevenson66666666]

Please make an istructional video!!!

i want to make one soo bad, but i dont understand how the cover works? how did you cut it, and what did you use for pegs when you tied it together?

where did you get all these materials? ahah sorry for all the questions.

[protestantsep]

@stevenson66666666 contact me and I'll send ya a couple of pages that will give you all the info you need as far as patterns and materials....as far as setting them up, it's a breeze....I help as many as I can because everyone should experience the thrill of being inside a teepee.

[coupleofbeers31]

awesome video!!!! where did you learn to build that tipi? is that the way actual native americans build them? i wonder if there are still native americans that live in teepees. i guess all the ones on the reservations live in houses. i wish this country would have allowed them to maintain their ancient life and not driven most of them to barren lands and poverty....too bad.....

[beone011]

@coupleofbeers31 Actually native americans use tipi's for healing ceremonies and to camp in at pow-wow dances all over america. The native american church also uses tipi's in their ceremonies in the southwest. not all native americans are living in poverty. Visit us and you will see, You are welcome always.

[Shran1970]

@beone011 You should be a little more specific or you'll have people thinking ALL Native Americans use tipis. Fact is, only the nomadic tribes of the Great Plains used the tipi--which is a Lakota word that can mean both "they live" when used as a verb and "house" when used as a noun.

[beone011]

@Shran1970 . I am talking about today, not 100 years ago and yes many tribes use tipi's today as I have described. I have shared a tipi with many different tribal members all over the U.S.

[r2d23678]

@coupleofbeers31 no.

[MILOSLAVJMP]

Dost dobré video díky 5/5

[revjoecool]

Není zač

[Virginityrocks]

Very authentic looking! Tying the bottom piece of the entrance together seemed unnecessary and like something you could trip over and fall face-first into a fire in the center, though.

[REDFIREVIPER]

Excellent! I give U 5 Starx.

[copburner]

what kind of tarp is that?

[Virginityrocks]

Probably burlap, or some other form of canvas tarp. Hides are traditional, but VERY expensive nowadays. (and will make your tepee smell like animals)

[silentmoviemusicfrk]

I used to own a tipi. Not easy to set up. Must have the right poles.

[boatmaker2004]

WERE DO I GET THE TARP.WHAT SHAPE IS IT

[89Kuskus]

ale suuuuuuper!!!!!!

[RonRay]

Thanks for all the wonderful instruction by example, without a lot of talk and personal intervention and ado (like what I'm doing now... ;)

☆☆☆☆☆

[tomas212212]

kurwa zmarnowali mi zycie.

:'(

[REALSLATER]

great video, i'm about to purchase/build a tipi to live in as things come to a head. your video answered a lot of my questions. thank you

[Omnignosis]

How do you keep it from blowing over in a storm?

[FatDaddy4Fun]

Great video! 5 starz. Got a couple of questions: How long are the poles? How wide is the base of the teepee? Would you say one man could erect one that size easy enough? Thanks pal.

[revjoecool]

Thanks! The poles on this tipi are about 20' long and the base is about 19' wide (front to back, the base is kind of egg shaped - slightly wider front to back than side to side.) As for putting it up by yourself? Might be a bit tough for one person with a tipi this size. A smaller once might be easier to set up by yourself.

[FatDaddy4Fun]

Gotcha. Thanks for the Get Back. I am aching to put one of these together. 5 more stars pal. Thanks for the video. ~Wolf

[Cohavetzhaim]

nice!!

my neighbor sleeps in a tipi and i always wandered how to build one

[il0vgreenday]

Very informative. Thanks!

[indigolady52]

THAT was fascinating!!!

What was the furry brown animal near the beginning? It looked like a racoon running across your yard!

[revjoecool]

That was actually our cat. I guess it's hard to tell when the film is running that fast!

[OL8Twho]

I like the fact that it's a real homemade tepee and not a factory one.

[Opotiki54]

Thanks for the info on the music much appreciated.

[Opotiki54]

Excellent display. Could you advise as to the name of this piece of music, love it. Thanks for posting.

[nicnic6000]

The music is a cover of Aaron Copland's "Hoedown", not sure by who, but I'm sure that'll give you a good start to find the music.

[CarGuyUSA]

My sons wants to build a tipi !!! He has bugging for the last 2 years. I love it- we live in sub and it's hard to do with all the restrictions.. I will let him try it. How did you find all those longs sticks?? Awesome video!!!

[bowmasterpigo13]

nice job thanks for posting

[034gwizard]

hey nice family job ya'll. well done. i really enjoyed this!!

[tenfingerband]

what is the name of that freakin song?! Until you tell me I'll be wondering...

[TomLumpkins]

you sure make it look easy, thanks for sharing your video with us.. Sure wished I had nice teepee like that.. What kinda canvas are you using and did you do all the stitching on it.. I give you five stars..Awesome..

[revjoecool]

The canvas on that tipi is actually drop cloth that we sewed together. I'd recommend using sunforger which is made for outdoor use.

[bommber10]

Im working at a scout camp this summer and im in charge of setting up our camps tipi, any adivce?

[bigogvis]

you lucky bastards! i want to build a tipi and wig wams. you guys are true indians=)

[katcarothers]

OMG! soo cool! ahh, we are totally building one on the roof this summer!

[bigggyd]

come on people lighten up and remember they are putting up a tipi not tearing one down.

[welderbones]

why automatically associate "party" with booze

[devno9904]

love your video!!! where did you get those sticks?

[USgovernmentLies]

I have an area all ready for a tipi in my back yard. It's just a large circular area with crushed stone put down because my back yard is very wet. I'd love to find out where you got that canvas or whatever it is that you used to put around the structure. How did you get the poles & canvas? Did you buy them online or something?

[SPS148669]

You disrespect the native americans by using it as a party house

[revjoecool]

What??!! Do you even know what a tipi is? It isn't a sacred church or something, it is a house. They lived in them.  I agree, they are great for parties!

[SPS148669]

I am a cree native from canada, We did not have churches so a tipi was used both as shelter and a place of worship unfortulay your probaly a racist that want to make fun us by bringing booze in there because you think were all "Drunk Indians" and that is what we did.

[revjoecool]

I'm Cherokee and Iroquois myself. I don't drink alcohol and am not a racist. I am a pastor of a church filled with ethnically diverse people. I respect other people's cultures. But I still don't see how having a kid's birthday party in a tipi is disrespectful to native Americans. It sounds to me like you have been hurt by some kind of discrimination. That's unfortunate. Believe me, that's the furthest thing from my mind.

[nativeboye]

are you the only indian at your church... is it on a rez?

[revjoecool]

Our church has many cultures in it. I'm not full blooded Native American myself, and don't think we have any full blooded Native Americans in our church right now.

[Aikidopoi]

Yeah... I'm Metis and I've built and camped out in tipis before many times. If a certain tipi was designated a place of worship then yes, it would be disrespectful to party in THAT tipi... but obviously no one has done that, so it is not disrespectful.

[polakandrew]

actualy the tipi was sacred to the indians as was everything in their lives but im sure thats something a christian pastor wouldnt understand

[diddymuck]

how 'bout a look inside?

[brittol12]

great job

the indians use to use baffalo hides

[camcamcam12123]

what fabric and where did you learn to make this?nice work! and the song really sounds like emerson lake palmers hoedown!

[financialsolution]

Where did you get those big sticks

[nenya84]

thanks for this useful reminder! used to live in my homemade tipi for 10 months back in 2004 and will set up it up once more next week or so. didn't remember all the steps...

[freedomfascist]

wow that was sweet!

were gonna try one this weekend using tarps for just the weekend :)

[revjoecool]

This tipi is about 20 feet. We made it ourselves. If you are doing the same, consider purchasing sunforger canvas. I used Gladys Laubin's book, The Indian Tipi, to calculate how much fabric to use.

[walkinghippie]

U do make this look way easy!!! We are getting ready to build one hope it is as easy as it looks....may I ask what size teepee is this? What kind of fabric and how much did you purchase? Thanks.

[JammerJawz]

Great video. Did you guys make the fabric or did you have it made? Thanks.

[revjoecool]

We made it ourselves with canvas painting cloths from the local hardware store.  If we had it to do over again, I'd purchase sunforger canvas.

[lapointe1333]

that was horrible

[looking4busbus]

My good lord you make that easy!!!!!!! We just about killed ourselves getting ours up! How many times have you done that?

[revjoecool]

We have set it up a number of times so we kind of have a rhythm to it by now. But I must say that Gladys Laubin's book, The Indian Tipi, was a huge help to us.

[snocamo154]

What keeps the rain from running down the tipi wall and into the entrance or where it is laced together in the front?

[revjoecool]

The best way to keep rain from entering the front door is to attach the top of the door flap to the inside of the tipi and let the bottom of the flap hang outside. As for the front, you just need to make sure the holes for the pegs are sized so that it makes a snug fit. For the most part, we stay very dry inside the tipi. On our first camping trip with it it rained the first night. The next morning, people with tents were drying their stuff, we stayed dry!

[karinahunter]

love it! making a teepee to go over my daughter's bed in her room (the walls are painted to look like the outdoors with trees, moose, birds, beaver, etc...) As for the person who asked about a pattern... You can lay your sticks or logs down (open) and trace the triangle three times; cut out your completed pattern then fold again along the triangle lines and cut a half circle on the top (for sticks/logs to go through). this works for smaller ones, might get tricky with such a big teepee though.

[alicetoo]

Cool! Thanks!

[gmgiusto]

Brilliant video! I feel like I could set one up today just by watching the vid. Thanks for sharing.

[skatingfreak39]

what song is this?

[tiana4557]

did you make the cover yourselves? if so where did you find the pattern? I'm looking everywhere for a clear pattern and can't find one... brilliant video, cheers

[revjoecool]

We used this book: The Indian Tipi: Its History, Construction, and Use by Gladys Laubin.  Excellent book, you'll enjoy it.

[epicstove]

I lived in a nomadics 16ft tipi in oregon. good times.(I usualy lay in the pole w/the cover hooked to it right after the tripod is set, then lay in other poles) thanks

[McCainTheTurdburglar]

I'd like to live in a tipi but finding a piece of land where you can put one up and live in it without getting hassled by all the regulations which seem to be everywhere- that's the main problem. It would be a better world if more people lived in tipis though.

[revjoecool]

The song is "Bonaparte's Retreat"

[qayzan]

my 5 year old son had a project on making a tepee, this vid really helps, thanks!

[ghelene]

what song is this?!

[NancyToday]

you do it very differently from tipiwoman's!

[nomadtent]

Thank you, that was beautiful! :)

[ceuestrelado]

You guys make it look easy. Nice video!