tepee

Japanese: tepee
tepee

...a conical tent used as a dwelling by the Plains Indians of North America. Also written as tepee. The Great Plains is a vast area stretching from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains, where many tribes, including the Blackfoot, lived, but they all shared the common practice of hunting in groups by following herds of wild bison.

*Some of the terminology that mentions "tepee" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…北アメリカの平原インディアンが住居として用いた円錐形テント。tepeeとも書く。大平原はミシシッピ川からロッキー山脈におよぶ広大な地域で,ブラックフット族をはじめ多くの部族が生活していたが,野牛(バイソン)の群れを追って集団狩猟をしていた点は共通している。…

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