The bones of the tipi are a number of straight wooden poles tied in a conical shape with a spread-out base. A wrap, made up of canvas, hide, or even birch bark, is lifted up along with the last ...

I had never done anything like it,” he said. “I started researching canvas suppliers and where you get tipi poles.” The forests in central Oregon have the “lodgepole pine,” or the exact ...

In the bitter cold Monday evening, Bella Lebeaux warmed up by running a rope around the tipi's structure, tightening the poles that would hold up the traditional shelter. "There's no one stronger ...

including Nomadic Tipi Makers of Bend, Ore. and Colorado Yurt of Montrose, Colo. Sue explained that the tent companies take orders for both the canvas covers and the poles, but ship the poles ...