In the language of the Sioux people thípi (tipi) literally means ‘the place where one dwells’ or ‘where one lives’. For the Indigenous peoples of the Great Plains, the tipi was a real home – a refuge where family life flourished in the light of a fire. Not settling in a specific, fixed location resulted not only from the nature of hunting existence, but also from the common attitude among Native Americans towards the land – they did not share the European understanding of individual right to private property, but recognized the communal right to use the land. In the early colonial period, the clash of these two concepts led to many conflicts, as a result of which colonial settlers began to push the Native peoples westward into the continent.

Horses brought by the Spaniards, which could replace dogs in the transport of property during long hunts, played a historical role in the history of the Native Americans. The