2. Read the text and mark the statements True (T), False (F),
Not Stated (NS).
The tipi (teepee) - the Sioux Indians' house
A tipi was made of tall wooden poles (OpëBha, CTONÓbi) covered with tough
buffalo hides (WKypbl). The buffalo hides were very tough; they lasted
through winter storms and hot summer days. A small family's tipi had only
one room. But for big families women could make a bigger tipi. At night
you could look up and see the stars through the two flaps (OTBEPCTMA) at
the top of the tipi. When it rained or snowed, the flaps were closed. In a
tipi it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer. When the Sioux
moved from place to place, they took their tipis along. When it was time
to move, women took their tipis apart. And when the tribe set up the camp
again, women put the tipis up. Women working together could put up a
tipi in a few minutes.
All the village travelled together. First the women took down all the tipis.
Then the men put everything together - tipis, poles, tipi covers, clothes,
tools, and dried food. Clothes were made of animal skins
mostly
deerskins. Horses pulled the load (rpy3). The chiefs rode in the front, with
the hunters. The women and the girls rode behind, carrying the house-
hold goods. Babies rode in cradles.
For every day, women and girls wore long dresses and leggings. Their
special clothes were decorated with elk teeth, bear claws, feathers, and
fur. Sioux men wore deerskin shirts and leggings. In warm weather and
when they were hunting or fighting, they wore only a strip of leather and
a pair of moccasins. In the winter, a buffalo robe kept the people warm.
Women made all the clothing for their families.​

1. A tipi was made of tall wooden poles covered with tough buffalo hides.
- True. This information is stated in the text: "A tipi was made of tall wooden poles covered with tough buffalo hides."

2. The buffalo hides lasted through winter storms and hot summer days.
- True. The text says: "The buffalo hides were very tough; they lasted through winter storms and hot summer days."

3. A small family's tipi had more than one room.
- False. The text states: "A small family's tipi had only one room."

4. The flaps on top of the tipi were not closed during rain or snow.
- False. The text states: "When it rained or snowed, the flaps were closed."

5. The tipi provided warmth in winter and coolness in summer.
- True. The text says: "In a tipi, it was warm in the winter and cool in the summer."

6. Women were responsible for putting up the tipis when the tribe set up the camp.
- True. The text says: "When it was time to move, women took their tipis apart. And when the tribe set up the camp again, women put the tipis up."

7. Only men were involved in taking down the tipis and packing up the village.
- False. According to the text: "First the women took down all the tipis. Then the men put everything together - tipis, poles, tipi covers, clothes, tools, and dried food."

8. Horses were used to transport the village's goods.
- True. The text states: "Horses pulled the load."

9. Sioux men wore only a strip of leather and a pair of moccasins in warm weather and during hunting or fighting.
- True. The text says: "In warm weather and when they were hunting or fighting, they wore only a strip of leather and a pair of moccasins."

10. Women were responsible for making all the clothing for their families.
- True. The text states: "Women made all the clothing for their families."