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WIGWAM

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Originally appearing in Volume V28, Page 629 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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WIGWAM , a See also:

term loosely adopted as a See also:general name for the houses of See also:North See also:American See also:Indians. It is, however, strictly applied to a particular See also:dome-shaped or conical hut made of poles lashed together at the tops and covered with bark. The skin tents of many of the Plains Indians are called tipis. The word " wigwam " represents the Europeanized or Anglicized See also:form of the Algonkian wekou-om-ut, i.e.

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