The Kiowa lived in ti pis. A tipi is a moveable home. The frame is made of long wooden poles that are tied together at the top and spread apart in a circle at the bottom. The base of a tipi was as wide as the tipi poles were tall.

Where did the Kiowa tribe live in?

The new Kiowa and Plains Apache homeland lay in the southwestern plains adjacent to the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado and western Kansas and the Red River drainage of the Texas Panhandle and western Oklahoma.

Did Kiowa live in teepees?

The Kiowa developed utilitarian dwellings to accommodate their nomadic lifestyle. The tribe lived in tipis, made of bison hides and wooden poles which could be collapsed and raised easily as the tribe followed the herds. The poles of a tipi were collapsed and reconfigured to form a triangular frame.

What was the Kiowas shelter?

The main form of shelter used by the Kiowa was the tipi or skin lodge. Tipis were made from bison hides shaped and sewn together in a conical shape. Wooden poles called lodge poles from 12–25 feet (3.7–7.6 m) in length are used as support for the lodge.