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“When I was a little boy, my mother made me a small tipi and painted it with Native American symbols. It excited my interest, and made me want to know more. This book is the kind of book I began looking for, but never found. So I have made it for you.” These are the opening words to world-renowned artist, Paul Goble’s book Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters. Through his award-winning art, and the stories and tales of the old-timers, Goble examines the construction and art of the tipi, which was more than a simple dwelling for the Plains Indians, but rather an expression of their belief in the spirituality of the world around them.
Awards
- Silver Midwest Book Award for “Child/Young-Adult Non-Fiction”
- Silver Midwest Book Award for “Nature”
- Book of the Year Award Finalist for “Juvenile Nonfiction”
- Silver Benjamin Franklin Award “Interior Design, Children’s/Young Adult”
About the Author(s)
Paul Goble
Paul Goble was an award-winning author and illustrator of over 30 children's books. Goble's life-long fascination with Native Americans of the Plains began during his childhood when he became intrigued with their spirituality and culture. His illustrations accurately depict Native American clothing, customs and surroundings in brilliant color and detail. Goble researched ancient stories and retells them for his young audience in a manner sympathetic to Native American ways. Mr. Goble has authored or contributed to the following World Wisdom titles: UL REMOVED
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Rodney Frey
Rodney Frey is an educator and writer on world religions, but particularly on North American Indian traditions. Prof. Frey explains that his professional interests center on "the role and the significance of the oral traditions, particularly as those traditions influence a people's relationships with their ‘landscape’ and mediate the impact of Euro-American changes." He is Professor of American Indian Studies and Anthropology at the University of Idaho. Prof. Rodney Frey wrote the foreword for Paul Goble's Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters .
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Reviews
- Paul Goble’s Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters. blends traditional insights into tipi construction and development with a retelling of old-timers stories and a blending in of art to make for a fine survey of construction techniques, decorations, cultural meaning, and more. TIPI includes over a hundred color illustrations and drawings and makes for a vivid, outstanding survey of the spiritual and culture meaning of the Native American structure.
Midwest Book Review, The Bookwatch June 2007
- Goble presents many examples of the art of tipis and the ways in which different tribes decorated these shelters. This is an absolutely gorgeous paperback filled with exquisite drawings and a deep respect for Native American beauty, meaning and reverence for the natural world.
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, Spirituality and Practice
- The history and culture, the architecture and aesthetics, the very heart of the tipi are revealed and experienced in its true spirit and spender.
Rodney Frey, University of Idaho
- All of Paul Goble’s books are highly recommended.
American Indian Library Association
