When it comes to the Native children that are living in the metropolitan Detroit area, they are limited to all the traditions that people living on Reservation see and live with on a daily bases. Now the thing is Natives do not still live in tipis, but it is an important tradition that people living in the Metro area don't get to see. With that in mind I think that it would be exciting if native children had the opportunity to go to the North American Indian Association and learned how to make a tipi. This would include getting a buffalo hind or premade felt, certain colored paint (depending on the direction of the tipi), and cut out stencils included: hoof prints, horses, morning star, sun and crescent moon (to represent night and day). Once the children finish painting the material they can learn how to put it up properly.
Once it is all put together the children can sit inside while someone explains what tipis were used for and how important they are. Then the children can learn the sitting protocol and how important it was and still is. This will help the children understand more about their people and help the tradition carry on through them.
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