Bringing Forth the Past. When the Indians were being suppressed by military and governmental edict, the tepee was part of their lives either banned or discouraged. Insurance salesman Leonard Wood has perfected this lost art of tepee-making, using the Sioux three-pole model as the standard form of construction. Before one of his models, top photo, stand Curtis and Sandy Pewo, members of the Bill and Norma Wahnee troupe of traveling Indians providing reservation entertainment at tribal festivals. Below, Leonard Wood, Dana Point, Calif., poses with another creation.

Associated Press · [ca. April 1968]

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