“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

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“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

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“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

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“All of Paul Goble's books are highly recommended.”
—American Indian Library Association

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“Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters is a magnificent . . .title about the history, culture, architecture, and aesthetics of the traditional home of nomadic buffalo hunters of North America. The award-winning illustrations and work of Paul Goble bring to life the origins, use, and historic display of the buffalo skin tipi shelter, traditionally used by the Lakota, Blackfeet, Kiowa, and other North American tribes of buffalo hunters. Considerable effort is evident in the description of habits of constructing and decoration of the tipi, with exquisitely detailed colored illustrations of traditional tipis and also in the presentation of the mythic background stories of the construction of the tipi of First Man and First Woman, with its door pitched to the East to greet the Sun and Morning Star rising. Many fascinating details are included, for example, a map of tipi dwelling tribes on page 16 shows distinctions between three and four-pole base tipis, and between nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes. In all, over 100 pages present beautiful illustrations of many different tipis, modern, traditional, and historic. This is a fascinating study of many different adaptations and customs reflected in different tribes' tipi construction and decoration. Like all Paul Goble creations, Tipi is meant to be read and savored, as the treasure of knowledge and custom that it represents so beautifully. Tipi: Home of the Nomadic Buffalo Hunters is appropriate and interesting for readers of all ages.”
—Library Bookwatch (The Native American Studies Shelf), a publication of the Midwest Book Review