Editing Crow people (section)

===Habitation and transportation===
[[File:Crow Tipi or Lodge- George Catlin.jpg|thumb|''Crow Lodge of Twenty-five Buffalo Skins'', 1832–33 by [[George Catlin]]]]
[[File:Crow men trading on horseback- Edward S. Curtis.jpg|thumb|Crow men trading on horseback]]
[[File:Three Crow horsemen- Edward S. Curtis.jpg|thumb|Three Crow men on their horses, [[Edward S. Curtis]], 1908]]
[[File:The Scout in Winter, Crow, 1908, Edward S. Curtis (restored II).jpg|thumb|upright|A scout on a horse, 1908 by Edward S. Curtis]]

The traditional Crow shelter is the [[tipi|tipi or skin lodge]] made with [[American Bison|bison]] hides stretched over wooden poles. The Crow are historically known to construct some of the largest tipis. Tipi poles were harvested from the [[lodgepole pine]] which acquired its name from its use as support for tipis.<ref>[[David J. Wishart|Wishart, David J.]] ''Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians''. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2007. 89.</ref> Inside the tipi, mattresses and buffalo-hide seats were arranged around the edge, with a fireplace in the center. The smoke from the fire escaped through a hole or smoke-flap in the top of the tipi. At least one entrance hole with collapsible flap allowed entry into the tipi. Often hide paintings adorned the outside and inside of tipis with specific meanings attached to the images. Often specific tipi designs were unique to the individual owner, family, or society that resided in the tipi. Tipis are easily raised and collapsed and are lightweight, which is ideal for nomadic people like the Crow who move frequently and quickly. Once collapsed, the tipi poles are used to create a [[travois]]. Travois are a horse-pulled frame structure used by plains Indians to carry and pull belongings as well as small children. Many Crow families still own and use the tipi, especially when traveling. The annual Crow Fair has been described as the largest gathering of tipis in the world.

The most widely used form of transportation used by the Crow was the [[horse]]. Horses were acquired through raiding and trading with other Plains nations. People of the northern plains like the Crow mostly got their horses from people from the southern plains such as the Comanche and Kiowa who originally got their horses from the Spanish and southwestern Indians such as the various Pueblo people. The Crow had large horse herds which were among the largest owned by [[Plains Indian]]s; in 1914 they had approximately thirty to forty thousand head. By 1921 the number of mounts had dwindled to just one thousand. Like other plains people the horse was central to the Crow economy and were a highly valuable trade item and were frequently stolen from other tribes to gain wealth and prestige as a warrior. The horse allowed the Crow to become powerful and skilled mounted warriors, being able to perform daring maneuvers during battle including hanging underneath a galloping horse and shooting arrows by holding onto its mane. They also had many dogs; one source counted five to six hundred. Dogs were used as guards and pack animals to carry belongings and pull travois. The introduction of horses into Crow society allowed them to pull heavier loads faster, greatly reducing the number of dogs used as pack animals.