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When one pictures the early West and First Nations people, one cannot help but imagine a traditional Tipi. This multi-use structure was a perfect balance of ease of construction and rigidity to withstand prairie life.

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Tipi
When one pictures the early West and First Nations people, one cannot help but imagine a traditional Tipi. This multi-use structure was a perfect balance of ease of construction and rigidity to withstand prairie life.

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Fort Edmonton, 1825
Fort Edmonton, 1867
Fort Edmonton Painting By Paul Kane, 1846
John Rowand, 1850
Safeway, 1936, 95 Street and 108 Avenue
Safeway, 2005
Safeway, 2011
Safeway On 82 Street

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