Adoption credit. You can claim a tax credit for up to $13,170 of adoption expenses paid in 2010. If you adopt a child with special needs, you get the full credit even if the adoption cost less. The credit starts to phase out once your adjusted gross income exceeds $182,520.
Native Americans. in Olden Times for Kids. advertisement. advertisement. A tepee (tipi, teepee) is a Plains Indian home. It is made of buffalo hide fastened around very long wooden poles, designed in a cone shape. Tepees were warm in the winter and cool in the summer. Some were quite large. They could hold 30 or 40 people comfortably. Tepee Poles: The 15-foot poles were sometimes hard to find.
Housing - the Wigwam. 1  Most Eastern Algonquian families lived in dome-shaped wigwams. 2  They lived in structures called 'wigwams', which were much smaller than Iroquois longhouses. 3  Only one family would live in a wigwam, unlike a longhouse, and since the wigwams were smaller, they were easier to take down and transport.